The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-12-04

SEVERAL states have not yet made
their official canvass of the returns OF
the recent election, but we hope to
complete the table and give the popu-
lar and electoral vote complete next
week.
WASHINGTON had it's picnic with the
cold snap last week, and the rain
freshets of the week before. Now cast
of the Rockies is receiving attention.
Cyclones reported from Texas, Mis-
sissippi and Kansas, billiards IN the
Northern section and extreme cold all
over the East.
CoNGREssMAN-ELECT "Dude" Lewis
was married in Georgia, to a bright
young lady of journalistic experience
who claims the honor of being the
first woman to interview Ii Hung
Chang on his recent visit, and escape
without telling him all her family
secrets. She is all right, and will
ably assist our .Chesterieldlan con-
gresham in rejecting credit on Wash
ington.
TWENTY SIX years ago $l6S, l27 ,462
worth of manufactured lumber was
produced in this country by 149.997
lumbermen whose wage for the year
1870 aggregated $32, OO7 1922. IL 1890
2S5, 197 lumbermen produced $4O3 ,667-
675 worth of lumber and their wages
footed up $S7 ,7S4,433. That's fine
sample of western enterprise, growth
and progress.
SOME of our populist exchanges
seem to feel hurt over the intimation
that there was such thing as land
slide in the national election, and they
say that $4,000 votes shifted from Nc
Kinley to Bryan in certain close states
would have elected the latter. The re-
turns fail to indicate it, but an equal
number of votes changed from Bryan
to Mckinley would have given the lat
ter about all the states worth having.
If every person living In the United
States would make practice of ask
ing for articles manufactured, grown
or raised in America every time he or
she made purchase, what an adj
vantage it would be to us all Every
individual can have personal inf1u-
ence that will assist in thus helping
us all. Remember what some good
authority has said. every little
helps" -Cosmopolis Enterprise,
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OFFICIAL returns from all countries,
except Skamania, show the vote on
presidential electors in Washington to
have been: Mckinley, 1922; Bryan,
81, CAT; Palmer, 1,45O; lowering 1888;
Bryan's plurality, 1858. Corrected
returns show the standing of the
legislature to be: Senate, republicans,
ID: opposition, 81; house, republican,
13; opposition, 81, with one district a
tie.
The United States is about to enter
upon the convalescent stage, and it
will take time to regain the condition
desired by all. The first steps have
been taken, confidence has been re-
stored and money is flowing out into
the channels of trade and industry.
But the great movement, the flood
tide will not roll in for some time be-
cause there remains to be made confir-
nation of the will of the people by the
action of congress. What we keep in
mind now is this, that we are recover
ing, not recovered.-Sacramento Re-
cord Union.
e CONGRESS meets next week. There
are many bills on the calendars, but
few are likely to be acted upon. 1t is
probable that some action will he
taken to increase revenues. The
friends of the Nicaragua canal are
bending every energy to secure action
on the bill reported by Mr.. Doolittle,
which provides for the guarantee by
the United Strtes of $1OO,0O0.0OO of
bonds for the construction of the canal
The war claims committee which
showed fight on several occasions at
the last session, promises to renew its
aggressiveness this winter especially
for the passage of the claims awarded
under the Bowman act and the French
spQilatiop claims.