, 1874-11-12

AyH @~"s'N s"V"sS's.
BERz4H BR0N:Fs EDU OIL
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The Power otthe Ps@
We copy the following nom the Olym
yia Courier. not because Of the volunta-
~ and unexpected compliment it pays
to onr services in the late canvass, Init
because it is an able and unanswerable
vindication Of The influence and power
Of the Newspaper press over the popu..
hr sentiment. against the efforts of di-,
ninutive politicians and interested time
servers to detract from its power and
underrate its influence; and also, TO ex>
plain our own position, which has been
greatly niueprssented. ifnot misunder-
stood. aeJ aos9 tsdi alsts d9i4 (
1T may BE- only scsinciderce, that
two years ago, when We supported. the
opposition candidate forC Congress. .he carl
ned the county. before Republican, by
$50 majority, and this year. when we
supported the Republican candidate, the
said candidate carried the county by 400
majority. Il may be nothing more than
. coincidence that. during, three years
70 edited . Democratic paper in Port
land. that city was carried against the
Republican party every year; cireum-
stance which had not occurred before in
ten years and has not occurred since;
aud that during that time the State was
carried Democratic for the first time in
ten years. by a majority of ]. 400. ma
jority which has not been reached by
many hundreds SINCE During. that
canvass we printed and circulated in
the State 6, 1000 copies of our paper week
II. Isielligsnt Republicans attributed
the unparallellsd Democratic3 majority
70 the inaaesce of .ths paper. but the
ls.dipe Dsmocrstic politicians ascribed
IL . their speeches. 8 this Territory
- h.vs faker no partsin politics q. a
partisan; bat lsading business men from
sa1 Francisco and other sections hive
publidy declared thst onr paper has
1oss ma. - promote sfhe prospsrity
and call attention to the resources of
nm c;.v than N other influences ccm
b;ned. and (tbs "iana.iine, (" which
owned Tacoma. sttributed their defeat
r.;n,v 70 th. renrssentat,ons and inf,u-
ence Of this psper. While property hold
A.. ber..s s,e6Isse o.; - md selfish
.cbe..,ss - lave NOT favored hayedone
sIfstns fhe,r nover to suppress our. d
- !, ae.trov our influance. whne al
}sbo,s ~ Nm devoted 81 's.sisaeissis to
IN. nnbl;e ...,fare. Thev rsssesent us
a. a mercss y -uoliticisu and a social
T.bm.e,;ta ~
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OF nepoohcans ~ .ns 1sesn' sIeisssn
was ossea s0'e'y ana e4e1assss aps
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p.ss, 70. none soon -; ws a' ,'sus, "o,.a;", anu
s.ss !. A.sz.ss-1 conomman.
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= 49,, -, ,,,.o,,,,S, IL, L. ...Jt;.,
w. ....;r.a ~. sAno... f.on, .nn
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party % p'''us
our mechanical labor was bestowei up
:. 18th .srt;ea .,;te1 & a., y tbA ] saa,ns NJ eb,;.
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tons. 80 mucn tof tne oxen repeated
falsehood that We were subsidized to the
suonort Of The RApubliean snarfx. We
-. 1901 :. ~ ,.r.v In. e,oh =. w;n
mo oos- - ~ p. ~ - .'. 1-.,, w."
most directly promote the public inter-
sGah.sS We shafein no party !tsin6aphs
INIT sucb .a anoment tha prosneritv of
- ,us.s.-.. .,:....ITr., .,sr.-
our 0n "na'e as'1ii'y
qlSkpeEien9e We MY ~ - s@
sfutf dsvot6d % hose mSs65res -
A;ss y ,,s ss.H.,SSsmx. al
n"n w oau Oul o's'
and Iessasofy w y : nave 'llf no osnef pur.
poses to serve; and to this end we will !
o;va an ,one.t keertvu 3 and nbees&iAkrs
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