, 1888-09-27
With Our Exchanges.

! governor of Washington Territory,
Is making speeches in California, in
German and English, for Harrison
and Morton.
Col. Owings, Secretary, is in re-
ceipt of advices from the Depart
ment at Washington saying that
there would not be any session of
the legislature this winter.
Governor Eugene Semple has COM
muted the death sentence of Mrs.
Pyle and Jesse Hurn, her son, con-
victed of arson and murder in the
first degree, 20 Imprisonment for
life.
The reason why the democratic
platform is not SO long as formerly
is that Mr.. Voorhees, rendered it un.
necessary by reforming the abuses he
was the first to attack-Walla Walla
Statesman.
The generaI secretary of the
Knights OF Labor has written a long
letter reviewing the political situa-
ton, and urging laboring men to
support the party that favors protect
ing labor
The first sawmill on Puget Sound
was built in 1851, cutting about 500
feet per day; now the output is close
upon 100000 feet per day and the
annual log output of Puget Sound is
4l0,O0O,000 feet.
One of the alleged abuses first ats
tackled by Voorhees, and his land
jumper pals was the Puyallup reser-
walton. Result-Reappointment of
Agent Eells by President Cleveland,
his confirmation by the senate and of
course the dismissal of all the frivo-
lous charges made. Mr.. Eells is a
republican. Voorhees, as a eformer,
would be laughable, if it were not
silly and rediculous.TLedger.
The California wine kings have en-
gagged Miss Kate Field to make
tour OF the country and speak on the
Gospel of the Grape" to induce
people OF social standing to encour-
age wine drinking as a promoter of
temperance. Miss Field is to be Lbs
orally paid for her service, but it will
have little effect in stemming the in
creasing popular tide against all
kinds Of intoxicating drinks, and
then, too, her name and reputation
will be gone forever.-Reqister
The Republican Partisan of Olym-
pia has the following compliment
airy notice: Allen Weir of the Port
Townsend ARGUS, was nominated for
the Council at the Republican Ter
ritorial Convention, for the district
north of us. Mr.. Weir is fully
equipped and qualified for the posi-
ton. He is thoroughly conyersant
with the wants and requirements of
his district. 1t Is republican dis
trict, and Weir being a republican
against whom no just charge can be
brought, should be elected.
The following is from an Astoria
or paper: "a few days ago, while
digging in the side of the hill at
Smiths point, William Chance
found several Mixican coins dated
1S47. Yesterday DR.. Flynn went
down there and found one more. The
coins are valuable, and there is no
doubt but there is considerable
amount of them buried there. MIR.
Flynn is going to renew his search
again this morning." The Salem
Statesman says there used o be a
rumor that Captain Kidd's treasure
WAS buried near the mouth of the
Columbia river
A correspondent in the Oregonian
states that the thought OF Charley
Voorhees, for another term is not
palatable to the democracy of east
ern Washington, and that they want
ed J, j. Browne This is simple
nonsense. Browne is not known
outside of Spokane Falls, and has no
following. Voorhees, IS the only man
the democrats of eastern Washing
ton would think of making a candi-
date in the present junctuIe He
was and is the democratic forlorn
hope. Voorhees, will suffer re-
spectacle defeat. Browns would
have been overwhelming.
Iowa comes to the front with an
electrical girl who is said to be able
to hold three hundred pound man
in a chair with perfect ease. What
are the Iowa grangers gIving us any,
how? asks the n Y Sunday Mercury.
Any pretty New York girl can hold
any member of the Fat Mems Club
on a chair by merely sitting on his
lap, even though he tips the scales at
four hundred and she scarcely weighs
hundred. Let Iowa give us some
thing new-an electrical wife who
can keep her husband home at night
without using club, or something
else of the useful sort.
There is no evidence that Mr..
Clevelad ever abandoned his purpose
to obtain the privilege of admission
on consular certificates for the Chin
ese. On April s, 1886, he sent mes
sage to Congress requesting that such
an amendment be made to the res
friction act. Congress ignored this
Recommendation, but when the Bayard
treaty was negotiated few months
ago both the consular certificate
and the transit" privileges were
placed in it. Mr.. Cleveland has Sc
cured to the Chinese both these priv,
ileges for twenty years to come.
But Mr.. Harrison's position to-day
is not that of 1882. MIR. Harrison
favored the restriction act of 1884.
He was on the Foreign Retaliation
Committee in 1887 when that com
mittee reported the Fair bill to the
Senate by a unanimous vote. He
voted for that bill, and the bill was
better than Mr.. Bayard's treaty.
The bill was passed by the Senate
and was smothered by administra-