The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-10-18
THE POLITICAL EPIrOME
Notes Regarding The Campaign that
Is Now On.
REVIEW OF DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
A Ticket That Is Clean ana Able
and should Appeal strongly 10
the Good Sense OF the Taxpayers
-Rout the Court House Ring.

Benjamin Franklin Houston, OF Taco
ma, the author or the Rice Mills OF Port
Mystery," and the democratic candidate
Tor COM ress from the west side, will adj
dress the citizens Of Yakima at Mason's
opera house on Friday, Oct. &c. Let
everybody turn out.
The nominees for the legislature on the
democratic tic LET should receive an over
whelming majority at the polls, il for no
other reason than to rebuke the republic
cans for giving us a legislature which for
venal extravaganza should condemn that
party to the strongest censure OF the tax
payers.
The ticket nominated by the democrats
of Yakima county should be successful.
IL is clean and able and the nominees are
pledged to an economical administration.
From top to bottom ii represents the best
elements of the party and the county, and
TIE HERALD has no hesitation in saying
that il it is endorsed by the voters at the
polls they will never have occasion to re-
greet their action.
kittitas county has been heavily bur
dened by the criminal expenses of Roslyn
and Wenatchee, yet with debt largely
beyond the legal limit the assessment
valuation on property has been reduced
% per cent, and still the rate of taxation
is lower than that of Yakima county. IL
it any wonder that the people here are anx
ious for change of commissioners and
that the indications point to the election
of Joseph Stephenson and Emery W r.
Taylor.
w. A. Warren, the democratic candi-
date for surveyor, is gentleman of edu-
cation and travel. He is a thorough
engineer and has not only the technical
knowledge gained through iustru ,tion
and study, but he has had a wide exper-
fence in the field and has investigated
the engineering works OF America and
Europe. In these days when bridges. ir
rigation works and good roads appeal
to us so strongly Mr.. Warrens skill and
attachments should not be ignored.
Kittitas county has shown the benefits
OF democratic administration most thor
oughly. In one year the expenses of the
county have been reduced from SOC ,2l0
to $3S 900, a saving in every department
except those of the sheep commissioner
and the care of the county poor. The
democratic party of Yakima is pledged to
an economical administration, and if it is
successful at the polls the taxpayers will
find change as satisfactory as that
which has resulted in Kittitas county.
The coming election is business propo-
sition and should be treated in business
like manner. The government of Yaki-
ma county has been conducted in most
prodigal way. Every department has
been administrated in wreckiul manner,
and deputies have been employed to do
the work which should have been done
by the principals until it has ceased to be
a wonder that Notwithstanding our heavy
taxation the county indebtedness has
extended beyond the legal limit and that
debt is still growing. II is time to make
a change before the ruin is absolute and
irretrievable.
George Taylor, the democratic candi-
date for state senator for this district,
crossed the plains in 1864 and the follow
ing year went to Puget Sound, where
that sterling old democrat, Hon. James
Longmire, let him have band of cattle
on shares to begin his fortune in Yakima.
Mr.. Taylor drove the cattle across the
mountains, carrying with him scythes
with which TO cut the fret winters feed.
This was his introduction to Yakima,
here he has built home, raised fam
lily and been honored by citizens with a
seat in the territorial legislature, which
he filled with credit to himself and to the
satisfaction of his constituents. He is
again candidate for office at the ear
nest solicitation of his friends, and those
who know his sterling character and hon
orable record are certain to give him their
support.
The American Protective association of
this state few days ago sent John l..
Sharpstein, democratic candidate for
supreme judge, a copy OF its platform and
request for an immediate opinion of each
section thereof The form of the letters
indicates that the same kind of request
has heen sent to other candidates. Sharp
stein answered to the effect that he does
not believe in secret political organiza-
tons Of any kind; that any organization
having platform of principles and sup
porting only those persons subscribing
thereto, is a political party. He believes
religious liberty is opposed TO prescribing
anv persons by reason of their religious
belief; that religion or the want thereof
should not he considered as qualifica-
ton for public Office; that he is opposed
to the diversion of public money for any
private purpose, or to the support Of any
private school.
Judge Nathan Thomas Cation, the dem