Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-20
SATURDAY MORNING, FEB. 20. 1869.
Radical Elements of Discord.

The call issued by the Republican Ter
ritorial Committee fixes the 10th Of April
as the time, and Claquato as the place, for
the next Tcrritorisl Convention to nomin-
ate candidate for Delegate to Congress,
and candidate for Prosecuting Attorney
in each Judicial District. So we may now
say, in the language Of the immortal Neph,
that the campaign is "well opened" Or
dinarily, the campaign begins upon the
nomination of the opposing candidates, but
this is an exception to the general rule,
the "clemcnts" having concluded that as
the pickings are so fat and rare, they are
worth an extra effort. A distribution of
the sroils among the incongruous elements
is no longer desired, but to bag the whole
patronage by a few the grand incentive.
While the Flanders faction, already in fine
condition from their long, strong aud
steady pull at the public teat, have so far
carried their points in the dictation ofthc
call and in arranging the preliminaries,
Gar6elde expects to ring in " cold deck"
and by dealing himselfa full hand, knaves,
deuces, trays (of cocktails or "spiced vim
egar"), or aces (spclt with three SIS, how
ever, and other cards of high and low de-
gree, to "snail the pot" and thus prolong
a career as Infamous as its author is brassy.
eve beg pardon for using technical terms,
probably unintelligible to many of our
readers, but in speaking Of Garfield one
naturally drifts into the use Of "sporting"
terms.)
In the meantime, however, Selucious de-
signs to play high moral dodge, to deliv-
er temperance lectures, repeat cabalistic
words accompanied by q peculiar turn Of
the wrist. In this he ha. the illustrious
example Of Flanders for . guide, who
played the diffcult role 90 successfully Is
to secure enthusiastic plaudits without
and quite interrupt the solemn ceysme'sies
wikAis. So between saloons that have
private rooms with innurerable doors, aud
"forensic eloqusucs" against licenses on
cause not in court, hs verify believes hs
can "snail the pot" ,...i..,.
This far, however, Lsrd HOWE has held
the reins, and the Central Committee
"Peel convinced that oar candidate for delegate.
whoever it may be- will b true representative et
tsties ~ lover of lie Uaion. and To- Il sssss.
sion. and of the false and .pe.ncious doetsias q
stats sovereignty, IRON wAisi ths Fsssioa spraaes
This, if it il the rule, sasctually shuts
out Garfelds and . majority Of hin friends,
for the evidence is plain "a the nosaasy
sun that Gar6elde va anything but On.
ion man long after the war commenced.
Scores of individuals can be found to sub
stautiate this, men whose word j. above ~
proach.
Then again, the qualification for voting
kts out the friends GarGelds made during
Ms self.impossd expatriation:
"Those who may have bscoms Of 40 since the
last election, and those Who have become voters II
the several precincts since last election BY reason Of
subsequent residence, and who have bssn knOwn
hsretelars - havins voted With ~ Unise Rspub.
liesn party. shall y allowed - vote, end ieas
othsys."
1t will be observed how isgsuioasly the
Committee bar the rights Of recently
naturalised citizens, 90 that ths Aeasmsso-
dating Clerk Of the District Court eaanet
revive bis favorits gans Of making votsrs
up to the time Of holding tie ceavsatisa,
it being presumed Of course that he would
not pre-dats any papers but thoas Of Gar
Aelde's friends. This i indeed . vie
provision, and reflects much credit upon
its authors as superior tacticians.