Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-04-14

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,u.a A Ne Iulsons election IA - To-
..Ioat tuu u 'cu,til canvass. sole
!, on the e,ound ol his religious be-
Uu, ehhle Admitting his superior
qualifications W utb,, respects. IN tho
fo'', = l,s,,c. II Wa charged that
tho liymau Catholic lunch wa pro-
t,s.a,,, ca tathol aggressive IN its
taIet. aud th4i II utEAt To obtain
rIi 3 rpt uulV o $50 ,oirliual con
d..u NJ iDc citizen. lat t. rile the
i,l.nf 90, pow, ana place The Gov
siru,ui tt-,ll unlor dictatIon Of tho
I i,A. 4 - uun So, tnry now, " hile
So popular mind IL lrcc from excite
mont {, -hpN tip ahsnrlity OF such
'At.,. ,ul !, n bci,ly acknoal-
cltl ~ ,he suppoit gwen Mr.. Jud-
seen g., N,,nF ~ few davs ago, Ivy
le8l" Republicans. TINT such fears
o.. IrI,N anl bat used rs
absih. j.. wbeh popular sentiment
ouald b, sva,"i for party success.
iluli'tsn'i "nr object To arraiGn
the fio0Ia of tho Mayor on Tins
,itAr f. a. mu,k to point II
mulal that Ne u.lulc 10 course
wh,,b indicate. Just how much conf
houre nav ho placed IN tho assertions
~ ynui an lsmaeoguos during a
h,,lil c,mpusu II they choose to
maintain. hoo.ct. that they were
s,Hor,t. tnl 'int Dele gate. with
matpv nouinpl position in Con
gtas, cnuli oh'rula his religious
"piH,n. ~ that capacity with more
'hvvl lhlnnA Territorial Supcrintend-
,utuf s,thop'a ora, Mayor If grow
ia municipality. II they were sin
rua IA ll,tr desire TO entirely separ-
ate 'huith ADD STATE, 10 keep apart
81 iiua nud r"li'Ic,, to elect non
pfn.es-or, IT religion 10 all offices OF
pr1Ni ~ trust, au opp lrlunity is now
annul. ''r display If just such
="',rhuln, Nhon tho telegraph an
nIunOca ,'n nj daily political resolu.
iion- adopted by tue New England
Conference NJ the Methodist Ewsco-
pal thirh The lirst Of these wa,
a bull against Gov, Hampton, and
!, has been followed by others giving
the President oil sorts of advice Us tc
governmental policy Tho last Of
she'e, advocates the rights of /" vic.
tins II nppIession." referring tc
tho oslorod people Of the South. and
assuming. 1t course. that no outrages
have been committed against any.
b'ly not possessed Of black skin.
II virtually approves of the return.
,ug board tactics 10y which Mr.. Haye,
MS foisiel into place and arrays the
conference. M n political machine
un The side which although success
ful IN chicanory, has boon repudiatcd
lay u large majority Of the people oil
the nilod States. Tho colorcd citi.
Sens enlpyol their rights" quite rs
unre ser,olly a. tho whites in the
late Presidential election. and the
cfy 1t intimidation -as was deter.
mined upon before the election
was hut al appliance /, throw dust
ani ohscuro the vision while the re.
tuning boalla followed orders from
htnd.punIten
We holio,e iha, the action Of the
Nv ENGLAND Conference IL more the
'hrute Il political feeling than OF
Nislum frum ou high, aud il We are
h. haze euy faith in the position OF
nur Republican friends, tho true safe
gnarl ~ oar government il 10 keep
4 ah=.i from aH orre'is, Ia maintain
the many form. ~ belief M checks
against Zach other, allowing neither
h. obtain ~ ascendcncy over the 9th.
.ts, then the present emergency
f.puitos their most determined ef.
fnti.
We confcsa. however, that we sec
nu danger Ia result from the selec-
ton Il Inon Who reverence the Deity
ius "ut ruler-, an,l the more adverse
their peculiar doctrines or forms OF
Mliei the better IL will he for the
people. u 1. only when religious
bo'liea give the weight Of their 50.
cred professions and OF numbers to
. doubtful II not infamous cause,
iha, We call upon our Republican
isis usta ia tuaLa s,a.l THAR wor,lo