The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-08-07
Republican National Ticket.
Editorial Notes.

The JOURNAL for the campaign, only
% cents.
BRYAN must be superstitious, as his
admirers have already sent him half
dozen rabbit feet, for luck. Probably
Mr.. Bryan would rather have votes
than "good omens." they are what
count
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be think
ing of retiring i'll favor Of the Prince
of Wales. We have few spare re-
formers who could rule England
much better than the prince and
would like the job.
The exigencies of every political
campaign bring forth many catch
words, phrases or political terms,
which are often something of hit
The latest out is "Popocrat," referring
to the mixture of populist platform
and democratic candidates.
Ks
ALABAMA held its election last Sat-
urday, and the democrats came out
with their old time majorities. The
populists claim they were counted out
as usual, and after several bloody
fights, are repudiating fusion and de-
handing a straight populist national
ticket.
LET us wait. The air will be full of
gold and silver and tariff talk in
another month, and there will be
enough in reach of the ordinary mind
with which to form an opinion: al
though balloon would be required to
capture some Of the wild statements
that unreliable speakers will make.
TX
SILVER talk is getting infectious.
Two cripples at the Kitsap county
poor house got into an argument over
that subject one day last week, and
becoming warmed, fell to beating each
other with their crutches. The indie
pendent thinks they are getting too
well fed at their poor house.
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The populist party has been swal-
lowed, body and breeches, by the old
democratic party. It's the old story
OF the lamb and the lion lying down
together, but the lambkin is in out OF
the wet. Dude Lewis spoke for three
hours at the joint meeting in Olym-
pia, Saturday, and our own Farmer
Todd was choked off at the end of a
half hour. OF the two, the latter is
said to have made by far the best
speech. The populists are not overly
tickled at the hoggishness displayed
by the democrats, especially as the
latter have the least votes in this state
~
The. "public debt is growing" be.
cause nothing has been paid on it dur.
ing the democratic administration
An exchange says that under Grants
first administration with republican
tariff laws in force, the public debt
was reduced $685., 2OO, 1903. Under his
second term $54, OS7 1926. Hayes paid
$84, 1887 ,022; Garfield and Arthur $238-
484,646. Cleveland's first term under
republican tariff laws $171, Jos, S69
Harrison paid $50, 5SS,77S, two years
under fear of tariff reduction; while
Cleveland's last administration under
democratic tariff laws has increased
the debt $12O, l25, 297. Yet we FIND
intelligent democrats who are "afraid
of the protection views of Mckinley
THE democrat, populist and free sill
yer parties have called their conven.
lions, to meet at Ellensburg, at the
same time, August 18th. These snap
conventions were arranged so that the
rank and file Of the parties could not
be we'll represented and the work Of
effecting the combination would be
left to few of the leaders of each
element. The takers will be there in
force, but the working element and
the farmers of. the country districts
can't get around on such short notice,
At this rate the people will come 70
believe that the reformer's loud pro
LESSONS Of his love for them is all
"stud" and that he is just like other
politicians, tout for the job"