, 1872-06-13
A: Question of Veracity.

The present Executive of this Terri
tory took the oath of Office and entered
upon his high trust with question OF
seracity pending over him which he had
had amply time to explain long before.
If he was not galty Of deliberate false
hood, the means Of his vindication were
within easy reach, and a decent regard
for his own honor and for the opinions
of the people whose chief magistrate he
was about to become, shSuld have
prompted him to have left no stone un-
turned to purge himself of this foul dis
honor; for it is a burning shame and
disgrace to the hole Territory that its
chief officer should rest und the i'm
putation OF. being a.conmon liar.
The circumstances have been geper-
ally canvassed through the public prints
but should not therefore be allowed to
rest until the Governor has vindicated
himself or the honor of the people has
been vindicated from thi disgraceful as
persion. Gov. Ferry-by courtesy Gen
eral-was a candidate before the Repub
6can Convention of Thurston county
for Delegate to the Territorial Conven-
ton and was defeated. He subsequent
" appeared in the Territorial Conven-
tion and claimed a seat there upon the
pronnd that he was defessted by the
votes of Democrats, who had no night
to vote in the Republican party caucus
or convention. Is hold III my hand,
he said, "the names Of thirty Demo-
Gratis who voted against the IN the Vi! M
pia primary Republican meeting Up
on this statement, made upon his honor,
Ferry apd his colleagues We're admitted
to seats in the Territorial Convention.
The statement was positively denied by
Marshall Blinn, Elwood Evans, and
many other gentlemen of the highest So
cial standing in the Territory, and the
proof demanded. From that day to the
present Ferry has refused to give the
names of the thirty Democrats he charg-
ed with voting against him III a Repnb-
lean meeting, though frequently called
upon through the public prints to do So
Last week, however, through his own
personal and officia! organ, he copied
and endorsed the statement Of another
paper that Messrs. Blinn, Howe, Hale,
Gam, and several others, were included
in the thirty names mentioned, and
that these men had not acted with the
Republican party for some years past.
Not one quarter of the original number
were accounted for IN this statement,
and as far as it goes, we personally
know it to be false. But little over
one year ago Mr.. Bllnn was regularly
nominated by Republican meeting and
supported by Ferry in common with all
the gentlemen classed as Democrats IN
this statement. as the regular Republic
can candidate for Alderman. Neither of
the gentlemen he names have professed
to be Democr, is or acted with the Dem
ocratic party within our knowledge, and
Ferry cannot certainly impeach their
party standing as Republicans for acts
committed prior to his endorsement Of
them as such. for by so doing ha would
impeach his own party standing and
that of majority of his present politi-
cal associates. If we admit that the
party fidelity of the six or seven named
might justify a difference of opinion as
to their party status. it does MT relieve
Ferry from the charge OF wilfully MIS-
representing until he accounts for the
other twenty odd whose names he has
never revealed to the public.
If the Governor has no shame in this
matter, no regard for his character for
truth and veraclty the people at least
ought to have enongh to express their
indignation at having placed over them
for their government man whose dis
regard for truth ought to exclude him
from social intercourse with gentlemen.
In the same connection, we Iaay men-
ton the fact that we were shown letter
from highly responsible source in Brit
ish Columbia, a few days since, relating
incidents and facts connected with the
career of Beach, the newly appointed
Surveyor General, which If prosecuted
at law would justly consign him to the
penitentiary, and yet this fellow Is en-
trusted with the disbursement of large
sums of money by the Government
What have the people of Washington
Territory done that they should have
hars and thieves sent here to govern
them /? Weuse these terms deliberate y,
without personal resentment or preju-
dice, but i'll indignant protest against II
party system which thus outrages pub
lie morals and social laws.
The IDENTICAL HoRToN.-An inquirer
in the last issue of the Iateitigeacer, over
the signature of "VerItas which
from the character of the inquiry We
should Judge to be an abrevlation for
veritable ass asks II d. Horton who