The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-03-25

getting ANXIOUS. Ii the governor uoes
not interfere he hangs today.
1t is given out, that President Nc
Kinley will send to congress mes
sage on the Maine disaster. next Mon
day.
BRAINS remarks that the motto,
"Strike while the iron is hot" is good
advice, but that Cromwell's amend
ment-"Make the iron hot by striking
it's better. IF you sit around and
wait for the iron to heat itself, you
may lose a chance to strike.
FIFTEEN thousand Klondikers have
passed through Seattle alone, since the
first of the year, most of whom outfit
ted there, and probably five thousand
have gone North from other points.
And this is but the vanguard OF the
uncounted thousands, the great ma
jority of whom are eager to acquire
large and valuable chunk of expert
ence.
"THE aggregate bank clearings of II
cities of the United States during the
month just closed amounted to So
534, 432,676, an increase over February
1897, OF nearlv 81 per cent. and COM
pared with 1892, the heaviest Februa
ry on record, a gain of more than 6
per cent. The percentage of gain in
February is the largest on record. -
Bradstreets' March 5, 1898.
THE man in the White house is not
a great orator. He was on the battle
field when some of our celebrated talk
ers were infants in arms. He made
pretty good record as a soldier. If
war comes, good many people who
have been hypnotized by the silver
tongued gentlemen in the last few
years will probably be willing to con-
cede that the result of the election of
1896 wasn't so unfortunate after ALL
Chehalis Nugget.
The people who assumed during the
campaign of 1896 that there could be
no addition to our currency except
through the free coinage of silver or
the issue of paper money will perhaps
be surprised to know that the minis
Of the United States have coined 1885,
III, 1S7 since the nomination of Bryan
or, to be more accurate, since July l,
1896. OF this amount $100,0OO,OOO,
IN round numbers, was in gold.-Kent
Journal.
THE Whatcom Reveille says: "There
are only two parties in this state, the
Republican party and the opposition.
The fight must be between a united
Republican party, fresh from a drub-
bling that did it lots of good, enthusiast
tic, we'll organized, standing on princi-
pie and able to point to its prophecies
fulfilled and its arguments verified by
the facts of current history, and dis
organized fusion, weak because all it's
arguments have been proved lies. be-
cause its reason for fusion is not prin-
ciple but "office."
WE repeat, says the White River
Journal, there is nothing that can
possibly Justify this senseless rush to
Alaska. 1t is a cold, uninviting
country that no one should think of
visiting unless perfectly robust and in
ured to hardship, and with provisions
enough to last at least one year and
money enough IN reserve to pay for
passage home. The Coast cities are
IN their element now for they are full
suckers, but there will be reaction
when the tens of thousands of disap-
pointed argonauts find their way back,
broken in health and purse, with no
friendly feeling towards the ones who
caused their downfall.
A MASS meeting of populists was
held at Chehalis Saturday and resolu-
lions passed condemning the Supreme
Court and asking the governor to call
special session of the legislature to
submit an exemption constitutional
amendment, one for the initiative and
referendum and other reforms which
populists desire. Speaker Cline, edit
or of the State Journal was there and
urged the special session, on the plea
that the populists were in danger of
losing the legislature. The last hope
of their reform legislation is gone,
sacrificed on the altar of free silver and
fusion.
THE Port Rlakeley Mill company is
now busily engaged in gridiron in
Seattle preparatory to going into the
eastern trade. A big scow, holding
nine cars, is being built, and every
thing will be ready for business not
later than April l. AS the mill can
cut 100000 leet day, it will be seen
at a glance that the company will be
an important factor in the trade. The
Puget Lumber Company, of Port Gam
BILE, owning four large mills ON the
west side OF the Sound, is also figuring
on building u pridirnn In Seattle for