The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-09-26

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be made qthe case" And when Mr..
Strive so cautiously and shrewdly
makes this statement, lin manner as
deadly in effect though not legally Ii
belous), he knows that he is giving
currency to falsehood and at the same
time ejolattRg his ooth as az attorney.
When the present matters are over in
justice to my father l shall publish
Gov. Browns letter.
Strive says | appealed to him to
assist in recovering the remnant Of my
fathers fortune; that | am ungrateful
in this. He was employed by my
father on contingent fee to prosecute
suit against one who afterwards was
the means of the expose of his deser-
ton. Doubtless from fear of what, S.
perhaps, was aware the defendant knew
of him, he failed from month to month
and from term to term to prosecute
the case, till !, inexperienced, unaided,
and young as | was succeeded in OBJ
tanning that for which Mr. Strive had
been employed; and had he been less
willing to sacrifice in delay his clients
cause to political aspirations we would
have recovered all instead of a portion
of the claim.
And now Mr.. Editor, l close. If
Mr.. Strive had deserved any sympa-
thy for the exposure of the truth he de-
series 1t not noac. My record stood
open to him. He could have retaliated
on me. He could have dissected and
shown to the people, if possible, where
in /, as az officer, had been unfaithful.
lie couId not do it. Hence he does not
attempt it but pursues the course that
is base, treacherous, and ignoble; drags
into fight with me, and circulates by
his covert inuendo broadcast over this
Territory q charge against my father
| which he best knows to be false. No
matter what my father had done that
affects not me as an odicer. Why does
not he attack me! Why does he not
charge that which would prove me I'M
fit to deserve the confidence of the peo-
pie in the absence of which he strikes
that which is de0rer to me hoa oDire,
my aged father. And while Strive
may now in his Yo,wyer days complain
against exposure Of his past; he can re
cover. Life is still open to him and to
me: we can suffer pangs and malicious
SANDER; can be defeated again and
again, and spring up to fight again;
but 20 obtain any odice that cccr tcos
creotoI unnecessarily to open afresh
(ercn i tpel the wouni in an old
maIS life ,rhoSe only qft"Sc dgaiHst .Ur.
Sty"oe is IN haths Is my .Jatler, and
whose lifo rapidly is passing away, and
with gray hairs of sixty summers
shadowing his brow, deserves the char
ity at least if not Justice of every fair
minded man; and to have opened this
wound, placed him in this light, pow
erless except through me to defend
himself, and at his citol and important
moment, discloscs in Mr.. Shuye the
demagogue and trickstcr that he is,
and deserves the condemnation of every
i"'i Hiiiii'' iilhH' II l mistake not
the public this will result in such an
overthrow as will be AN example to
schcming demagogues and malicious
greedy politicians. | have striven to
serve the people; Ihore faithfully done
so; have made record which can not
be overthrown; a public unpcrveitcd
will recognize it. rest my claims
with them. | simply ask fair PLAY that
then wishes untrammcled be expressed.
There is sufficient purity and love of
fair dealing i'll the people as a mass to
revolt against manipulation and intim-
idation; it is bound to react on its per-
petratorS. When cause is so weak
that such means must be resorted TO it
Is too weak to deserve public conf
dence; when it will not move itself in
to place by its own merit it is too weak
FOR public favor, and the public acting
freely and advisedly are not ripe to re-
celve 1t; 1t is the custom all over the
world, and conducive to the purity of
public service, by endorsement to en-
courage faithfulness in Office. | leave
my case with them; their interests are
involved; they must choose.
l beg leave to subscribe myself,
Respectfully yours,
D y. III. BLOOMFIELD