, 1880-10-02
The Campaign.

From our Paget Sound exchanges We
learn that the action of the kalama Con-
! vention Iii nominating an honest man Ike
! Judge Burke as TIE Democratic standard
bearer for this campaign has given such
very general satisfaction 10 the people of
/ the Sound, that the chances for his cleo
/ ton are away above par That the char
! acter Of the Democratic nominee is above
reproach, the press of both parties IN the
whole of the Sound country, where he is
! well and widely known, delight to testify.
/ OF the papers published at Seattle, the
home of Judge Burke, the inteilige,icsr,
republican, says: That the democrats
/ have put strong man ut the head of thelc
, ticket there Is no Use If denviTg. Mr..
Burke is a clever, genial man, lawyer III
good practice, and speaker above the
average order He is active, has warm
| friends and viii make lively campaign.
The SEATTLE Disptfh says editoriaily: '-Of
Thomas Burke, personally, it is not neces-
sary to say one word. He needs no Ger
tificate of character; his perfect purity OF
life and spotless integrity are proverbial.
The comparison with his opponent is Hy-
perion to Satyr No man in the demo
| cratic party reJ''ice more at the nominal
ton of Mr. Burke than do scores sf re-
spectacle republicans who hold the honor
and the prosperity Of the Territory, pera-
mount TO a barren party triumph which
entails disgrace upon our civilization
the local popularity OF Hon. Thomas
Burke, Of Seattle, viii enable hm 10 poll
large sized vote on Puget Sound" "
The opinion Of the Seattle Post on the
same subj ct, We have already published
in s.rfenSO.
We do not base our expectations of de-
mocratic success alone upon favorable
expressions of public and private opinions
OF the merits OF the democratic candidate;
far from it~ In reviewing the situation it
has been very forcibly impressed upon US
that Mr.. Brents is too badly handicapp ID
at the start IL be successful III his second
race over the Congressional track; il IS an
unfortunate thing for A!r. Brents that the
degradation which he brought upon our
Territory is now being visited upon his
own head by his indignant constituents.
4 people are sometimes willing u over
look the apathy of Il public servant, but
the one thing which they can neither for
give nor forget, Is Just the great mistake
Mr.. Brents made which brought discredit
upon the Territory abroad, and shame
upon himself at home. We d. not speci-
fy the details, because We hate t. adver-
tlse the dishonor wrought upon the Ter
rlt0ry. but our meaniu9 Will be understood
when We say that Mr. Brents forgot, or If
he knew, then he wilfully ignored the fact,
that our people possessed their fail share
of local and Territorial pride. But this is
not all
When Mr. BrentS Went 10 Congress as
our Representative, considerable interest
was manifested by the country at large in
the development Of It's Northwest terri
tory; thorough advertising was beginning
to get It's work IN by promoting immigra-
tion hlther; the National eyes We're opened
TO the productive capacity and the present
and future commercial Importance of this
Territory; the feeling Of the majority IN
the National Council halls favored Eber-
al appropriat!onsfor needed improvements
III order to encourage US in the onward
march of progress; there was hope that
strong presen. alton OF our cl .ims would
admit Us into the sisterhood of States
In fact, a combination of favorable cir
cumstances occurred which laced il in the
power Of an able delegate 20 accomplish /
much good for his constituents: prudent
man wCu,d have struck while the iron was
hot Mr- Brents was unequal to the en-
ergencv; he mIstook his position: he
thonght he was a Congressman when he
was only delegate. 4 delegate exists
by the courtesy Of Congress. Mr.. Brents
indiScreetiy called attention u the fact.
covered himself with ridicule and lost his
opportunities Tor good He has been
weighed IN the scales Of experience and
found badly wanting We shall be heard
from again later