The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-05-15
The Mason County Journal.
G. c ANGLE. Editor and Proprietor
City & County Official Paper
Editorial Notes.

By Saturday night of this week the
last republican state convention will
have been held. and all the delegates
to the St. Louis convention selected.
Xxx
AS an indication of the unpreced-
ented mining activity in the state, the
records in the office Of the secretary of
state show that there have been filed
for record in the last three months
articles for SO mining interpretations.
Xxx.
THE House has served notice on the
Senate that it will he ready to adjourn
on May 18th. We presume this con-
grcss has done more or less hard work,
bat we can now recall nothing very
startling in the way of relief legisla-
ton.
> IS
PARsON Brown of San Francisco is
to be investigated again-this time by a
body of Chicago congregational min
listers AS distance lends enchantment
to the view, the Chicago brethren may
be able to spread on a pretty good
coat of whitewash
The demo-pop. fusion movement in
in this state, it is said, has received a
black eve from the almost unanimous
opposition of the pop. press, notwlth-
standing the fact that the leaders, or
alleged leaders, of both parties favor
the alliance-Ledger.
AMUND AMUNDs, grand receiver of
the A. O. U. w. and president of the
Scandinavian American bank of Seat
tie, died at that place last week, of
pneumonia. He was jealous worker
for the order and we'll liked among his
countrymen in this state.
In Oregon, the Supreme court has
decided that women are ineligible to
the Office of county superintendent
The campaign is on down there
Fifteen women who are now regular
party nominees for that Office, will
have to withdraw from the campaign.
Women are eligible to the office in
Washington.
The JOURNAL suggests that the Re-
publican nominating convention this
fall be held in Tacoma, and that the
"Tacoma idea" shall govern. Accord
ing to the Ledger, Pierce County has
enough candidates already in sight to
fill all the state offices, and many to
spare, so there is no dearth of material
to keep the state government in mo-
ton.
CONGRESSMAN DRAPER, of Massachu-
sets, was right when he said: "Pro-
lection is more necessary to the in
tereSts of this country than any form
of money is. With a high protective
tariff we can succeed, although our
currency might take the form of silver
or copper or any other metal. But
our industries cannot prosper with the
best money in the world if we have
free trade"
SINCE the demonstration of silver
the value OF the products of the field
and factory has been reduced, roughly,
fifty per cent. Cotton and wheat
bring half what they did. The price
paid for labor has been cut in twain
Serve the the salaries of Congressman
U. 5. Senators, cabinet officers, depart
ment officials, Supreme judges aud
the President himself in the same
way. 1t might cause legislation to be
little more friendly to silver.
SEATTLE has discovered leper in
the person of Albert Janson. Rus
sian Finn, from Montana. Where or
how he contracted the disease is un-
known, and what to do with him ia \
puzzler. He will probably be sent 70
the ieper settlement in San Francisco
where a number of sufferers are con.
fined. This is the first case known in
in the Northwest, although common
IN California, being contracted fn,m
contact with diseased Chin amen
CLEVELAND is getting harder blows
from the men,har, 90