The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-28
Editorial Notes.

Editorial Notes.
The Republican County convention
will be held next Wednesday to select
the County ticket Every delegate
should be there
The county and state conventions
of the democracy are endorsing Cleve-
land and his administration, and swal-
lowing their dish Of crow like little
men,
THE Democratic Lion and Lamb
have lain down together in Mason
County, and as usual the Lamb feels
Lion.
a CYCLONE was abroad in Minnesota
and Iowa last week, and eighty per-
sons were killed during it's course,
besides much general destruction of
property.
BRECKENRIDGE, the silver-tongued
ornam ent to the Kentucky democracy,
was defeated for denomination equi-
valent to election] by Owens last
week, after two months of hard cam
paign. The better element of the
people prevailed, but we are sorry to
note that it was mighty slim mar
gin.
THE Vidette thinks the time when
single individuals could make or un-
make the republican party has long
since passed away never to return
The backbone of the party is it's great
principles, which will live and flourish
long after all of us are dead.-Nor can
handful of political "soreheads" di-
vert the party from success, but they
can make a lasting entry on the record
book of this Republican party, which
will ever confront them.
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In another column will be found the
Republicans state platform. Specia.
attention is called to the plank on
coinage. 1t is plain, square and un.
equivocal, and shows that the majo-
rity OF ;.le people OF this state are in
favor of free coinage of silver and the
establishment of permanent basis
to give every dollar equal power. Both
our representatives in Congress, Will
son and Doolittle, have voted for free
coinage.
THE Populists have called a mass
convention at the Court house in
Shelton Saturday, Oct. 9th, to nomi
nate candidates for county officers
Now that the Republican state con.
vention has placed free silver plank
in the platform it would seem that the
populists, if they are really sincere in
their expressed desire to "down the
ring" would pull with the republicans
ON county matters, providing its nom
inees ore good men and otherwise
unobjectionable
THE Seattle Telegraph copies an ex.
tract from this paper about the pros
pect of the loggers working all winter
and manages to extract some consola.
ton editorially over this early effect
OF the Wilson bill. Nothing is more
foreign to the real reason-it is the
foreign trade that has shown signs OF
improvement during the past sixty
days. Less than the usual shipment
has been made eastward, and there is
practically no California trade. The
Wilson bill may not get in the "dead-
Up work. the republicans anticipate
on our lumber trade,-we hope not
But the effect of the new tariff law
whether good or bad, will not be noted
until the orders now in the mill are
disposed OF. Lumber is now down to
bedrock, so is labor; and if the Bri-
fish Columbia mills can successfully
invade our foreign field, labor will be
the sufferer. For "lack of confidence
or some other cause, logging has not
been extensive for the past two years
and the prospect of working all win
ter, is, as the Telegraph opines, not
dreaded by the loggers.