The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-04-29
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II is we'll known fact, says the
White River Journal that Spain has
been on war footing for three long
years, while the very men who tried
their best to repeat the Bull Run cpl
sode have in the past refused to vote a
dollar toward putting this country on
a equal plane with other nations. War
as at present conducted is an eXpen-
sive, dan gerous affair, which should
not be INDUCED in without thorough,
exhaustive preparation. The men
who start war do not prosecute it or
in any way suffer its consequences.
When the angry waters began to surge
there were less than seven rounds of
pr smatic powder in the country, and
an encounter would soon have placed
orr vessels in helpless condition, but
what did the yellow journals care for
small matter like that if they sold
few tho sand more copies of their pa
pers? We had everything to gain and
nothing to lose by delay and prepare
ton. War at present is an eXperl.
ment, and the first serious naval con-
test may revolutionize the navies f
the world as much as the historic con-
test between the Monitor and Merri-
mac. Spain was almost at the end of
her purse and the delay has not mate
rally helped her physical resources.
1t is boyish and idiotic to call Presi-
dent Me Kinley coward as he has
proven his cOuage on dozens of hard
fought battle fields, and it required
ten times as much moral courage to
resist the "On to Richmond" crowd as
it would to have given the word "for-
ward"
The money in circulation in this
country has increased eighty-seven
million dollars the past year, of which
siXty-fye millions was in gold coin.
The increase for the month of March
was nearly thirty millions, of which
twenty-eight millions was in gold.
The amount of gold bullion in sight
increased over eleven millions that
month. The total amount of money
III this country April was 81, 756,055,
645, or $2369 per capita, an increase
of siXty-e:ght cents as compared with
one year ago. These are gratifying
figures and are significant in view of
the claims Of the silverites that there
is not enough money to do business
and that the supply would decrease
unless free silver was put in active
Observation-Disclosures
WAR is a terrible thing, modern
warfare especially, and all thinking
men can now realize the necessity of
conservative action with which this
administration has handled the Cuban
question. 1t also takes money to
make war, and the most needless will
realize this fact when goods of all
kinds rise in price, and war taxes are
lew. So keep powder in the maya
zine So shoot at the enemy
AMONG the most earnest advocates
of the jHnta Is William Jennings
BRYAN, who has been in Washington
to aid That cause. On the contrary
General Fitzhugh Lee, who has been
in Cuba during the instruction and
is acquainted with the conditions of
that unhappy island, is in full accord
with IRE presidents policy, and strong
ly adv ises "gainst recognition. Both
claim To hc Democrats, but General
Lee is patriot, while Mr.. Bryan is
only POI iician-Tacoma Ledger.
PRoBAB-I nothing could be more
supremacy ndlcrOus than the self-styl-
ed "reforn" party of this state. 1t is
an aggregation of politicians, many of
whom have been turned down in the
old parties to which they formerly be-
longed, conspiring for their own po-
litical advancement at the expense of
the members Of their adopted party.
Skagit News-Herald.
Two eases of spinal meningitis oc-
Cured in Ilwaco last week, and both
patients died in "a hours. A third
case is of milder symptoms, all being
young men of robust health, under 81
years OF age. 1t is mystery how the
disease got started, and some uneasi-
ness is felt.