, 1884-02-14
As to County Affairs.
LELAND. Feb. 4. 1884.

In your Issue Of The 3lSt ult:i .yUu
claim to have advocated, i'll times
past; "a liberal policy" towards the
public roads; well, W. knOtc you have
aud also that it vas the principal
issue at the last general election. when
the present boarl of commissioners
w.,re elected, and at the election two
y ears prior thereto. Yet whit has
the county done during these fonr
years toward opening the main artery
for trade and travel, connecting the
northern and southern limits of the
county via Leland valley aud Quil
Gene? Absolutely moth ng, although
our Representatives in the legislative
assembly succeeded in passing an
enabling act" ostensiEly for that
purpose. You pied 80 yourselves in
that is-ue to reaftcr sus;ain thIt
liberal po'icy," AMI in furtheran e
thereof to work for the nomination"
1--WE marx the world of some one from
T. llnl, QIilc ,nA or Dp2abJoI for
county commissioner to represent
the interests of the agricultural com
.nunity and their wants So. also.
I'VE conventions anl candid ties
pledged themselves in this county
nut it is vel known trick tn / i'll
manipulating the political wires for
personal en'ls for party conventions
TO IN animate" gentlemen of acknowl-
edged ability and uniarni-hed repu-
tation for the purpose of slaughter
ny" them ut the polls. 1; is needless
TO ami nldVert an e.rtenSiO on the way
lis is dJne, for w. are WILL aware
it IS done by the so-called trading"
political mana ,er5 for personal pur
poses IF sel!-aggran liz .ment or petty
spite in enumerabie ways that are
lark and tricks that are vile" We
want no such nominations made for
6ne g oriou' hoaor of dafaat. We do
want an elected county commissioner.
one-third representation on the
roard which will not only represent
he in, erests of the county at large.
ut especially the interests of at least
one-ihird of the people and property
IF the county "a want that will
always be denied with impunity by
puny politicians; we want n repre-
sentative on the board vino will not sit
| ;tatu $50 lie al luwsl 10 silen .e by tn ,
TO Xns of a possible imperlJuS do n
mating majority. Some years ago
We had a special statute for this
county which secured satisfactory
representation on the board of com
nissioners, who We're elected from tie
ii>tric Identified with the tree
leading interests of the coun' y,nam :
ly, the man featuring, mercantile an
agricultural. Taat Law, by tie in
stis ,tion of a few interested psrs )us,
vas caused to be repealed by certain
sLbservient legislators. on the himsy
plea that it was "uncunsti ional" OF
i'll accord lnce with tho organic
sct of the Territory. before ii was So
iecided Oh any Judicial procedure.
such ones will always trump up''
some petty pretext for defeating tie
will of the masses of the people
nd wi b impunity to the derogation
If their Interests, while majority oi
the ffices in their own nucleous Is
tue chI4f aim of their groveling am
ition. Even when that law WIS
repealed its substance WIS enunciated
uy resolutions in Republican con-
v 'ntions, unanimously, anl again de.
j sning ones d, feated the popular wi. L.
3ut in conclusion we will hnzard tue
prrdi tion that if commissioner be
not elected next November no will
not represent the people of Chim-
Gum, Leland. Quilcene, Docaboos
and other localities whose interest,
ire identical, an organization for
concerted action two years thence
will eff..ctually shelve most of our
sime--erving, syeophautic nonentities
in the tomb of Oblivion so deeply
submerged in the waters of Leihe us
TO Ire beyond the possibility of IL res
Irrectirn.
LELAND.
II Leland desires any furtl er
assurance, we can state that WHEN
We pie lged this paper to labor for
the nomination of candid tie 70
county commissioner from L fla I'd.
Quilcene or DJcaboos, we meant to
include election, as we'll. The
ARGUS has always been candid and
Straightforward, under its present
management, and has never been
even accused of double dealing; so
when it announces pledge in
the interests of the people of the
section referred to. they are welcome
to take the promise for all it implies.
Scheming politicians there have been
in jeff .rson county, and We are not
prepared to deny that su n exist in it
ttoday-but the ARGUS, as far as it
deals with politics, local, territorial
OF national, has no p; TT nor lot in the
demagogne's 'ways that are dark"
If candid tie is npminltel for COM
miSsion..r or any other Office from the
section MN d. with our express or
i npiied approval, depend upon it he