, 1882-10-14
Editorial Sp;nnings-

| snit iu tbe csmpASn- 70 wears ass.,
John Sherman, cnc IT the traders Of that
psr'y, declared thai hi, party hsd noth.
ing to do with the cause of temperance ;
that that subject wholly tel,nced t" the
churches and Sunday sehool,. To-day he
is declaring ,hat the Republican is the
temperance ps.ty. II 1854, In Ohio,
with a Democratic maiEity in each
branch Of the Assembly, hS vas er-
acted making 1T penal orfeuce 10 Sell IN
toxica.ing liquor TO Is drank st the place
where sod. That law is s,iil in furce,
and the Republicans who hate. SINCE :.
Vas passed. been in ihs mai jori;y, lave
never eLforoej 1t. fhey stst,ed nut 10
regulate the aPP-t's-s OF men a Year or 80
ago, aaa the Pond hlll died the death vf
uneonstiiu;i'nsii,y. four at the Supreme
Judges being Republicans. The
noedle-head ~ho charges the Dcmce1sey
of Ohio with choosing ,ntempernnse.
makes a display Of his dense ignorance.
II the iriehda OF Mitchell are Offering
from 81 500 to S, 600 for votes, what are
the anti Mitchell men offering for votes
against hun That is the sum aud sub
stance Of il
The matinai etfcr, admits for It's candi-
dats for Prosecuting Attorney. that the
Republican Candidate, Mr. Geo. Thonp-
sou, did say he would net meet any nne
in joint drbate That Is What tine
STATESMAN knew to be the truth.
In our notice of the candidacy Of ". S.
Mineer, the types made Us say "stray"
Instead Of q strong" points.
The whsezy organette, located nj the
east end Of Main street. a pseudo Republi-
can paper, has thought II sypedient 10
follow in the lead of the STATESMAN In
our defense Of the Republican county Of
ciala
From the proud empyr-an Of editorial
supremacy IN which the would-hs county
Attorney soars So gracefully, his piercing
ken discovers the court house AGAIN
Selah.
The ''outs" who eLsineer publication
in this city keep pecking away at the
ms" II must be very Difficult, and up
hill work to continuously pitch these ana
tbemas to audiences which piainlY do not
believe what The speakers are saying.
Tho shells thrown at the court house,
from the Corner # Second and Main,
would not e,piode--being filled with
wind instead If powder. Besides, they
g. 70 thai locality ty a .iss-zas route
The strong point sgaIn-t the cry OF
Court House Cheat, IS, thai it Is not
made or coun,ensnced by ta- Democratic
party 81 this city or county, nor by the
Republicans. il Is TIE " Shibboieth OF
half dozen pllce-seekiug pnlit iciaDa, 30
called, BY courtesy.
It is 0ne OF the misfortunes of the cam
pai2u, thai an effort 20 shape nnblc opi"-
ion comes largely from disgruntled poltI-
cisns who run paper, put into Existence
dm!ng the canvass. either by m.n who
aant 70 get into office, TT by those who
psy no taxes here. have ho uterest here
excep. that belonging 10 master IN some
eastern city, and Sho are bot liz position
Is esisicse kanes,ly.
True TO his promise {" the people "i
the Sound, Mr.. Willard hss sioken the
word that put. in motion railway cni-'
s,rue,iun IN that quarter; for this time.
a hne Of railway connecting two import
ant cities If that region. SEATTLE and Ia
coma 4 great deal has been said by
shcr,-sighted and prejndiced men at the
head Of newspapers. abcu. Mr.. Wizards
fsi,hlessn-ss, and all tha. sort Of thing
I'm view of what the railway king Is doing
the people have an opportunity OF pr"per-
ly Judging these detrsc.ors, Nobody
with an atom Of sense believes that MIR.
Willard i, building railroads for tenrro-
lent purposes, but he is rapidly dereip-
ing our great northwest, and be is keep
ing faith with the people.
The offices arc The prize.-and the only
,.su. in the campaign They mus. be nj
led The STATESMAN proposes 10 aid m
filing them with the BIS, men for the peo-
pie.
Bad sidewalks and wr-ichedly filthy
streets in WalIa WAlla Is the ripened fruit
Of public indifference. Perhaps fearful
death rate here some Of thess days, viii
attract attention.
L. j. an item Of interest ja.' nos, that
Dion Keefe, . aDemocratiecandida.e, made
a hid for the erection OF the Court house
and Re reallz, d the value of snch build
ing, for bis bld wss upwards OF S4,o
About ten years ago, one of the writer's
! ON the new publication ID this city, adr-r
tised that be would talk to the Deinoc-
raey here. Less than eight Drop;e cob
| s.irur.d his audience Oh that oeeasinn
lie has listening and attention paying
audience Of abou. .ha. number row
A Democrat, lifelong and prominant
in Walia Walls county po!i'ies, came I"
! thi. Office TO-DAY, and commended the
sr.rEsxAx on its general course ard -
pecii.lIy in is answer to the Court House
cheat" RepablieaDisn and Democracy
may be all r,sh: as they affect rational
interest.. but il ia impossible to divide on
par.y lines in either county or MUNICIPAL
al.c.iuns That would bs an ASSUMPTION
TIA. the political distinction "As a moral
one. The SIArEsNAS proposes that some
candidates are more qualified than Others
,o ssrvs the best interests of the sh"!s
IL cha, arr ,ublIcatlon assAIis