The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-02-07
he Mason County Journal.
j. c ANGLE. Editor and Proprietor
City & County Official Paper
Editorial Notes.

The Capitol contract was let yester-
day to FenJon II. Goss, of Tacoma, on
his bid to complete the work for $685.
951. Mr. Goss is an extensive con-
tractor, who has had in charge the
construction of several of Tacoma's
large blocks, and he has the requisite
backing to guarantee that Washington
will have a building that will be a
credit to the state. AS the contractor
has one extensive brick yard, Shelton
may not have the opportunity of sup
plying any of the brick, as was expected.
"Arthur Brown and Frank j. Can
non, are the United States senators
from the state of WASH" is a slip made
by an exchange. Washington does
not send Mormons to the senate.
GEN. HARRISON has issued letter
positively declining to be again a.can-
didate for the presidency, and that
evidently settles it, leaving the field
clear for other prominent republicans.
THE last republican administration
paid off $3.50, OH $50 OF the public debt,
reducing it from 1914, LOG, 220 to $685.
O34, 260. Under the present admins
tration it has increased by $162, 1929, 700,
the total now standing at STAT 1861 800.
l.. c. Criss, picked near Seattle the
other day a tooth about inches in
length and l J inches wide. 1t is sup
posed to have come from the jaw of
some prehistoric mammoth or real
estate agent of the boom periOd.-Ex.
AZ X
THE Senate seems to be pretty strong
for silver, the vote on the free silver
coinage substitute for the house bond
bill, carrying by vote of AZ to IS. This
indicates that silver has a great many
friends, and will surely be recognized
again.
The nomination OF Coppinger to be
brigadier general over the heads of
thirteen superiors, equally qualified
and more entitled to the promotion,
has been confirmed by the Senate after
hot debate. Squire and Wilson were
among those who spoke against the
confirmation. Coppinger only recent
ly became citizen of this country
IT has been alleged by prominent
populists that the party made splendid
gains in the last election On the
contrary the returns appear to show
that the party is losing ground very
fast in the East, and especially in
states it has controlled. In thirteen
states holding elections last fall the
populist vote was little loss than ten
per cent of the whole. In Nebraska it
was 3S.5; Kansas, 257; Mississippi
pit; and in others so light as to cut
no figure.
The SnohOmish Democrat would
better change its name: as it has latel,
changed its coat and gone into the
populist camp. Frame, the editor, is
very frank about it, when he admits
that "lack of recognition by the de-
partment at Washington, is the
burden of his plant. Ii Presiden
Cleveland had given him Bayard's jol
or a foreign consul billet, it would
have been all serene. "Soreheads'
find a haven in the Populist camp.
THE big Central Lumber Company
organization went into effect Februar,
LIST, and the first order was the raise O
lumber prices 50 per thousand. Thi
will have good effect on the lumber
ing interests by materially enlarginy
the profits all along the Fne-and W,
hope the good effect will not stop shor
of the loggers in the woods, which elias
have heretofore borne the brunt of tn
burden of the "cuts."
One reason this government is S
dilatory about recognizing the Cuban
insurgents, is that if it does so, Spai
will be relieved OF all liability for tn
losses American citizens have suffere
in that island from the destruction @
their property during the rebellion
BY the act of recognition our govern
ment would concede the right of tn
insurgents to destroy anything tina
interferes with their plans Englan
recognized the Confederacy as be-
ligerent on May ID, 1861, and til
battle OF Bull Run, the first of the wal
did not take place till June 81 France
which was an ally of England, ais
recognized the rebels All the rest @
Europe was in sympathy with tn
North. Russia prevented France an,
England from giving armed assistanc
to the South.