Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-05-29
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| On Monday last the town OF olympia was
thrown into fearful state of excitement, (that
is ifthe running around of two men can produce
| such a RESULT on the occasion Of the appear
ancc on the street Of n couple of worthless I"
all the way from Vancouver, the Grctna Green
| of Oregon, who, it seems, were specially dcpu-
ted as ENJOYS Extraordinary, from Orleans to
| Rheims, bearing dispatches OF the most extra
ordinary character. \ hasty council of the
faithful was called, ut which tho startling in
tclligen,c was solcmnly announced to gaping
audience that Ben. Holiday desired the cleo
ton Of Gsriicllc. Wonderful wonderful, in
deed, was this important news Never, since
the landing of Lcmuel Gulliver in the territory
of the Lilliputians had such a commotion been
produced in any community! The dog was
dead, and the contcs. ended. Ben. Holiday
had spoken, and the people said Amcal Gov.
Moorc's friends were confdcntially advised to
withdraw his name from the canvass, and that
u courier lie dispatched Immediately, request
| ing him to return home. The same disintcr-
esicd advice was given to the Democratic can.
didatc for Prosecuting Attorney in this District
Every man of capital, of influence. Of worth,
of intclligcncc-cvcry one who felt any inter-
| est in the immediate development Of the coun-
try, would vote for Garicdc. The world at
| large would be astonished, yea, dumb-founded
| when the votes were corntcd; and much more
Of the same sort.
We are happy to announce, however, that
| the country is still safe. Quiet once more
reigns in Warsaw. The storm is over, and the
troubled waters arc still. The bag was pune
tuned and the wind let out. Wen tell you how
| it was done:
The chief bearer Of this important news was
fellow by the name of Thomas jefferson Flet-
cher, Esq, (what his name before lie emf
grated from Missouri. few in the country know
but he is moro familiarly known about Van-
| couver as "cultw Tom" Thomas has long
sought notoriety, and we are compelled to say,
if certain stories are to he believed he has
not been particularly scrnpulons about the
means by which he gained this notoricty We
know but little of his private character, and
for present purposes do not care to know bnt
we are assured hy those who do know him.
that his opposition is more beneficial than his
friendship lie claims to he an old ''hcd.rock'
Democrat, and yet we doubt that he ever voted
q straight Democratic ticket in his life. This
Fletcher pretcnds to be in the confidence of Zen
Holiday. and while here he assumed great
mystery Of deep laid schemes by Holiday to
secure the election Of Garhellc. Money, he
said, was being freely used by Holiday to ac-
cOmplish this end. He admitted the fact that
he had been bought, and justified the sale by
further admission that lie Tad resolved to work
for pay hereafter. instead of principle. Eut,
upon n pressure to divide with friend. he was
compelled to expose his hand, in which none
of Ben. Holidays money was foun !. The
pny came from another quarter. The i'nyd
MN Company found wWiny tooi, IN tie perso"
IF r. j. Fletcher, 10 assist them IN securing Me
monopoly Of The iumLrr tradr on the So"nd. This
explains the whole secret--thc whole ystrry.
| The assertion that Ben. Hoiladay desires the
| election of Garlicldc instead of Gov. Moore,
is false in fact, and false in suppositiom. No
man who has any respect for his word, will
dare announce publicly that Mr. llniL,iay,
or any other capitalist Interested in the p,o-
posed construction Of II railroad from the CO.
lumba River to Puget Sound, prefers Mr. Gar
| ticlic to Coy. Moore, neither can any gentle
| man show why the former should he preferred
to the latter. On the contrary, there is every
reason in favor Of Coy. Moore. His interests
| are more identical, more extensive more last
| ing than those Of Mr. Gariicldc, and his ubii-
| ty, integrity AMI energy are far in advance OF
| his competitor. Not u man in the country, who
| has known Garcldc for any length of time,
will admit any confidence in his honesty, SIM
certify or manlincss. No man in any country,
Of his prominence and education, has ever
made worse record or more disg:accfu hi
| tory. His warmcst supporters in this canvass
cannot look you square in the face and say that
| they have no doubts OF his honesty in anything
save his own personal advancement. Like
master, like man. fits the situation between
| Fletcher and GarGcldc -Garitldc 4 Fletcher.
Ben. Watson supported Turney in opposition
to the regular Union nominee for Congress,
few years ago, md now pirates about sOrchcads
and boilers. lie published paper at the
same time, which supported the Democratic
nominee, Geo. j.. Cole, for which publica-
ton he received the sum Of five hundred dol
lars, democratic money The Turney pub
LEGATION was only ostensibly in the interest Of
Turney, however, and intended to draw oil a
sufficient number Of Union votes to elect Mr..
| Cole. So Watson was double trator-anl
| 4
| critic
BRAss VS.. WIND.-Thc following incident is re-
lated by a correspondent Of the Sdtss,nan concern
ing p. d. Moore's exploit in the Republican Terri
| tOrial Convention:
| "Just a. Moore started of, in high key, the
military band which Gariclde had secured for the
occasion, struck up, and it was doubtful whether
Moore or the band would shrek the Ioudest. In
this contest of lungs against brass the former had