, 1883-10-27
LREETJL.
Jnrob sItEpI Denounced.

of Stevens county, who, we arr
ashamed to say; was elected on tn
Republican ticket as Joint Rcpresen
tative from Stevens and SpOkan,
counties. 1t seems that this maI
Stitzel has without visible cause
taken upon himself to champion
Cheney, and the very small portion
of the country in that locality, in the
present squabble over the question
of division, and is rcsorting to all
manner of means to defeat the will
of majority OEthe people, He ha,
been and is throwing the weight OF
his voice against a division, and is
Cnlisting to his aid all of the little
yet telling schemes known only tC
job Legislators to secure the assist,
ance and support of other members
of the House. Now if StitzeI had
been elected from Cheney, or that
vicinity, or upon the issue OF
division no right thinking
man would find any great fault at
his present position, but he has no
such argument to excuse him foI
taking the stand he has. He is Il
Taxpayer in an adjoining county,
and should stand in with a majority
of the people Of his joint cOnstitu.
ency, if he took any decided posi-
tion at all. In the convention which
had the misfortune to nominate HIM,
made UP Of representative men from
every precinct in the county, a reso-
luton was introduced by F. c. Mont
gOmery, at the time editor of the
Cheney Sentinel, demanding that
nominees should pledge themselves
to oppose any proposition to change
the boundaries Of the county. This
resolution, by a jul rote Of the con-
reRti0R, 1raS dctea'cd By a WgjorRy
Of three 10 one! and no one knows
this better than Jacob Sti!zel, who
accepted the nomination through the
hands Of that convention, and, by 50
accepting promised to fulfil the
wishes Of saQd body. Now he is hand
in glove with the minority that find
the only salvation for one village in
the county, that happens to be the
county seat, through means that
would hardly bear the light of in
vestigation, is to prevent the divis-
ion of county spllrgeand unwield-
ly that it is simply impossible for
those hlving chlrgo of county
affairs to pay the necessary at
tention to those Improvements that
are actually wanted. The infer
ence to be drawn from the zeal
that Jacob has shown by pursu-
ing a course dilmetrically opposite
to the views Of~g majority Of those
men who elected him is anything
but fllttering to that individual. lie
may be prompted by the purest mo-
tives, he may be following the incli-
nation Of his own mind, promoted
Ivy the most honorable intentions,
hut it would require an inspired
revelation to make people believe so.
He my want an office again. In
deed there is always a longing, ling
cring desire on the plrt Of those who
have enjoyed political preference and
elevation once to plrtake Of the
same cup again, but should he have
any such aspirations let him forever
put them aside, unless he is able to
throw himself upon a community
that has never suffered through his
pcrfdy.
The people Of the western and
eastern parts Of Spokane county
have been stung to the quick by the
efforts that Stitzel has openly made
to prevent the COnsummation Of that
object for which they have petit
toned, and in Spokane Falls this
feeling eliminated Tuesday night in
an Indignation meeting that was
held thlt evening in CInnol's hall,
which was largely attended. The
meeting was called to order and r.
w. Forrest chosen chairman and j.
r. Taylor secretary. l.. Zicgler,
Esq, who is as thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT with the subject as any man in
the county, was called upon to ex-
plain the OBJECT Of the meeting.
Possessing a fine voice and never at
a loss for words, Mr.. Zicglcr is one
of the easiest, most fluent, and ex-
pressive speakers we have yet heard
in the territory. lie speaks well on
any topic, but his heart was in this
cause, and as he warmed up to his
work he grew eloquent. 1t is not
necessary tO~feprOduce his speech.
1t was clear, forcible and to the
point, and we wish the mastery
effort could have been heard by all
our people, At the finish, on motion
Il committee Of ten was appointed to
draft resolutions TO be forwarded to
Olympia, expressing the sentiment
Of the community, That committee
retired and after brief absence pre-
sented a series Of resolutions that
were adopted by the meeting. The
resolutions were printed the same
evening and on the night express
were sent below. The document, as
framed for distributions read as fol-
lows:
TO the Honorable The Members Of the
Territorial LegisldtWe;
At a mas meeting Of the legal