The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-11-09
COUNTY AND CITY OFFICIAL PRESS
Saturday. Novem'r 8, 1878.
The LESSON or THE DAY.

The result al the election which vas
held in this Territory on Tuesday last,
when analyz=d. will present as It's
most remarkable feature. the independ-
ent individuality Of the people and
their aggregate capacity for self gov
ernmon'. Mary If rs remember the
time " ben a party recusaEt was re-
garded as q social pariah; when tres-
son to party was held as only second in
infamy to treason to the State. But
that was before Caucus become king
aggregated in the hands of few the
prsrogatives belonging by inherent
right to the many when the people
ruled through their chosen represents
tivcs and were not held amenable to
self elected rulers. 1t will be remem
bered, also. that for more than twenty
years a single corporation-the New
Jersey Railroad-ruled that State, die
taied legislation ard made Governors
and U. S. Senators, and that the New
York Central Railroad was for many
years one Of the most important factors
in the politics of that State But the
time has come, and has no: come
too SION, when caucus dicta-
tioa and corporate monopoly rules
will 10 longer he tolerated by
the sovereign people. The person
ality % the candidates in our election
was scarcely recognized; party ties
and party lines were almost entirely
obliterated; the paramount idea was TO
sindica'c popular sovereignty. The
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
aud the Oregon Steam Navigation
Company, the most powerful corporate
menopolies on this Northwestern
coast. openly and shamelessly under
took Ia control our Territorial politics
Til. coordination succeeded in debating
candidate aud platform to the Dem.
ocraiic nominating convention. and
vsinly imagined that they could
through party discipline. mercenary
considerations and the exercise of
power over their dependents. make
themselves the masters of the people
by their own consent. The result has
proved conclusively how greatly they
underrated the intelligence and temper
OF the people. and shows that whatever
errors the people of Washington Terri
TORI may he guilty of. they can never
be sutlagated to caucus dictation or
monopoly rule; money cannot buy
them nor power eoeree then The
election has no party significance and
gives no indication Of mere party
s,rea ID. In this county Democrat.
we're elected 70 three Of the mos. i'm
persans ofSces ia tie coanty, ana
majority Ct three hundred votes cast
against she Democratic candidate for
delegate dictated by the monopolis,s.
Ia this CITY. William II. White, a Dem.
ocratic candidate ser the Legislature,
who WAS openly and violently opposed
by ring Democrats and denied hear
ing in Democratic meeting, received
lei taore votes than the Democratic
candidate al the monopo.is.s Our
oldest AID ssannchess party. men of
both parties openly scratched their
tickets without any apparent fear Of
'mpai1ing their political record. From
all this professional politicians may
learn tha. packing and manufacturing
party cAucasses is not certain means
OF snocess. and monopolists are given
to understand tia, they can no longer
hope to eahancs their power by cor
ap'ing the people.