, 1882-09-15

the master and not the servant. Time is
ripe and the fruit for action is ready to
be garnered. Let the watchword of the
approaching Republican Convention for
Washington Territory be: a direct rail
road to the Sound, or no land grant"
beyon? what has already been ceded to
the Northern Pacific, or by that company
sold. II the temper and intent of Con
grcss be what it is believed to be- or what
It should be, proposition OF tins char-
acter properly advocated and pressed,
will meet with approval.
In opposition to this suggestion it may
be urged that the Republican party of
this Territory cannot successfully coun-
teract the moneyed influence of the great
Northern Pacific. Very well, if this be
true, we can at least try, and il we Fail
let us try, and try, and try again until
the old maxim rOr p0pHH yOr Det Is
verified and established.
When united party and determined
people arise il their majesty and in their
might and demand that right prevail,
they will succeed, even though corpora
tiOns pour ont and scatter their money
like pebbles 70 carry nefarious ends
Money is power, It's true, yet | have an
abiding faith in the intelligent and hon
orable efforts of the American people,
and | believe that when the majority or
tle people Of State or Territory lend a
united influence toward the recognition
and establishment Of sacred rights, that
their will founded upon the rock of
equity, ought and eventually will become
law, even though the tiends incarnate
who guard the gateway Of perdtiOn
should be lcagued against them. Ii
united peoples proper desires may not
be established, then indeed Is republi-
can government in the New World build
ed upon the sand,
The Northern Pacific Company has
evaded its contract and is making Port
land its terminus; it has dictated where
towns should be built, and even yet it Is
not content. 1t now appears in new
role. IL attempts to dictate the policy
Of. and name the candidates for, the Re
publican party of Washington Territory
The devil" it is said. helps his people"
and the political directors OF the North
arn Pacific help their own. They are
for Brents first, last and all the time OF
him they by implication say: Truly
thou art good and faithful servant;
great shall be thy reward, for thou art
true to thy trust; thou hast often been
tried and never been found wanting so
FAR as our interests are concerned. Go
in and win, tried servant, we will assist
thee"
Shall we stop this presumption now?
or shall we wait until the power has
passed from us to stay the hand that is
TO lie heavily upon us? say let us take
time by the forelCcks; let us strike now
and win.
Local interests and sectional lines are
as nothing when compared to the strug-
gle which the managers OF the Northern
Pacific are forcing upon us, in a political
sense, and to the vital interests which it
involves. Brents is their man; he is
their servant; they have captured him,
and they own him; body and soul he
seemingly belongs to them. Let Repub
lcans see to it that victory be not theirs
nor his. Be the delegate who shall be
nominated Minor, be it Struve who shall
be thus honored, be it Anders, be it
Moore, Sturteyant, Stratton or Smith
be it any free, independent, untrammeled
and capable man whom the Republican
convention shall nominate, favor will
have been conferred upon the Republi-
can party, and upon the people of Wash
ington Territory. Even chance of se-
lccting n man who will stand for the in
terests of the people is by far preferlgOle
to one whom the Northern Pacific officers
are using every effort to nominate. Let
the people who compose and represent
the rank and file of the Republican party
of this Territory join hands and unite
efforts for the interests of common peo-
pie, and for the true interests OF the
party. Il. n. SWEET.