The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-02-12
VANCOUVER INDEPENDENT.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY -, 1850.


of the Territory was called to meet at
Olympia Wednesday of last week, but
for what purpose was not indicated in
the call. The Olympia Courier reports
the proceedings of the meeting from
which we CLEAN the following: Frank
Tarbel Chairman, Byron Barlow, r.
ID. Attridge and Geo. ID. Hill, being
four of the nine members of the Com
mittee, were present. T. NJ. Reed of
Olympia presented the proxy of c. ID.
Porter, Elisha Allen of Snohomish
county presented the proxy of 5. w.
Hovey and J. T. Brown presented the
proxy of Byron Daniels of Vancouver.
After the roll call the following resolu-
ton was presented by Mr.. Hill.
Resolved that when Il member of
this committee is unable to attend
n meeting thereof he may send Il rep
must be a resident of the same Council
district rs the member whom he rep
resents.n This resolution was adopted
whereupon Mr.. Reed who held proxy
for Mr.. Porter of ColfaX and Mr.. Brown
who held proxy for Mr.. Daniels of
Vancouver withdrew from the meet
ing. The committee, composed of
Messrs. Tarbel, Barlow, Attridge, Hill
and Allen proceeded to business, elect
ing two delegates to attend the Chi
cago Convention, Hon. Thomas II.
Brents and DR.. T. T. Minor of Port
Townsend. \ resolution endorsing
Governor Ferry and recommending
his reappointment was then adopted.
There are several items in the pro-
ceedings of the committee which de-
serve notice and criticism. First the
meeting was composed of four only of
the actual members of the central
committee and one proxy, all from
the Puget Sound section of the Terri
tory. Second, the proxy from the CO.
lumbia river and proxy from east of
the mountains were rejected because
rs the resolution imports, the persons
holding the same were not residents of
the Council districts they asked to
represents; and third, the committee
organized upon n sectional and ring
basis took the matter of National pol
tiles into its own hands and depriving
the Republicans of the Territory of
their voice in the matter proceeded to
choose the two men who should cast
the presidential vote of the Territory
at the Chicago Convention. This last
item would have been an unwar-
ranted assumption of power even for
the Central Committee as whole with
its nine members present, but for five
men and four only OF these members
of the committee, to presume TO eX-
press the wishes Of the Republicans of
the Territory in the matter of Presi-
dent of the United States, especially
when the people Of the Territory are
limited to voice only in the nomina-
ton and not at the polls, is ridiculous
and revolutionary, and should be re-
Suked at the National Convention
The Committee should have called
Territorial Convention, and not assem-
bled bare majority in the interest of
of certain official TO fix things and
smooth the way for his re-appoint-
mept. 1t was exceedingly bad taste
Tor those members Of the Committee,
two Of whom are or have been the
Governors appointees to office, and
one other arelative OF his family, to ex-
clude Oh technical grounds proxies from
the river and east of the mountains,
and then unanimously resolute
for the Governors re-appointment.
such course when understood will
react on the Governor with terrible
force, and his friends were unwise 70
put him in such an attitude, especially
as ii is generally known that the Gov
ernOr and some Of his friends had only
last month visited Port Townsend, the
residence Of DR.. Minor, who has been
sent a. Delegate to the National con-
ventiOn four months in advance of its
meeting, and who was all ready to
start when his credentials arrived.
There may be nothing significant in
these circumstances, but they are at
easUsuspicious.
We have nothing but the most en-
phatic condemnation for that style of
politics which scruples not TO take
any advantage To forward its ends even