Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-01-14
1WH0IE No. 5Sl.


fore The service of The wsit. They Ars m
dsrtaking mighty JOB of ailhSturisg
sentiment; they would Ike tks World .
believe that Il, il necessary . ssn upoa
United States troopS Is Edaid tks person,
Of Governor Smith ssd the Trsassrsr Of
State from the hands Of ths Dsuocracy.
But such i not the 6isS,; the Rsnoerasy
ere svsa.lsnpsEsd Aad ~ poassssd
amidss ltxIE 3ksy 80 ps0papsl = 60
test every inch Of groasd With tn trsitcp.
After Barr and his '6oespiratosU 1T the
Senate left the convsutiou, that convention
proceeded 70 do what they were called
there for. Lieutsuast.6 Governor NORM,
who was present. wa immsdistely installed
~ President Of the SonvensfbSj ex-oi6cio
President Of the Senate. @s
rHE rwo oovEaEoIs. -
When Barr and his friends left the con.
vention, . majority Of that convention con-
tinued 10 session aud proceeded to count
the votes a. provided, which iills the re-.
quirements Of the law in toto, and this
court settles the question as to who are
duly elected to their Offices, and leaves
nothing to be done but to induct these
several officers into their places. We then
are met with the status Of the Smith. Barr
injunction face to face. Ex-Governor
Smith has charge Of the Executive cham
Der and the papers, furniture, &C., Of the
Office, and at his door are soldiers of the
United States. Treasurer Bingham. is
also still in possession of the Treasury Of
the State, and bis door is also guarded by
soldiers Of the United States. Governor
Lindsay and his ex-Excellancy have in.
duiged in an interchange Of letters which
has certainly proven exhaustive, as an ef.
fective method Of getting into possession
Of his room and appurtenauces BY Cover.
nor Lindsay. Nowhere does Governor
Smith state his grounds Of opposition to
Lindsay's election. II he charges the
election as conducted by the Democratic
party, violative of the bill to enforce tho
fifteenth amendment, monstrous aud ridi-
culous as would such charge be, it ap-
plies with equal effort to every one and
all of the Democratic State ticket voted
for on the 9th of November. lam there
fore unable to solve the problem gotten up
by these fellows. E. ss&Sf
WHAT SHALL BE DONE?
The question, in nutshell, shorn Of all
ntanglements, is how is Governor L;nd.ay
to maintain his rightfal authority The
Senate is a .notoriousy illegal body. We
have Governor and House Of Repre-
scutatives. Cannot Governor Lindsay is.
sue writs of election for Senators to fill
vacancies? The Fedora: government can
not interfere as long A. the House is in
session; then let that body remain in ses-
sion until the election Of Senators Is over,
and ~ the result is favorable to the Demo.
cratic party, let both Houses call con-
vention of the State. Then upon Che de-
cision of the courts, that constitution
ratified by majority Of the people Is OBJ.
ligatory and legal, Notwithstanding it was
not brought into existence according to
pre- existing laws, let them act Let this
convention enact laws and give u State
Government in keeping with the wishes. Of
the people. This is the Mails plan, not
mine. Yetit is feasible, and ia this day
of extraordinary measures We must DO
ready 10 meet them with nerve and expe-
dients. 4;..ds
To day there is an unusual excitement
among the people. Icannot tell what will
be their course, for this dastardly outrsge
has filed every one with alarm. More
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