Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-12-17
The Truth indicated.
The Porilaudpapers have opened another
subject of discussion. The Bulletin saws /:


subject of discussion. The Bulletin says:
While Mr. Brown edited The HERALD. Port
land was changed from strong Republican to
| a strong Democratic city, and carried the coun-
ty with il. aud so the city and county remained
during the time he continued in that position.
To this the Herald roplics:
Now, in order to lie, Mr.. Brown be vindcated
by the truth, we will state that on Tuesdav
November ID, 1863. at the nplential elec-
ton, Portland gave rs. and MMNhomah conn
~ l23 majority for Grant. Mr.. Brown retired
from the Hcrafd on the first OF December fol-
lowing. And then this other fact must also
be taken into consideration. Mr.. Seymour was
Mr.. Browns choice above all others. and he
laborcd for him. therefore. full as faithfully as
perhaps he could for any one. We hope the
yapcr making the above un.Ounded assertion
viii refer to the record and do justice to Mr.
Brown.
We do not notice this matter on account
Of its personal bearings, but simply to vim
dictate the truth and illustrate the differ
ence in the results between the different
policies which controlled the Herald under
its former and present management. The
former editor sought to unite the entire
conservative sentiment of the country upon
a common ground Of opposition to radical
ism, scrupulously avoiding all personal or
incidental differences not essential to the
main issues, and only calculated to distract
and divide the party. The result was pre-
cisely as the Bulletin states. Within one
year the Herald was selected as the official
paper Of the City, and at the next following
election the City and County was carried
Democratic for the first time in light years,
and continued under Democratic control
until after the change in the managemes.
of the Herald At the next State election
over ten thousand copies of the Herald
were circulated weekly throughout the
State. and Mr.. Smith, the Democratic can
didatc for Congress, was elected by 1000
majority, our opponents generally ascrib-
ing, and Democrats as generally believing,
the circulation of the paper contributed
largely to the Democratic vote. The
Presidential vote of the same year, every
observing man knows was not fair test of
party strength, on account of the disaffec.
ton engendered by that class of politicians
to which the present managers of the Her.
aid are proud to announce themselves as
belonging. They openly denounced the
nominations as being in the exclusive in
tcrest Of the bond holders, and as having
been procured by bribery and corruption,
and privately represented the then editor
of the Herald as subsidized instrument
of the bond holders. One of the present
proprietors of that paper publicly declared
on several occasions, that but for the infu-
cncc of the Herald the Seymour ticket
would have been defeated in the State, and
expressed his regret that it was not as ga
rebukc to the bondholders," and the hope
that there would never be another Demo
cratic victory in the State until the party
adopted repsdiation platform. The pre-
sent editor has boosted that the former ed
itor lost his position because he rejected a
communication of his assaling the political
and personal character of Horatio Seymour.
In spite Of these active adverse influences
upon popular prejudice, Portland and Ore
gon came much nearer giving the Demo
cratic candidate for President the entire
Conservative vote than any other city Or
State upon the Pacific coast. San Fran
cisco gave Haight majority of 1000 and
Seymour majority of less than 400. CAL
ifornia gave Haight majority of nearly
10000 and Immediately thereafter major
ity for Grant. The change in California
in favor of Grant was over 5000; in Ore.
gon about 500; and the Republican major
ity in Portland and Mutnomah county was
less on that occasion than at any election
since, though the tendency of political
changes have all been towards Democracy
The present managers of the Herald,
who had constantly denounced the policy
OF the former editor as "timid and time
serving" have now had pretty good test
of the bold and "red-hot". policy bor-
rowed from "Brick Pomeroy," and the
result is the same as with their great pro-
totype-representing the sentiments of no
political party, outside of any healthy po-
litical organization, and only attaching
themselves to the Democracy as parasites,
receiving their vitality from, without ina
parting any strength or vigor to, that body.
They nearly succeeded, by persistent effort,
in placing the Democracy of Oregon upon
a reputation platform, which every sensi-
BILE man at once discovered would be fatal
to party success, and were forced to spend