, 1888-09-27


Allen Invinclbles.
Speaker Carlisle and Senator lack
burn of kentucky are out in the can
vass, too.
Ship Harbor is affecting 4 boom.
Port Townsend has one already-and
is going to keep it rolling, tco.
Business in congress i almost en-
tirely suspended, on account Of SO
many members being away engaged
in politics.
Out of ninety-nine state officers
elected in Maine ninety-six are TO-
publicans and three are democrats.
1t was splendid" democratic VIC
tory ~.
Denis Ryan, the smeIter man. has
arrived in Tacoma again, aceompa-
MED by distinguished capitalists
and now the smelter is once more re-
ported to be- getting ready to smelt.
General Harrison has had an ova~
ticn every day since his nomination.
He is called upon almost every day
for speech, which is telegraphed
everywhere. He has stood the or
deal thus far very we'll indeed
1t does not require prophet to see
that the .. r. IN. Co. is rapidly
transferring its interests from the
Columbia river to Puget Sound. As
they have rail connection at Portland
and none here it is quite significant.
No wonder the green eyed monster
glares at the Astoria Transcript
Ex-senator Warner Miller, who
is the republican nominee for gov
srnor of New York, has entered up
on the canvass with all of his cool,
vigorous ability. Senator Miller, if
elected this fall. will be in line as a
prospective presidential candidate.
The new register of the Seattle
land Office is a southern man. An
other overwhelming proof that Pres
ident Cleveland has fulfilled every
promise he ever particularly
that wherein he solemnly pledged
himself to appoint only residents of
territories to official position therein.
Strikes ara always to be deplored.
The G. E. & Q. is now able to run its
trains, but cannot house its engines
or get them cleaned, nor can it easily
get board for its engineers or con-
ductors. The matter may result in
renewal of the strike and final
testing of the powers of the company
to override the engineers Brother
hood.
The Astoria Pioneer thinks the
Puget Sound toredo has ruined tho
steamer Alaskan. AS she Is steel
ship it is quite good recommends
ton for the toredo-but what is
worse than all is that the boilers of
the ship are her weakness. So our
toredo must be able to do its work
inside a redhot boiler and chew up
steel vessel in six months. Tally one
for the "Pioneer."
An old sea captain of many years
experience says the Port Townsend
Board of Trade should petition for
lighthouse and fog signal on the
shore of the Straits, at CIalam Head
"a point which forms one side OF
Clalan Bay. He says it would
greatly aid shipping in making the
passage outward and inward. \ YES
sci coming in loses Tatooch light
long way before making the Angeles
light. We believe the Captain is
right, and that government should
be asked for the improvement.
It takes good deal ot whistling
these days to keep up the courage of
democratic newspapers. But they
are equal to the occasion. Soma of
them are actually pretending to be
taking real comfort out of the Maine
election. They We're only showed
under by 1S,495 plurality-but they
come up smiling, and are awfully
glad it wasn't any worse The lead
ing democratic paper ON the coast
long sine explained the Oregon cleo
ton entirely to its own satisfaction:
and about the middle Of October It
will have the Vermont election Gg-
ured cut to be a clear democratic
victory. After November there will
be about four years in which to di-
agnose the case and tell how the
great cyclone came about,