Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-06-05
A Parallel Case.


rial canvass in California, in 1867. The
"short hairs" composed Of roughs, gam
blers, the whisky ring, shoulder-strikers
and rifraf generally, by trickery and fraud,
forced the nomination Of George G. Cor
ham through the Convention, against the
better class Of Republicans in the State.
Gorl.am was renegade and political job
Der, known only as a trickster and gambler,
unsafe in any position and always danger
Gus. The decent portion of the party
could not stomach the dose, and at once
boldly rcpudiatcd the nomination. The
Sacramento Union and San Francisco Bul-
letin, together with other leading Radical
papers, openly denounced the fraud and
advocated Gorham's defeat. The Dcmoc-
racy nominated the Hon. II. II. Haight, a
war Democrat, and triumphantly elected
him. The defeat Of Gorham carried with
it the election Of another war Democrat to
tho United States Senate, which the Re-
publicans knew would be the case when
they took ground against Gorham; not
withstanding the sacrifice, however, they
rcsolutely determined to rcbuke the foul
wrong and purge their party of its mad
coruptions. The deed was approved by
nino-tcnths of all honest thinking people
in the land, and its salutary effect is real
lied in the healthy condition of that party
in California to-day.
The same condition of things exist in
the Republican ranks Of this Territory at
tho present time. Garfielde is the proto-
type of Gorham. His party is composed
of the same stuff, and his friends arc using
the same means to force his election.
Twin brothers Of the same parentage, they
are following out the same destiny. We
defy any one to point out decent, honest
Republican in the whole Territory that is
the friend and advocate of Scluc;us Gar
fclde. His only active supporters are of
the same stripe with himself. But, there
is one difference between some of the Re-
publicans of Washington, in the present
instance, and those of California in the
Gorham canvass, of which we will speak
in this connection. When they had de-
cidcd that Gorham should be defeated, they
not only publicly announced this decision,
but they wont to the polls like men and
roted for his opponent. We know many
Republican friends in Washington Terri
tory who desire Gar6cldc's defeat, and yet
they arc afraid to vote for Moore. They
act like the man in the bear fght-go up
aloft, out of danger, and when the beast is
slain, come down and claim the victory
We submit, in all candor, is this manly !?
Remember, one Republican vote for Gov
Moore counts two votes against Gur6clde.
If you want him defeated there is no bet
ter means of doingi: than rotirg for his
opponent. Ifyouarc tohc slain for yourop-
position, it is better to be killed fora whole
sheep than half ono. by reference to
the returns of the election IN California. at
the time Of which VIC speak, you will see
that thousands of Republicans cast their
votes for Haight, and at time, too when
they were compelled to make greater
sacrifice than the Republicans of Washing
ton Territory will make in the present can.
vass. The party was benefited in Caliror-
mia by an open, manly fight; nothing will
be lost in Washington Territory by the
sure defeat of Garfclde.