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THURSDAY. JUNE -. 1856.
Editorial Correspondence.

VANCOUVER. W. T.. June l.. 1856.
The Territorial republican Central
committee has held its meeting, and.
the result vii! surely disappo:u. all
who had hoped that d,sSgntiou and
strife would hopalez-ly divide roTub-
lican ranks. The principal topic Of
interest was the question Of the basis
of appointment Ct delegates to the
next territorial convention. Hereto
fore the basis Of representation has
been the vote for delegate to congress.
that Icing taken as q test Of party
strength; but the last election fur
nished an extraordinary occasion
demanding unusual treatment The
Cascade land grant question bciuS
practically settled. and consequently
the Seattle idea" being dead, the
great mass Of mUgwump voters who
bolted the head OF the ticket al the
last election are now willing and
anxious TO return to the ranks where
they properly belong While there
was a feeling (Which still exists that
traitorous conduct within the party
should subject its perpetrators to
legitimate consequences, and that
nothing should be done which would
seem to put 4 premium upon boiling,
yet the committee wisely concluded
LIST, that the basis would most near
ly approximate the actual voting
strength of the party is the proper
basis Of representation in party
councils; 2nd, that the vote Tor dele
gate in the last election did not
indicate the true party strength in
every county; 3rd, that the average
vote on the five territorial candidates
would furnish Il basis substantially
equitable and just to all concerned,
and it was adopted without reference
to the effect upon any county, either
favorable OF otherwise. The COM
mittee also decided in favor of
seven-weeks' campaign instead of
consuming ten weeks, as the demo
Gratis propose to use. 1t was also
decided to separate as far as possible
the district nominating conventions
from the territorial convention
Harafo n D,,CabIoro,,e o1ct,,,,, Ia-
arisen, of trading upon district NOM
inations for the purpose of gaining
strength for the higher offices. BY
such methods men were sometimes
nominated for district offices, through
political bargains, when they would
not have been the choice Of their
constituents under fair mode of
expression. It was to avoid these
abuses as far as possible that the
committee recommended holding dis
tinct and separate district conven-
tons
The republican party enters upon
the preliminary stages OF its campaign
for 1856 with a confidence born of
harmonious, unselfish and patriotic
desire to succeed-an all prevailing
determination to make common cause
against 4 common foe. 1t is conceded
on all sides that Charley Voorees has
the democratic congressional nomin-
alton ''bolted," while there is a large
sized, ill-concealed revolt against
him in his own ''bailiwick," among
the democratic leaders and real work
ers of that party, still it is apparent
that the sycamore sprout" manip-
ulates the pole that will knock the
persimmon. Republicans are graft
fed over this; in fact so much so
that they would be disappointed were
they to miss an opportunity to give
Charley a black eye at the polls next
fall. Tho candidate of the republican
party is yet to be evolved from the
realms of uncertainty, but it is safe
to say that he will be strong, az
gressive, able man. There are several
such within the party-any one of
whom would be available-and with
the general determination to win at
all hazards there is little danger but
that ths best material will be put
forward. King county mugwumps
are making no demands beyond the
privilege of returning to the ranks.
In eastern Washington people every
where acknowledge the vast import
ance to the territory of the Cascade
branch of the railroad, and the Justice
sf the fight made last time by the
stalwart republicans in behalf OF tie
whole commonwealth. While that
question can never come up again as
it has been dealt with heretofore.
the wisdom of our canse is now uni
versally admitted 1t may be added
that interest in our politics is very
generally manifest among Oregon
republicans who, looking across the
line from their own ring ridden.
divided local party, almost envy the
favorable auspices under which we
are marching to certain victory.
Mere anon.
We are pleased 10 sec the Revnnrn