The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-09-28


in the convention of Territorial dele
gates from Clarke, Skamania and
Klickitat counties, where prosecuting
attorney, Observation-Disclosures
Gilman were nominated on the repub-
lican ticket. Iii the selection of these
three candidates agreements had been
made by mutual and by friendly
concession, that Clarke county dele
gates were to name the representative,
Skamania the councilman, and Kick
itat the prosecuting attorney. R. 0.
Dunbar, of Goldenda'e, was announced
as the candidate for prosecuting at
torney, and elected without opposi-
ton; s. M. Hamilton. Of Skamania,
was announced joint councilman can
didate and elected without opposition.
Upon the Clarke county delegation
announcing Thos. P. Orwell as their
choice for joint representative an OPP
position candidate in the person of N.
H. Bloomfield was placed in nomina-
ton and he was chosen against the
protest of the Clarke county delegation,
by the delegates of Klickitat and Ska
mama, headed by R. o. Dunbar. The
vote stood 10 for Bloomfield to tor
Orwell, the former getting only his
own and ]. P. Vests vote from the
Clarke county delegation. And thus
N. H. Bloomfield, man who does not
represent the people of Clarke county,
man whom they dc not want, and
who, two years ago, ran 800 votes be-
hind his own ticket, was forced upon
us as candidate. 1t is we'll under
stood that this was simply the con-
summation of the bargain made two
two years ago, that for Dunbar's sup
port, which gave him the nomination
for prosecuting attorney then, Bloom
| field was to let Dunbar in this year,
and Dunbar would further aid him for
anything he wanted. 1t Is just such
political trickery as this which has
disguised the people of Clarke county
with Mr.. Bloomfield, and they will
not support him further in such ne
farious schemes, but at the polls
majority Of the republicans will
unite with all opposition elements to
defeat him. AS Mr.. Dunbar has seen
fit to enter into his trickery he too
must stand or fall OH the same plat
form, and should an opposition cand-
date be nominated the majority of
votes in Clarke county will be cast
against Mr.. Dunbar. The people are
tired of Bloomfield, and are tired Of
all his tools also.
Bloomfield and Daniels deny that
they tried to run the Clarke county
republican convention. This they
say in the face of a fact we'll known
that caucus of their delegates was
held in their office the night before
the county convention, and pro-
gramme all fixed up for the next day.
There it was determined that j. p.
West should nominate Byron Daniels
for chairman, aud he did it like lit
tie man. There it was determined
that Mr.. West should be nominated
for the Legislature, and they did it for
him, knowing there is nothingso good
in machine management as prompt
pay. Almost everything putdown on
their slate was carried out ut the con-
vention next day. But, according to
their dictionary this was not running
the convention.
Byron Daniels in the Cancer has
made q mis-statement. Mr.. s. w.
Brown, in his speech at the repub-
lican county convention, did not say
that he knew no test of repu blicanism
except loyalty to the old flag and its
stripes, aud the writer Of that mis-
statement, who was present and heard
what Mr.. Brown did say, knows he
uttered Islander and afalseh0od when
he wrote the sentence. Mr.. Brown
said. and We appeal to every honest
man who heard him to bear US out 10
the statement, that no single idea
whatever should be adopted ~ test Of
q man's republicanism-that repub-
licanism reached further, covered
broader grounds-but IL any single idea
must he made such . test ID should b.
loyalty to our country, devotion to the