Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-03-12

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used II the puntei copy thar be gui
IN the original. bat A. the document
was wrIiteE ;Aree months 40, We
dOub, very much whether be csE re-
@euber precisely where be wrote
BAG or little U, nor Is that fac. ma
4erial TO the case made out against
him and his confreres by its publica-
t,on. He is very bitter in his denun-
cia,ion of the Orcyo',ian for giving it
publicity. He claims that it was a
private letter, and should have been
regarded as such by that journal;
that it was obtained by unfair means
and published without Mr.. Brents
consent. The most reasonable view
of the matter, appears to us, to be
that the Delegate, supposing he was
addressed in his official capacity, by
represe ntative men," from their
public sphere, upon matter of gen.
eral interest to the people $50 gener-
al, in fact, as to elicit spontaneous
uprising of the people, } that he i'm
mediately placed the letter where it
would do the most good" in the
hands Of the Chief Executive, where,
of course, it was accessible to every
body interested in the matter of pub
lie policy which it was designed to
influence. Either this is true, or
Mr.. Brents, indignant at the change
in programme which contemplated
placing him upon the shelf, and
probably controlled by the same in
discreet impulse which led him to
denounce the majority in Congress
as traitors, has deliberately given
Mr.. Tarbell and his friends away,
as means of retaliation. How the
letter got before the people does not
concern them at all. That is a quid
for Mr.. Tarbell and the Governor TO
chew.
The truth or talsity of the asser-
tons made in the letter, is the SUBJ
ject at issue. When Mr.. Tarbell as
sumes that Gov. Ferry is " the man
the people Want" we opine he is
counting without his host, despite
the mighty efforts that were made to
get up q Ferry "boom" by flooding
the Territory with petitions, and ear
nest appeals for the fuglemen to Sc
cure the largest possible number of
signatures, and by applying the usu-
al leverage in the Legislature to
make the members stultify them
selves in signing recommendation
many of them by no means favored.
The manner in which such schemes
are planned and executed by the
Clique, surely needs no explanation
in community where they are so
well known and every Republican
convention is managed by the lead
ing officeholders. Time was when it
was considered beneath the dignity
of Governor to enter into pot.house
political broils, but it is SO changed
that the most stringent civil service
order is inadequate to check the
itching to put up all sorts of political
Jobs, direct committees and control
conventions. Who ever saw Gov.
Stevens Or Maj. Tilton in such gath
eripgs, or heard of their circulating
petitions for their own appointment
or retention in office?
The success in carrying Out the
directions by Which an Indian war
vas averted," and the character
"incited" of the Governor s admin
istration without a blemish," free
from the smell of FIRE" with no
corrupt bargain or job, is elegant
rhetoric, which will cause a smile to
radiate the faces of the more intelli-
gent OF our Republican friends, but
the cap-sheaf of absudity is found in
the assertion that the Governor has