, 1874-10-15
Support the RepubIis
"a 10 cab Ticket. 9 81 s' 'sH'

! Now, as heretofofe,i during the past
foury years, We ms ehtifesyfr ffonf any
entangains ssliiasces, ana boutdo d ccnfr
mittedHn hcsSsnse bf degfeets aAapt,oss'
liticappAf fsys clique eflecmbination, and
with no pufposeitodserve, but suck as
wefegSrt aslsr the common fw;eM.!1cW
haSeo sought by oslrth means in -our.
power to disconnect'a all measures Of popa
eular interest from the uncertain Issues
of party politics. ana above al, to abol~
,ish the Tyranny of eancus rule, which
through the Strickery and chicanery Of
professional politicians has become the
fountain of all the corruptions of our
system of popular government oeio'
! Two years ago we Joined with others,
including leading men in both political
parties, in the election of Judge McFadr
den, upon the express understanding.
that he would represent the best inter-
asts of the Territory entirely free from
party bias. Upon that ,basis.a MAJORS
ty of the members of the Legislative
Assembly, and a majority of the l-coun-
ty officers of the various counties of the
Territory We're elected. On the assem-.
bling of the Legislature, we learned, to
our intense modification, that a majority
Of that body, being Democrats, deter
mined to ignore the implied er. express
pledges upon which they,Were elected,
and apportion all the patronage and
power of their position by Democratic
caucus, for the benefit of the Democrat
ic party, and that Judge McFadden was
himself a consenting and advising
party toithis arrangement. We protest.
ed against this movement at the time as
an. act cf treachery to our allies and as
compromising the honor and integrity
of every Democrat who had professed
before election to act free fcom party
considerations or bias. 1t is no answer
to. this accusation, that the Democratic
Legislative caucus awarded ione office
to an Independent Republican. That
was mere matter OF policy intended to-
strengthen the Democratic party; the.
same as the nomination for Delegate of
a man who had renowned his connec-
ton with the Democratic party ard
accepted a nomination from san e adj
verse political organization. That there
was no good faith intended by the Dem
ocratic managert when they me,ged
their party organization in m Independ-
ent movement. has since been made
manifest by the call of regular Demo-
cratic Convention. But that is not. all;
Judge McFadden took his seat in Con-
gress as an announced and avowed
Democrat, hostile to the Administration,
At time when the most vital interests
of our Territory hung upon the personal
influence of-our Delegate, upon the
occasion of the passage of the Thurston
county bill, a member ironically moved
"a recess to allow the Democratic friends
of the Delegate to ocongratulate him on
his triumph" If the. Delegate had
made his party predictions Tess 'ap-
parent. tbe probabilities. are that we
would not now be waiting for the legis-i
lation needed for the Seattle and Nyalla
Walla Railroad, which is of vastly more
Importance to us than the triumphs of
any party. sslqfeai1q ID 10 aaasaiaiaia
Two years ago, impressed by the very
general complaint of mismanagement in
the affairs Of, this county. we bent all
our energies to the, purpose Of reform.
by assisting in removing from office all
against whom, these complaints were
urged; and in the main we succeeded;
supporting a portion Of the Republican
and a portion of the Independent
ticket. That success has proved a
disastrous failure in the way Of re-
form. It was but ? repetition Of
the, fable of the Fox and the, Flies.
The, blood suckers driven off have
only beer; succeeded by more hungry
swarm. and under no administration
has such bare-faced and palpable fraud
been committed upon the county as in
the disposal of the county farm by the
present officials lof whom, the Auditor
is the centre and chief engineer. The
so-called Peoples Convention . prac-
tically endorsed that fraud; the call for
that Convention emanated from the ring
of county officials, and did its. bidding;
and the election of that ticket is liz
cense to its projectors to appropriate to
their own use any property the county
may have left, and to fence up the pub
lie streets Of the town, adjacent to their
own property. 80 III =, .s ,..
The Republican ticket was made up.
by Convention composed of delegates
fairly elected in primary meetings and
foirly representing the popular senti-
ment. There is no evidence Of fraud or
corruption in any Of the nominations.
There is not. a candidate upon that
ticket WHO has ever been accused Of Of
fetal corruption or personal dishonesty
or who is not amply competent to dis
charge the duties of the office for which
he is nominated. As between the two
tickets. as whole, holding the unbi,I
assed and Independent position we do,
we cannot hesitate to support the Re
publican ticket. say.ss sfr4.s,,, !
n As we have been asked who S. C.
Harris is, we will say it is Sylvanus, call
ed by his friends, "Vane, !" for short;
the present faithful and accomplished
County Treasurer.