The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-10-26
Political Squibs.
The NICAURAUGA CANAL.

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! The NICAURAUGA CANAL.
This measure of such vital import
ance to the western coast and to the
commercial supremacy of the United
States in the Pacific ocean, is, through
the imbecility OF the present admins
tratiOn in danger of being lost to the
government. Democracy appears to
be utterly incapable of comprehend
ing the destiny OF the L. S. or of
doing anything to advance the ma
tional prosperity. With the advent
OF this administration all the prelimi
nary work had been done. The line
had been surveyed by competent en-
gineers and its feasibility demonstrate
ed.
The charter and concurrence of the
governments through whose terrific
ries it was to pass were secured. The
people OF the L. S. had expressed a
universal desire for its construction.
Al political parties had demanded it.
And yet so absorbed has congress been
in undOing the good their predecessors
had done, that they have had no
time to consider this measure of such
momentOus and far-reaching impor-
tance to the country. Democracy is
utterly unworthy to be trusted in
national affairs.
SILVER.
1t IS very desirable that all voters
should clearly understand the posi-
tions of the different parties in regard
to silver coinage. One faction of the
Democratic party represents the ex-
treme of gold or anti-silver sentiment.
Another faction, with the Populists,
advocates the other extreme. That
IS, they are in favor of the free and
unlimited coinage OF all the silver
that may be offered, without regard to
where it is produced or comes from
Their platforms at least bear out this
assertion
1t is useless to deny that there is
difference of sentiment in the ranks
OF the Republican party in regard to
the wisdom of free coinage. But it is
certain that the prevailing sentiment
in the Republican party is between
the two extremes of no silver at all
and the free coinage of all silver that
may be offered without regard to
where it is produced.
The Republican State platform with
those OF several other states, declare
in favor of the free coinage of all the
silver produced in the United States.
/ The National platform favors honest
money-gold, silver and paper-every
dollar OF which shall have equal pur-
chasing value. Republicans no where
favor that utterly reckless policy of
I free coinage of silver OF all the world,
which under existing conditions could
have no other result than the ex-
change of all the gold in the u S. for
silver. Thus forcing a single silver
standard, and the reopening of the
Wall Street gold market.
There are some grave doubts as to
the ability of the government to
maintain parity of values between
gold and silver with the free coinage
of all silver produced in the L. S., but
we have confidence that the Republi-
can party can, and it is the only party
that can, enact such supplementary
laws as will maintain the parity of
gold and silver. The Democratic
party can not, because according to
their tenets anything would be un-
constitutional that discriminates
against England or Kamschatka.
This country had free coinage up to
1873, but during all this time silver
dollars were so scarce that but few
people ever saw silver dollar, and it
became necessary, in order to keep up
small change. to coin subsidiary coins
with less than the staDdard amount
of silver the writer remembers back
to 1850 and never saw silver dollar
until after demoneization. (GOld
dollars were common.) The reason
why, Was that during this time the
amount OF silver in dollar was
worth one or two per cent more than
"A gold dollar. How then can silver
and gold be maintained at parity with
the discrepancy that now exists
/ between them?
1t sill require higher order of
craftsmanship than at present holds
| the reins of government
Local MATTERS.
1t may be asked why SquIb is so
/ much interested In national matters
which have nothing to do with the
county ticket or local matters. This ID
/, the very thing he wishes to get at.
There is not single Office in the