The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-09-21
City & County Official Paper.
Editorial Notes.

at Spokane has finished it's work.
Doolittle and H yde we're nominated
for congress, and Gorden and Dunbar
for the supreme bench. Platform in
Guided plank favorable to free coinage
American gold and silver at ratio not
exceeding sixteen to one.
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CONSIDERABLE complaint is being
made by the the oyster men and far
mers on this bay, about the Oyster
Bay men ravaging our natural beds.
If they are not doing this legally, or
exercising the proper care in the pro-
lection of oyster spawn, the Fish
Commissioner should show them the
law.
The general work of the political
convention is public and every one
who can find time should make it a
point to attend the conventions. Note
the conduct, and the personnel Of its
members Very often any combina-
tions and influences at work will crop
out and give pointers for use when vot-
ting time comes, to the careful on
locker.
THE Democratic County Conven
ton will be held in Shelton to-
morrow. We hope, for the good of
this County, that the delegates as
sembled will put clean ticket of new
men in the field, without even faint
of connection with the old combina-
ton. It will be difficult if not i'm
possible, to turn down the old
"crowd'', but it it is hoped that they
will step down and out without urg-
ing. as they have been honored with
Office for some years, and should give
other and promising material a chance.
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ASIDE from process in physical
feats, and in other laudable purposes,
perhaps the feature most admired"
of the people, is the exhibition of SUBJ
lime "gall'-the quintessence of
"cheek, by the Cheerful Liar"
1t has been said that the Lord must
love the prevaricator, He made so
many OF them,-but the Cheerful
Liar" is not OF the common herd, and
in the blouse of Many Mansions"
there certainly must be reserved the
best spare rooms for him. The Com
mon, ordinary, everyday juggler with
facts, figures, or what not, is not to be
COMPOUNDED with the Cheerful Liar.
The former will exhibit a ware of color,
tritling tho it may be, but the other
fellow connot blush.
ANOTHER reason put forth for adjourn
ing the Republican convention was
the Republicans mad always placed
their ticket first in the field in Mason
County, and it was alleged that bad
combinations sometimes had a finger
in it, and secured "poor sticks" for
good democrats to run against. There
may be something in this, at any rate
the Democratic convention will be
held tomorrow, and they have chance
to take the initiative, should they so
desire. OF course that couention
does not need to adjourn to canvass
candldates-still it may find it con-
venient to do so, as the "ticket" which
has been considered for the "past two
years" is "slightly disfgured, but still
IN the ring" 4 large attendance is
hardly expected, still it is to be hoped
every one Of the thirty-three delegates
Will be there,-they stand as the repre-
sentatives Of a large political body
and they might smash the southeast
corner of brand new slate, with the
Old interests still ON deck.
x*s
NEVER before has so intelligent and
representative a body of delegates as
sembled in convention in Mason
County, than were present at the
Republican Convention last SATURDAY..
and especially is this true from the
Country precincts" Forty-three of
the fifty delegates were present, and
every precinct was represented, save
one, Cloquallum, which appears to be
lett to the tender mercies of Sol G..
Simpson and the genial chairman
lpro tent Of the Democratic Central
committee, Cap. Burbank. There
was certainly change in the general
appearance of the assembly. AS far
as we know every delegate was tax
payer, and from the great interest
manifested by the visiting delegations
IN the selection OF a strong, clean
ticket for which no apologies need be
offered, and the success of the Repub
hcan party,-it is evident that the
people of the county generally under
stand the situation clearly and ar,
alive TO their interests as taxpayer