The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-09-25

Inc ldteSt OUT IL 11auh" ASe0Ni'
which saws the workingmen live to
high and ca. pie. Ii, after reading
that man would believe anything OF
that kind, he needs guardian.
Four years ago the republicans told
the people what would happen II
Cleveland was elected and his beau
tiful free trade theory carried out,
and the results bear them out in every
respect. Now they say that conditions
cannot improve, but will more likely
be worse, if Bryan is elected, than 1t
has been under the present admlnstra-
ton. And still some people can't see it
THE Bryan Plato rm denounces
protection as strongly as the dem
ocratic platform did four years ago but
the orators fight shy OF that question.
The people will keep it in mind, how
ever, for there is a lurking suspicion
in the minds of most men, that "free
silver" idea is a new dodgree, and that
its "free trade" that is making US all
hard up. Still the Republican party
is willing to forego that advantage,
and fight them on their own issue.
WHEN the eloquent Bryan began to
expend his oratory in favor OF free
wool in 1891 farmers under protection
were receiving from IL to 90 cents per
pound says the Inter Ocean. Under
the Wilson Bryan tariff for revenue
only-that doesn't raise the revenue
he gets from s to 10 cents per pound
at the top of the market. No wonder
Bryan declines to talk protection. y
He knows the owners of 10000, O0O
sheep will be around voting Nov. 3
and doesn't care to have his agricul-
tural history and his sheepish act dis
cussed.
"SoME of the stronger advocates oil
free coinage, under the Demopopocrat
method, among them Bryan himself,
publicly admits that it would result in
a Temporary panic" but they GUESS
it would soon react and bring about
prosperity and revival OF industry
How much of panic and how much
more depression is the country able
to endure? Can the country endure
another four years OF Democratic ex.
pertinent, inagurated by an admitted
panic" before we have any hope fol-
improvement? When a. party come;
before the country at such time a:
this, openly avowing that its policy
must at first result IN "panic" ant
with only guess that something
tbetter will follow, it offers very littl,
encouragement" True American Cit
izen.
THE battle in Mason County car
be considered as "on" and the people
have the opportunity of making up
their minds whether, regardless of pol
tics, they would support the best Sc
of county officers that Mason County
ever had, without any exception, o.
whether they will vote to displace then
them with new men, several OF whom
will hardly compare with our present
officials in point of business ability
In point of economy these officials have
saved the tax payers about $3 900 il
their conduct of the county's bushes
during this term, and they are doin.
all the ordinary work themselves
instead of demanding clerks. The
spirits of economy has actuated all tn,
officers from commissioners dowr
the old extravagant methods OF form.
er officers have been dropped, ant
Mason County is on business basis
We have yet heard not a single com
plant as to the conduct of any of tn
offices, and the republican candidates
will get very substantial vote outsid
OF their party, because they deserv,
1t. Politics is all right, but in count,
matters pocket cuts bigger figure
So far, wherever populism has beer
tried, 1t has proven a failure. Tn
party generally has been better i,
theory than in practice. In Kansa
) and Colorado, where that party ha
!, elected its governor and had full con
, troll of the state government, because O
} impractical ideas or some other goo,
reason, it has acted as serious blieh
: or INJURY to the state. In Kansas one
, term was sufficient to demonstrat,
: this effect, and the populists wer,
promptly dropped from power. Tn,
conditions are not easily remedied
however, and that state is said TO h
In much worse shape than the neigh
boring states. While they have gained
IN population, Kansas has lost full,
, 40,OOO people since 1890, no money j
coming into the state, and most q
those who can gather together their in
terests in cash. have gone away. Thi
statement OF conditions is corroberatet