, 1872-10-24
Mr. Garfielde's Speech.

On Tuesday afternoon Mr.. Garfelde,
aceompanied by Gov. Ferry and the
0lyr,pia Brass Band, appeared at the
Pavilion in this city. and for two hours
oF more addressed an audience of less
man three hundred souls-including
men, women and children-in his most
plausible sophistry and silvcry ac-
cents, in explanation and defence of his
public services as delegate in Congress.
Our limited space will not permit an
tended review of a speech of that
scngth, and we shall therefore, at this
time, only refer to one or two of his
c1:ef points. The matter upon which
he laid the greatest stress, and devoted
more of his speech than to any other,
,Tas an article which appeared in the
DISPATCH of August 23, reviewing his
7lbors in the session of Congress of 1870
II, as reported in the Congressional
;iIo5e. Every question of fact to which
lie excepted is embraced in the follow
Dg extract from that article:
By referring to the Index of the Con-
ressional Globe for the session of 1870
III we find he introduced the follow
ng bills:
ITO grant lands to Washington Ter
tory to aid in the construction OF rail-
Dad and telegraph lines in said Terri
tory."
'sFor the relief of William Kelly,
captain of eighth United States Caval-
y"
For the relief of disabled officers of
he Army honorably mustered out under
he act Of July Is, 1870.
"To extend the benefits of the dona-
son laws of September q, 1850 to GER
tain persons.
In regard to homestcads upon pub
ic lands"
Joint resolution for branch rail-
road from Utah Territory to the Colum-
bia River" "
These include every measure intro
duced by Mr.. Garfelde during that
session. and it will be observed that they
are chiefly private bills for which he
was only acting as attorney. Not Sill
Gle measure for the general benefit Of
the Territory was passed under his aus
llices nor single act of any kind In
|vhioh he was not personally interested.
The Legislature at its last session me-
1loriallzed Congress on many matters
deemed of great importance to our fu-
ture prosperity. It will be seen that
not one of those memorials were pre-
sented to Congress by Mr.. Garfelde.
With well acted assumption of virtu-
ons indignation, Mr.. Garfelde spoke Of
this statement as the malicious invention
Of a man who had been driven out of
San Francisco" who he denounced
IS "a malicious Ear," Or one grossly
ignorant of what he stated. We
might truthfully retort, that though the
victim of an insensate mob, composed
OF the lowest and most lawless of a
city rabble-whose felon act Mr.. Gar
ielde exultantly endorses we were
never convicted of an offence against
public morality or private decency; that
we were never forcibly elected from q
gambling room, as Mr.. Gar6elde was, in
open day, upon public street in Olym-
pia, while his son grabbed the gambling
money scattered in the affray; that we
never spent nights and days, as Mr..
Garfelde has done in this city, in collu-
sion with professional gamblers, in win.
ming from a young man Government
funds entrusted to his keeping. We
might continue this copparison indefi-
aitely and mention nsthing but what
are matters of public notoriety; but we
will only say in regard to the question
of veracity that our statement is fully
corroborated in every particular by the
Congressional Globe. wheich is open to
the inspection of any man who has any
doubts upon the subject, and that his
denial of the same was the most shame
less exhibition of brazen mendacity
which We ever witnessed upon public
stand. If any doubt this statement, we
will convince them of its truth by docu-
mentary evidence if they will call at our
Office. The whole speech was replete
with like shameless falseh oods and spe-
cious inventions, which we shall notice
more in detail hereafter.