The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-02

Papa Knee1and is all right. Two
sons-in-1aw on the popocratic ticket.
Col. Hartman will probably be plac-
ed on the fusion ticket for attorney;
no other candidate being available.
Don't miss Hermon Craven at Knee
lands hall Saturday night. Although
full of statistics, he is not at all 'sdry."
Leroy Jones, having withdrawn
from the mixed ticket, George ORA
ham has been placed on the ticket for
school superintendent.
We hope to see large turnout to
hear our Senator on Oct 9Th. Mr.. Will
son has visited Shelton for the last
fiye campaigns and we all like to hear
him.
The republican candidates for pre-
cinct officers in Shelton precinct No. I,
Justice of the Peace. c. W. Fisk; Con-
stable, James Forrest; No. 2, I. W..
Woods, Justice; w. r. Stewart, con-
stable. All of whom will make good
off GERS.
Congressman Doo1ittle will visit
Shelton about the middle of the month.
The time is so short that it will be inn
possible to get either Senator Wilson
or Cong. Doo1ittle for speeches at
other points in the County, but the
local committee is endeavoring to
have at least one prominent speaker
visit Kami1che, Union City and the
Satsop districts.
The county precincts are begin
Mig to be heard from on the turning
down of Assessor Fairbairn. 1t ought
to be self evident that he had a few
friends in Mason County, when he
was the only democrat elected two
years ago, but they couldn't "use"
Fairbairn very we'll, and the ''powers
that be" dropped him, for young man
with practically no experience in such
important work.
We haye now had two debates, but
the date of the next meeting has not
been set. If the debate will be strictly
confined to the issue and the points
carefully and honestly discussed, with
out the buncomb or demagoguery of
the usual campaign speech, then the
auditors will get some instruction.
This the Mckinley club has tried
to do, but the Bryan club have not yet
presented a man who deals in that sort
of politics.
The L. M. Co. has advanced the price
of eggs to 25cts. they are very scarce.*
Messrs. Rogers and Jones, fusion
candidates for governor and congress
man respectively, visited Shelton Mon
day evening, Mr.. Rogers occupied but
little time with his popu1istic theories,
of which the ''barefoot" school law is
a sample, and his book, '"The Irrepress-
ib1e Conflict" contains them in full.
w. c. Jones is the best exponent of
''free silver" in the state; when you
have heard him, you have their best
argument. By means of the charts of
a we1lknown German economist based
on Berlin prices, Mr.. Jones attempted
to show that in the United States the
decline in ratio of SILVER was exactly
co-incident with that of ia products,
cereals being named, from 1873 until
1890, and with chart based on alleged
market reports since 1890 endeavored
to bring the idea down to date. He
alleged that the protective tariff had
nothing to do with the rise of prices of
all kinds of products, during the time
that the price of silver was temporari-
ly increased under the first year of the
Sherman purchase act; and that the
threat of free trade had naught to do
with the falling prices in 1892.
The Sherman law was not repealed
until November, 1898. MIR. Jones
characterized asunpatriotic, those who
would deny the idea that this country
was big enough to lick England on
land or sea. in trade or finance. Mr..
Jones is good talker, but his argu-
inent consists mainly of appeals to
passion, prejudice and alleged patriot
ism, that under scrutiny but serve to
show the weakness Of the position,
that would adopt ''free and unlimited
coinage at 10 to - as against the safe
proposition of securing international
bimetallism first and being on the safe
side. Both are after the information a
use of silver,-which is the quickest
| and safest road?
|Sen. John |. Wilson, Oct. 9Th.
o. P. Mooney and DIR. Beach spoke
for the Mckinley club at the debate last
Saturday night. and w. H. Knee1and
for the Bryan club. The former dealt
| mainly with the statistics and their
| bearing upon the financial question,
making his comparisons and showing
the fa1lacies of most of the argument
| presented in the cause of 16 to l silver.
DR.. Beach presented an able and
scholarly address, showing many in
stances wherein the facts have been
distorted to make showing for ''free
silver" W. II. Kneeland, who seems
to be the head and front of the popu-
lief aud da~r,Ncr,4;o ,,~@;o~ o.d 41..:~