, 1886-07-29
Chr at'rrkln Arqus.
THURSDAY. July -. ISSG.
Editorial Notes.

Editorial Notes,
Dunbar. # the Goldcnlalc > atia,L
vllbits an un-aomIy jealousy OF |
II,l. T. Il Brent.
Il tho president vctoes tn river
md harhor bill 1t viii give the repub-
leans the next house of representa-
i've
lie L.us.r thinks # young Noor-
Ice i.iis /, receive the Loa4iuat.on
~-~iI iyr delegate lis in nuential Ia.
,Dav ~ 10 get him tka goyernorShip
Gov Stoneman Of California didn't
know the republican members Of the
state legislature We're loaded Oh the
senatorial question OF he wouldn't
have called them together
When a one horse paper wants TO
he known as Il democratic affair these
days it Just begins to talk about ex
President Hayes as a fraud" and
refers to old Sammy Tilden as the
only cx president living"
eli We couldfcontrol a suitable YES
sci for the Alaska trade what grand
thing it would be for Port Townsend,
wouldn't it? There Is Il volume Of
trade in that direction large enough
to materially increase the current
specie here.
That was q grand stroke of policy
on the part of Voorhees, to get the
editor of the Ghehalis Nugget ap-
pointed postmaster. The editor has
shown his gratitude by pitching in
with might and main for his youthful
master. TO earn his hire.
The democrats Of King county are
trying to construct a republican
platform for their party, in hopes
evidently of getting republicans to
stand upon it with them. They
avow nothing but constitutional gov-
which. of course. everybody
faVOrs.
The Oresonidn is busy explaining
how ihe wreck of the Besse occurred.
1t may have convinced itself that the
fault was entirely with the officers of
the ship; but somehow a fellow can't
help thinking that the whole loss was
caused by the bottom of the river
being too near the top.
The ARGUS would like to see a
large amount of capital attracted TO
Port Townsend bay for investment III
aAry dock and ship building business.
Judiciously invested and rightly
managed, it would bring handsome
returns to the owners. We have
every facility, and there Is no reason
why such an enterprise on our shores
might not be made the pride of our
citizens and the envy and wonder of
our neighbors.
The Chehalis Nugget, whose editor
feels his oats since Voorhees,
boosted him into an office, has at
tempted the task of fixing things
for both political parties. The Olym
pia Partisan thus delivers it a
Observation-Disclosures lick be
tween the eyes: "We warn the Mug
get, that it cannot ride the two horses
it presented to the public in its edi-
torial last week. The fight this fall
Will have III it no place for mug
wumps."
1t is daily becoming more apparent
that Mr. Voorhees, is not the choice
of the democracy of Washington
Territory, by any means. Having
the machinery at his finger ends, he
will probably be nominated again
bnt securing denomination is quite
different thing from securing re-
election. Two years ago there was a
divided republican party and united
democratic party: this year it is just
the opposite. Very few with any
political sagacity AT all doubt the
result
The Voorhees, personal organs are
claiming that he is the only man in
the democratic party who can win in
the fall election. That is making an
ADMISSION hardly complimentary to
the party at large, to say the least.
The Olympia Standard, one of the
oldest democratic papers on the
coast, and one entitled to be heard if
any have such right, offers the fol
lowing list of eligibles, which it says
might be indefinitely extended: Mr..
Gowley and Jacob Hoover of Spokane,
Thomas n Cation, Major Rees and
B. L. Sharpstein of Walla Walla,
Eugene Semple and Colonel Shaw of
Clarke, George y. Fuller and John
Judson of Pierce, Francis Henry of
Thurston, Mr. Alunday and Joseph
Foster of King, ani J. \. Kuhn of
Jefferson
The Craw ord Dixie scandal in
England goes far towad exposing
the natural rottenness If upper ten"