, 1882-07-28
PUGET SOUND ARGUS.
FRIDAY. JULY -, lNS2,
Editorial Notes.

BRENr> great speech on the admlS-
sion Of Washington about which our
exchanges have been talking, is an
able and exhaustive review of the re-
sources, advantages and Importance
Of this Territory. We have copies of
the speech and hope to find space for
inserting extracts from it, 1t is well
worthy of careful perusal
Coon News DR.. Minor has receiv-
"a dispatch from Washington stat
ing that the material had been or.
,lered for the long wishpd-for signal
telegraph line from Port Angeles to
Cape Flattery. The ARGUS has advo-
Gated this measure earnestly, and now
takes occasion to congratulate those
who are to receive Immediate local
benefit, as well as the general public.
upon the certainty of its speedy con
summation.
The Olympia STANDARD darkly hints
at democratic support OF conserya-
tive republican candidate for Dele
gate this fall, rather than to make a
strictly partisan nomination, in view
Of the hopeless prospect ahead for
that party. Better turn you attention
in the direction of something more
nearly possible to accomplish, Bro.
Murphy. Your suggestion is noted,
aid its adoption might evince superior
ability in point of policy, but there is
II Slight obstacle in the Ut ,ronf
WiH.
THE OregOnidn is about to take to
the woods on the question of electing
L. S. senator by the Oregon Legis-
lature. At least its wonderful calm
ness in discussing Hon. j. H. Mitch
ellis prospects sounds very much like
the calmness of despair. 1t has vir-
tually given up the fight Every
other republican paper in the state
has come out in strong terms in favor
of Mitchell's election, the Legisla
ture is emphatically republican and
popular sentiment on all sides clam
ors for Mitchell. No wonder the
great "only paper loses courage.
Like the boy going through lone
some woods, there is a tremor in its
whistle that betrays fear.
News of war, rumors of war and
fighting in all shapes, continues to
pour in from Egypt. The slaughter
of foreigners at Alexandria has been
somewhat greater than dispatches
have indicated. Over three hundred
were killed. The loss on the side of
the natives was something like four
times rs great. Perhaps the only
sure thing in connection with the
whole affair is that England will
come off victorious as she usually
does. A few Egyptians are not going
to stand out long against a kingdom
whose dominions extend from the
rising to the setting of the sun. 1t
would have been better for Egypt
had she taken warning by the fate Of
Turkey.
SOME Of our exchanges are very
properly entering protest against
the tendency toward obscenity and
sensationalism in newspapers. This
subject has been agitated in some
parts until those publications that
pander to the lowest of humanity's
vicious impulses have been practi-
cally suppressed In Texas, the
legislature has put tax Of $500 a
year upon news dealers who sell the
Police Gazette. The newspapers of
the land are acknowledged to be by
far the most powerful factor in
moulding public opinions and morals;
If, therefore, they are allowed to de-
Generate into circulating mediums for
that which is impure enough to cor
rupt the minds Of the young. and
which benefits nobody, their ini!uance
FOR evil becomes immense.
SAYS the Piece County News: ~ few
days since. willie coming to Tacoma or Il
Sound steamer from Victoria. which had