, 1882-07-14
Editorial Notes.

BEITrSH Columbia people are un'
necessarilyagitatedovertheire election.
We hope they will send good material
to Ottawa. Mayor Shakespeare's
chances seem to be first class.
One of our Portland exchanges
says that every republican paper in
Oregon except the OreJonidn has
come ont in support of Hon. j. II.
Mitchell for L. S. Senator from that
state.
The European war-cloud is rather
increasing if anything. If those
Egyptian troubles are not settled
soon there will be trouble. England,
France arl Germany are all afflicted
with a jealousy which the least change
of position on the part of the Egypt
ian government may fan into open
hostilities.
We have received the initial num-
Der of the Seattle Daily Herald. 1t
liz neat looking, eight-column folio,
giving evidence of splendid ability
and enterprise deserving of success.
We take exceptions, however, to THAI
part of its salutatory containing the
words: 1.-The Herald will aim at
a higher and more honorable plane
Of journalism than has ever been at
tempted in this Territory" There
are other newspapers in the territory
that occupy and Justly claim plane
of journalism fully as high and hon
orable as the Herald can hope to at
tain. If that paper is in earnest, we
must remark that it will have to come
down from such stilted claims; they
are unjust slurs on others.
AMONG the many complimentary news
paper notices of DR.. Minors Grafton at
Seattle, the following extract from the
Seattle Heralds account of the celebra-
tion is perhaps the neatest and comes
nearest doing the matter justice: "Among
those whom the Herald reporter noticed
ON the platform was Judge Lewis, Presi-
dent of the day; Grand Marshal Hillar;
Chaplain, Reverend Harrington; His
Honor, Mayor Smith; Ex-Governor Fer
ry; and last but by no means least, DR..
I. L. Minor, who delivered the grafton
in manner which surprised the audience
who were quite unprepared to listen to
such mastery and eloquent Grafton.
The Doctors delivery is graceful and
free from unnecessary gestures, possess
ing voice that is unsurpassed for rich
ness and clearness Of tone The writer
has heard innumerable orations, but has
yet to hear one that equals the mastery
efforts to which our citizens were per-
mitted to listen to yesterday"
IT may not be generally known
that Jefferson county is in a fair way
to be overrun with Canada thistles,
but such is the fact. Unless some.
thing is done by way of legislation,
and that right soon, to provide for
the destruction of these noxious
weeds, they will doubtless become
public nuisance of no little magni-
tude. We called attention to this
year ago, but tho result was little
more than to provoke a few jokes.
While the people are sleeping over
this question the thistles are spread
ing and growing as fast as ever they
can. The true mission of newspa-
per is to keep an eye ahead and warn
the public of what ought to be done,
hence we invite discussion upon this
topic to the end that there may be
something done before it is too late.
The thistle question and the pilot
law question must be settled at the
next session or the Legislature. JEFF
ferson County is interested in the re-
suit.
IT is high time something was done
to avert such injustice to Port Town
send as the paying off of crews of
vessels in such way as to allow
them to go to other ports before be-
ing discharged. Last week two yes
sells paid off their crews with money
out of q Port Townsend safe, and yet
the sailors were not allowed to land
here, but were carried mp the Sound.
Had they been discharged here, those
sailors would have spent at least
four-fth5 Of that money in the town.
According to law, the crews Of such
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