The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-22
INDEPENDENT" HIDES, BUT "HOL-
LERS."

An Independent" protesting to hail
from Gervais, but who is not independ-
ent enough to write his own opinion con-
cerning our work to as, or over his own
signature, that we may know for surety
with whom we are dealing, is out in
Sam Clarke's Record with a column Of
decidedly Clarke-ish nonsense, leveled
at US as an extinguisher, and we are
really surprised that We are not demol-
ishedI
He accuses US of being champion"
Of the "Custom House ringn and "Hip-
ple-Mitchelr' and so forth, and we hope
that the accusation has greatly relieved
his mind. It is always better for bile
TO be dislodged from the stomach, as it
works great injury to the body if al
lowed to bring on ague.
After the editorial indorsing Judge
Tolman had been published, wholly
upon the strength of information from
Temperance and Suffrage friends, we
went to hear him speak in Portland,
and we coincide with our unknown ''In-
dependent friend, who is not independ-
ent enough to own his own composition,
when he says the Judge has not dared
TO speak out in favor of Suffrage and
Temperance. In that respect he is Just
like our good friend Timothy Daven-
port, whose speech we also went TO hear
fully expecting him TO indorse these IS
sues, but, alas for the vanity of human
expectations, he was as shaky as any of
iem.
No, good friend, there is but one way
that woman can get the ballot, and that
is through the necessities of the Repub-
liean party, or party in power. All the
present political combinations are
''rings," whether in the hands of Lair
Hill and his tools, Grover and his, or
the Custom House and its. If men are
really independent candidates, let them
come out as some men in Washington
county have done in this weeks paper,
and be the tools of nobody. Then we
can conscientiously support them if we
believe they are honest; but as long as
they are so weak in the spinal vertebra
that they cannot go alone, We prefer to
manage droves of them rather than lit
tie squads.
Last fall there was rare opportunity
for our friend Davenport to come out
and be elected as a really Independent
candidate. Then he could have been
elected, but he would not dare. Now,
with the National Bank ring to back
him, he has no show for election, and the
mass of voters will not throw away
their votes upon him.
If our head-hidden opponent had beens
truthful when be sought to be scurrilous,
he would have saved himself the good
opinion we should like to entertain for
all men by emitting that personal rib
aldry by which he accuses us of "never
taking the stump for anybody that was
not badly beaten" Has he forgotten
the last Federal campaign, or did he
prevaricate a-purpose? We took the
political platform last fall for the second
time as a forlorn hope, and because no
man had the courage to say a word
against the "Independent" ring of NAL
contents who were pretending to cure
Mitchell ulcer with Nesmith poultice.
We took the platform for principle, and
should proudly do the same again under
like circumstances.
Now, sir Independent" when you
get independent enough to "hollerp
without hiding, we shall be pleased TO
hear from you again.