, 1876-05-18

as consequence OF such mercenary
illicit intercourse, find itself frequent
" in the same state of ignorance. Its
last issue is bantling of that kind,
which bears no seeming of either
of its assumed fathers-the young
man who has the sniffles and
who has not yet learned the use of a
pocket handkerchief, or the old man
who travels on his department, car
ries his brains enclosed in the waist
band of his trousers, his conscience
IN his breeches pocket-generally
empty-and has been played out by
promiscuous service. This clandes-
tine get of some sore-head politician
opens its puny squall at Judge ia
cobs and the editor of the DISPATCH
1t is hardly consistent with self-re
spect to accept controversy
with an irresponsible bantling of nc
known paternity, but the public sen
timent of the country admits of no
distinctions on account of trace, col
or or previous condition" and we
must accept the conditions.
1t says of Judge Jacobs: "He
became autocratic and dictatorial,
and in the outset, by the a. point
ment of Brown and son to Offices to
which others had far more right, he
probably settled the matter of his
defeat in the next Republican Terri
torial Convention; and if not there
almost certainly his defeat at the
polls" Judge Jacobs had no con-
troll or direction in the appointments
alluded to. The senior was APP
pointed by the successor of Judge
Jacobs, who publicly assumed the
sole personal responsibility fer the
act, and Judge Jacobs only signified
his approval in the same manner and
to the same extent that was done by
nearly or quite every Federal office
holder upon Puget Sound and not
less than three-fourths of the law
yers of the District Of both political
parties; the only persons objecting
to it being those who wanted the po-
sition for another man. The ap-
pointment of the younger Brown
was the personal act of the Collect
or of Customs, approved by the De-
partment at Washington. We are
certain that Judge Jacobs could not
have prevented that appointment
if he had attempted to do so. No
has ever been made Of
the manner in which either of those
officers have discharged their duty
for the year past.
Again: "In selecting the DIS
PATCH as his organ, and Mr.. Brown
as one of his chief advisers, Judge
Jacobs exhibited exceedingly bad
judgment, and he will regret it bit
terly ere many months have passed"
Judge Jacobs never selected "the
DISPATCH as his organ" or "Mr.
Brown as one of his chief advisers"
It will be remembered that Judge
Jacobs was not our first choice for
the nomination, and that the support
we gave him in the election was nom
partisan and voluntary, hampered
by no personal conditions, express
Or implied. The DISPATCH is not the
organ of any person, party or clique,
nor has ever pretended to be. Our
personal relations with Judge Jacobs
are entirely Independent of party
politics. We have in no way inter
fered with, or attempted to bias, his
party relations, nor has he meddled
with our political sentiments. There
is no political bond between us
which could not be dissolved at any
moment without any breach of faith
or personal friendship on either side.
We do not suppose a narrow mind
ed partisan can comprehend this re-
lation, but it is a foul libel upon the
intelligence of the people that they
will condemn and repudiate a pub
lie officer solely upon the ground
that he is supported by some one
not of their own party faith. The
of the past disprove the
ridiculous assumption. How many
supported by the DIS
PATCH have been defeated since we
have had charge of the paper :?
Judge McFadden was told by polit-
ical bummers that the support of
the DISPATCH would ruin his chances
in this county. Did it? How many
votes did Judge Jacobs lose at the
last election by our support? How
man will be lose in the mkt?
Wait and see.
PHYSICIAN TO THE INSANE AsY-