Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-07-29

i,Ience in those who ordinarily lay
out the work for caucuses ana con-
ventions. Verify the Republican
party has fallen upon evil times.
The golden chain is broken. The
fond tie is severed. Tie bond Of
friendship, cemcnted by the " eohe-
sivc power of public plumber, has
been ruthlei,lv torn as-undcr, and
whorc few IN pnths ago dwclt peace
and harmony, nov snoul !cts t o
fires of internal discorl and cotnu.o-
ton. The heart swells with ity,
when it RELIES the dire conse-
queEces soon to follow, when the
vel is lifted from the diplomatic
naneuvers which precedcs a siege.
One of the most remarkable anon
allies connected with such Il condition
OF affairs is the extraordinary effort
made to keep from rival aspirants all
knowledge of the objects and de
signs by which each faction is con-
trclled, although their motives are
as well known by their opponents as
by themselves, illustrating so well
the homely metaphor of the ostrich
hiding its head in the sand to escape
pulsuers, that its use will DO readily
pardoned.
The principals i'll this Titanic war,
are necessarily the Executive and his
friends, and the deposed head of
what was once the Federal clique of
the Territory. The office, the only
one which by prestige and patronage
is capable of enlistins respectable
cotarie of camp-followers, carries
with it the inevitable responsibility
of active means of offensive as well
as defensive warfare. 1t is impossi-
BILE for any man to escape the criti-
cism of place-hunters. 1t matters
not whether his duties are we'll or i'll
performed, he must be true philos-
opher, and expect more curses than
blessings. The late and the present
Executives are just the antipodes Of
each other in personal characteris-
tics. Gov. Ferry is the personitica-
ton of frankness. While we con-
denim the INSCRIPTIONS manner in
which he sometimes seeks to advance
party objects, nobody doubts his
candor or his fidelity to those with
whom he is placed in political ac-
cord. Nor would we affirm that the
present Executive is wanting in this
latter characteristic, but it remains
to he proven, and until circumstances
indicate it's possession it must be
classed among the unknown quaint
ties.
These two types of political sa-
gacity have been occasionally pres
ented in our Territory in close con
trast. Mr.. Denny was fair illustra
ton of q politician whose strength
laid in negation. Selucius Garfield
his successor, was the embodiment
of positive power. Probably, how
ever, better idea may lie impressed
by taking higher examples. Behold
the Sphinx-the great Grant-whost
reticence made him PRESIDENT! HI
was opposed first by johnson, n pos
tive man, and next by Greeley
whose very nature abhorred vacu
UNI. Some people may honestly be
lieve that military prestige made hin
President, but close study of thu
conditions and circumstances which
preceded each Presidential campaign
irresistibly lead to a different con
clusion. If service in the field al
ways subordinated other considera
tons, Gen Hancock would to-day b,
President. In the fitness of things
it would seem that the lifelong ser
vices of Horace Greeley for his par
ty and in the cause of humanit
should have crowned him with
more imperishable chaplet than tn
laurels of q chieftain. But he wa
outspoken in his views; no arouse,
the antagonism of all classes VIII
thought differently, while Gran
looked seward and said nothing,
until disappointment at the Chicag
Convention unsealed his lips.
But this is q depression from tn
subject under consideration. TIL
Legislature will soon meet and til
political pot begin to boil. Alread
it has begun to simmer and the sour
is beginning to rise. 1t is surround
ed by so close a GORDON of Relfubl
cans that no Democrat Iced expec
to do more than look over the should
ers of the participants in tie repast
The Governor mus. make certain ar
pointments and pass Judgment upo
various measures. He is sure t,
displease the Ferry faction, VIII
have hitherto ruled the Territor
with q rod of iron, or he will often
the Kickers, who, although few i
numbers, make up in persistenc
what they lack in strength. The pc
Isition is exceedingly difficult t
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