, 1892-10-04

( Nelson Bennett has lost the contract fo
the Port Orchard dry dock, but he still
holds on to his contract to down the ditch
Spokane Review.
There is some talk of Allen withdrawing
from the coming senatorial contest, as he
ness Of his cause and that he is only spend
ing time and money for naught. He would
| thus lose his title and become an ordinary
citizen.-Walla Walla Spectator.
The right to cast one ballot and have that
/ ballot counted as cast is good enough doc
| trine north, east and west, in this nation
/ but when you insist the same rule should
be good in patch Of Southern states, youl
/ ears are set buzzing with the palmetto
scream Forcel FOrcel Funny, is it not p
| NOoksack Reporter.
From all accounts the republican cam
paign west of the mountains is full of fire
and enthusiasm. Everywhere the speakers
go, they experience hattering receptions
and address large assem- blages of people. A
healthy indication of the campaign is the
fact that the peoples party men find theil
arguments tnrned against themselves
wherever they attempt to debate the pop
ular issues.-W WILDER Rehister.
There is a lesson in this canal contro.
versy for voters to learn, about politicians
and partisan papers. And while this les
son is being learned it will be discovered
| that the Ledger stands staunch and loyal
to Tacoma, and incidentally to the state,
by repudiating the platform of the first
/ Olympia convention and by Withholding
its support from the convention nominees
who are willing to run for Office on any
platform. Banner.
The unprincipled correspondent of an
| irresponsible Spokane paper has been
amusing the public lately with a series OF
| dispatches from this city stating on every
possible opportunity that the Hon. G. H.
! Warner was "sulking," or that he had
joined the peoples party, or that he was
about to take the stump against SniVely,
or ANYTHING else that his dull brain could
cOnjure up. of course these dispatches
resulted in nothing, because the gentleman
they we're aimed at is too well known to
the entire people of the state for these
rumOrs to gain credenCe for a moment.
Mr.. Warner will never be found anywhere
but in the forefront of the battle fighting
for democracy, until that party has proved
recreant to its trust in the interest and vel
| fare of the peOple.-Colfax CommOner.
1t is a matter OF regret that Mr.. P. II.
Winston has deemed it advisable to lessen
the force of his admirable utterances from
the stump by advancing the personal in.
| terests of candidate for the United States
senate and by belaboring every republican
in the state who may have objected to the
! course will be regarded by many as both
improper and impolitic. 1t has only to be
! persisted in to lessen the magnitude of the
republican victory in November.
1t is improper at this time for any prom
inent republican to attempt to lay down
the dogma of senatorial infalibility. Sen
atOr Allen is not candidate before the peO-
| pie for any Office and it is sufficient al
| this time to ask the voters TO support the
national, state and county tickets of the re
! publican party.
| Mr.. Winston's utterances are impolitiC
for the reason that they tend to make the
canal issue paramount, whereas it has beer
overshadowed by the outrageous assault
made by the national and state democracy
upon every material interest of the people
Of Washington. If the great lead
ers of the republican party have de
creed that the tariff should be the
supreme issue in the nation, how
much more essential it becomes to make
that the issue in a state whose wealth lies
in the raw products which the democratic
party threatens to put on the free list. II
would be better to build the canal ten times
over than to abandon these great interests
to party whose only idea of tariff reform
is embodied in policy of free trade in al
we sell and continued protection for all We
buy. 1t is hoped that little reelection
will convince Mr.. Winston of the sound
ness of these views. Continued advocacy
of the personal ambition of Mr.. Aller
could accomplish nothing for the ticket tC
be elected in November. and would merely
cultivate a general belief that Mr.. Aliens
prospects of reelection over another repub
lican are growing fainter day by day, anC
that he and his supporters find it advisable
to do something desperate to revive his fall
ing political fortunes. The duty of the
hour is the election of a strong republican
/ legislature. When that has been done lei
Mr.. Allen take his chances with other able
and ambitious republicans.-Spokane Re
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