, 1872-11-07
REMEMBER.
things.

In casting their votes for Delegate to
Congress tomorrow, the citizens of King
county should not ignore the fact that
the only claim which Mr.. Garfelde can
consistently set up for their suffrages is,
that he is the candidate of the Republi-
can party; and it should be remembered
in that connection, that his name or SER
vices were never identified with that
party until after the war closed, and
since then only in the distribution and
division of the spoils of Office, without
one single measure for the public bene-
fit.
Remember that in every matter of
vital interest to the prosperity of our
town, Selucius Garfelde has either
been our covert enemy or faithless rep
At the last session of the
Territorial Legislature, it was suggested
to the members from this county, by
persons officially representing the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company, that an
act Of Congress ceding the mud flats of
Duwami h Bay to the City of Seattle
could probably be used by the City au-
thorities in securing the terminus of that
road at this City A memorial was care
fully drawn by one of those railroad Of
co;oI, I;,,colf ~, oI1 ,,,ay,har nf Cop
gress and familiar with Legislation-and
unanimously passed by both houses of
the Legislature, asking Congress to
make this cession.
Mr. Garfelde was in Olympia at the
time that memorial passed. Hon. G. n.
Nc Couaha transmitted to him certified
COPY of the memorial; several infuen-
tial members of his own party. wrote
to him on the subject, setting forth the
extreme anxiety of the citizens of this
place for its passage by Congress, and
yet MIR. Garielde never presented that
memorial to Congress, or took any
notice of the urgent requests made III
relation thereto, but to write to one OF
the railroad men the very suggestive
remark that he was tired of working
for the railroad for nothing" which was
Il bid for another subsidy, notwithstand-
ing the fact that Jay Cooke had paid
him 5000 for his official influence in
behalf of the company. There IS no
doubt that had Mr.. Garfielde
urged The passage of an act by Congress
in accordance with that memorial, he
cou i have secured il; or that if the
Cit of Seattle had had the control of
hese mud flats. they could have made
erms with the Directors of the Railroad
ecently here for the final terminus of
he road at this point. Whether this
Imposition is true or not, the fact that
.Ir Garhelde positively refused or neg
iected to do any thing in the matter, is
beyond any question. Will the people
If Seattle again trust a man who has
proved so mercenary and faithless to
their trusts heretofore ?-Daiiy, N0v. 4th.
PRoDIGIoUs.-The Courier publishes
under sensation eadings of a half
lozen or more display lines, the fact
hat Billings, the Reform candidate for
sheriff, in a private letter to friend
.ays: 81 am a Republican, always
have been since there was such party;"
md yet Mr.. Billings declares his inten-
ion to vote for McFadden against the
e Ring" The Courier affects to regard
this as a most astounding evidence of
double-dealing. Why, bless his inno-
cent heart, there are hundreds of Re
publicans occupying thu same position
Mr.. Billipgs does, and among them
mary candidates for Office on both tick
cts. In this county the Republican
County Convention dare not risk vote
endorsing Garfelde, for fear it would
either be voted down or split the con-
veHtie1.