, 1869-12-11

corrupt, any measure tuht ioOks 10
economy is secuted down, aud ex-
traVagance and recklessness rules the
hour.
NEW REVENUE Law.
A revenue law has been passed,
copied from the Oregon code, which
promises to revolutionize our revenue
system. Under this law the assess-
ment roll is at once turned over to
the Sheriff, who is made exclusive
collector of taxes. The bills thus
turned over the Sheriff is made re-
sponsible for, and if be fails to col>
Iect be is made responsible on his
bonds. It is believed that under
this system we shall have fewer de-
linquents, and if Sheriffs chose to
play the clever fellow and let tax.
payers of, they will do it at their
own expense.
A NEW RADICAL ORGANIZATION.
Circulars are out and being ex.
tensiVeiy circulated, announcing
reorganization of the radical party.
The circular charges that 'faction
has arrogated to itself the name of
the republican party, but its FORE
most leaders and managers are res
publlcaus in nothing except in name
and livery" The address proceeds
to say that the "lsst nomination for
Delegate was forced, and that the
illegitimate offspring Of the Vancou-
yer Convention did not command
either the respect or :he votes of the
republican party. Hence extraordi>
nary means and appliances became
necessary in order to make the nom
ination successful at the polls"
"To this end, venal newspapers aud
contributors were subsidlzed-unprinci
pied democrats were enlisted-po!itical
vagrants, who had been disowned by all
parties, were invited within the "ring,"
and appliances more suited to slaves
than freemen, were resorted to, in order
to intimidste and coerce republicans
into servile submission. Nor was this
all. Tne infallihle tactics of Tammany
Hall were brought into requIsition. The
local Offices must be sold, and the pur-
ity of the ballot box Invaded. For this
purpose agents equal to the task were
selected-"Uote early and vote often"
was the watch word, and Kitsap and
Jefferson counties were made the Kan
sas and Nebraska of Puget Sound. Re
cent Investigations have exposed the
frauds perpetrated at these places in the
name of the republican party, and we
have neither time nor inclination to 20
into the details, or TO comment upon
them. 1t is enough to know that the
instigators aud authors of these frauds
have disgraced the name and trampled
down the political heritage of republi'
cans.
"In view of these things, and of the
unmisiakable signs and warnings attend
ant on them, we atlege, That the repub-
lican party, as it was aud as it ought to
be, in this Territory, has ceased to exist
that INSCRIPTIONS politicians, in al>
lance with a swarm of hungry Office
seekers, have steallhily crept into its
councils, deceived, betrayed, and dis
organized the party. That, instead of
| the ran"hi;"a~ rartV II wee 'h"-"
exists mongrel faction, composed in
part, and controlled entirely by men
who are not republicans, but uuprici
Piled democrats in disguise, whose end
and aim is self,aggrandIzement, regard
| lpss alita pf tho ualuara and Of q
principles of the republican party. That
iu order to accomplish their designs,
they have inaugurated a system of dis
clpline and tactics encouraging fraud
! degrading to the masses of the people,
and tending to destroy the freedom and
| purity Of elections. We also allege
that the nomination of present Delegate
in Congress was fraud and an imposi>
tiou on the republican party of the
Territory, and that his election was the
triumph Of political imposters, and not
of Republicans. We further allege
that the mercenary and malignant spirit
manifested by the leaders of the faction
now in power bespeaks its true charac
ter, and plainly indicates a determina-
tion to pepetuate its power by the same
means used to obtain it, adding thereto
the lash and the guillOtine. We, there
\ fore, announce our determination to
!; reorganize the republican party Of the
1 Territory upon true republican princi-
Piles, with such guarantees and safe,
guards against the Vaccinations of
demogogues as future exigeneies may
demand. 10 this undertaking we invite
the co~opera'ion of all true republicans
and Union men, hereby pledgiug our.
selves to discountenance fraud and peli
tical intrigue, select none out good and
reliable men for office, and to maintain
inviolate the purity of the ballot box !"
The address, of which we have
given the gist, is understood to be
from the pen of B. F. Dennison,
Chief Justice of the Territory, and
one of the sblest and most infuen 90
tial men in the radical party. Among
the signers we notice the name of
Alvan Flanders, Governor of the
Territory; F. A Wilson, Collector
of the Puget Sound District; A. A.
Denny, late Delegate to Congress;
Z. G. Hewitt, late Chief Justice; C.
II. Hale, late Superintendent of In
dian Affairs; Marshall Blinn, Couu.
Gilman from The Kitssp District, and
a maD of great wealth and influence;
S D. Howe, late Assessor of Inter-
nal Revenue, and about one hundred
Others, embracing the earliest and
most influential republicans on the
Sound. The new organization has
already appointed an Executive Com
mittee, aud announce the intention
to appoint subcommittee for the
different counties 10 the Territory.
The leaders in this movement are
thoroughly in earnest, aud at the
proper time they will call a Terrific.
rial Convention and place 10 nomi.
nation a candidate for Delegate, ig-