Year: 1859

STEILAcOoM, w. T., June 6, 1859.


Mr. EDIroR AS per appointment, the
nominee of the democratic party Of Wash.
ington Territory, who has for the last two
years SO faithfully represented, not Pierce
nor Thurston counties in particular, but
The 1chole terri!OTy in our national lcgiSla-
ture, arrived here on Saturday last, US did
also the no-party man, alas black repuGli-
can candidate, who proposes to 90 to Con
gress to represent the Hudson Bay Com
pany and Pierce county in particular.
The democratic nominee proceeded at once
to the court house and would have met
his opponent in debate at tho time and
place agreed upon, but found TO his sur
prise that the house was full of men, and
that majority of them were black repub-
licans and s0re-hcadS, besides some know
nothings, who were voting by the handful
for county nominees for Office. This mon
grd convention was called at this hour os-
tensibly for the purpose of preventing the
worthy nominee of the democratic party
from being heard by the electors Of Pierce
county. But the church in this place was
built by subscription, with IN understand
ing that it should be used for all public
meetings till some other place be provided,
hence it was very properly thrown open,
to enable the free people of Pierce to hear
from their able public servant in relation
to the past and of the prospects Of the fu-
ture, and most ably did he defend the pres
ent very efficient administration and its
policy and that great bMg-bear, the Sd
Auditors report, was made to appear as "a
thing that t0as, but IS not. His explana-
tions were altogether satisfactory to the
thinking, sober, rational part of our COM
munity and the no-party man was made
to appear rather ridiculous in advocating
the Sd Auditors cause, especially in the
matter of double pay, (Which is harped on
so much, when it was shown up that this
same no-party man was amongst the very
first 10 grab at two salaries at the same
time, notwithstanding the company which
elected him their captain requested him to
resign before he went to the legislature
But this devoted warrior was the last man
to give up his commission, but on the con-
trary reported himself on duty, when at
the same time he was drawing from the
government three dollars day for display.
ing his wisdom in the halls Of legislation
at Olympia


! shall be greatly disappointed if the
electors Of Pierce county do not recollcct,
when they go to the polls next July, that
platform on which the no-party man said
be stood. In the opening of his speech,
If it will do call it speech, lie said, as
near as | can remember, he stood in the
same relation to the people Of this territory
that greenhorn, down in the old Hoosier
state, did to the congregation of relig.
ious meeting. He went on to say that
this greenhorn happened to have brains
enough to see that the stewards and dea-
cons were, when taking up a collection,
getting money in their hats, he up with his
hat, and being with all possessed of Just
about enough sense to be villain, sue.
ceeded better than the deacons, from the
fact that the ladies gave literally to get
rid of him. Having collected large sum
in this way, greeny simply cawed it out Of
his hat and put it in his pocket and upon
being asked to pay it over for the purpose
for which it was donated he very frankly
informed the congregation that he was
fishing on bis own hook And now, says
this noPafiy man, l am exactly in the
same fix. | have no platform nor no
party. | am fishing on my own hook, and
what / am after is your votes.


Now, Mr.. Editor, if this no-party man
thinks that he is going to pattern after
this greenhorn he describes, and by teasing
and deceiviDg, in order thereby to get the
votes Of the SOBER thinking men Of Pierce,
and by them gain access to tue fee of a