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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-28

canvass began August 10. Blaine was
nominated June Z, 1ssl, accepted July 10.
Harrison was nominated June q. and ac-
cepted September IL but the campaign
began in New York august 10. The Re-
publican canvass viii not open in New
York until about September Is. or month
later than ali precedent campaigns.
The Democrats are in the same situa-
tion. Seymour was aominated July II,
1858; accepted August L Greeley was
nominated July 2. 1872; accepted July 10.
Tilden was nominated. June q, 1876, and
accepted June 81 Hancock was nomi-
mated June "a. 1880, ana. accepted July @.
Cleveland was nomin ated July IL, 1854,
and accepted August e. He was renomi-
mated June g. 1883. AID accepted septem.
Der 8.
The shortening Of presidential CAM
paigns ID due first to ahe absence of early
elections and second 20 the cost of long
canvass. Twenty years ago North Caro-
lima held its state election in August, Yer
mont and Maine IL September. and
Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
are no longer any "Ocsober" states; Ala
bama votes in August; Arkansas, Yer
mont and Maine in september. but the
two former are always Democratic and
the two latter always Republican, SO that
no such special importance Is attached to
the results a. was fefs in the verdict of
great states like Ohio, Indiana and Penn
sylvania when they voted in October.
The outlay for speakers, parades. printing.
documents, music, hail rent, ETC., in an
ordinary presidential campaign falls little
short Of half . milIion of dollars. II 1t
lasted four months inssead of six weeks it
would drain the array chest of both
parties.
The total number OF voters to b en-
lightened this campaign who can cast
ballot in November d estimated to be
about IA, 10000. OF course ell who can
legally vote in November will not do 90.
The old, the sick, the careless, tho inn
prisoned, the intimidaIed. the Indifferent
make up large aggregate of non-voters at
every presidential election.
In 1855 0,2l0.395 votes were polled, or
1876 per cent. Of the total population of the
states, and So per cent Of the voting popu-
lation. In 1884 the poll was 10. 056. BAT, and
in 1888 it was II 1881, 029s or, as estimated,
1872 per cent. of the population Of the
states, the largest percentage ever polled.
1t is estimated that che poll this year
will nearly il not saiite reach 130O0.-
600. leaving from 1.75O,OO0 to 1900, 600 of
votes unpolled.
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Senator Allen Need Not Worry.
Yakima RAnuhlic

Senator Allen need not concern himself to the
extent Of losing any sleep over tho mis-.
representations Of his enemies. The ISLANDERS
published in the Tacoma Ledger respecting his
attitude toward the Puyallup reservation bill
have been exposed by a correspondent in the
PosT-lNTRLLiGEScER 30 clearly and 80 emphati.
cally that the Ledger has not breathed syllable
in reply; while the malignant perversions of
truth in the Spokane Reriew have been met with
facts, step by step, to the iil-concealed mortncs
ton OF that journal. The result OF the com pact
between Bennett, with his Ledger, and the Port
land Oregonid. with Its Rertec. has been to
demonstrate more deliberately the diligence.
ability and faithfulness of Senator Allen an a
representative OF tho best interests OF Wash.
ington. The great journalistic trio are
just beginning to realize that the
record II against them; IL 10 one
thing to accuse and another to prove. Secure
in the knowledge OF what he has done-agsinst
odds-in the senate, aud devoted to the work
still TO be done in the waning days Of the ses-
sion. Senator Allen has viewed with silent COM
plaoency tho manifestations OF personal venom
and anti-W ashington selhshness. which have
united 70 injure his reputation with the people
OF this state. He may congratulate himself that
few persons are deceived as 20 the motives or
carried away by the ciamor of this cabal
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A Fur Seal Pup 1T Cypress Island.
kn4cnrtaa Amerfcap

About noon yesterday q small procession.
formed near the water front and took up . line
OF march on avenue. Captain Morley was
conspicuous figure, and trotting slightly behind
him was dusky brother, who carried q smile
that reached from ear TO ear and seemed to en-
danger the bones In the back OF his neck The
captain, too, was pleased, for he had just struck
q bargain with the siwash for handsome pup
fur seal, which had bean caught on the rocks
OFF Cypress island The Indian carried the
treasure clasped tightly to his bosom, and the
pup appeared to enjoy the tender en-
brace. At the vendome halt was
made and the seal taken into the bsrroom,
where the captain tipped a couple of dollars
into the siwash's hands, and the eager crowd
proceeded to make the acquaintance OF the
newly found pet. The seal Is nearly full grown
and is a handsome animal. Its eyes are bright
aud Its coat the softest imaginable, and az our
avenue druggist stroked the back OF the AMI
NAL, he remarked that il was mo wonder the
Indian embraced the pup" In color It il gray
with black spots on tho back, the breast aud
belly being light gray and white. Captain Nor
ley will build q tank and keep the animal On
exhibition at his Headquarters.
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heir to . duiedom for the certainty OF
wearing the ducal coronet.
No sympathy need be wasted on these
American women whose souls are 30
mean that they give their sacred
bodies without love to the arms
Of man that any true woman
must loathe as incapable Of inspiring at
lection or the slightest respect. As rule
most OF these American women come TO
grief. If they have money their dissolute
lords quickly spend it.; and if they have
no money. when their beauty grows stale
their restless reue lavishes his caresses on
some queen Of the demi-monde, who takes
him into campin at least no more merce-
nary spirit than did his American wife.
Any decent American young woman
who would marry q depraved Englishman
solely for the sake OF his title is entitled to
no more sympathy for any suffering or
disgrace she snay encounter in conse-
quence than if she had become the wife OF
adepraved American solely for the sake
Of his money.
A good woman may marry good man
with little danger, for . good man will
compel respect and respect soon ripens
into love, but woman who will know
ingly marry thoroughly depraved man,
the fires of whose youth have been utterly
burnt out in low-iived RIGHTEOUSNESS,
drunkenness ard gambling, for the sake
OF his money, OF for the sake Of the cor
onet whose plume he has dragged through
the ditch-water of two continents, such
woman il not a bit better, If she is Is good,
than the Bessie Bellwoods her roue hus-
band prefers TO herself What moral
difference is there between being gross de-
pravity and systematic impurity's tega!
mistress, bought with the furnished tuft
Of title, or being gross depravity and sys-
tematic impurity 8 illegal mistress bought
by payment of cssh in hand or the promise
to pay cash in hand when my lord be-
comes "his Grace, the Duke?'
A highly trained sense of propriety;
keen sense of self-interest is not morality
nor purity, and until the world comes to
confuse these things with each
other it will suspect that the Duchess Of
Manchester. had she been changed in her
cradle for Bessie Bellwood, would not
have turned out any better than Bessie;
indeed, in the eyes of God she is not any
better for her lights than her husbands
low-born and LOWERED mistress.
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The cholera when it visited America in
1882 destroyed thousands of lives along
the great lines Of travel, East and West.
North and South, but the cholera has not
visited our shores since 1S66-1s67, and its
last severe visitation was in 1S49 It need
not create any alarm on this Coast, unless
it gets into the South american ports and
travels hither from the Isthmus of Pan
anna. With proper vigilance on the part
Of the San Francisco authorities. Califor-
mia ought to entirely escape. and there is
little or no danger Of cholera coming to
our shores from China and Japan.
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KODAKs.

One OF Mr. Gladstons's pansgyrists saw thas
the grand old man "knows Dante betta,
than Homer and Homer better than sny
totherD man living" But he docs not
There are scholars in every land who know
vast deal more OF the blind bard Of Greecs'
and of the gloomy Florentine than Mr. Glad,
stone knows, and it 10 foolish ro-worship thstl
makes the great statesmsn's admirers rate hin
AZ pre-eminent In literary fields in which hsI
has never wished to be more than q cuitIyated
dilettantA
Tho late Suleiman Pasha, known to hstoev
as the luckless hero Of Shipks pass when
1900 Russian and Turkish soldiers los>
their lives in the frightful carnage. Wa 4
most reserved and unostentatious man IA
was tall and gaunt in figure, with rude and
wrinkled face and short red beard and mus
tacha When in the field he slept on the ground
under q piece of canvas stretched over tyo
sticks, and Jared like his men. His contsmpt q
red tape was excessive, and he cut many
Gordian knot OF diplomatic tntricacy with The
sword.
The position OF the body during literary CON.
position has always been q matter of great con.
Germ to authora Charles Kingsley md
numerous other writer's of distinction found
that their ideas flowed most fsssIy
when they stood on their feet slowly pscipsl
the room, while one eminent composer did h1
best work sitting bolt upright in q gildsd1
drawing room chair. attired In his finest
clothing. and an American poet OF note 4sss1
on his spine, his feet high In air, to write hisI
most enjoyable verse. On this point d.. Lander
Brunton has made some investigations that a. |
title him to the worlds gratitude, for bel
thinks that he has thereby discovsred
the secret OF having ideas at will la|
the course OF his experiments he placed
himself in various positions and found that
his mental activity was greatest Thsn b
lay fiat on table. Then ideas dubbed up n
his mind. BY and by he thought that, = b
was doing so well in a reclining position, ri
might sit up, but it would not do. "Ths M
ment," says the doctor. "that raise my hNI
my mind became an utter blank; 80 I put my
head down again fat on the table and Enishei
my article in that position"
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Why the Dsmocrats Revile McGraw.
SpokAne Spokeamau


II the Republicans needed any assurance that
their nominee for governor is q strong man, the
Democrats are furnishing IT by the attacks they
are making on John H. McGraw. If the nomi.
nation was weak one they would not attack it
20 bitterly; but because they know that Mr.. Nc
Graw will b elected they are alarmed and nat
urally endeavor to disparage him in the eyes of
the people OF this state. What has Mr.. McGraw
done that has united him to be the chief
executive OF this or any other state? He wss .
sherin, 1t IL true, but in Democratic eyes that
qualities Q man not only to be governor, but
even president II sheriff Cleveland Ia fitted to
be president, why Is not sheriff McGraw fitted
to b GOVERNOR McGraw 10 . sel.-made man.
That certainly IL nothing against him. but on
the contrary shows that he is a man of force and
character. who 10 able to achieve success by
his own efforts. That he supported widowed
mother when Q boy 10 years of age il no dis
qualification for gubernatorial honors, but on
the contrary IL guarantee that he il an honor
able man. A boy who respects, loves and helps
his parents 10 almost certain to develop into
creditable and worthy man. That McGraw
should have been actively engaged in politics 10
no disgrace. Certainly Democrats have no
cause to complain with the example Of David
b. Hill before them. Nor can Republicans OBJ
5ect to man who has never lost . Republican
victory when no was the general in command.
Mcdraw Is good and strong nominee. He will
win, and he deserves to win. He did not seek
the nomination, and because he has accepted il
there II no reason why he should not be cor.
daily and Loyalty supported, a. he will ba
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Tho Political Traitor.

Judge Hunter. after making q vigorous cam
paign throughout his judicial district and fail
ing to secure the nomination for superior Judge,
now announces his intention OF running a. On
Independent candidate, and attempts To offer
excuse that old chestnut about the bench being
kept free from the communicating influence of
partisan politics. That may be sound logic but
1t loses its value when it comes from men who
are pretty we'll satisfied with partisan politics
until the politicians become tired of their dom
ineering. arrogant efforts to control partisan
politics" for their own personal aggrandize-
ment Every man has perfect right to act as
he sees fit in political matters. but the political
traitor who accepts favors from his party for
years and then, without cause, deserts and seeks
to destroy it, is too despicable to receive many
votes among the progressive, fair-minded men
of Washington.
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KING COUNTY DISCIPLINE.
Earnest In Battle, Loyal In Friendship
and Accustomed to Victory.

and Accustomed to Victory.
Tacoma Ledger.
NO credit can be won in vanQuishing WILL
Ing Zoe. and King county can claim no admira-
ton Tor having got away with the Pierce county
delegation in the late encounter at Olympia
But her splendid organization and discipline.
her energy and courage in facing . whole con-
venfion that was more than inclined to oppose
hsr AZ the start. does merit praise even from
those who suffer most BY it
The delegation arrived on the held somehow
late. Not much had been done, but all of II had
neither discouraged nor dismayed BY the situa.
ton. They soon aacerEained what this
was, and then, with . clear knowl.
edge OF what they had to oppose, they
set to work TO find ont how much
they could secure. A. the diminishing pro-
crossed they were prepared to take advantage OF
every opportunity that offered. The diversions
they made disclosed new advantages, and they
promptly secured them They were supplied
with abundant material to make diver.
sions when they needed them. They
had we'll drilled battalions to make Q charge
when battery was TO be taken. and veteran
platoons to resist an onset If threatened in that
way. They had fireworks to dazzle the unin-
itiated, and Punch and Judy shows to divert
the curious, and they kept all busy or
entertained To their surprise, no doubt.
they found 1t possible not only to cap
ture every point they attacked, but any
other they might care to attack, but they were
no more demoralizsd by success than they had
been by the improbability of 1t. Finding it
possible to take everything, they took what
they wanted, and disbursed the rest as they saw
proper. They have made some mistakes, evil
IDENTITY. in the distribution, but It 10 human to
err, and mistakes will occur in the best of
families.
King county 10 to be complimented on the
good sense and loyalty to her own interests,
which always controls in her political affairs.
The advantage to BE- gained Is something OF
value to the city or county, and not some petty
clerkship or equally petty ofice. The individ-
ual Is nothing; the homo interest and
bsnedt everything. Men are put to the front
because they have been tested and proved; be-
cause their loyalty L. unquestioned and their
ability established They have the skill that
comes OF experience, the GOODNESS of veterans,
and the enterprise OF men who know the value
OF success.
They have trained leaders whom they respect,
and they know the value in emergencies of
having all their affairs directed by one compc-
tent mind. They move az one man to the &C.
complement Of what they have In view, and
they accept no compromise while there Il .
possibility OF complete success.
As consequence they never secure less than
their share, and they are never compelled to
take what they get upon conditions that make
it worse than valuless. They never throw up
their hats over their own defeat, or exult In
their own disgrace
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San Juan County Likes tho Ticket.
Friday Harbor Graphic.

The ticket nominated by the Republican state
convention Is one OF the very strongest that
could be made. Any ticket with the name of
Hon. John II. McGraw at the head 10 sufficient
for all the Republicans of the state to rally to
the support of the whole ticket 1t 10 good,
clean ticket, composed Of the representative
men of the party. all fit men for the official posi-
tons for which they are named, and will serve
this vigorous and energetic young common
wealth with honor and credit Then, again, all
sections of the state are represented San Juan
county was duly honored by the convention by
placing one OF our representative citizens upon
the ticket, Hon. John 8. McMillin, who was
nominated as one OF the presidential electors.
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THE UNROPED ARENA.

F. D. Arnold, Democratic candidate for slsctor,
il ineligible, being presidsst Of . national bank.
Uniforms for the members OF the Young Mems
Republican Club have arrived and are ready for
delivery.
Everett Smith, who was dominated for attor.
ney general at the Prohibition state convention
at Olympia yesterday. is also a candidate for
superior judge of King coanty. II elected to
both Offices he will take his choica
II. ". Durant, who 10 one OF the best posted
men in Seattle on the topics now before the po-
ntical parties, fs doing excellent missionary
work for the Republican patty by circulating .
little handbook entitled american Tariffs
from Plymouth Rock to Mckinley" where It
will do the most good. These who wish to pre-.
pare themselves for this campaign Of educa.
ton" should get copy Of ehis little book from
Mr. Durant
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Divorces In Washington.
Plt.sburg Despatch.

Washington has been regarded as the
banner state for the sensible view her
courts take Of divorce. Sufficient causes
are cruel treatment, personal iniquities,
haoitual drunkenness, refusal to provide,
one years abandonment, and any other
cause seeming sufficient to the court, and
when the court Is satisfied the parties can
no longer live together.
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A Queer Kind OF Republication.
Walla Walla Uniou-Jourual.

The Tacoma Ledger, owned by Nelson Bennett,
still remains Republican enough to run at the
head of its columns the names Of the candidates
for presidential electors, and to state that they
should be voted for. This would moan by i'm
plication that the other candidates OF Repub-
licanism in the state of Washington should
not be voted for. Mr. Bennett may
have been Republican In the
state OF Montana, but he has degeneratcd into q
sslf-seeking politi clan, who desires the down.
fall Of Seattle and his own Advancement to the
United States Senate more than he does the til
umph OF the principles of his party.
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WHERE THE FAULT LIES.
National Committeeman Bennett Made
Allen and tho Canal an Issue.
EIlenshurp Capifal

Ellensburg Capital.
The Tacoma Ledger is developing into an In
corrigible scOld. Nothing il too bitter for that
paper to say OF the ticket nominated at Olym-
pis, no criticism of its delegation is too harsh
and no condemnation Of the canal resolution too
severe. when 1t is well known and accepted
fact that this paper alone IL to blame for the in.
dorsement Of the canal appropriation and the
nomination Of John McGraw for governor. If
the proprietor OF the Ledger had listened to the
advice OF men who understood the situation
and who had the good OF the party at heart, re-
gardless of county lines, it would not have
made the defeat of John B. Allen and the canal
scheme an issue before the convention.
spirit of harmony prevailed throughout the
state, ana Pierce was conceded everything she
asked for ON the state ticket
When everything was running smoothly and
the old feud between the counties of King
and Pierce was sunk out of sight, the Ledger
began it, work Of Reorganization and injected
an issue that had no place in the campaign.
Tho old county fight was on again, and every
other section of the state was made to suffer
theretrom. Tho Pierce county delegation had
no assistance from its home paper. but it, mem
bers were the victims OF the most outrageous at.
tacks from the pen OF q reporter who was sent
there for no other purpose After the conven-
ton adjourned the abuse was continued and
the delegation held up to the ridiculs OF the
world.
In justice to the forty-nve gentlemen who
comprised the Pierce county delegation, the Cop
ttdl il informed that there was no county In the
state more ably represented than Pierce. They
stood by their friends from post to finish, and
when they made an agreement It was always
kept In spite of the attacks of the Ledger they
got what they went aftor, and could not be
shaken in their allegiance to Mr.. Doolittle, even
with the Ledger's candidate Mr.. Long, held
temptingly before them on King county hook.
II the Ledger cannot support the ticket nomi-
mated at Olympia, Its proprietor should resign
from the national committee. Until that 10
done his walls Of wrath should remain corksd.
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Quite the Proper Thing.

IN renominsting Hon. w. +. Forrest OF this
city to the Office OF land commissioner the Re-
publicans OF Washington did quite the proper
thing. 1. was . hsting tribute to the high
worth of Mr.. Forrest, and IL an honor OF which
Lewis county's citizens ought to feel Justly
proud. Mr.. Forrest was elected land CON-
missioners three years ago, when Washington
was admitted as q state. The data at hand at
that time for the records of his Office were In
very crude and entangled condition The work
in his once since that time has been
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SuONOuiisn khRl0.
One OF the biggest bears ever killed IN nil
vicinity was shot by Johnnie Vinson at Aigeft
lumber camp last Sunday. Bruiu had killed .
big hog the day before, and coming back ~
make meal of the carcass met with vafn
reception 1t is thought that he weighed fully
500 pounds, and Mr.. Alger thinks he was 10
came bear he shot at some eight years befofA
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Unanimous for Allen.

Fairminded Republicans who are above local
strife are unanimous for John T. Allen to sue
coed himself a. senator. Any member of the
legislative ticket who was openly known to DO
against Mr.. Allen would not stand ghost of q
ahoW to be elected in this the Fifth district
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