, 1892-09-02
AGIN' THE CANAL.
The Newspapers Are Still VigOr-
ously Fighting It.

what the Press of the state Outside
OF seattle Has 40 say of the In-
famy-Comments From All Sec
tIons OF Washington.
While the democrats cannot reasonably
hope to carry the legislature, they can
even have a good working minority in that
body and have the governor, who will not
veto freight and fare bill that can be
passed by the democrats and republicans
who are loyal enough to work in the inter
est Of the people, McGraw is known to be
in favor Of corporation rule IN this state
and there would be no hope of any law
regulating transportation charges TO pass
him without yeto.-Pomeroy lndepend-
ent
OTHER OPINIONS.
After being "united in the church" by
Rev. Eshelman, the modern practice was
soon adopted by King and Pierce counties
and an absolute divorce demanded. The
grounds upon which said divorce was
asked were extreme cruelty and desertion
Of the Seattle Washington Econo-
mist
Senator Squire is busy explaining to the
/ people of the East that WashingtOn's
/ grandest scheme is the Seattle caual, and
that only one sentiment prevails with ref
! HLeuCt 10 improving buG property Ol BBnN-
l tor Squire, Leigh Hunt and Others at the
expense Of the notion. Everybody shouts
i for il, one would suppose. The farmers
are all ecstatic over the proposition to dou-
bic the fortunes OF Squire and Hunt
Walla Walla Spectator.
There are said to be 1900 voters in
/ Pierce county. Chairman =. Q. Sullivan
OF the county and state committee says
the county will cast 10000 TO LOCO voters
I in November. He does not think that
| King county has over 1000 or 1900 votes
Mayor Ronald said at Olympia that a re-
cent poll gave that county over % 900 yoies
The state Of Washington got the better
Of Seattle in the democratic state conven-
/ tiOn but only after two days sustained
! ity. Mr.. James Hamilton Lewis CALAMITY
| went down with his town, refusing to ac-
Cept the nomination for governor upon a
/ platform which condemned the Lake
| Washington canal scheme. How much
Ofthe virtue Of necessity there was in his
heroic abdication nothing but a ballot
could have shown and the world will never
\ know After devOtng two days to the
/ transcendent question Of Endorsement of
the canal the convention spent the last
evening in the less important business of
nominating ndidates.-Oregonian,
The more an intelligent voter studies the
/ fifth plank in the republican platform, spe-
cifcally indOrsing an appropriation for the
/ Lake Washington canal, the more he be-
comes astOnished at the stupidity Of the
republican convention In not defeating
! that plank by an overwhelming majority.
In the first place, that measures should
/ have been kept out of politics. but now
Z that II has been dragged into the political
arena by few well-trained, willy bosses of
King county, the voters Of Washington
will serve them right If they administer
telling rebuke at the polls.-Everett Times.
q.
| for an eight-hOur labor law, for an anti
Pinkerton law, and for reduction Of
/ freights and fares on railroads. The eight
/ hour law passed the house and came up TO
! the senate. 1t required eighteen votes TO
pass IL. IL received fifteen republican votes
and two democratic votes in the ailirma-
tive, and those voting against 10 and de-
leaung il were Senators Austin, Cooper,
Easterday, Forsyth, Kneeland, O'Neill,
Owings and Vestal eight republicans and
Eshelman, one democrat. The dodgers or
absentees were Senators Baker, Hastings,
Hyde, Long, Luce, G. T. Thompson, Van
de Vanter and Watt-all republicans
Chronicle.
The press Of the state does not extend 10
Mr.. McGraw that hearty congratulatiOn
which might have been expected-by Nc
Graw. The Review and the Tacoma
Ledger, the two leading republican papers
Of the state, avoids saying anything calCu-
!
Mc0raW is q great man in Seattle, but is
he equally great In the state Of Washing
toni The manipulation Of a convention
is one thing and the manipulation Of votes
another. Since IL has been shown that
King county's price for its allegiance TO
the republican party was the Washington
canal, a great number Of honest voters will
question the sincerity OF that county's re-
publicanism. King county practically
forced the nomination Of McGraw. Can it
force his election 2-Sprague Advertiser.
Fair treatment is not, and never was,
either insulting or abusive. The anti-oanal
resolution, OF which Seattle now complains,
is simply barrier the people Of the state
have felt compelled 20 set up between their
own interests and Seattle's rapacity. If
the republican party had adopted such
resolution instead OF the declaration it did
adopt which thoroughly misrepresents the
sentiment OF It's voters, 10 would have made
a vast difference in the result.-TacOma
Ledger.
The conventions Of the two great politi-
cal parties have now been held their
declarations Of principals have now been
promulgated their candidates are in the
field aud the people Of the state now have
an opportunity Of choosing whom and
what they will have. AS the state contest
is now presented one Of its most prominent
features Is the Seattle ditch, and to some
extent the election will be an expression
Of the people as TO whether or not they
want Lake Washington connected with the
waters Of the Sound bya canal built at the
expense of the government, at least before
other improvements Of harbOra and water
ways are made which would be more bene-
fetal to the general public. r. Fairhayen
Herald.
From the north comes o howl from Fair
haven and Everett. The latter city offers
fine fresh water harbOr which 10 proposes
TO dredge and clean without governmental
aid The SnOhOmish river, with a 1.-THE Of
J the canal money, could be made naVigable
for large ocean steamers for miles. There
Z are numerous little cities north demanding
small appropriations, but each recognized
I that the commencement Of the canal will
blast their hopes. On the west the magni-
Z icent harbOra Of Gray and Willapa urgently
! need government aid. The stingy apprO-
priatiOn for Gray's harbor this year is
= charged by the citizens TO the presence of
the canal project A quarter Of a million
? on these harbors would make them the
? finest on the Pacific north Of San FrncscO.
" Along the Columbia, on both sides, the
people realize that the construction Of the
canal means that their magnificent water.
way must remain unimprOVed The lower
transportation rates for wheat, by reason
q Of water competition, would not be secured
for years. No wonder that Southeastern
b. Washington is fairly in arms against tho
canal scheme.-West Coast Trade.
u A New stable.
ID. Marcott has rented the stable on Co
y lumbia street between Fourth and Fiftl
= streets, and has opened a general boarding
Y. feed and livery stable. Holt Martin is oc
ID cupying the Drewry stable at Columbii
re and Sixth streets.
r. "
Of The school children.
* The public schools open on Tuesday
Tomorrow afternoon, al O'Clock Prof
prfnfuafl will ha AZ ff.a NVoohfu0fot, oohoo