Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-05-29
A Loyal Witness against Gar6elde.

\ "A Loyal Witness against Gar6elde.
We this week produce a witness who will
scarcely be disposed OF by GarGclde's organ as
n q !COppcrhead ihircliMg, = and whose state
ments Watson will hardly cllaracterz as Cop
perlead lies, $50 be Aimned wdh The miserable
scoundreis who utter them" We now set up
Charles Prosch, OF the Tribune, rs a loyal aud
truthful man. Let whoever questions his vir-
tue cast the first stone, we don't care whether
i innocent himself or not. 20 ldtH'. 500 I-,
I II is well known -that PrOseh believes Gar
fcdes g Eo,ninnlon was eIsOcured by the
wirc-pulling and manipulations of his friends,
that he does not f" think il possible for him to
be elected, but does believe that his nolnina
tion will defeat the party As a journalist
lIe is supporting II cause Of which he docs not
approve as q man. lie is eating b,ipd owi at
the partisan board merely that he may reta in
his seat, aud be present when dishes more to
his taste than Gariicldc are served up. We ,lo
not allude to these matters for the purpose of
pronOuncing judgment upon Mr.. Pr0sch. Each
partisan must determine for himself how far lie
should suborn his personal feelings, wishes
and convictions to what his party may demand
Of him. In regard to his partisan record there
are not many who would go 80 far to preserve
it as he has. The last number Of tie Tribune
publishes few crrffrafes of Garie!de' s loyalty
during his CariboO experience, and says:
We think the above testimony should convince
every far-inndcl man Of the utter iasity Of every
SYLLABLE ever uttered against Gaficldc in this con-
nection.'
This, we admit, looks little as if Prosch
intended to reflect upon his own vcracity when
he endorsed the Urcyoniun article OF lSG@, in
the i'ugct Sound Herotd and said, " The pco-
Pile Of Oregon are well acquainted with Mr..
t;nriedc and they stamp him rs secession
list. l;ut il he can stand it, we can; he ought
to know. ...
in 1861, when Garfelde was running on the
Democratic side, Prosch, as editor of the Her.
aid, opposed nis election TO the knife. In look
ing over the files Of that paper, we find scarce
iy an allusion to partisan issues. In fact it
was about that time that they were lost sight
Of by all parties In the country. His OppO.
sition to Mr.. t;arhcldc was based almost exclu-
sivelv upon his personal unftncss for the posi-
ton. upon his allcdged dishonesty and total
wautof reliability. In reproducing some of the
evidences which were published in the Herotd.
to sustain these charges, we Wilde MIR. Prosch
1back of them In the Tribune. We now present
the dish just as we find il. II Watson can
srowl savage cnodgbTto make Prosch cat it.,
it will be none Of oar business:
II will be remembered that, during last winter,
Mr. Isaac ". Smith, late Register of the Land Office
ut Olympia, published statement. which had been
called for by the head Of the Department at Wash
ngton, which statement exhibited Mr.. Gartielde in
y. not very cnviabc coors establishing the fact, as
it did, that he dcfautcr to settlers Of the
country TO the amount OF Sl60O. Since then. other
rcccipts have come in, Of them from California,
showing his dcfalcation to be much greater than
| was first stated and it is not known how many
| more may he vet outstanding
| In compliance with second rcquisiton from the
head of the Department., Mr.. Register smith has
| fnrvc rtct another statement. Il copy Of which has
been furnished to by friend in Olympia, ns fol-
| lowS:-
LAND OrrIcr. OLYMPIA, W. T.,
| June 1th, 1861.
Commissioner General Ian" tE,s1. IY%si;.q,on, DO
Sir: In your letter of Sept. 81 1850. the Regis
ter and Receiver at this office nrc ordered to report
on certain payments net accounted Tor by Mr. Oar-
fcldc late Register Of public moneys.
The enclosed printed statements comprise full
statement of the VIII lie mttrr, so far as it was then
known to me, with the answer made by Mr.. Gar
| clde.
Since the date of the printed statement, have
asccrtained that "a payment Of $500 was made by
Putnam Hays in 1857. Mr.. Garfield acknowledged
the receipt Of the money, but have no means of
asccrtaining the date.
On the claims Of David Parker and William and
Jacob Procbstel, he WAS sued and Judgment rem
dcrcd at the last term Of Court, but still owes WOO
to the Pr0cbstels
lie has promised to pay the whole amount, and
we have therefore deferred our report but as am
about to retire from Office I deem it necessary to
report the amounts still due. They are
| TO J. and w. Proc6stel. prc-cmption claim, S2OO
J. Il. Knapp, donation, .........''...' NW
| +" -- Murphy, unsuivcycd, ........... I0
Bennett Crcecy, prc-emption act iSii,'. 10.
PutnaIn Hays, ....................''.' 2V
i SM7
With exception of the last, receipts signed by Mr.
Gartieldc show that they we're paid, and he has ac-
| knowledgcd the receipt of the whole.
,,sr,sx.p had lA mot m IL
toned sums for the reason that he did not intend to
account for the money. ... ..tt4 ..
Respectfully, &C., ....-4
Your obcdcnt servant,
ISAAC W.SMIrH,
lcgister.
P.S.-Mr. Van Ccave will make scpaiatc re.
port. ..
Here follow two suits instituted at the last term
of Court in Olympia for the recovery Of these ic-
gally received and unustly retained sums Of money
both sf which, AZ will bo perceived, were decided
against him:-
David Parker VS.. Salucius Garieldc--Judgment
rendered March 23d, 1891 against defendant for the
sum of four hundred dollars, with legal interest
from date Of judgment.
Jacob and William Procbstsl vs.. Salueius Gar
ficlde-- Judgement rendered March 23d, 1861.
against defendant for the sum Of two hundred and
ftyeght dollars, with legal interest from date ol
judgement. >.s f-fi s-s l.sa af ~
Executions issued out of the Clerks office In said
causes on the 10th day Of April, 1861, directed to
the Sheriff OF Thurston County, and afterwards (o
wit, on the 2sd day Of May H6D. William Billings
Sheriff of Thurston County, returned SAID exccu.
tions with the following return; ....
"NO PROPERTY FOUND"
WILLIAM BfLIINGs,
| Sheriff Thurston County.
This is copied from the Court record, and certified
: by Andrew J. Moses, Clerk. 1t appears that few
, weeks since however, a portion Of the above exc
cuions was paid still leaving upwards of two hum
dred dollars due.
Not the least interesting feature Of this expose is
the fact that the Sheriff, after searching diligently
from the 10th Of April to the 23d Of May, was to-
tally unable to find any property belonging to Mr.
Garfclde. Though he has family with him. he
does not possess a single article Of household fur
niturc having boarded at hotel during the whole
period Of bis temporary sojonrn in the Territory:
when our people bestow upon him the honor and
emoluments no seeks through thsir suffragcs, hav-
inr m inferexf here and incumhrance he will be