, 1886-05-06
Chr st'rrkln Areus.
Editorial Notes.

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1856.
Editorial Notes.
Terrence Y. Powderly is d practical,
common sense man, but he Is at the head
Of an organization that he can no more
control than he can control the wind.
Oregon republicans have done well IL
re nominating Hon. Binger Herman for
Congress. That gentleman was placed at
the head OF his ticket again by acclama-
tion.
The Tacoma NerS comments on
Home Enterprise" Such enterprise
is indeed a good thing; but very
Hany places don't know what it is.
Among the railroads that are push
ing out rapidly for the far west is
the Chicago n Rock Island. 1t will
net acknowledge yet that it seeks the
Pacific Coast, but a half dozen years
will see 1t here.
President Adams of the Union Pa
Citc il reported as saying that trans
continental rates Will never be fully
restored. The Pacific coast needs
low rates, and with them the railroads
will make more money.
Churches to the number of 243 in
Washington speak well for the Ter
ritory. They ought to be well sup
ported. No man, no matter
what his belief, would want to make
q home where there are no church
influences.
Every observing person who visits
Portland sees the need there of
Washington Territory representatives
to turn this way the tide of immigra-
tion. Many people who start for
Pagst Sound never get here, being
turned aside by Oregon land boomers.
An eastern man fixes the time for
che end of the world in 1888. We
remember that some politicians pre-
aicted q sort of millennium at once il
ths democratic party should win il
1884 Not having seen the millennial
days yet We are not alarmed by the
other prediction.
jeff Davis made another rebel
speech at Savannah, Ga. ON Sunday
last. The telegraphed report of the
meeting states that the audience arose
and cheered as one man, till it was
hoarse, and that the band played
Dixie" which drove the populace
wild with enthusiasm.
Many American business men
would be glad if it were possible fol
them to labor ten hours a day, and
to have the remaining hours free from
tho worry and care of business. 1t is
fact too often forgotten by labor
agitators, that the oyer-worked man
is not alone the wage worker.
Our county commissioners, while
in session, could not do better than tc
appropriate as much road money a:
may be available to open the road
through the Quilcine valley. We
need few good roads through the
principal portions of the county and
let new roads be begun as we are
able afterwards.
While it is true that some men are
making at the present time an i'm
msnse amount of money, and out oi
poorly paid labor, it is also true that
there are thousands of persons en-
gagged in the various branches oi
business who would gladly exchange
places with the wage workers il
their employ.
The Tacoma NetrS says: I'm 1885,
there were over 600 Chinese in Pierce
county; today there is not one. Nc
other county in the Territory can say
that" And we venture the opinion
that throughout the whole christian
lied and civilized world it rebounds
very much to their credit that they
cannot or do not.
George William Curtis says thai
the democrats will fail in 1888 if they
don't run Cleveland. If the demo
cratic party believed Curtis to be
correct in his prediction it would
have not the least hope of success il
1883 There are very few democrat:
Who think the denomination of g Ieve
land either desirable or possible.
An exchange says that the Tacoma
Ledger has finally awakened to the
fact that Tacoma must produce
something more than town lots, aoul
and lumber to insure permanent
prosperity. 1t might also add to the
prosperity of the place if the LAND
company would cease producing such
diminutiYs lots at such big figures.
Hundreds of thousands of laboring
men now out Of employment through
out the United States are waiting fol