Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-05-08
The Selfish Side of the Question.

are invariably to be found individuals
whose souls are SO contracted. and who's"
patriotism is 50 pal>icl that dollar green
back will weigh more in the balance OF
their opinion than even the future liberty
of themselves and their offspring. These
are the men. who. when questions of great
moment are at stake, will appeal to your
pockets instead Of to your patriotism. or
this class of icu Is Saluciis Gariirklc.
The Radical party. false t" the solemn
pledge which they gave t" til" people last
Nav ut Chicago. that the question ut
suffrage in all the I"yal States property
hclongS to the people of those States. are
now cnlcav"ring t" deprive the people "f
that right by fnistin@ upon the C"nS'lt"-
ton The pr",oScd Fifteenth Amendment by
the aid If ne.rnizrI legislatures, and yet
at this time, when the people of this coast
should rise to Il nal, and give free and
outSpokcn expression of condemnation to
such di,honorahlc and fatal rr"l">ll"n,
Saucious Gartichlr comes forward and
tells them in substance YOU should keep
silent ON this question, your votes should
not be influenced ly your political "pn-
ion>. but should he given to the man who
will l,c apt To- oct the most fodder Tor y"n
from the public crib" This Is the style
and nature Of the argument IN his pub
lishrd address This was the main feature
of his speech at Vancouver ON the Nth.
While the people of the Territory are
considering the questions which involve
the future .lc>,inics "f this country Salt
cius t;arIcdc. with his slyrry-tone'l clo-
uucmcr. is cm,lcayoring to direct their at
tcnti"n tn fat contracts. to treasury rIlicr-
im-. and the imn,,mcrahlr sweets "f official
patronage. As John Hook. while the
lcu,lc of the Colonic, were rejoicing over
the achievement of their Victories. disturbed
their accla,nations by hoar>c demands for
paymrut Of beef furnished the C"ntincn-
tai troops. 80 Salucius tiariirldc, while the
people are discussing the great and radi-
cal changes which this Administration
proposes 10y the acknowledgment OF the
Nero. Indian and t'hnal6an. 'li-tnrbs
their reflections hy questions "f official
contracts. straliu"s and Iav"r>. But let
u, for one moment come down t" the same
level and look at the question from the
same stand pom! and enquire for ourselves
whether it would be even i"r the pc'""'"-
m Interests. of the people of Washington
Territory t" send GaricIlr instead Of Mar
shall +. Moore to Congress. /" II" surc
Mr. GarIcllr mi .ht get Il few personal
favor, which Monrc rouhl not get. but
these iav"rS would 90 int" the ha"lS of
few Of Garirldc's pimp>. and ;" would
no, he amy benefit to the people at large.
But could Saluciu> t;ariicllc get any
measure r,S.cl Of general benefit t" the
rcnr!c "f Washington Territory that
Nmrc could not! Does the Radical party
favor measures ON account uf the politics
Of the representatives instead of the III
tcre.s of the people! II 50. the people
should take good heed that their numbers
bc not augmented in the national councils.
But if the people of this coast are t" hr
influenced by selfish motives in their ip"-
litical action. it is high time that they
take Il full and entire view of the qur>-
ton. The Radical party claim the sup
port "i' the people because they can dis
rcusc the Federal patronage. But it must
be- remembered that they are also rcsr"nsl-
Bile for Federal taxation. And which is
the greatest? The Federal patronage is
,lolcd out to a few party fav"rtes aud does
not benefit the people but Federal taxa
tion is sweeping and universal (cxrept in
| the c;Sc of the favored honlhnldcr). and
gathers up from the laborcr and business
man in every conceivable shape under
Heaven its excessive and unrcmitting ex-
action. Now shall the people. lurc'l by Il
few drops of Federal patronage, give their
support to party which is grinding us to
the earth with excessive taxation! Will
they freely dole ont their last cent to the
| tax gathcrcr for the poor privilege of toot-
ing Federal penny whistle: We submit
in all candor that if the people of WASH
ington Territory arc to be influenced solely
by questions of material interest they
will be compelled. to vote for Moore.
They cannot support the candidate of II
party entirely responsible for the war--cn-
tircly responsible for the misgovcrnmcnt
and commissions of the last eight years and
entirely responsible for the ponderous
debt and the enormous official corruptions
which are crushing the people beneath the
weight of excessive Federal taxation.-
Portland Urvaid.