Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-21
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OLYMPIA, WA>HiNI TYR.
FRIDAY EVEG. JUL Il, l,>2.
The Pc. hagins 10 EJi..

The Pc. hagin, TO Eji..
TIE Republicans seem to tt'AN
the election Of their EulnlLee ior
Congress forgone conclusion, :rom
the number OF aspirants VIC lave
already signitied their intention to
place themselves {" i'll the hands oi
the people" and a conflict Of rival
interests is likely TO occur IN the
Convention which Will send ti4c en-
didate into the field with anI'htn,!
but united or willing support.
The sectional feeling between the
east ana west is not likely to dccrea-'
before the time the delegates meet,
and this added to the personal likes
and dlsllkes of rival aspiranis, viii
present q condition Of affairs which 1t
will be exceedingly difficult to recon
cile.
While it may be as the Statesman
saws that Go the east can out vote the
west, if the factions agree upon
a candidate" the possibility OF such
contingency is SO remote, and the
west is so fortified by the fact that
representation at Washington has
been the past four years from the
eastern divide. that it is matter OF
extreme doubt as to whether it can
be made available.
Almost every hamlet in the Ter
ritory has an aspirant whose am
bition may or may not become
known as the chances huctuate
Enough obscure men havo beer
"struck be lightning" to rende
the possible occurrence of such al
event matter of easy belief by thos'
whose very souls yearn for the homo
and distinction, and the repeated
election of Mr.. Brents has laugh
the most obstruse mind that whel
any sort of a fgure-head is safel.
strapped on the great Republica1
jackass, it has sufficient enduranc
and strength to carry the load, an
even beat the time of blooded stock
Walla Walla, the hub of Easter
Washington, presents the "claims
of Mr.. Brents, Judge Wingard an
Mr.. j. B. Allen, and such lesser fel
loes as Sweet, Armstrong, jenkins
Station and a score of others, revolv
as the periphery of the wheel. Sc
attic shows up to Gov. Ferry as th
central light, around which DR.. NJ
nor, Gov. Newell, Elwood Evans, {
M. Bradshaw, Edward Eldridg'
and A. S. Abenethy, revolve 6
planets, with an infinite number {
asteroids, of secondary magnitude.
The Democrats, through Ion
waiting, have become veritabl
Micawbers. They want to see fa
deal before turning up the car
which may be trumps. The part.
a. are all organizations which al
not cemented by the cohesive powe
of the spoils system, possesses to
much individual independence
bow down to any rule which is n;
based upon firm adherence to priI
ciple. The best indication of th
is that it has maintained its powe
and influence nearly score of yeal
against the.most discouraging obstt
cles, and often when confronted b
the prospect Of inevitable defeat.
is, of course, the plain policy of
party advocating radical change, t
wait until it is shown in which diret
ton the most decisive stroke may b
hurled. The Democratic CONVEX
ton, which meets in October, wi
be prepared to take advantage c
any mistakes which may be made b
the Republicans, and it may be pos
sible that the Napoleonic tactics
divide and conquer-may lead to til
support of a conservative candidate
rather than to risk the chances G
defeat by a strictly partisan nomina
ton.