The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-04-19
What Is Being Done and Said Through.
Out the State and Nation.
JOHN l. WILSON'S NEW MACHINE.
High Priced Plans for the state
Captivating Couuty's Commits.
sieners are Thrifsy-C Col. Breckin-
ridges seduction.

agemsnt. Its chief assets are the notes Of
the president and cashier.
Chicago Herald: II the governor of
North Carolina should visit the governor
OF South Carolina now his additionally
famous remark would be apt and truthful.
The rioters haven't left Tillman enough
whisky TO wet his whistle with.
Some young ladies organized a mo
Sir" society in Colfax, but at the second
meeting the president was discovered to
have solitaire diamond ring on the fore.
finger OF her left hand, and the society
broke ap in wild disorder over the dis
covery.
They do things up to the handle in
King county. The three county commits
sioners have charged for mileage In one
year l3 067 miles. Tie genius of them
all Is the one who lives in Seattle, not a
mile from the court house, who charges
for Sl69 miles at 10 cents per mile and his
diem at "a day is SOL days. This is
| pointer fOr our commissioners.
The original Pooh Bah had better look
to his lsurels. Thumbville, Wash. has a
city marshal who, during Temporary in
terregnum, is acting mayor, chief of both
fire and police departments, municipal
Judge, and superintendent Of streets. He
celebrated his multiplied honors by get.
ting full. the other day, and then arrested
and fined himself for bre aking the peace.
Chicago Herald: Secretary Morton has
finally appointed an agrostologist and
business will begin to pick up at once.
This country has simply been waiting
until an agrost ologist was selected. It
will now take OFF its coat, spit on it's
hands and proceed TO boom. 1t is re-
marked that no one has had sense enough
to see that an agrostologist was the only
thing necessary fer complete revival OF
industry.
Whatcom county's delinquent tax list
for 1891, now being published, contains
1880 descriptions, and it's publication
costs over $4,000. During the flush times
hundreds of acres OF timber land were
plated as wildcat townsites and additions
and each lot was assessed separately,
which accounts for the appalling length of
the delinquent list. There were then be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 plated town lots
in the county.
A bill has been prepared TO authorize
the issue and sale OF per cent bonds for
coin and the coinage Of the silver bullion
in the treasury. This bill is said to have
approval Of the president. II is true that
the president limited in his veto message
that coinage Of the silver bullion would be
less Objectionable, IL it were united with
a provision for sale OF bonds. 1t is not
probable, however, that he desires any
further legislation.
A decision has been rendered by the
United States supreme court In the case
OF Shively vs.. Bowlby, appealed from the
Oregon supreme court, which practically
decides the main points involved In the
suits of the harbor line commission Of
Washington, and OF the Valentine scrip
filers on the tide lands Of Seattle. The
decision confirms the title Of tide lands to
the state and declares that it has the right
to dispose OF them.
| The Oregon republicans, in state con-
vention last week, nominated the follow
ing ticket For governor, w. p. Lord of
Marion county; for secretary o. state, III.
r. kincsid OF Lane county; for state
treasurer, Phil Metcham oil Grant county /;
for supreme judge, G. E. Wolverton of
Linn county; for attorney general, C. NJ.
Idleman Of Multnomah county; for super
intendent OF public instruction, G. NJ
Irwin of Union county; for state printer,
w. Ii. Leeds OF Jackson county; for reps
resentative in congress Second district,
W. X. Ellis OF Morrow county.
Chicago Tribune: "For ten long years
the siren of the blue.gra region kept on
seducing poor Col. Breckenridge. He tried
to break away from her. He went to re-
ligious gatherings TO inspire others and to
be inspired and strengthened himself II
was alt in vain. What Col. Breckenridge
needed and possibly needs still is protec-
tion-protection from the Circes Of Ken
lucky and the rest OF the United States.
1t would have been better had he not had
so much confidence in his own ability to
remain yirtuous. He should ihave APP
pealed to the courts for redress when Miss
Pollard first deprived him OF his honor.
Had he sued her for damages then and
recovered a verdict it might have put an
end to her nefarious practices"
Now that Congressman Wilson has lost
the patronage of the land Office and post
office in Spokane it is claimed that he is
trying to build up machine by manip-
ulating city politics and that he is pulling
the wires in the mayoralty election with
view to forwarding his own political as.
pirations. The Spokane Rerisu says that
some Of Mr.. Wilson's partisians are in
dignant because it has been lntimated
that If his active political manager for the
past four years were elected mayor. the
city government would be Wilsonized
OF course not. Mr.. Wilson wouldn't do
ANYTHING of that nature, not even for the
United States senaiorship, which be wants
just little more keenly than be wants the
governorship. Any one familiar with Mr..
Wilson's extrame rnoda,.t;o, I, .haso