Year: 1866




ANOTHER VETo. - President johnson
hes vetoed the bill providing for the admis-
sion of Colorado into the Union, The Pres
sideut very properly thinks that whilst a
score of States are denied representation in
Congress there need be no hurry about the
admission of Territory that has neither the
population nor resources necessary to sustain
a State organization. The, history OF this
Colorado measure shows the unscrupulousN
ness of The radicals in all that relates to the
retention of power in their hands. Early in
the session thaquestion of admitting Color"
ado came up and was promptly voted down
in the Senate, Sumner and men of his ilk
taking the. lead in strangling the hopes Of
the emoryQ State. This was previous to the
rupture with the President, and at time
whom tho uoooeeitr for a raliahla twnfhirds
vote-in order to pass bills over the Execu.
tive veto-was not anticipated. The quarrel
with the President, however, led to a change
in policy, and forthwith the radicals COM
menced the work Of fortifying themselves
in the possession of power. Their first move
ment was the expulsion of Senator Stockton,


of New jersey, whose seat was declared va
cant in defiance of both law and precedent


This fraud failed of itsintended effect, mas


much as the New Jersey Legislature refused
to return a radical member. The next move
on the radical chess>board was to reconsider
the vote on the admission of Colorado, and
foist this sparsely settled Territory into the
Union, for no other purpose than that of Sc,
curing two additional votes in the Senate-it
being understood that Messrs. Evans and
Chatfce, the members to be admitted, were
pledged to sustain the destructives in their
vandal warfare. This last movement has
been fOiled by the frmneSs of the President,
and thus the radicals are again brought to
the end Of their tether. 1t remains to be
seen what new measure will be devised
whereby to retain in the hands of the Con-
gressional thinkers the power they have abused


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COUNTY UNION CONVENTION - A full
report Of the proceedings of the Walla Walla
County Union Convention will be found in
another column. The ticket placed in nom.
ination is regarded as a good one, and will
bring out the full union vote of the county. !
The resolutions adopted look to the support
Of Congress as against the Preident, and in
this respect are calculated to weaken rather
than strengthen the party. At a time when
even the radicals arc abandoning the negro
suffrage theory it is scarcely necessary that
convention in this remote section of eoun-
try should pass a resolution that even by
implication favors proposition so revolving
We take it that in the hurry of the moment
4 majority of the members failed TO under
stand the full scope of the resolutions, and
thus unwittingly are made to appear as IA
voriHg proposition which they really detest
It is possible that through the action of Con.
gress negro suffrage may be forced upon this
Territory, but it is libelous to say that our
people favor the measure. With the means
at our command for ascertaining the drift of
public sentiment, we have no hesitation 10
saying that seven>eighls of the voters of the
county favor the Presidents reconstruction
policy. and almost to unit are opposed to
the mad schemes of Sumner, Stevens & Co.
We say this not by way of dictation, but to
the end that aspirants for pr3lic favor may
understand which way the wind sets and trim
their sails accordingly.