, 1888-09-20
Extravagant Claims.

GXeIdVaSauI ClalInS.
The Chehalis Nugget, always ready
to laud Delegate Voorhees, with sick
ening, overdrawn, fulsome slobber,
is out in long article purporting to
give a resume of that gentleman's
work in congress. 1t has summed
up everything that anybody or all
put together have accomplished for
Washington Territory during the
past four years, and tries to create
the impression that Voorhees, has
done it all-and this year, too 1t
even goes back and tries to claim
credit for work done by Hon. I. Ii.
Brents before Voorhees, was elected.
Such outrageously extravagant claims
can assist our Delegate to re-elec-
ton only with those who are too ig-
norant or too careless to read the
truth. Still, the long drawn out
gush is published with apparent
seriousness, under flaming headlines
claiming that Thomas H. Brents
never did, and John B. Allen or any
other republican never can do as
much"
No sensible person objects to Civ.
ing Mr.. Voorhees, credit for all that
he is sntitled to-but when it comes
to dignifying him with silly claims
that he has done more than anyone
has done, or can do, and actually
lying outright to support the claim,
the average citizen is nauseated
Still, this kind of blatant, cheap john
politics goes-and newspapers that
are "thick and thin" party workers
in the democratic ranks are sending
it on its rounds-taking, or profess
ing to take, down at one gulp the
whole claim as gospel truth.
In the first place, while MIR. Voor-
hees has been in congress the Ore-
gon senators have done more for
Washington Territory than he has
yet all their work is claimed in be-
half of the ambitious young egotist
who seeks political homage and con-
tinued success. We cite few in-
stances: The bill to grant Point
Defiance reservation to Tacoma for a
public park is Senator Dolph's meas
ure. The additional appropriation
for the Port Townsend custom house
was secured mere by Senator Nit
chell than any one else-although
the special lobbyist sent on from
this city did some good work for it.
The act to validate our Legislative
work and provide for the expenses of
holding the next Legislature was a
failure, simply because Mr.. Voorhees,
did not stay at his pest of duty in
Washington and attend to business.
1t was emascalated in the senate by
having its most important part strick-
en- out, when Mr. Voorhees, could
have secured a remedy for the whole
matter in a proviso of dozen words
had he been there; but he had come
west to make sure of getting that
nomination which he said he didn't
want The bill making Seattle and
Tacoma ports of delivery and en-
larging their customs privileges was
one of Senator Dolph's measures,
and to him belongs mainly the cred
1t of its success; the same applies to
the Port Angeles pert of delivery
bill now pending The bill for the
admission of Washington Territory,
favorably reported in the senate. is
IN no sense Mr.. Voorhees, measure.
1t is almost identical with admission
bills twice passed by the senate, but
which died in the hands of the House
committee on Territories of which
Mr.. Voorhees, is a member. Either
our Delegate did not have influence
enough with his own committee to
secure report on any one of these
statehood bills, or else he didn't
want them reported. Still, with the
gall of a cast iron mule he and his
friends claim credit for what the Or
egon senators have done for us-and
democratic papers have the brazen
efirontery to faunt these claims in
the faces of sensible people. The
enabling act for Washington, Dako-
ta, Montana and New Mexico was