, 1872-10-24

VI SUCH an dctlOu. TF--=
EDITOR OF DISPATCH In your paper
of Wednesday you have done injustice,
undesignedly no doubt, both to the can
didates for Representatives As Mr.
C. Clymer is East of the mountains, and
will not be likely to retnrn until just be-
fore the election, justice to him demands
that any misunderstanding relative to
his position should at once be,corrected.
l have then to state positively, from full
and correct knowledge of the fact, that
there is no such understanding or ex-
pectation even that they will" support
prohibitory liquor law" The Temper
ance men in this community are not
Quixotic, they are neither asking nor ex-
pecting such a law; and may add, that
the larger part agree in the main with
you, and "do not believe that the cause
of public morals would be promoted at
this tone by the passage of such law"
These men are chosen because it is be-
lieved that they will favor such modifi-
cations of existing laws, as will hold
both the officers whose duty it is to en-
force, and those who violate them, to
stricter accountability. No better, no
truer men, who are on the side of decen-
cy, morals, virtue. law and order, can be
found then the two men who are thus
nominated for Representatives,.
GEO. F. WHITWORTH.
EDITOR DIsPATcH.-Proper yentilIa-
ton is necessary to health, and it may
not be Improbable to ventillate the pro-
scriptive policy of the Republican Con-
vention of the 18th inst. The commit
tee on credentials assumed to judge of
the political status of the delegates, and
declared .hat White River had sent two
Democrats, one being present and hold
ing the proxy for the other. The proxy
was taken out Of Mr.. Neeley's hands
and given to another, no one dissenting.
and the Convention acquiescing without
division. Now the question is, what
is the duty of committees on credentials?
Is that committee in the Legislature au-
thorized to judge of the political status
of persons claiming seats ? If the par
ties who make the delegates have not
the exclusive right to judge their quali-
fications. then the whole thing of dele
gate conventions is farce. The very
object for which such committees is Gre
ated is defeated: that is, to determine
,oho are delegates not rhat they are
The cry was-look well to it that no
Democrats get into the Convention;
meaning, of course, White River Re-
publicans, We doubt your loyalty to the
party. Oh, consistency, etc. W. II.
NEWSPAPER CHANGES Vancouver
Register has hauled down the Garfelde
and hoisted the McFadden flag.
The Olympia Tribune announces that
that paper will hereafter be independent
in its politics. The editor is personally
for McFadden.
The Courier, the Walla Walla Union
and the hateHigencer are now the only
Garfielde papers in the Territory. One
of these is supported out Of the public
treasury; another is sustained by Feder-
al officers and the third was recently
bought up by county patronage.
CONSULTING ON THE TERMINUs.-The
railroad party Of the Northern Pacific
road, says the Portland Bulletin, yester-
day held special meeting in the par
lors of the Clarendon Hotel, at which
every member of the party was present.
The business transacted was strictly
private, no particulars being furnished
for publication. The meeting was who'll
ly and solely upon business connected
with the road, and the question settled
as to where is to be the terminus that
has so long time agitated the people of
Washington Territory. The result of
their deliberations will not be known
for some time yet to come.