The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-11-30
Editorial Notes.

Tacoma this week, from Eastern
Washington, about seven hundred
carloads. Four vessels are loading
the product for immediate shipment
to Frisco, and the whole will be on
the way in few days. This single
shipment gives fair idea of the mag
nitude of our wheat trade, and of the
value of Puget Sound commerce.
THE Seattle P-I. sizes up the politi
cal situation thus: New York was
10000 democratic, but $50, 900 repub-
lican. New Jersey was $1,000 but is
$4,000 republican. Connecticut was
5000 democratic, but is 10000 repub-
lican. Pennsylvania was 10000 but
is now 234, 900 republican. Ohio gave
a bare |, O72 plurality for Harrison, but
now $4,000 republican, Indiana was
5000 democratic, but is now $4,000
republican. Illinois was 81 600 demo-
cratic, but is now 10000 republican.
Wisconsin was 5000 democratic, but
is now 10000 republican. Tennessee
was $1,000 democratic, but is now
probably republican. West Virginia
was 1000 democratic, but is now
5000 republican.
REPUBLICAN newspapers which read
between the liues may we'll warn the
victorious party not to presume that
the recent election means an irrevo-
cable vote OF confidence in the repub-
lican party. The country has not de-
clared for the republicans; it has sim
ply declared against the democrats.
What the voters will do two years
hence depends upon the developments
OF the next two years. If the repub-
licans are to win in 1896, they must
show between now and then that they
deserve TO win. Party ties no longer
bind members OF either political Or
ganization to its support unless they
are convinced that it ought to be sup
ported. \ more fortunate state of
things for the country could not be
magined,-Press Times.
SOME OF our lady friends seem to
"have it in" for the JoURNA L, under
the impression that this paper is not
very cordial to the "woman suffrage"
idea. However, the JOURNAL is in
favor OF equal suffrage and believes it
would aid the cause of good govern
ment, as well as purify the ballot, to a
considerable extent. We have always
taken especial notice of elections
where women participated, and regret
to say that in many instances, hair
pulling and wrangles at the polls have
occurred, and fully as much rabid
partlZanship shown as the men indulge
IN. Still the tendency would be for
good. Nearly every woman is repre-
scented in public matters with either
individual or community interests,
and they are certainly entitled to a
"say" in the government, directly and
not by proxy. This paper also pro-
vldeS the use of one column to the
w. c. I. u. in which equal suffrage is
advocated.
The acquisition Of enormous wealth
by Cleveland since MS elevation to
the Presidency is the subject of lust
criticism. Mr. Cleveland has unfort-
unately been hand and glove with
men whose interests have been advan-
ced by his peculiar monetary policy.
1t Is therefore not at all strange that
his ability to amass millions in brief
period should be viewed with suspi-
clon. One of these days the country
may be induced to think that other
than patriotic motives influenced
Grover Cleveland when he countenan-
ced loanlng immense sums of money
to taYored national banks, and it is
Just possible that his alleged anxiety
about the credit of the country will be
proved to be sham and it will be
shown that he favored increasing the
bonded Indebtedness of the nation be-
cause he wished to please the men who
helped him to grow rich.-Chronicle.
The Eastern press is beginning to
awaken to the fact that the people are
being "buncoed" by Cleveland and
Carlisle, and now perceives that the
issues of bonds are not for the pur-
pose OF replenishing the gold reserve,
but merely to afford an investment to
the owners OF spare capital. The
Chronicle more than eighteen months
ago pointed out. that the alleged pur-
pose OF replenishing the gold reserve
by selling bonds was only shallow
pretext, for it was perfectly obvious
that SO long demand for gold ex-
listed it could be withdrawn from the
Treasury by means Of the legal ten
ders and the Treasury notes of 1890.
Most OF the gold used to purchase the
$50,O0O,O00 issue of February last
was obtained by the process referred
to, and the men who are going to buy
the issue of bonds now advertised are
repeating the dodge. Congress shonld