Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-11-14
OLYMPIA, SlIlEp,l MORNING. NM. II, M,
FIAT JUsTITIA ct SUAT CELUM,


1t i,'tclicycd hat we arc justified in
borrowing from n dead language tic
caption Ct this article. Plain English
words, though expressive and seldom
departed from in the somewhat extended
life Of this journal. fail in this emer-
gency to meet the true requirements of
the case. We dislike profanity. yet
feel tempted to make use of few en-
phatic adjectives. When, therefore, we
find language whose syllables are so
resonant as to resemble cuss-words"
it is some satisfaction to print few OF
them in bold capitals at the head of an
article, to warn the reader Of what is to
come.
To say that we are dissatisfied with
the result of or Territorial election, is
to express in very commonplace prose,
feelings wrought up to pitch which
would more properly find expression in
heroic verse. We can stand being
beaten-we are used to it--and to COM
plain of a local defeat when nearly the
whole Union has shaken off the" chains
of bondage" Chats neat as well rs ex-
pressivc) may appear to some rs fastld-
ious as the taste of the boy who wanted
both sugar and molasses on his bread;
but we realize that we have been skuthpd
beaten when we had nine points"
in the game-and this conviction impcls
us to submit few facts, for the consid-
Grafton of an " impartial people"
Imprimis, The Democratic party
should have elected the Delegate to
Congress. It was manifest. through
out the canvass, that the popular will
was jim harmony with the objects ex-
pressed by the party in its platform.
The same feeling of alarm, the same
desire to reform, which has pervaded
the whole country and caused twenty
two sovereign States to rise up with COM
mon accord, and demand change in
the policy which has controlled the ma
fion, actuated likewise our people, and
caused them to put forth superhuman
efforts under the most adverse circurn-
stances, for the triumph of their cause
in this Territory. We do not believe
that it can be said a single vote was OBJ
tanned for Mr.. Sharpstein through the
influence OF either love OF money. Nor
can it be claimed that the party was
under any special obligations to support
him after his speech in this place, in
which he claimed for himself total ex-
emption from party responsibility. II
an individual proves false to the obliga-
tons or principles of one party, it is
presumable that he may, under different
circumstances, prove recreant to the
tenets OF another. His nomination was
effected on the assurance that it was the
wish of the Democracy of Walla-walla,
as a measure of expediency, to heal up
dissentions which had been aroused by
the imprudent course of few of its
members. 1t would never have been
made had it not been understood that,
after mature deliberation, his nomina-
ton was acceptable to the party. 1t
soon became apparent, however, that,
instead of calming the storm, it lent
new power to the elements which
threatened to disturb all peace and har-
mony.
Even with this unfortunate situation
Of affairsin Mr.. Sharpstein's own county
the party elsewhere did not despair,
but went manfully to work and effected
as thorough IN organization as was pos
sible under the circumstances. He was
received in this part of the Territory,
where he was almost stranger, with
cordially and even enthusiasm, but the
favorable impression did not last when
it was ascertained that the candidate
was making the race, apparently as a
mere matter of form, and was devoid Of
zeal or just appreciation of the magni-
tude of the task before him and his duty
to the party which had placed him be-
fore the people as their candidate. His
presence was q wet blanket to the homes
and aspirations of his friends, and i'm
parted renewed hope tohis adversaries.
Had he remained at home, the result
could not have been worse, and might
have been very materially improved in
some places where. as here, he avowed
doctrines which struck at the very foun-
datien of party organization. The
Ofice-holders trembled, not through
fear of the commanding influence of