The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-29

car state central committee will meet
in Tacoma, July 9Th, to designate
time and place of state convention.
w. H. Kneeland is member from
Mason County.
COUNTRY REPUBLICANS: The pri-
maries are the battle-fields. If you
want pure ticket elect pure men to
nominate. it," The Nooksack Re-
porter has the right idea. All things
good or bad in elections, begin with
the people, and they are responsible.
The Oriental steamer Sikh arrived
from China Monday with a cargo OF
1000 tons of new tea, strawbraid, silk
and geneal cargo The bulk of the tea
shipment goes to New York, but or
ders are scattered ali over the coun-
try. The oriental trade is now largely
handled on Puget Sound, San Francis
co is rapidly losing its hold on the
traffic.
In the face of the world wide de-
preston in all lines of business there
are frequent indications of the bright
future for the lumber interest of this
coast. Inquiries are coming in from
new territory for lumber specialties as
for regulation dimensions and grades.
\ visit to any of the mills that cater
to the Eastern trade will usually dis
close some order of novel character
being filled. Leaving out few of the
Southern States, inquiries come and
shipments are made to every State in
the Union.-Lumberma
Xxx
IF THE republicans do not make a
mess of it nominating political Jug
glers, men in whom the people have
no confidence, their chances for carry
ing this county are good. While it is
not OF vital importance that coun ty
officers should train with any porto u
lar political party, because ability and
honesty are more essential, yet many
republicans are anxious to see county
affairs administered by men from the
republican ranks. The party has good
material and to be successful at the
polls the conditions demand that the
best men be .-Bellingh ham
Bay Express.
M
CARNOT, the president of the French
republic was assassinated while at
tending the opening of the interna-
tions exposition at Lyons, Sunday even
ing, and died at midnight. In a NOM
= ent the joyous throng on the crowded
thoroughfare turned to bowling
mob, and only the prompt presence
OF police saved the assassin from be-
ing torn to pieces. Carnot was a
leader of new class and the people
revered him for his work in the up
building OF the republic The assass-
ms knife struck at $50 and the presi-
dent died at II As, yet owing to the
difference of time and the splendid
cable and Geographic facilities the
Post-lntelligencer contained an ac-
count of nearly four columns, on
Monday morning.
THE taxpayers league of Pacific
county have formulated a four column
report on county affairs, and have
offered a number of practical sugges-
tions that if adopted would cheaper
the cost of county government, and
correct some abuses. Among the
suitable suggestions, is the plan of ex-
tending the terms of county officers
to four years and thus doing away with
the expense of biennial election. One
four year term is none too short for a
worthy and competent officer and
there is no excuse for electing poor
one. County conventions will soon
be held and all practical reforms
should be generally discussed by people
and our representatives pledged to OBJ
tam them. The sense of the various
county organizations should result in
practical legislation of new order.
THERE are signs in the South of inn
patience with the plea that Confed-
crate record entities a candidate for
office to the special consideration of
voters. The Madison (Ga.) Advertiser
(Dem.) quotes Southern mana
Georgian and the son of a Confeder-
ate veteran-as saying: whenever
there are two men who are candidates
Tor the same Office, if one of them ia
an Old soldier, l am going to vote for
the other fellow" The Atlanta Con-
stltution Oem.), while paying tribute
TO the service of the old soldiers in
the cause which they believed to be
Just, says: eve have sometimes
thought, and occasionally we have
suggested, that there was too much of
a tendency to twist the admiration
of the neonla for Confo,,..