Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-05-29

the prospects are that the next political
races viii not b. won by a walk over"
The Democratic Central club Of Tacoma
has taken in hand the organization Of a
state association of democratic societies
and clubs 10 cooperate with the national
association, and meeting 10 be held at
/ Tacoma will be called some time during
the coming autumn. There is a promise
that Hon. Henry Watterson, OF the
Courier-JoWnal Of Louisville, Ky. En-
[ Governor Chauncey F. Black, of York.
Penn, and Lieutenant Governor Stephen
NJ. White, OF Los Angeles, Cal, will be
present Communication is now being
held with the various democratic organi-
cations throughout the state, and Wig
orous campaign Is 10 De made
/ There is some prospect. we are glad to
say, that congress viii pass the bill trans
feuIng the weather bureau Of the signal
/ corps 20 the agricultural department.
/ The weather bureau l. entirely out Of
{ place in the army, and the existing organ
ization is incapable Of rendering that
service 90 the commerce and agriculture
Of the country which was contemplated
oy it, establishment. Most Of the work
Is done by >ergeants, some Of whom NAV
possibly become second lsutanauts, but
can never rise 70 higher grade. First-
rate men ara loath 10 enter upon an EN-
! ploymenJ which offers such an unsatis.
factory reward. The work Is scientific.
unmilitary, and the result OF depending
upon enlisted men has been shown in the
bureaus recent predictions It was
originally added to the army for che pur-
pose Of making the chief of the signal
service a brigadier- general. II Is there.
fore now a fraud and should be trans
ferred to its proper place.
Hon Walter J. Thompson, Of Tacoma.
some months ago presented the city
schools Of Tacoma sIO,s0 for the purpose
Of promoting a manual training depart.
ment. aud $1,000 more has been placed by
him Ia be- added 20 the first fund under
certain easy contingencies. \ few DAYS
ago be- presented 1000 volumes 10 the free
library OF HIS city. and a, be i becoming
exceedingly tired OF having such deeds a.
these. and all the other public good he
does aud intends 20 do. credited to politi-
cal ambitions. Dee has declared himself out
Of politics 50 far as any candidacy j. con.
cerned. and Notwithstanding the fact that
he has strong following. has told his
friends thar he is not. any longer. a can
didate for a national senat0rship. A,
good men a. Mr.. Thompson Is do not.
however. always control themselves in
such matters. Tho people will have "a
say on the subject one OF these dav> and
he will obey ror poput.
The olympia Tribune SAYS: The
Spokesman. Of spokane. accuses Colonel
NiSschor of being az his old tricks again.
building up southern maiorities. be-
cause Faifhaveu cast .40S votes ont Of a
population of I,S1. The Colonel can't
help 10 IL that growing city has only 3ae
women and children. It, a stag town.
but not stagnant by any means" The
iact has been itoratcd in this paper and i
hereby reiterated, shouted. yelled. can
nonaded and more or less Numbered, that
Fairhaven has over 1000 population. and
1t is true also that great many voters
h,lt nave not uIoughl theif families yet
for the reason that houses cannot be built
fast enough to accommodate them. In
six months more Fairhaven will have a
population Of more than 6,OOo.
The Right Reverend Bishop r. $. Fos-
ter, Of Boston, writes letter 10 the New
York World in which he goes for the
theatre with ungloved hands, and yet he
STANDS out with the declaration, Il never
In the whole course Of my life attended
theatrical performance" That sort Of a
, man would declare al apple too sour to
eat which ne had never tasted nor seen
the 'ree upon which IL grew OF any OF its
, companion apples. But bishops must do
something 20 earn thelr salaries. even iu
Boston, it nothing more than 20 damn
something they know nothing about
That may be one kind Of religion, but q
Isn't the kind u which charity is one OF
, the saving -races.