, 1868-09-11
acongre.. and The Leri.Iatnre. !,

initiates the Legislature for its late law re-
distrctiug the Territory and reassigniug the
judges. The article exhibits either great
degree of ignorance, or little regard for
truth. Watson says, Congress being the
supreme legislative power 10 the Territories,
and the judges being United States officers,
of course the Legislature had no right to
meddle with the matter" 1t is sufficient
answer to the statement to.say, that the 18th
section of our Organic Act provides that the
>" Legislative Assembly at their 6rst, or any
subsequent session, may organize, alter, or
modify such Judicial districts, and assign the
judges, and alter the times aud places of
holding the courts, as to them shall seem
expedient and proper and Watson must
know, if he knows anything, that the Legis-
lature has again and again changed both the
districts and the Judges, and their right
mover questioned.
Watson says the bill was ga pet scheme
of infamy with the cops. to kill off the Chief
Justice politically, the only loyal and conpe-
tent Judge at that time on the bench"
Why, Watson, if the brass was scraped off
your face and sold at market rates, and
sinking fund created out of the proceeds and
put out at interest, the sum realized would
be quite sufficient to pay off the national
debt The imagination ouy of poet could
have conceived Of a political existence of the
Chief Justice, aud we venture that Watson
has some day or other perpetrated doggerel.
"The only loyal and competent Judge" says
<olomou Watson. As loyalty now consists
in throwing up your hat with cne hand for
the country, and running the other hand
into the treasury to plunder it, we have
nothing to say on that point, except to send
our blessing to the loyal Judge and the loyal
editor. As to the competency of the Chief
Justice, if it be as Watson says, then every
body is liar, as We never heard so univer-
sa! complaint against the competency of an
oliceL The complaint rolled up to the
ors aud attorneys, from jurors and witnesses,
and tax payers, and the people. 1t was pub.
licly stated everywhere, and Iever contra,
dictcl, that the Judge had again and again
adjourned court to get the opinion of some
attorney on some law point raised, and that
his opinions were written for hm-Evans at
Que time writing them, and lately Garfield
was Cling that birth. Struve and Tripp. of
the Counci aud Cochran, Henry and
Jones. OF the IInnso froH. Olark county, all
strong Union men, said the feeling there
against the Judge was universal that the
~ udge was drunk half his time GOT the law.
| yers to take the bench aud try half his cases;
that he was generally several days behind
time that he was bankrupting The county,
and IN word, if they returned home with
the Judge still fastened on their people, the
county would be too hot to hold them.
| This, in substance, was the statement from
all parts of the judges district 10 fact,
| the Judge is better in the construction Of OK
| yokes than constituting the law, aud his ele-
yation to the bench has been to the detri>
ment both of the oxen and the people. Nor
was the bill paftizan one, as charged The
Council contained four republicans aud four
| democrats, with one contested seat, aud the
| bill, as it first passed the Council, had only
two votes against 1t, and as it finally passed
the Council, it had only one vote against it.
| Council Journal, page 1922 The House
confined eighteen republicans, aud twelve
democrats, aud the bill passed the House.
nineteen to niue. blouse Journal, page 800.
Besides this, the vote did not express the
real estimate of the Legislature on the Chief
Justice, as nearly all the votes against the
bill were under party lash-mauy of the
voters declaring they would vote for a memo
rial tor the removal Of the Chief Justice.
Watson gives our "newly imported Gov,
ernor slap for approving the bill, and on
tnat point We have only to suggest, and hope
Watson will not take the suggestion as per.
sonal, that while the importation of men of
character is a help to the Territory, the ez.
Porfdtion OF men of no character would be
equally advantageous We have said this
much about the bill, aud might say much
more, aud are at a loss to account for Watts
sons laudatlons OF Congress, and of the Chief
Justice, and his denunciation of our Legisla.
ture, and the rights of the people of the
Territories, unless it be the fact that Ola
pod has in some way been breaking the
laws, and in anticipation of the day of trial
is seeking favor at court.
WHAT 1T Cosrs TO SHIP GRAIS-We a-e fire.
queniy asked the question what it costs to ship
wheat from Walla Walla to San Francisco. In
answer to this question we submit the following
7 figures
Freight to Wallula, per ton, SG~ee
To Portland, OO
To Sau Francisco, zoo
Drayag So
Commissions, 200
Primage aud Leakage, OO
Baggiug, 90
Total, S2s oO
At these figures, if we quote wheat at 40 cents
, a bushel, the price now offered in this market
, we end that Walla Walla gain can be delivered
in Ssa Francisco a; a cost to the shipper oi