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

"First-We reaffirm our allegiance
to the principles of the Republican
party and indorse unreservedlv the
national platform of 1892, believing
that return to these principles in
the administration of the government
is absolutely necessary to insure the
return of national prosperity"
"Second-We deplore the terrible
calamity which has befallen our COM
mon country by reason of the gross
incompetency and misrule of the
Democratic party, which for nearly
two wears has had absolute control of
the Federal government. We de-
nounce the foreign policy of the pre-
sent administration for bringing our
diplomatic service into disgrace
abroad and contempt at home, and
especially for its inexcusable and dis
graceful crime in attempting secretly
to destroy our sister republic OF
Hawaii; for removing of safeguards
for the preservation of the purity OF
the Federal elections; for it's studied
and persistent efforts to humiliate, to
annoy, to injure and continuously to
manifest its contempt for those whose
injuries, received while defending the
flag OF their country, merited for them
not only the everlasting gratitude, but
also the bounty of the nation. We
condemn it for its so-callsd policy of
tariff reform which in practice, its
leader and head denounces as one OF
sperfidy and dishonor;;' policy which
taxes the poor mans breakfast table
for the sake Of snriching its political
friend and benefactor, the colossal
sugar trust of America, policy the
very menace of which has destroyed
confidence, ruined values, dsmoralized
capital and starved labor. No class,
no profession, no trade, M community,
no individual has been permitted to
escape its blighting influences, and 1t
has proved a blessing and boon to
every country on the face OF the
globe, except only tho United States
Of America. In the hour OF it's stress
the country again turns to the Repub-
lican party, which for more than
thirty years has been its hope in every
trial and in every emergency. 1t IS
thureloro fitting that we should again
proclaim our principles and unfurl
our battle flag. We have no new ban
ntr we advocate no new creed. The
plain ans. wholesome yirtnef,' u
tu.s.e liag : ple which &c asli-..-
can party OF the Union has not out
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-28

Horace Greeley, whose advice. "Go
West, young man, and grow up with
the country" has been accepted with
profit 10y thousands OF Young and old
men, founded the New York Tribune
many years ago. It has long been re-
cognized as u leading New York news
paper, and we are pleased to Be able TO
announce that hy special arrange
hent we can offer to orr readers the
New York Weekly Tribune, the Seat
Tie Weekly PoSt-lntelligencer and the
JoVbNAL, al three papers, one YEAR,
Tor - -. This offer is good to old
and new subscribers, and at the low
prlre named must meet with popular
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-28

Hero faru Of tho al oo,,,,t
less notable tbinos 70 bo saon IN dove
io1rnev tbrouoh tho Nortbwost Ir+or-
state Fair Of Tacoma
One of Bierdstadt,s oroat landscanes
A cake of soan wa;ol,ino tom
40 fa0t rndio, ,vor .o,,,o
Jonos Stanun,s famors u,ar ca,oe
An Feouina,v i.,.oL
A miniature cb;nosa ios, Lonyo
Wssb;ngton n,.r,,la AND .to,o vorl,
A GROVE of oror,inr hon ,.i,os
snrncc Ioo, G foot IN d;anotar
A bamlocl, loo foot =, d;.votor
model Ornoon fruit drvar
A live sen lion
A scenic. gravity railway ! mile
1000 stuffed native birds
A booth made Of oawsnanar oatrices
Tho GHOST dance IN tho Indian VIII
laoe
Rlack swan an tbo la,o.
The LARGEST oven in tba world
Troons 6f trained docs end birds
baaut;fr) ,snbtl.a Janncb mann.
factured in Tacoma
tab;e containing 10 30O nieces and
X different varieties Of wood
Am ;n,n,apaeIv voInalJo oollection
Of nictures bv old italian masters
REPRESENTATIVE work from all the
art societies in Che Northwest
Indian womsn at work weavino
baskets
An Indian whale rome woven from
snruce tree roots.
Glazed and vitrified brick and sewe,
o;ne of homo manufactures
miniature coal mine running
under an artificial mountain
Broom corn, y feet tall, raised in
the Yakima Valley.
A II ton lump OF coal from the
Roslyn mine.
Fruits OF many kinds from Wash
ington, Oregon and Idaho.
A grain palace composed OF cereal
grown in Oregon.
Models OF fish wheels IN use on the
Columbia river.
Acarefully collected and representa-
tive mineral display. from Oregon.
A castle, made entirely OF Tacoma
manufactured flour.
An apiarv in which bees are seen al
work, manufacturing honey.
Different species Of oysters, CLANS
mussels, etc, that are found on the
coast.
The 100000 cyclorama, "The bat
tie of Missionary Ridge"
,ot,ro, ,orl- of 5c ooros mora
beant;fnl than any Other IN the c,,,n.
srv
A, .xbib;t;on IF t,o ,a+ivo Wild
animals of tha Northwest
The Tll;no;s n,odol- firm tho one
shown IT ,,o ,,h;c.oo Fa;r
ho..;f., , ., 4 ;.o !,
stone statne
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Pleas mpnt!Ou this paper
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eficiaL The people are not willing that any
Of the ground gained under 1t shall be sur
rendered, and they are unalterably opposed
to renaissance OF the spoils era. The
evils OF that system are too demoralizing.
too corrupting and too dangerous to re-
publican government to allow intelligent
and patriotic Americans to contemplate
their restoration with any degree of calm
ness.
The Democrats in the House took a char
acteristically sneaking way OF showing
their hostility 10 the civil-service law and
their preference for the spoils system.
Probably they would not have dared TO
vote for a repeal of the law. but they tried
to render it imperative by refusing to vote
the usual appropriation for the commission
The vote was taken in committee of the
whole and may be reversed when 1t comes
TO a yea and nay vote in the House. But
the record is made. 1t is a shameless be-
trayal of platform professions and of pub
lie interests
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THE SELKING SUICIDE.
1t May Have Been Caused by Fear of an
- Indictment for Perjury.

Coroner Beck spent yesterday investigat-
ing the death of William Selking, who
died Tuesday night from morphine poison
. ing. The family of Selking is absent from
home and the only person who appears to
know anything of tie facts surrounding
the mysterious demise is the bartender
at the Fall creek roadhouse. The latter
was instructed to present himself at the
coroners office yesterday afternoon, but
failed to put In an appearance. Coroner
Beck believes Selking administered the
dose that killed him. but as yet has not
been able to locate the primal cause of
the act. There are various theories as to
the trouble. one of the most plausible of
which is the fact that Selking for week
has rested under a grand jury indictment
for perjury. Although not aware that an
indictment had been found against him, he
was in possession of the fact that his
action in a recent divorce suit was being
considered. and Ii is understood that he
was trying TO raise a bond in anticipation
of the official return of the Marion county
grand jury. Selking was a witness in the
Oehler divorce case tried in the Superior
Court some months ago and gave testi-
rnony to the effect that Mrs Oehler had
visited his place once or twice. He also
denied ever having visited her after her
marriage. The last grand jury indicted
him for perjury, and on Friday last Sheriff
Emmett set out to serve the warrant on
him. Learning that Selking was Ill he re-
turned TO the city. 1t was learned yester-
day that Selking recently gave chattel
mortgage on his property to secure loan
of $685.
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JUDICIAL BLUNDERS,

Legal injustice is not so rare a thing as
10 make the question of compensation to
the unfortunate victim of mistaken judicial
rulings unworthy of serious consideration.
The case of John vanneman. reported from
Muncie in yesterdays Journal, is one in
point Nine years ago Vanneman was tried
for the murder of his brother-in-law, John
Crow. was found guilty and sentenced to
Imprisonment for life in the Michigan peni-
tertiary. The murder was supposed to have
been committed at Big Rapids, where the
two were last seen together. The evidence
was entirely circumstantial. The body of
man was produced. but in a condition
that made its identity past proof The cloth
ing. however. was said by the mother OF
the missing to be that OF her son.
A merchant swore that the accused had
pawned In his store watch and a revolver
belonging to Crow. Vanneman vigorously
protested his innocence, but to no effect
and has served nine years of his sentence
with what resignation he could muster.
his appearance alive and WE'LL and is nat
urally filled with surprise at the fate of his
brother-in-law. Vanneman will be released,
but what will recompense him for his lost
years of freedom? The law blunders but
makes no provision for righting such
wrongs The accused murderer unjustly
condemned is set free when his innocence
is proved, but that is all. His wasted years
cannot be restored, but even the poor salts
faction of a financial recompense is de-
MED him. individuals and corporations are
held financially responsible for damage done
10 character and life, but the government,
represented by courts. goes free. Ger
tainly IL seems possible to remedy this
Something is surely due by way of COM
pensation to such unfortunates as vanne-
man, and 1t is not clear that a legal right
to recover damages would disturb public
policy or shake the fixed foundations of a
government that offers equal rights to all
men,
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reflect credit on the local management.
The instrumental forces he pronounces bril-
liant and much of the solo singing salts
factory, but the singing of the chorus
was perfunctory and uninspiring Half a
dozen choral societies in the country are
in the habit. periodically OF singing the
oratorio better. 1t is not agreeable 70
those who have watched the festivals
from the beginning in 1873 till now to set
this down as the result of twenty-one
years of labor; but the truth must be told,
and in this case 1t is summed up In the
statement that chorally the Cincinnati fes-
rivals ceased to show progress fourteen
years ago. and in other respects they have
remained unchanged for ever long a
time" This is severe criticism. and while
1t will not please the Cincinnati singers it
will cause Indianapolis musicians to con-
graduate themselves on the high character
OF their own May festival chorus. Its
merit was warmly testified TO by the SOLO
lists and critics. and the praise received
should encourage il TO go on still nearer
to perfection. The decadence of the Gin
cinnati chorus should serve as a warning
TO the members of the society here not to
discontinue effort on the theory that the
greatest excellence has been reached. Mr..
Krehbel says Mrs. Eeames-Story's essay In
the field of oratorio was not happy, her
singing being without fervor and her enun-
citation indistinct. Financially the festival
is success, the advance sale reaching
nearly $4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

The action OF the House in striking out
the appropriation for the Civil-service
Commission was a gratuitous piece of self
abasement on the part of the majority. If
there is any one thing that the intelligence
and moral sense OF the country are agreed
upon. irrespective of party. ii is as to the
importance OF maintaining a high standard
OF efficiency in the civil service and saving
iI from the evils of the spoils system.
The civil-service law is outgrowth of
this feeling. 1t was the result OF many
years OF ever increasing abuses and long
agitation for reform. The present law may
be susceptible of improvements in its de-
tails. and probably ought to be amended
IN some respects. but 1t is right in princi-
pie and its net results have bfeN ver' ben
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24
SENATOR GoRMAN,s SPEECH.

The speech OF Senator German, delivered
Democratic party's abandonment of prin-
ciple and TO mark a line of defense for the
pending tariff bill. AS Mr.. German is the
putative father OF the bill it was fitting
II had a right to exist. In doing so he
found 1t necessary to get rid of the original
Wilson bill and the Senate finance commit
tee bill. and he did this by virtually charg-
upon the Democrats in the House. The
Wilson bill. he said. twas reported to the
House before it's effect upon existing in
dustries could be properly studied and he
that not only failed to meet the treasury
demands but actually increased the deficit
This is serious charge for. a Democratic
Senator to bring against the Democratic
tee and party leader in the House. 1t is
tantamount to a charge of incompetency
1t includes not only Mr.. Wilson but every
Democrat in the House who voted for his
BILL
Having thus contemptuously disposed of
the original Wilson bill as one unfit to be
passed, Mr.. German turned his attention
to the bill reported by the Senate finance
committee. This bill represented the united
wisdom of the Democratic members of that
committee, and Senator voorhees, urged its
immediate passage. Mr.. German says it
was hastily completed" and as unfit to
pass as the Wilson BILL He says there
never was a moment when it could have
received majority of the votes in the
Senate fine compliment to Senator
voorhees, and his Democratic ccworkers
on the finance committee.
The new bill framed by Mr. German re-
ceives Mr.. Germans unqualified approval.
He praises it in stronger terms if possible,
than Mr.. Wilson did his bill or Senator
voorhees, his. Mr. German finds absolutely
nothing to criticise in his bill. He says II
is constructed on the Democratic theory of
tariff for revenue, with such incidental
protection could be given consistently
to the industries of the country" All! So
that is the Democratic doctrine is It?
That is very different from the Chicago
platform and from the utterances of the
party press and leaders during the cam
paign. 1t would be interesting to know
who has authorized Mr.. German to say
that the Democratic party is in favor of "a
tariff for revenue, with such incidental
protection as can be given consistently TO
the industries of the country" He says
the bill follows strictly 1.-THE course marked
out by Mr.. Cleveland in his letter of &C.
ceptance, upon which he was reelected and
the Democratic party intrusted with full
power" This is very Gormanesque. The
willy Marylander knows as we'll as any
body that Mr.. Cleveland was elected on the
Chicago platform, and that his letter of ac-
ceptance cut nc figure in the campaign,
but it suits his present purpose to assert
differently. The entire speech is a shame
less attempt to justify the Democratic par
tvs abandonment of principle.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

Yesterday a committee comprising three
men Of every tongue spoken in the Spring
Valley. ILL.,, mining region started on a
tour of the camps that are mining coal in
the northern section of Illinois for the
purpose of inducing the miners to stop
work, If possible. Failing in that, the COM
mittee will return to Spring Valley and re-
port the fact. when an army OF four thou
sand miners is to be organized to march
to the various camps and use moral sua-
sion'' to induce the working miners to
quit. 1t is not difficult to surnise what
kind of moral suasion will be used by four
thousand strikers towards two or three
hundred men who insist on their right to
work. These movements and similar ones
in other parts of the country show that the
miners strike is approaching the stage of
violence. Most strikes finally eliminate in
violence, and especially those in which a
majority of. the strikers are ignorant for
eigners, as in this case. 1t is not stated
how many languages are represented on
the committee which started out yesterday.
but its polyglot character indicates that the
most turbulent factor in all our labor
troubles is of foreign origin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

Four hundred men and women have re-
Gently been discharged from the govern
ment printing establishment ostensibly be-
cause there is little for them to do. but
really 10 make room for four hundred whose
politics will be in harmony with the pow
ers that be. Unless the typographical union
can have something to say about it, lot
of Indifferent workmen will be put into the
establishment. The four hundred. who have
been there from one to ten years, are now
without employment, and. living in Wash
ington. they have spent money as fast as
they have earned it. Not one in hundred
of them is as we'll off to-day as they would
have been had they remained at home and
obtained employment from which they
would not be discharged so long as eff
cient. Many of them have not money
they went, and. should they get there, they
will find the places they left filled by those
who have claims upon the employers More
men and women are either temporarily
losers or permanently injured by seeking
and finding public employment than in all
the private employments in the land. In
the latter efficiency and faithfulness count
for nothing. They get in because of their
politics, and, after few years, they get
out because of politics, and must begin
where they began at the outset. Many do
not begin again, but become wretched hang
erS-On.
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Masonic Grand Lodge Adiourns.

The Grand Lodge of Masons finished it's
business yesterday morning and adjourned.
A few committee reports were heard and
approved and the grand master appointed
the following officers:
Grand Chaplain-John H. Bickford Ander-
son.
Grand Lecturer-Adam Heinberger, New
Albany.
Grand Marshal-John F. Childs, Green's
burg.
Senior Grand Deacon-George A. Macom-
Der South Bend.
Junior Grand Deacon-Charies A. White.
Danyille
Grand Steward and Tyler-Roger Parry,
Indianapolis.
The officers were all installed just before
adjournment.
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stamped one dollar.

Senatorial wit sometimes savors of vul-
if discussion, made rather a peppery state
ment that stirred up Senator Vest. the lat
ter suggested that the Senator from Maine
with him. 1T is simply Incredible" said
the Missouri Senator, "that such undiluted
snake juice would have come from his or
binary Maine diet-codfish and Boston baked
beans" At this there was Laughter on the
floor and in the galleries" 1t was very vul-
gar wit.
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UnpardOnable.

MY wife hasn't spoken to me for two
days. said the sad-eyed man in the street
car.
whats the matter?' asked the other
man.
''Why, the baby got to crying in the nur-
sery, and 1 got up and began throwing
things out of the window. 1 was half
asleep, and thought it was cats in the
back yard"
= And one woman whispered to another
woman: HIN! Serves him right. I
wouldn't speak to him either
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

Ex-Congressman Watson, OF Georgia, in
his speech at the late Populist convention
In that State. said: Two years ago we
expectations. To-day we are gnawing the
corncobs OF Democratic reality" 1t was
Watson who brought out the phrase
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

In 1890 the imports of agricultural prod
ucts from Canada were valued at nearly
Mckinley law they amounted to little more
than 100000. The difference of s6,OO0,00O
was made up by farmers in the United
States. The pending tariff bill again
opens these markets to the Canadian farm
er. yet there is but one Populist in Con-
gress who will not vote to throw away
these farmers markets and shout for the
free coinage of silver, by which the owners
of silver mines will be made millionaires
by having 90 cents worth of silver bullion
stamped one dollar
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made in 1t chan now indicated. How much
the dicker by which the votes of Kyle ond
possibly PETER are TO be secured will
change the bill IL is impossible to tell until
further amendments are proposed. but thus
far IL Is evident that the three Populists
will rally under the confederate gonfalon
to kill the wool-growing industry and give
other markets insured by the Mckinley
law TO American farmers to Canada.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

acknowledgement Bissell complains
that his time and attention are so large
ly absorbed in listening to the state
ments of Senator'S and Repre-
sentatives who are after appoint
ments that he finds very little
time to devote to the details OF the man.
agement of his department. Every Post
master-general for the last thirty years
has had the same experience. The insati-
ate greed for office has regard for
the public interests.
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The Demnrtine Girls Death.

Katie Demartne, the italian girl who
met peculiar death last Sunday was
buried yesterday afternoon. The coroner
refrained from beginning the examination
of witnesses in the case until after the
funeral, but will commence the investiga-
ton to-day. This official is not inclined to
believe that the girl died from a nervous
shock brought on by excited interview
with her lover. He looks upon the case as
q most singular one, as do the physicians
who performed the autopsy and found all
of the organs in a perfectly healthy condi-
ton 1t is probable that a chemical analy-
sis of parts of the stomach will be ordered
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

When the scheme of enlisting Indians
in the reg liar army was first presented
Harrison went out of office nine compa-
MES of infantry and one Of cavalry had
been enlisted. officers of high rank hav-
ing command of the Indian soldiers were
satisfied with the result, but the present
administration has begun to disband the
companies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

Prof. James d. Dana. professor of geol-
ogy and mineralogy at Yale College for
forty-four years. has resigned and been
elected professor emeritus. He is the
author of numerous works on geology and
rnineralogy, some of which have been used
as textbooks for more than a generation
past. No other American educator has ex-
ercised a direct personal influence over a
greater number of students than this ven
cradle and honOred teacher.
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The panhandle" north Of Fall creek will
have new church in a short time. The
foundation of Hyde Park N e. Church
will be laid next week on Twenty-second
street. near Illinois, and the work will then
be rapidly pushed TO completion. The
church will cost about s. 900. and will be
under the care OF Roberts Park Church.
1t is expected that the new building VIII
be ready for occupancy in sky days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

Companies which promise to return five
dollars for in year are of the same
character as those statesmen who assert
that a dollar whose intrinsic value is 100
cents will circulate with one whose lntrin-
sic value is only so cents when put in cir
culation on their own merits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-24

The Pennsylvania Republican State con-
vention, held at Harrisburg yesterday,
seems to have felt victory IN the air. The
platform and speeches were OF a ringing
character. and the entire proceedings in
dicative OF confidence in the ability of the
Republican party 10 redeem the country
from its present distressful condition. The
Pennss lvania Republicans are up and COM
ing