The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1876-10-21
Mr.. JutlsOn on the ROsirum.

John p. Judson, Democratic candi-
date for Delegate in Congress, spoke
to a small audience at Browns Hall
last Tuesday evening. The rally OF
the '.unlcrrilicd" was rather feeble,
but this is attributed as we'll to the
inclcmcncv of the weather rs To the
lack Of enthusiasm among his follow
cr>. Hon. Il. +. Shaw presided over
the meeting and formally introduced
the speaker. Mr.. Judson proceeded
IN an easy and fluent manner to cX-
press his pleasure at being able to
meet so many of the people of Van
couVcr, his old home where he went
to school in his boyhood days. As
on Il former occasion, he told the au-
dicncc that he was a Washington
Territory boy and proud OF himself
After few minutes devotion to this
and other kindred subjects of ego
tism, he expressed his regrets that
Judge Jacobs was not with him to
take a pare in the discussion, and
producing letter from the Judge,
proceeded to vindicatc himself from
the charge of being 10th to meet his
able opponent upon the stump. This
letter was dated at Seattle, Scptcm-
Der 18th, 1876, and addressed to SIR.
Iudson, ut Olympia, the place of his
residence. That portion of the let
ter which he read was simply a for
nal invitation 20 make a Joint can
vas>, and naming the Seattle coal
mine as the place, and the 10Th OF
September as the time for the first
meeting. AT this point " the letter
he ceased 10 read, and asserted in the
most emphatic manner that it would
have been impossible in the very ma
turc OF things for him to meet the
Judge at the time appointed. lie
made Il great noise over this point,
but the observing Democrats, as well
as the Republicans present, noticed
that he was careful not to finish
reading the letter. This fact, to-
gcthcr with another fact well known
to the people of Vancouver, ihai
Mr.. .1ud,on was at this place on INC
cI>t and ed day, of Sept. last, and
could not therefore have been at his
home in Olympia more than twenty
four hours before Judge Jacobs
letter wa, written, and the point he
attempted to make against his opno-
ncnt became Il two dyed ms rumcnt
in his hands and cut himself worse
than any one else. \ frank c.:posi-
ton of this matter would have in
volvcd the reading of the 1rhole lei
ter and Il statement OF all the facts.
His course on this point was as pal
pablc piece Of pcttifogging as any,
of which later in his speech, he a.
cu>cd Judge Jacobs.
lie next took up The platform of
the Democracy of the Territory and
made some very sensible remarks by
giving uttcGancc to divers and sun
dry expressions about civil service re-
form, economy, retrcnchmcnt and
the punishment of official dclin-
Qucnts; all of which was endorsed
by the masses OF the Republican par
ty long before MIR. Judson's nomina-
ton, and which during the past year
have been gildcd in,o homilcs by
the ccascless harpin9 of all classes of
political dcmagogucs. Designating
the opinions OF his Roman Catholic
constituency, he declared himself in
favor of the public school system and
opposed to any and all scctaran di-
vision of the public school funds
lie then proceeded to arraign Judge
Jacobs for negligence and incompe-
tcncv, and to this end attempted to
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