, 1880-10-02
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JESSE DRUMHELLER
Warming Up.

Our independent q but somewhat
gushing friend Of the IfdtchmaH, steps
down from the political fence, springs
madly into the political arena IN defence
ofiTH. Brents, and fills the air With a
deafening souYd Of cannonry, by firing
he contents Of his biggest Pop-gun point
blank at the ST,TsSMANs head We have
not attempted to villlfy the radical can
didate by backing his character or soil
ing his reputation by vain tricks We
started out TO conduct, and We propose to
maintain, strictly honorable campaign;
our opponents open fire by misrepresent-
ing us; this is all right, gentlemen; 1t Is
only another argument, and, consequent
". more votes, for the Democratic candl-
date We never called Mr.. Brents a
horse thief, and We are incapable OF as
serting that, when boy, lie carved his
name on mules back with a jack-knie,
or that he kil led his great grandmother $
Glib cat and sold its hide for whlskey. The
arguments we have directed against Mr..
Brents are political facts; they are notorl-
Gus, recorded facts which cannot be light
ly brushed away with single "Bosh or
"Nonsense" IN reply.
As our contemporary says, free speech,
free press and free ballot is our national
boast. but what We have conteRded all
along is that Mr.. Brepts WAS indIscreet;
that he practically abused his privilege
Of free speech, and by doing 50, to para
phrase the Wdtchman's homely language,
'.he ruined our chances of getting some
thing" We also coincide with General
Sherman's self-reliant views, and General
Sherman will coincide with us IN relying
upon the National Government, which is
the source of Territorial life, for our rights
The way to obtain these rights is by di-
plomacy, and the services Off "hypocritl-
cal, cunning professional beggar, are by
no means necessary to secure them; thst
would be jumping to Mr.. Brents' other
extreme. A Territorial delegate should
be diplomat; Mr. Brents displayed an
alnlost brutal ignorance of the duties OF a
delegate. and, to again paraphrase the
WGtclman, II Is not Congress but Alr
Brents who lisa very small potato indeed !
he showed it by his partisanship; di-
plomat, If he could not agree with the
majority would have kept his mouth shut
and devoted himself to the interests Of his
constituents. It is unfortunate for Mr.
Brents that his most ardent supporters
are a. indiscree, as himself; they also talk
700 much; the Union for instance, at
t.mpts to support hun by setting the East
and West by the ears on 4 sectional issue,
while the independent sheet admits the
unpopularity OF its candidate by acknow-
ledging that great number of charges,
both Of omission and commission-are
preferred against him by an outraged con
stituency Another give away Is the
insinuation tha, it supports Brents because
he is home candidate, and all consldera-
tions of his total unfi,nss and incapacity
for the POSITION are ruled irrevelant and
out of order because he Is Walla Walla
man. This is sectiOnllsm, with venge-
ance. For the honor of the Territory III
general and for that OF the city and coun-
ty of Nalla Walla In particular we should
deplore rs a great misfortune the return
of a man Of Mr. Brents inferior intellect
ual ca,ibre to CongreS7, Tor tie lamentahle
lack of sagacity, prudence and foresight
which he has heretofo. displayed, cieari,
folesbadows greater rid,cule IN the future.
As TO the State issue. the Udtchmdn re-
flutes itself, for Nevada was dragged into
the Union as a war State because the
votes of ber Senators We're required, ana
the late Senator Morton frankly admitted
that that was ore Of the most serious
blupders which the republican party had
committed. We have twice the popula-
ton which Nevada Possessed at the date
of her admission, and In point OF resources
she is the mesnest State In the Union;
our ueople adopted the constitution by
vote of 8 to /, and they are willing and
AHA to assume the rights and to MAINTAIN
the nriyiIeees of State form OF govern
ment: this end can be more speedily At
famed by the election of democratic
Ssleo.te Tho last act of Mr.. Brents
"Comedy Of Errors" viii b played On
ths Ind d NevsnhE Hsn