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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
THE WAY THINGS ARE DRIFTING
McKinIey's Triumph Is Democratic
Opportunity.
New York World.

McKinley's nomination, predicted
as certain by The World six weeks
ago. is now conceded by everybody
who speaks his homes: thought.
McKinley's triumph is Democratic
opportunity.
The Ohio leader represents every
element and phase and consequence
OF Republicanism that is antagonists
to Democracy. His nomination will
present the issue between the parties
square-cut on every side. Twice on
these issues he and his party have
been overwhelmingly defeated before
the people.
In 1888 the Republicans carried the
country, electing their President and
a majority of Congress. Mr.. McKin-
ley stood sponsor for the tariff bill
which represented the policy of his
party and the claims Of its campaign
contributors.
At the election OF 1890 the people
passed judgment upon it. They con.
verted working Republican majority
in the House into a Democratic ma
jority OF l48. They left Mckinley
himself at home. They rolled up a
popular majority against McKinleyism
OF 1,332OOO.
The Republican contention was that
the vote was hasty. The people, they
said, had not experienced sufficiently
long the beauties OF the Mckinley
tariff and the Reed expenditures. But
in 1892, after two years experience,
the people reaffirmed their verdict.
They elected Grover Cleveland by an
electoral majority of 1872 and popu.
lar plurality of 3S2,956. They re-
turned Democratic majority of 81 in
the House. They recovered the Sem
ate and elected majority of Cover
nors.
1t was tidal-wave submerging-
the second overthrow of McKinleyism.
Again Mckinley is coming before
the country as the champion OF protec-
tion-though We have tariff quite
as high as that recommended by the
Republican Tariff Commission in 1883
and enacted by a Republican Con-
gress.
He is to be posed as "the advance
agent of Prosperity!"-pr of
the sort illustrated by the Homestead
strike and riots, by hundreds Of other
strikes and lockouts, by the failure to
secure any advance in wages to accom-
pany the large advance in bounties to
the protected industries, and finally,
in the last year of his tariff, by mil
lion workingmen out OF employment,
an empty treasury, dissipated gold
reserve and a monetary panic.
McKinley's tiumph is Democratic
opportunity. Is the party wise enough
to improve it?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
SHOULD GOLD BE DEMoNETlzED
What Then?

Wnat Il meur
Helena (Mont.) Herald.
1t is probable that the most effec-
tive argument used against the free
coinage of silver is the one that may
be expressed crudely as follows: Why
should the government give a miner
one dollar for SO cents worth OF silver
any more than it should give . farmer
a dollar for SO cents worth of corn?
1t is useless to enter upon any demon
stration of the sophistry OF this rea-
soning; it appeals to q feeling of
jealousy which is unhappily common
to frail humanity, and can no more
be overcome by considerations ad-
dressed to the reason than a toothache.
The person to whom it is presented
would probably be greatly benefited
by free coinage; for that is true OF
nine persons out of ten; but when he
is led to suspect that someone else
would secure q greater advantage than
he, his hostility is instantly aroused.
This is human, though it certainly is
not tho most smisble or pleasant as
pect OF human nature. But those
who allow themselves to be influenced
by this consideration ought at least 10
be consistent, and they cannot be so
unless they demand that gold be de-
demonetized equally with silver.
1t is narrated that a good many
years ago q man working near Hell
ena stubbed his toe against some.
thing. which proved to be nugget OF
gold weighing an ounce. Surely no
farmer can fail to see how unjust it is
that the government should have
given him for a piece of metal that
coat him nothing but the labor of
picking it up sum OF money which
would have represented to the tiller
OF the soil all the toll incident to rails
ing 40 bushels of wheat. Conceding
this to be an extreme and exceptional
case, the fact remains that the gold
miner enjoys a great advantage on ac-
count OF the system by which the
government buys all the gold that is
offered at fixed price. while the
same privilege is not extended to any
other product of human labor. Let
us put stop to the fragrant partlality
and make the gold miner take his
chances in the market with other
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
THE PIANO RATTLE.
Queer Causes Found by the Tuner
Things I'm the Instruments.
chicapo t,hr ronicla

CHlCdSO CDEOnlClc.
Piano tuners are sometimes called
upon to tune" gas fixtures as we'll as
pianos. Frequently the owner of q
fine upright" grand" enters vigorous
complaint because that piano rattles
So" Then the piano tuner packs his
few tools and some extra glue and
parts of the action" into his long,
slender valise and proceeds to feel the
pulse, pound the chest, examine the
tongue and overhaul the internal
economy of the offending piano. His
experienced ear tells him that the
piano is all right. His intimate
knowledge of the mechanism and
makeup of the piano assures him that
nothing is the matter with the instru-
ment, and he says so.
"But the piano does rattle" insists
the owner. "Now, listen when touch
this key" And, sure enough, a de.
dided buzz and jingle are heard.
1t is not in the piano." replies the
tuner, and he touches the key again
and again, at the same, time glancing
around the room. "There it is," he
says at last, pointing to the glass
globe around the gas jet. "There is
the rattler," and the irritating noise is
silenced when he removes the glass
globe.
This is common experience of
piano tuners. Certain notes in the
piano vibrate in harmony with gas
fixture, picture frame, china plaque
hung against the wall or the bric-a-
brac which commonly litters the top
of the sensitive instrument, and the
innocent piano is blamed for the dis
cordant jangle. Pins, buttons and
other things foreign to the piano which
find their way into the instrument set
up complaints and harsh cries when
certain keys are struck, and recently
a piano tuner in Evanston, searching
for the rattle" found and restored to
the young woman who used the in
strument her upper set of false teeth,
which had disappeared mysteriously
the week before.
Besides coins, buttons, pins and
toothpicks, the piano tuners salvage
includes hairpins, pocketknives, paper
cutters, manicure instruments, knit
ting needles, matches, jewelry, nails,
tacks. bits Of glass, pieces of picture
wire, buckles. collar buttons, sleeve
buttons, rings and even money which
had been placed in the case for safe
keeping and then forgotten.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

roducers. 1t is clear that this con-
clu.ion must be accepted by those
who chafe at the fear that the silver
miner will secure an advantage be-
yond that in which they will share
from the free coinage OF that metal.
There is another consideration in
favor of the demonetization of gold of
quite a different character. 1t
is urged in objection to the coinage of
silver at a ratio to gold of 16 to l that
such is not the ratio of the bullion
value OF the two metals. The only
way of determining whether or not
this objection is we'll founded is to
regulate both to their intrinsic value,
and that can only be done by having
all the nations of the earth discontinue
the use OF both as money. Then we
would learn in very short time what
ratio the metals would bear TO each
other as commodities in the markets
of the world, freed from the artificial
value conferred upon them by the
monetary function and the interfer-
ence of governments as purchasers at
an arbitrary price. And it may be
safely predicted that the ratio would
prove to be nearly, if not exactly, 16
to l. Until this experiment has been
tried, it is the rankest nonsense to
base an objection to free coinage on
the disparity of bullion values as they
exist while one metal is deprived of
its chief use and then measured in
terms OF the other.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
Another Fiddle.

James Whi,com was a prominent
citizen of Indiana in her early days,
and he was not only a politician, but
one of the best amateur musicians in
the country. He composed several
pieces for the violin, which was his
own chosen instrument, and many are
the stories told of him and his fiddle.
At one time be was travelling from
indianapolis to Eastern Indiana, and
stopped for the night at house on o
lonely road. He entered the cabin
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
A Sensible Suggestion.

The american, of Philadelphia, calls
attention to the fact that Mr.. Wheeler.
of Alabama, has made an important
proposition in the House, which should
help to fasten public attention on the
monetary problem. He proposes to
cut down the salaries paid by the gov
ernment, except those of the judges,
by 25 per cent. during the continuance
of the gold standard of values. This
is very moderate reduction in view
of the fact that the appreciation of
gold amounts to more than the
amount thus cut off. The pay OF a
member of Congress, il estimated in
any commodity in constant demand
and steady supply, is nearly twice as
great as it was in 1870, while its coin
amount remains the same. This is
equally true OF the salaries paid to To-
cal and State officials of all kinds, not
excepting the teachers in the pub
lie schools of the country. 1t is pos
sible to account for much of the sup
port that the gold standard gets from
such people, from the fact that while
the producing classes are crushed by it,
the salaried classes are prospering ex.
ceptionally. 1t is true that in many
cases this means no more than that
the members of this class are getting
a fair compensation for their services,
as they were badly paid before. In
many cases it means overpay for
men who were amply paid at the old
rates OF money values.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
INTO VALUABLE TIMBER,
Extension of the Logging Road of
the Port BIakeIy Mill Company.

the Port BIakeIy Mill Company.
The Port Blakely Mill Company has
taken up all the track on the old line
of the Puget Sound & Gray's Harbor
railroad from point four miles from
the summit, in Mason county, and ex-
tended the main line II miles in a
northwestern direction, crossing both
OF the eastern forks OF the Satsop river,
and penetrating belt OF timber
known as the Pennsylvania timber
lands. 1t is said that cruisers have
pronounced this one of the best belts
OF fir timber in the State. 1t is esti-
mated that there are 1,OO0,OOO,OOO feet
OF prime timber in solid body. The
road is now finished five miles from
the starting point, with three miles
more graded. The balance is partly
completed by sub-contractors. 1t is
expected to have the entire line fin
ished ready to haul logs by July l.
There are about 100000 feet OF
logs at the roll-way, midway between
New Kamilche and Kamilche. The
company is now building 20 new cars
at the shops at New Kamilche. Some
time ago the company ordered two
new locomotives from the Stearns
Manufacturing Company, of Erie, Pa,
and man has been sent to bring
them West. They are 40 and 80 ton
engines. They are known as geared
engines, and cost $1,000 each. The
large engine is to be used on the main
line, and the other to skid logs from
the yard in the woods to the roll-way,
where they are loaded on cars prepar-
atory to being hauled TO the roll-way
near New Kamilche, at which point
they are dumped into Skookum inlet.
The Port Blakely Mill Company has
sold 5000 acres OF logged land to a
colony OF Polanders from Dakota, and
the first installment OF about GO fami-
lies is expected to locate there the
coming fall. They will make applica-
ton for postoffice. The colony will
be located in Mason county. The
land is to be divided into 20-acre
tracts.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
The Place of Science In History.

There is no doubt that the Roent-
gen ray can now, within a few weeks
of its discovery, locate any foreign
metallic substance in any part of the
human body.
Had the Roentgen ray been discov-
cred fifteen years earlier the assassin 8
bullet in Garfield's body would have
been accurately located and removed
and the wound properly treated. With
the resources of modern antiseptics
Garfield would have got we'll. Arthur
would never have been President, the
wound in the Republican party might
have yielded to intelligent political
surgery and great many more or less
remote political consequences might
have turned out differently.
1t will not do to overlook under
any circumstances the part that
scientific discovery may play in de-
termining the results of all other
forces and influences.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
For your Protection. Catarrh "Cures" or
Tonica for Cafarrh in linnid form To be taken

For your Pr0tecti0n.-Catarrh "Cures" or
Tonics for Catarrh in liquid form to be taken
internally, usually contain either Mercury or
Iodide of Potassa, or both, which are injur.
ious if too long taken. Catarrh is local, not
q blood disease, caused by sudden change to
cold or damp weather. 1t starts in the nasal
passages, affecting eyes, ears and throat.
Cold in the head causes excessive flow of
mucus, and, if repeatedly neglected, the re-
suits of catarrh will follow; severe pain in
the head, roaring sound in the ears, bad
breath, and oftentimes an offensive dis
charge. Theremedy should be quick to allay
Inflammation and heal the membrane. Ely's
Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for
these troubles and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
CITY OF ABERDEEN,

Connecting with boats for shelton and Ksmil-
che.
LANDINGS: City Dock, Seattle; Commercial
DOCK, Tacoma; PercivaPs Dock, Olympia.
Fare between Seattle and Tacoma so cents:
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

THE West Coast Manufacturing &
Investment Company, OF Ballard, is
running overtime to keep up with
orders. The mill is cutting 100000
shingles day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
OLYMPIA WASHINGTON: FRIDAY EVENING, MAY Is, 1885,

about will be Tom Reed Reed wants
, the nomination himself, and next to
getting it he wants to keep Harrison
out OF t." Dem
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

ONE OF the best evidence that Ayers
Hair Vigor is an article of exceptional
merit il the fact that the demand for
it is constantly increasing. No one
who uses this Incompatible dressing
thinks of trying any other prepara-
ton for the hair.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

GEORGE F. WHITE, pioneer Of Cow.
litz county, and an old resident of
Castle Rock, died at his home at Cas-.
tie Rock, last week.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

LACK OF vitality and color.matter in
the bulbs causes the hair to fall out
and turn gray. We recommend Halls
Hair Renewer to prevent badness and
grayuess.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
BREvITIES,

The fisherman's mania is catching.
inexperienced motormen naturally
make bad breaks.
The running mad dog presents a
case of rabid transit.
When silence reigns, it is necessary
TO carry an umbrellaP
Hands off" a. the clock said when
it was taken to be cleaned.
1t doesn't always require q big
mouthed man to make q broad asser-
ton.
The milliner would soon be swamped
ii she didn't know how to trim her
sales.
The doughnut seems to be the only
nut that can be gathered every day in
the year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15
The War I'm Cuba.
Philadelphia Family Call.

Gallant Gen. Weyler
Had 9 hundred thousand men
hill,
the
up
them
marched
He
marched
them
down
again.
When he was up
When he was down
He was
When he was half way up the hill
He was neither nor
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-05-15

The goldites and silverites often at.
tempt to prove some of their points by
the Scriptures. There is one thing
that can easily be established by that
high authority and that is that Neb-
uchadnezzer was an out-and-out Re-
publican. He set up golden image
and required all his followers to fall
down and worship it. OF course
everybody remembers Nebuchadnez-
zer's sad fate and how Daniel and the
other two silver Democrats finally
came through all right. Aaron also
undertook to deliver the children of
Israel from their troubles by estab-
fishing gold standard In the desert.
But mark the increased trouble it
brought on those poor people, and re.
member also what finally became of
goldbug Aaron. These things should
he a terrible warning to the Nebuchad-
nezzers and Aarous of to-day.-Souh
Bend Pilot.
Work is to begin at once upon q
speed track for Port Townsend.
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THE
THE
California Wine Co.
Dds MAIN STREET:
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ply the family trade with
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-12
personal.

A rare honor has fallen TO the lot of
Postmaster General Won Stephan of Ger
many-that of having erected in his life
SOlemnly tnaugurated last week at En-
den in the park fronting the pOstOffice.
IN the presence OF all the municipal and
postal authorities.
DR.. Lazarus, the famous hermit. who
has for years lived on the top of Sand
Mountain. Alabama, died the other day.
twenty years ago be was a prosperous
physician in New York. and his father
was a wealthy merchant in Wilmington,
y. e. Sociaistic ideas turned his brain
and he became a reciuse
The first thing Mr.. Henry White, for
merry Secretary of the American embas-
sy in London, did when he returned to
Downing street 10 the residence of his
friend, Mr.. Arthur Balfour. and there de-
post bicycle of the latest American
type. Mr.. Balfour was at the House of
Commons when he heard of the arrival of
the American bicycle, but he Immediately
threw the business of state 10 the winds,
fastened home. and was soon giving his
new machine a trial in an adjacent park.
-Slatin Pasha takes his return to civil
lzation quite coolly. He is only 20 years
of age, but laughingly calls his age %
because eleven years of captivity with
the QerVtshes were lost, and therefore do
not count His favOrite amusement is to
tram horses in a variety of circus tricks.
His own favor.te roam has been taught
to kneel like a camel a a touch Of the
riders whip. accompanied by the curious
cultural sound which is familiar In the
mouths of ali camelmen. He is an accom-
pllshed horse trainer, and does in less time
and with less severity all that Che rough
riders have in displays at the military
tournament.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-12

The prodigious yawp o. Bedford OF Colo
RADIO. about the silver states seeding
from the union. echoed across the At
lantic. and particularly bright and
sprightly Englishman. the editor OF pa
per called the Weekly Times-E-ho. heard
IT, The editor thought Belford was
whole state. II not several OF them. and
at once wrote a piece for his paper in
which he soiemnly declared that the west
ern states had proclaimed their intention
OF seeding in the event Of the election
OF a goldbug President. The bright ana
sprishtly Englishman further SAID the
southern states would also secede. and
thus there would be made three republics
from what is now the United States.
These impending events the Englishman
had no doubt would bring about another
civil war, which ne had no hesitancy in
saying would be a blow 70 every friend
Of liberty. Yet some people say the Eng
Esh are a thick-witted and ponderous
people. and that they know nothing about
this country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-12
WI. Ju.t Going 90 say.

They sat side by side on one Of the first
open street cars OF the season-two mid
dle-aged women, TO whom the art OF
conversation" was evidently a dear de-
light, according TO the Detroit Free Press.
The one with the bonnet with nine rec
roses on u got started FIRST by saying
And / said 20 Mary Ellen, says 7.
Mary Ellen that's ~ way 10 act when
John Henri IS trying his best 70 get
along talked right up 10 her, because
she needed IL. and"
Yes, and 1 was going &C say that"
or course she needed il, and I being
old enough 10 be her mother. shed stand
j, better from me than from some others,
and"
Yes. but was just going TO say that
It's pleasant to have the open cars
on again, isn't it2 one can see every
thing. Il rests me 10 ride on the open cars,
and 1 often come out just for the ride,
but THIS warm weather won't last. II
wouldn't sprise me 10 see more snow"
No, nor me either but what w1s go
ing 20 say was
did you ever see the hats and bon
nets as gay as they are this spring? And
don they come high2 Well, / guest
Lucy Martin got her a SD bonnet LAST
week, and there isn't much on il, either.
How she can feel like putting that much
into bonnet in their circumstances is a
mystery 70 me; But dress is everything
10 some folks"
Yes, that's so. but was going to say
Did you know that the Tynglys had a
little boy? Yes, they have, and ] guess
the city can hardly hold Sam Tyngly.
You know they've had five girls right
along and no boy l call that pretty Dad
luck"
1 think it is. I was just going to say
that
"A cousin of mine once had seven little
boys before she had girl, and they fairly
worshiped the child when it did come!
Ny. she was spoiled piece! Have you
noticed that the Springers are painting
their house?'
Yes, and it needed it bad enough. But
/ was gOing TO say"
] was over TO Mrs. Sprnser's the other
day. She had her face all tied up with
the neuralgia, and two Of the children had
the mumps, and they'd just got over the
measles, and you know they had scarlet
fever in the house all of last fall. I'd haze
TO have their doctor bills"
so would l. / was going to say"
"Oh, / get off here. Come and see me
do. m real glad I met you What
nice long talk we've had, haven't we?'
Yes and [ was going TO say"
But the car went on, and she never
said il