Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-06-11

him at the polls, and Blinn sought to arrest
it, bot the character Of hi. speeches
rendered an encounter imptacticable
Like the comet in another respect, he had
his tale, aud tho wonderful tail Of the com.
ct was not TO be compared with the tale he
told-how he had worked himself down in
writing thousands Of business letters to his
constituents, how he was carrying through
bills that would disburse hundreds of thou.
sand Of dollars among the people, how he
had taken the Northern Pacific Railroad
from Oregon soil and brought it in tri.
umph on our own, down the north side of
the Columbia river and solitary and alone
had conducted it to its terminus on Puget
Sound. The Almighty, in forming this
continent and in gathering about US these
waters on its western shores, decrccd that
any great north continental railroad should
terminate on Puget Sound, as no intcrme-
date stopping-place was provided, but
Garfelde has changed the cdict which ma.
ture had put forth, and claims this as one
Of the laurcls with which to deck his brow
But to this picture Of the contest, pleas
ing to pride, there are other shadings !;
there are deplo, able blurs on the canvass
which no hand is sufficiently cunning to
redeem; there are great black facts stand
ing and staring the people in the face that
no eloqucnce can put down, and in whose
presence the most silvery tongue is power
less. Among these damning facts is the
utter disregard shown for the truth from
the opening to the close of the canvass.
As the honored Delegate of the people,
everybody felt Garfeldc was under special
Obligations to state facts. How this obi
CATION was discharged, let his statements
Of what he did about the Northern Pacific
Railroad and the real facts of the case an.
swer. Garfelde's conception Of the char
acter of representative is in keeping with
the definition given by diplomatist of an
ambassador" An ambassador is a gentle.
man sent to lie abroad for the good of his
country" Truth is the foundation of all
character that is worthy of any mans re-
gard, and any fame built up on any other
foundation, however colossal its proper
tions, must soon crumble to pieces from
the very weight of its Inherent rotteuness.
Great as Garfclde's victory is, it is not so
great as is his degradation. Indeed, we
have never known a public man whose
humiliation was moro complete. Truth
crumbled at his touch and Faith fled at
the sound Of his footsteps. The 9Th of
June was full alike of his fame and his
shame. five consider the strength of the
condending forces, Garfielde's downfall
will be as sure as his rise has been rapid
Unstable are mans steps and few his
years; Truths stepping are stately and her
years are eternal.
Truth crushed to earth will rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies amidst her worshppers.'
Who, too, can contemplate with any
other feelings than those of modification
aud humiliation the thoroughly corrupt
political condition on Puget Sound. The
blame lies not solely at Garfelde's door,
but all parties must, to some degree, share
in the odium, and yet we all know the fact
to be that Gar6elde has been iustrume tai
in greater degree than all other influ-
ences combined in precipitating this state
Of things upon us, and upon its continu-
ance the continuance of his power is de-
pendent. Political principle is banished,
and voters bought and sold like beef in the
shambles. We read in early Roman histo-
ry that the progress ofau army was arrest
ed by huge serpent stretching its Shiny
length across the path Of the army and
filing the air for miles around with its
| venom, and that soldiers had to be detailed
to dispatch the monster before the army
could move onward in its march. The
day is not far distant when the good peo.
pie Of Washington Territory will be com.
PEELED to, dispatch this corrupt clan, or per-
ish in the poisonous exhalations with which
it fills the land. In the very triumph Of
OF last Monday are the seeds of defeat, and
nothing is surer than the utter annihila.
alton of the corrupt party now control.
ing the Territory. Victory may be await.
ed with entire confidence, and that, too, at
no distant day.
The OREGON ELEcrIoN.-The result.
in Oregon meets our most sanguiue ex.
pectatious. The whole Democratic State
ticket is elected by a majority ranging
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