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TO 70 UNG DEMOCRA IT'S.

All the signs of the times indi-
cate widening schism in the DEM
ocratic party of the nation. 1t is a
conflict of principles. On the one
hand are the rank and file of the
party, who enjoy being fed on stale
platitudes about Jefiersonian de-
mocracy, and who rally around the
standard Of Grover Cleveland.
This is the free trade wing of the
unterrified. On the other hand are
found the deeper thinkers, the
statesmen and the patriots, who
know precisely what 'Jeffersonian
democracy" means, and who want
none Of 1t. AS rule this wing be-
lieves in the principle Of protection.
As matter of fact they are repub-
licans in principle, and democrats
In name.
The rank and file Of the democracy,
the fellows who wave their hats and
howl themselves hoarse when shall
low speakers talk about undying
Jeflersonian principles, are Us igno-
rant as a babe of the true signif-
canoe OF those principles. They
approve them because their grand
fathers approved them. There was
time when the doctrine of nulifi-
cation by the states Of laws enacted
by congress was popular with a
large part Of the American people,
but that time has passed, and with
II the principles enunciated by JEFF
ferson, taught by Calhoun and car
ried out by Jefferson Davis. These
three men form the stepping stones
between the revolution and the
present. They are directly respon-
sible for the rebellion and all its
bloody consequences.
Since the democratic leaders neg
lect TO acquaint their younger hear
ers with the meaning of the phrase,
Jcffersonian democracy. we propose
, 1890-09-04

the public can see through the sup
port' that Judge Turner has re-
ceived from two outand-out demo-
cratic dallies of this city. The de-
mocracy smells office,
Ifever trap were set and baited'
such trap now confronts the re-
publican party of this county. me
republicans Of Western Washington
are supporting Mr.. Wilson with a
spontaneity and unanimity that
ought to serve as lesson to the
party In this cdunty. where every
thing Is to be lost by following
George Turner in his wild-goose
chase after the impossible, the unat-
talnable.
The supreme Interest at stake Is
not the success or the defeat OF Rep'
rcsen tatlve Wilson; 1t Is the triumph
or the overthrow of the men VINO
have persuaded vain man TO serve
as the instrument by which they
NAV be carried into office.
, 1890-09-04
"W SPITE OF ALP

If Major Mckinley wins the figh
for congress In the Sixteenth Obi,
district, he will do so under heavy
handicap. Although he was vic
torious in the last election, the dem
ocratic Legislature has gerrymand
cred his district In manner at ON G,
fragrant and audacious. They hav,
distorted II into a shape that Is both
grotesque and instructive, and by SC
doing have made IL essential foi
Mckinley, In order to succeed, to
overcome democratic plurality oi
zoos. To succeed he must carry
four counties which, in the memory
of the oldest inhabitant, have never
been known to give less than l,40O
democratic plurality.
At the convention which nomi-
mated Mckinley last week his sup
porters wore badges that formed a
sharp rebuke of the infamous demo-
cratic gerrymander. First was II
portrait of the handicapped cham
pion fprotection, with the words in
black letters, 'McKinley in spite of
ALL" Between these words appeared
a black diagram of McKinley's dis
trict as gerryInandered by the de-
mocracy. This diagram resembles
somewhat two trunk keys welded
together. The reader eau form IA
faint conception of the irregular
shape of the district when 1t is
stated that In tracing 1t with PEN
Gil the hand must describe thirty
two right angles and two long and
irregular curves.
This Is the third time that the
Ohio democracy has gerrymandered
Mckinley Is district. Hitherto their
efforts have failed, and even now,
with 9 democratic plurality of 3, 900
to overcome, there is strong hope
that the gallant Ohloan will pull
through and rebuke his enemies at
the polls.
Here in the Pacific Northwest,
where every infant industry is pro
tected by the Mckinley tariff bill,
the liveliest interest will be felt In
the fight in the Sixteenth Ohio dis
trict. Mckinley stands rs the
champion of the miner, the lumber
man, the wool-grower, the herds.
man and the fruit-grower, and the
sympathies of thousands of voters In
Washington and Idaho will lie with
him in his daring fight. If he sue
ceeds, with all the odds so terribly
against him, the victory will proba-
bly, put an end to the gerrymander-
ing efforts of the Ohio democracy.
Elsewhere In this issue the reader
will find Mr.. Mckinley's speech of
acceptance.
, 1890-09-04
1 VER,S1T TILE GENIUS.

Another triumph has been
achieved by the brilliant Boston.
ian, John l.. Sullivan. He has ap'
peared as an actor before the
wealth, the beauty and the fashion
OF an Eastern audience, and has
scored success. The brief career
of this favorite leads like romance.
He has achieved the highest hon.
ors as slugger, has conducted a
palatial saloon, has served as sport
ing editor of an Eastern paper OF
large circulation, and now he Is APP
pearing before delighted thousands
as an actor of the most heroic type,
Few men 30 young have developed
so remarkable degree of versa
tillty.
In the light of the exciting scenes
enacted "Wednesday in the house OF
representative, the nation can not
repress a sense of disappointment
over MIR. Sullivan's failure to run
for congress on the democratic
ticket. How his eye would have
kindled when John l.. Wilson led
out with his right and "bified" the
gentleman from New Jersey; how
the galleries would have cheered
him to the echo as he dashed into
the fray and displayed those abili-
ties that have given him u world
wide reputation.
But wherever this brilliant Bos-
tonian may appear, in whatever
capacity he may choose to serve
society or his country, the world ex-
poets that he will manifest the
highest order of ability. He carries
to the stage the same earnest deter
mination to succeed that character
lied. his fierce encounters In the
ring. But Mr.. Sullivan is not a
dramatic neophyte. He has ap-
peared upon the stage In all the
principal cities of the Union. 1t is
true his past experience was con-
fined to spirited slugging exhibit
tions. Still they faniliarized him
with the glare Of the footllghts and
gave him that admirable degree of
self-confidence that has led to his
success in the drama. Those who
have witnessed the slugging exhibit
tions given by Mr.. Sullivan have
doubtless been impressed with the
thought that his pose and express
sion might vel be turned to ad-
vantage by the tragedian. The
short, sharp gasp that attends
heavy blow In the stomach or upon
the ribs bears a striking resemblance
to the mouthings Of some Of our
most eminent tragedians. The
world may ere long enjoy the privl-
lege of seeing Mr.. Sullivan tackle
Julius Cesar" or even the melan-
choly Dane. 1t is barely possible
that he may form n theatrical aili-
ance with Mrs. Langtry. What n
combination that would
be, and how these superb creatures,
these physical masterpieces, would
pack the theaters wherever they
might appear. The fact that the
Lily has bounced Freddie Gebhardt
makes such an alliance more than
possible.
Here Is hint that may make the
fortune Of some enterprising man.
aUer
, 1890-09-04

Il PROSPERO Us YEdR.

The first cool showers that come
in the early days of autumn are ns
welcome as sunshine in spring, or
rs the first flowers to burst through
the moist brown earth In February.
Everybody frightened up when the
first dash Of rain came Saturday. IL
banished the dust from the trees
and the dead grass, threw a fresh
fragrance into the cool air. and
drove away the haze that had begun
To veil the rolling mountains in the
blue distance. In little while the
breath of autumn will tinge the
foliage OF the declduous trees along
the margin of lake and stream, and
latter still the blasts of November
Will scatter them upon the rushing
waters, aud they will float down to
the great wide sea. But ere that
time the glory of Indian summer.
the softest the most voluptuous time
In all the year, will spread its beau
ties over the landscape, and give
mankind and the birds an oppor-
tunity to prepare for winter.
Autumn is not far away. AL.
ready her cool breath is felt in the
morning hours, and the showers
that came yesterday to refresh the
dusty earth were but tho avant
couriers Of the rains of winter.
Altogether we have had q delight
ful summer. At no time has tho
heat been oppressive or oflong dura-
ton. The grain has slowly devel-
oped into plump kernels, and the
heart OF the husbandman is made
glad by the most bountiful crops that
have ever ever blessed his toll md
hopes. While thousands of people
have toiled in the open air, not one
has suffered evil consequences. Nc
cyclones or storms have come 10
deal out death and destruction. No
blighting pests, no deadly epidem-
les, no financial disasters. Peace
and prosperity have blessed tho new
state, and those who have come
among us as seekers of new and
happier homes can not declare tbot
they were deceived in the smallest
particular. No picture has ever
been sent abroad that was half so
fair ns the summer now dying into
autumn.
In n little while the city of spo-
kane will gather beneath one mighty
roof miniature object picture of tho
, 1890-09-04
sPoxAEE FALLs, SEPT. .. 1880
THE FXF7'EEN PUZZLE.

1t has been said that "God move,
in n mysterious way his wonders tc
perform" Possibly that may ofiel
a solution for question that will
puzzle a large number of REVIEW
readers this morning, who will rub
their eyes and think of typograph.
ical errors when they find the name
of Mr.. Frank Graves In close com.
pany with those of such gentlemen
as J. J. Browne, A. M. Cannon, G.
II. Burns, ii. L. Houghton, Attor-
ney General Jones and nine others.
Perhaps Mr.. Graves was put upon
the peoples ticket of fifteen free
holders for artistic effect--in order
to bring out IN strong relief the
excellent character of the remain
der of the ticket. At all events 1t
serves that purpose very well.
On the whole the ticket will COM
mend itself to every thoughtful citi-
zen. 1t Ia made up of men whose
welfare Is indissolubly welded with
the prosperity Of the city, in whose
hands no interest will suffer. The
presence Of Messrs. Houghton and
Jones Is u guarantee that the char
ter, while not overstepping the con-
stitutional Limitations placed upon
it, will be a strong legal document.
The election OF the peoples ticket
will carry assurance of the prepara-
tion Of an excellent charter, one
that the people can approve at the
pOlla
, 1890-09-04
MONUMENTAL ERROR.

A minutes reflection ought to
convince any unbiased mind that
Mr.. Turner's candidacy is a hope
less waste of energy and money.
Hc was the fifth choice of the
soured and embittered politicians
who are now striving to create the
impression that he is the first choice
Of the people. If the republican
party should prove as discriminating
as these very politicians, Judge Tur-
ner would be q long, long while in
working his way into congress.
Consider the Inconsistency Of the
claim that the Turner petition was
a spontaneous tribute from his ad-
mirers and "2lO others" II Judge
Turner was the choice of the people,
why were these politicians, who are
now supporting him, so very long
In finding il out? Why did they
find 1t necessary to labor with s. c.
Hyde, plead with Judge Houghton,
and hold out their deceptive bait to
Attorney General Jones and w. Fl.
Taylor, and probably to 1910 9TH
ers."
Since these politicians who are
now SO earnestly trying to make
Turner the first choice of the people
were 80 slow In taking up this
"Hobson's choice" for congressional
timber, they surely will not be sur
prised If the public should assert
small degree of discrimination and
refuse to make Mr.. Turner their first
choice.
The methods employed to obtain
signatures to the now notorious pc
tition. the "inducements" held out
to obscure papers of no .self-respect
and less influence, the desertion of
republican principles of purer poll
tics and a cleaner ballot, the polit-
ical bedfellows of the candidate and
their records so we'll known to the
public, and above all the incontesti-
BILE belief of the public that Repre-
sentative Wilson has proved one of
the most active and successful MEM
bers of this congress, combine TO
make the candidacy of George Tur-
ner the most hopeless, the widest
and Ill timed move that was ever
made by a politician,
, 1890-09-04

b BUTTERMILK rs. DIR UGS

The buttermilk fad has struck
Spokane. Buttermilk has suddenly
sprung into national prominence.
Millions are drinking IL this year
who hitherto turned their noses up
mt the good, old-fashioned farm.
house beverage. 1t is the newest
panacea, this old drink of our grand.
fathers. 1t is u cure for shattered
nerves, builder up Of bony frames,
and with Its use the irritation of the
chronic dyspeptic vanishes like the
dew before the morning sun of sum.
mer. One Spokane dealer In butter.
milk, who has little curbstone
stand on Sprague street, retailed out
ten gallons yesterday to pedestrians
who paused to tone up their nerves
or To add flesh to their forms.
Whether or not the new ther-
apeutic agent possesses the virtues
ascril'cd to 1t by its admirers, you
can safely conclude that IL Is inf
nitely better and safer than the lOl
nerve cures sold at the drug stores
and dispensed ut the soda fountains
and over saloon bars. We know
that buttermilk will not bring false
surcease of jangling nerves and out
ragged stomachs, that II will not
stimulate the system that Is crying
out for rest. Too many rosy checked
boys and girls have drank Ii, and
grown fat and strong upon IL, 70
leave doubts upon that score.
The country is to be congratulated
upon adopting IA therapeutic fad SO
harmless, so suggestive of rural life
and the delights of childhood. by
all means, let us encourage the
craze. AT all events, 1t will do no
harm, and il II brings new hope to
despalring invalids, who shall say
that the mission of the homely bev'
erage has not been for the better?
Along with the buttermilk crazo
we are told that tomatoes are
specific for biliousness and sore
throat. A few years ago a PHI ysiciau
warned the world against eating this
fair aud tempting vegetable, because
1t cultivated the deadly cancer.
Those people who are bilious ana
not afraid of developing cancer
might try this new remedy, provided
they can afford it, now that tomatoes
are retailing in Spokane for ~
cents per pound.
Perhaps the time may come when
the drug stores will cease to throw
their baleful lights out into tue
darkness, when the invalid will 90
TO the cupboard and eat and drink
himself well, and the doctors, In
stead OF carrying around powder
and pills, tinctures and tonics, vlh
open out grocery stores and prescripe
diet aud hygiene.
, 1890-09-04
A SOCIETY MoRCEA "

The Hungarian band that will
furnish music for the Spokane ex.
position is at Newport playing fol
society entertainments. A week
ago Monday 1t played for "su ubscrip.
ton picnic" at Ward McAllister's
farm, and that evening it also played
for Mrs. Astor's first ball, an elegant
affair given Mt her residence ol
Beechwood.
When the Hungarian band ar.
rives in Spokane it will be in form
for local society leaders to employ
it's services, and thereby dance ia
the music that the "Four Hundred
once danced to. The common herd
can not begin to appreciate the i'm.
portance, the interest, that attaches
to these little trifies. They know
nothing about form; their plebeian
souls can not thrill at the thought
OF actually dancing to the very same
music that Sally Hargous, Mrs.
Paran Stevens, the Cuttings and the
Cushings, the Padelfords and even
the mighty McAllister once danced
to beneath the stars ut Newport.
These important considerations, SC
carefully weighed by the leaders OF
society, never enter into the critical
Judgment of the common herd.
They have no lofticr, no more re-
fined method Of passing judgment
upon musical performance than
the old common way of listening to
the music. They Judge and think
for themselves; they are very coarse
and i'll bred.
And so We may expect our own
four hundred to remain in a culver
OF expectation, a whirl of antici.
pated delight, until they are actual
ly given an opportunity to dance to
the music of the band that New
York society Is now dancing to.
And indeed we all should feel
proud-that is, we ought to whether
We fully understand these matters
or not. The Hungarian band comes
to America, 1t plays for New York
society, for the real, exclusive four
hundred, and then IL packs up its
fiddles and its horns, and, without
pausing TO play fo- plebeian old
Philadelphia or porky Chicago, IL
flies straight TO the pure atmosphere
of Spokane. The delight will not
be poisoned by the reflection that
st. Louis, or Cincinnati, or Mil
waukee society has danced between
us and the immortal four hundred.
We come second, and If the Hun
garian band had landed ON the
Western shore OF the United States,
very likely we should come first
and then New York society would
be anticipating the delight of dane
ing after Spokane.
The REVIEW c0nfesses that 1t can
not conceal it's joy at the delightful
prospect. 1t could only he equaled
by that of "Old Sport" when he en-
joyed the delightful privilege of
"clasping the hand Of the man that
once clasped tho hand of John l..
Sullivan"
, 1890-09-04
SINCE FRANh'LIN'S TIME.


When Benjamin Franklin applied
to his father for assistance to enable
him to start weekly newspaper In
Philadelphia, the old gentleman OBJ
jected. Flo said there were already
two newspapers In America, and the
field was too narrow fora third.
AT the most those two papers could
not have given employment to more
than eight or ten men all told. Yes
terday the Spokane Typographical
Union was represented by more
than hundred members in the
Labor day parade.
And still there are people who
think the newspapers are not up
with the times. No illustration
could more striklngly illustrate the
growth of this nation and the won
derful advances that have been
made by the printing press.
Franklin was one of the most
skillful and accurate printers of his
time. After serving an apprentice
ship i'm America he went to London
and worked i'm one of the largest
offices In that city, afterward return
ing to America with knowledge of
engraving and type-casting. But
the methods of making newspapers
have undergone so remarkable n
revolution that the knowledge he
possessed, SO full and valuable for
that day, would be practically
worthless In the cities of the present.
Contrast with the lean, little weekly
newspaper that franklin gave to the
colonist the daily paper of the
present. Imagine the look that
would have swept over his face had
he been able to look this fur into the
future, and to read one of the metro
politan dailies of the present, with
its eight, twelve or even twenty
pages, filed with many columns of
the news of the previous day, gath
cred from every corner of the
globe, chronicling the conferences
Of kings, and the full
proceedings of parliament, giving ex-
tracts from the newest London novel
pr the latest Partisan opera, telling
Its readers at the breakfast table
what Stanley and his bride wore at
their wedding, or what the queen of
England ate at supper the night be-
fore. And then conceive the look
Of supreme displeasure that would
have been reflected In the couute-
nance of that great man had he
been able to pluck from the future
a picture of the average reader skim
ming through all that news and
throwing the paper aside with the
weary remark that there was moth
ing in 1t.
And yet with all these wonderful
changes, each leaden messenger is
picked from its box and marshaled
into place precisely as 1t was when
Franklin set type in sleepy old
more than $50 years
ago. The swiftest compositor of
the present can accomplish no
more than Franklin accomplished.
in the light of this fact,
the growth and development of the
modern daily appears all the more
remarkable. 1t is powerful COM
lnentary upon the possibilities Of
cooperation.
, 1890-09-04

nnce. He has worked tho temper
ance movement until 1t has given
him colossal fortune--one OF the
largest In California, u state that has
long been noted for the number and
the scandalous behavior of its mill
ionajres.
This II. II. Mcdonald Is tho man
who whangcd Temperance into the
ears of the American nation n few
years ago. That was nll very well,
per 50, but Mr.. Mcdonald passed
out temperance Talk of the most
lurid character with one hand,
while with the other he dosed his
converts with vile decoction called
vinegar blttors, at 81 per bottle.
This was what you might call tenn
perance for revenue only. Out OF
that shrewd crusade Mcdonald
made fat fortune, and vinegar bit
ters passed out CT tho market, hav-
Ing absolutely no merits as rem
cdy.
Now, however, Mcdonald has re-
sumed business Mt the old stand.
He Is flooding the country with
outre literature ON temperance and
the Sunday laws, and upon each en-
vclope 50 sent out he has struck a
red aud black wafer advertising
his banking business. He combines
sentiment and business In u
way that invariably makes some-
body else pay for the sentiment and
I'm no wise lessons his big fortune.
Having worked the temperance
racket for the money there is In 1t.
Mcdonald is now trying to boom
himself into Office with the same
old game. 1t Is surprising that de-
luded people should go on batten-
ing the wealth and vanity of such
men. The vile decoction he poured
down their throats few years ago,
In the name of temperance, was in
tipitely worse and more mischiev-
Gus than beer or wine, or even
brandy. Any physician Of stand
ing will tell you that he would
rather give his children wine than
the stuff that Mcdonald corked up
and sold to the temperance people
all over the country, and yet there
are thousands of good, motherly
women and pious ministers in the
land who look upon this man ms a
marvel of disinterested philan-
thropy. He has grown rich out of
their credulity, and now he has his
eye upon political preferment, and
judging from the past he will prob
ably make it win.
, 1890-09-04
LABORERS Nv DEuA ND

Throughout the West, over N.
large scope OF country reaching from
the Rocky mountains to the Paclao
there is demand for laborers. Ia
borers are advertised for in evor,.
way, and labor bureaus In the Eas,
are offering free transportation ,o
men for various points to work on
railroads. Recognizing the profit.
there are in handling the immenss
crops of the West, and the timbor
mineral and fruit products, as wol,
as In hauling out freight from tho
East, the railroads are extendln.
their lines in all directions and aro
pushing the work with all possible
speed. To do this requires a lorae
force of laborers, and the supply i
by no means equal To the demand
In Colorado alone the railroads oesr
employment to 5000 men, wbIle
Washington, Oregon and Idaho
could doubtless use fully that mum.
ber on railroad work, and thousands
Of farm hands are wanted to aid in
harvesting the immense fields of
grain, and In gathering and pack.
ing fruits. The mines, too, are con,
stantly calling for more men to helm
dig out the precious metals with
which nature has so abundantly
blessed the great West.
Here in Spokane Falls alone then
is work for hundreds of men to aid
in the task of rebuilding the ci,y
Liberal wages are offered to me.
chanics and laborers of all kinds
but still the demand increases.
And while the West with It's sa.
lubrious climate and productive soil
offers golden opportunities to poor
men seeking II start in life and aids
them to accumulate wealth, thou.
sands and tens of thousands of able.
bodied men are idle In the over.
crowded East. In many cases II Is
unfortunately true that these people
are too poor To move, In Others they
never become acquainted with tho
prospects that the boundless West
can offer them. Thanks to the rail.
roads, however, the West is becom.
ing better and better advertised and
Its advantages are becoming mon
extensively known. AS n natural
consequence the tide of Western
homeseekers grows larger, the rail-
roads themselves reap u rich reward
for their efforts, aud the wonderful
resources Of tho West are being more
largely developed, while those who
come to this chosen quarter are
happily blessed by the change.