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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

catholic love for her kind and sex.
The two little japanese women whom
she induced the japanese empress to
send to America and especially to
Denver while the Biennial was in ses-
sion, were too much in the way OF
exhibits. They themselves were
charming, modest, graceful women
and the federation gave them an I'M
mistakable welcome as representatives
Of Japan while disappearing Of their
appearance as exhibits. If Mrs.
Breed does not use her personal infiu-
ence against the proposed withdrawal
Of Massachusetts, from the general
federation, it will confirm the good
judgment OF that body in refusing to
make her its leader. Such secession
will deprive Massachusetts, of the in
fiuence in the national council her
ancestry, history and present accom-
plishments entitle her to. The citi-
zens Of that state have concentrated
opportunities Of culture which have
been scattered over Kansas and Ne
braska prairies, Wyoming's foothills,
COloradO's mountains, Utah's long
reaches Of desert and irrigated farms
and WashingtOn's forests. Massa-
chusetts can afford to be generous to
the south and the west. She cannot
afford to be selfish or sulk like an
amateur sportsman.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

ton unites the women of the
north, south, east and west. 1t re-
veals the universal dissatisfaction
with political impotencv and the
strength OF the organized and unified
effort which can effect a change The
general federation can do this better
than suffrage organizations, because
the latter are aggressive and at times
bitter. There is reason for both Bit
terness and aggression in the long re.
fusal to recognize that the principal
of representation and taxation applies
to every member Of the state but the
woman suffrage propaganda has not
accomplished much in comparison
with the energy expended. In the
federation woman is learning funda-
mental principles and practicing par
liamentary thinking that will newt
ably bring her to one goal. The road
does not branch, those who walk in it
will have to climb over logic if they
wish to go nowhere If Massachusetts,
withdraws from the general federation
she will miss the inspiration of reach
ing the promised land in company
with those who have kept the middle
of the road. Massachusetts, has wealth,
a large culture, it is philanthropic
and in the last analysis. good natured.
But it is unspOrtsmanlike not to play
because she cannot name the umpire.
She showed her pluck by sending
seventy-two delegates and sixty-eight
visitors 1880 miles to help elect her
candidate for the presidency. That
candidate was considered ineligible
not because she was resident OF Mas
sachusetts. but because she has never
shown any positive qualifications for
the place: because she has exerted all
her influence for many months to Sc
cure it; because those who knew her
best and longest acknowledged her
unfitness, and because Mrs. Henrotin.
who has more influence with club
woman than any other, refrained from
expressing at any time approval Of
Mrs. Breeds ambition. There were
many other signs Of ineligibility for
such an once, such az lack of auy per.
sonai magnetism or evidences of a
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09
NEW TOURIST CARLINE.
Weekly Personally Conducted Ezcur
siOns to Portland, Ore, ria
Burlington Route.

On February II and every Thursday
thereafter at Clio p. m. Pullman tourist
sleepers in charge Of our own excursion
conductor are scheduled to leave Lin
coin for Portland. via Denver, Leadville,
Salt Lake City. Ogden and Oregon
Short Line. paesing through the grand
est scenery of the Rockies and stopping
several hours at Salt Lake City to allow
. visit at many points Of interest there.
berths. tickets and full information
may be obtained at B. & NJ. depot or
city ticket Office. corner Tenth and o.
GEo. w. BoNNELL, q. .&T.A
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09


small, wistful little colored girl. 1t is
all well enough to paint pictures OF
tho Merrimac hero as he appears at
present, but the reproduction of the
family album is an Indication OF cor
rupted taste on the part Of the public,
Of bad judgment in the publishers,
and q lack OF proper reserve in the
HObsOn family. A distinguished men,
Der Of large family cannot provide
halo Tor his kinfolks. The mighty
Napoleon tried it and failed, and the
yellow newspapers will have to give it
up The public is only family inter
ested in the occupants Of the Hobson
porch, and the scrupulous part Of it
must regret that his mother and
father, sisters and brother are willing
to have the family group on the porch
reproduced in the newspapers OF the
country for the sake of notOriety.
Since colonial days the territory of
the United States has been slowly in
creasing. Beginning with a narrow
strip along the Atlantic coast, the
colonists bought, and. in some cases.
stole land from the Indians. The ex-
tension OF the territory to the Missis-
sippi and beyond it, the French and
Indian war with its territorial acces-
siOns, the Mexican grab, the Louisiana
and Alaska purchases. are indications
Of the tendency Of a large and grow
ing nation to keep on growing. Hav-
ing driven Spain out of the Phil.
lipines, the inevitable consequences,
such as the rights of the inhabitants
and the duties Of a cOnqueror, force
an American occupation and admin
istration Of the group Of islands.
Those who object to annexation have
nothing better to propose. Why
should those who believe that in the
United States exists the germ Of lib
erty give back the islands to Spain,
who has shown by the colonial fail.
ures Of seven hundred years that
Spanish rule is cruel, corrupt, and
finally unbearable, or to Germany,
whose emperor believes in the divine
right Of kings, and has established
military despotism so securely that
IN officer can kill a peasant for acct
dentally showing him, or some such
trifiing rudeness, and only be repri
manded by his superior: or why should
we give them to France. whose repub-
lican government totters from day to
day? There is no reason why the
people who have paid for the war
should not receive the yictOr's spoils,
except the sentimental one, that it is
unamerican. The survival Of the
strongest is the survival OF the fittest.
At first, France, Spain, Portugal and
the English colonists occupied North
The others have been grad
ually moving out until at the present
time England and the United States
own everything except the extreme
southern part Of the continent.
The acquisition OF the PHILIPPINES,
Cuba and Hawaii is strictly in the
line of development. Their govern
ment is a problem, but We can manage
it better than Spain has, or than Ger
many or France could. And there is
no reason why We should spend blood
and treasure for Germany or France,
more especially when history shows
that we can do better lob of govern
ing than either one Of them.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

party, to President Mckinley, to the
nation, and to the intelligent republi-
cans Of this splendid district.
What is their duty? What does the
president desire? What does the ma
tional congress require? What does
the nation expect in this year Of great
achievements from the First Congress
sional district OF Nebraska? And
what has the patriotic and prosperous
community right to demand? 1.-THE
answer could come from the clouds as
did the voice from Mount Sinai, it
would say, "Send the strongest, wisest,
most mature and reliable material
you have to the next congress, for there
will be work to do there which will
require craftsmanship and master
minds" 1t is no time for experiments
The nations need calls for the assem-,
bling of her wisest men. Our battle
ships, riding the sea, are magnificent.
Our naval commanders are superb.
Our land forces are game to the last.
As a mighty Christian nation at war
in defense of humanity, We are chal-
longing the admiration Of the civilized
world.
This war, with the new environ
ments which it is creating, is ushering
US as a nation into new relations with
the governments of the earth. The
next congress must know how to deal
with questions that reach further than
the Canadian boundary on the north
or the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
The next republican congressional
convention, if it thinks while, as it
ought to, before it acts, will consider
the increased responsibility which will
rest upon the next American congress,
and will have very little interest in
the personal ambitions of young men
who would like to experiment on
themselves, believing that with few
years practice at the national capital
they would grow into real congress
men.
The American people have been
putting too low an estimate on our
national congress. They have sent
too many ordinary men there, as il it
were national kindergarten, where
beginners could learn craftsmanship
and grow up with the country.
Nebraska people have been putting
too low an estimate on public office.
Here in Lincoln, especially, there has
grown upa system whereby the con-
ventions choose between those who
offer themselves. So many ordinary
men are crowded into public notice
partly by their own efforts and partly
by back ground manipulatOrs, that the
real and worthy man, seeing the low
estimate which is put upon these pO-
sitiOns disdains to enter into competi.
tion for them. If the republicans of
this district attempt to put into the
next congress man who will lower
the general average of ability there,
they will humiliate the president, dis
appoint the republican voters of this
district, and fall far below the oppor-
tunities of the hour.
The election of Mrs. Lowe of GeOr-
gia as president Of the general fedora
tiOn of women's clubs over Mrs. Breed
of Massachusetts, by majority of
more than two to one, threatens to
detach the Massachusetts climbs from
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-07-09

The election of Mrs. Lowe of GeOr-
gia as president of the general fedora
tion of women's clubs over Mrs. Breed
of Massachusetts, by majority of
more than two to one, threatens to
detach the Massachusetts clubs from
the general federation. All such am
putations are to be regretted and must
decrease the strength and influence of
the federation, though in this case
the effect will be imperceptible to the
main body, whereas the limb which
has insisted upon the operation will
lose vitality and significance. As 1
said last week the organization has
another meaning than the study of
arts. literature, or even to satisfy the
universal craving for Office holding
and newspaper mention. That pur-
pose took definite form, though 1t
was not generally recognized, at
the Denver Biennial. The fedora.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

IT is not very honest way of doing,
to quote sections to garble the mean
ing, but since the Tribune seems to
sneer at the JOURNALS consistency, we
think it worth while to republish the
article in question, just as it was,
which follows:
If the Populists of Mason County
wish to add their influence for good
government, and incidentally to
Square accounts" with the Democrats
they should support the Republican
ticket. There is no prospect for elect
ing their ticket, the issue lies between
the Republicans and Democrats.
Which do they prefer to have win?
Outside of postal savings banks and a
few minor things, the Republican
party is opposed to the Populist party,
openly and above board, and honestly
through belief We oppose the single
tax idea, so do many popullsts, includ-,
ing Gov. Rogers, but in County mat
tiers we stand for the same. How is it
with the Democrats? Are they honest
and open friends or foemen.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28
TWeedle.Dee and Tweedle- Dunn

The Republican Party in Chehalis
County, as elsewhere, is we'll under the
control of corporate influences. The
corporations outline the party policy
any suggest the party nominees. In
the fixing of valuations and equalizing
assessments the lumber companies pull
the wires that they laid when the con-
vention was held a month prior
They do the same with Legislators
that they nominate and elect.
The above is taken from the Seattle
Times of 10Th. staff correspondence
rom Monteeano. When that individ-
ual comes to write up Mason County
politics, he will probably spin differ
ent yarn about the corporations and
their influence.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28
The Tariff And Coal.

The people who imagine that the
sections Of the state devoted largely to
the lumber industry are the only por
tons to be aided by the Dingley tariff
are greatly mistaken. Coal miners
also, have reason to return thanks
that the Wilson free trade tariff is no
longer the law of the land. Col. l. D.
McCutcheon gives the Olympian the
following facts;
81 found an interesting state oil
affairs while at Roslyn. To show the
effect of the Dingley bill, the Northern
Pacific Coal Company in March, 1895
employed 400 men and paid them
$14,335.20, being an average of $35 pei
month to the man. In that year the
Wilson bill was in force, and the COM
potion with British Columbia mines
was such that the men could not be
employed all the time. During the
month of March, 1898, under the Ding
ley bill, this company employed CTS
men and paid them So, 86545, being
an average of 63.10 to the man. Ir
addition to this the company has been
able to make extensive repairs upon
its property, and develop new mines.
Roslyn has never experienced such a
business revival as since the passage OF
the Dingley BILL"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28
A Tempest in a Teapot.

Now that the Tribune has opened
the way the JOURNAL would like to add
its little kick against Correspondent
D1nsmore's recent report of Lewis
speech in the Ledger. Viz:
"Lewis' speech a failure" Lie No. l.
It wasn't very successful.
"The grand fusion rally here was so
frigid that the icicles now hang prom
inently on the whiskers OF every pop.
in Mason County," lie No 2. The
pops are feeling quite we'll, thank you.
1t was the Dem. whiskers that got
frosted. \
"Davis wound up by a mastery
peroration in favor of his friend Lewis
in whose interests he begged and pray
ed till the audience fairly compelled
him to shut up" Oh lie No. 3.
The audience simply got little nerv-
Gus and fidgetty. and informed the ex-
Rev. gent. that they came to hear the
spell-blnder.
Lewis played the baby act. He
knew the audience was not sympa-
thetic and told them he was not WE'LL
Lie No. 4, awful story, but we can
think of no other name for the act
just now.
"He was not very well received
Lie 5 times. He drought down" half
the house, and left the rest for Cush-
man.
On the rostrum with him were the
only corporation men in the County,
and the only banker" Lie No. 6,
libellous. OF course the banker was
there, but as to the corporations, there
are others.
Then he winds up with a little lone
real lie that Lewis was not sent to the
camps because his speech was SO i'll
advised and poor vOte-getter, and he
was shipped off on special boat.
This was probably an error, as the
congressman had to make connections
to reach his next appointment.
In the course of few hundred years
that lying reporter may get so high up
on the ladder as the Col. but his work
is little crude at present.
sTo zIA
Bears the 5The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e LXAzzzMx
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28
How Lewis Supported the Govern
mCnt.

Congressional Record Up. 4,OS9), April IL.
Congressman Lewis (Dem.) of Wash
ington-Mr. Speaker, theory OF or
ganization brought forth in this (army
reorganization bill is given as the ex-
cuse for the measure. 1t is said that
it is war measure.
We have no war upon us. If 1T is war
measure it cannot possibly succeed.
Far from stimulating the patriotism
OF this country by inducing those to
Join the army who fight for their homes
and firesides under the command and
leadership Of friends and neighbors,
you have no other purpose in this bill
than to provide for $50 officers who
have been graduated at West Point,
who have no other hope than pro-
motion to life service under this law
There is no other object in this DILL,
and you cannot keep the secret longer
from us. Your real mission concern
ing this is to give these positions to
these men. l am opposed to that. /
am tired of such reignlng influence
in this country.
shall, as heretofore, fight any organ
ization composed of gilded military sa-
traps on the one hand and tasseled society
sapheads the other. Applause and
laughter on the Democratic side.l
[ am opposed to every form and
frame of the measure, because as a
war measure it is futile, empty and
delusive, and so it has been shown in
the best armies in the world.
(This was April 7, few days before
war was formally declared and at a
time when the country was in tu-
multi OF preparation for the impending
conflct.)
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

Two years ago we heard great deal
about the "Union Pacific STEAL" and
that the corporation control of the Re-
publican party would force it, but
since the Mckinley administration
not only collected the principal of the
old debt but interest to date, 1t is
another exploded bubble and has not
even been mentioned in this cam
palgn, has it?
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

Your friends may smile
Butthat tired feeling
Means danger. lit
Indicates impoverished
And impure blood.
This condition may
Lead to serious illness.
1t should be promptly
Overcome by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla,
Which purifes and
Enriches the blood,
Strengthens the nerves,
Tones the stomach,
. Creates an appetite,
And builds up,
Energies and vitalizes
The whole system.
Be sure to get
Only Hoods.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

The "Muzzler" and the "Muzzled''
Richardson and Kneeland) are stump
ing the county for the Democratic
ticket. Papa-in-law Kneeland, who
has no special politics, has swallowed
everything and has his orders to pull
for the Democratic ticket where his
interests lie. A plain case of cringing
to the hand that struck the "silver
Republicans" that thrift might follow
fawning.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28
COUNTY TICKET.

Representative B. GUNDERsON.
Sheriff,-GEoRGE VOGTLIN
Treasurer,-W. B. EATON.
Auditor,-A. l.. BELL.
Clerk, GEORGE WEBB.
Assessor,-L. w. SPECIE.
Surveyor,-R. B. DANIELS.
Attorney,-E. B. BRocXwAY.
Superintendent,-H. MINNIE FORD.
Coroner,-A. F. CHAPMAN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHAPMAN.
Com'r LIST. Dist, AUG. WERMAN.
Com'r End. Dist.,-1. w. DANIELS.
SHELTON PRECINCTNO l
Justice,-C. V. DUNBAR.
Constable,-RALPH POTTS.
SHELTON PRECINCT No. 2.
Justice,-C. w. FISK.
Constable,-CHAs MCDONALD.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

WE sometimes wonder why the fu-
sion papers of the state, which are GER
tainly entitled to the "spoils. of VIC
tory" are not making q roar about
the stale printing steal, but they are
taking it meekly. Gwln Hicks and
his crowd worked through the la
mented fnsion legislature measure
which takes the greater part OF the
county printing away from the local
printers. The counties cannot get
prices from that thrifty official s.
order to compete, but he sends IN his
Oh! g suit himself. and it must be paid.
IBIS Is the same gent. who acut', tbe
mon printers on the public work and
expects to retire With ! fortune. =
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

One of the strongest claims urged
by the fusionists two years ago was
that they would reduce expenses and.
therefore, taxation. Generally the tax
payers found their taxes higher than
in the past, and the taxes for 1898 are
still little higher, considering the
raise by the state board. That is some
thing every taxpayer can tell for him
self.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28
SAMPLES MAILED FREE.
FIFTY Thousand Trial Packages of DIR.
BlOsser's Catarrh Cure to be Sent
Free to Applicants.

We have given away $4,000 trial packages of
Dr olossers Ca,arrh Cure to persons afflicted
Win Colds, Catarrh, Bronchitis, asthma, Deaf
ness etc. and now offer another $1,000 packages
absolutely free. If the trial package does no
convince you of its curative properties you will
nave been at no expense; If it benefits you, you
VIII gladly order months treatment at 81 90.
we are willing to take all the risk. knowing
what the medicine will do.
This remedy was discovered by Rev. wv.
Blosser, NJ D. the well-known evangelist. 1t is
harmless, pleasant vegetable compound, in
haieo Dy smoking in pipe, which we furnish
1ree. 1t cures the worst cases. If you wish the
free package, write at once to DR.. J. w. Blosser
d Son, Sample Dept. Atlanta, Ga. mentioning
the JOURNAL
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

OUR ft.SlOn trends are doing great
deal OF blowing about the debts they
have paid in both state and county,
but the great wonder is that they have
not pald much more. A large num-
Der ct .'eorle have not forgotten that
they paid II lot of money into the pub
lie treasury last year in the shape of
taxes which had been delinquent for
several years, and times have continu-
ed so good that the percentage of I'M
paid taxes since has been much small
er than ever lefore. The JOURNAL has
been patiently awaiting the grand
showing our fusion friends were max
ing in Mason County, but it don't
seem to be forthcoming. In fact the
annual statement recently issued fails
to show anyof this great saving, or
any saving to offset the great loss to
the taxpayers on the n P. settlement
deal. Trot it out.
IF the constitutional amendment
for local option in taxation isn't di-
rected to single-tax, what is it? Chair
man Mclaughlin says it is, the Demo-
Gratis say it isn't. Why was it not
made plain? 1t simply meant that if
q majority of the people of a COM
munity, county or of the state want
single-tax they can SO vote, and the
taxes will be raised from land values
alone. It is the entering wedge for
single-tax.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-10-28

THE state officials are sending out
circulars, in which the figures are Jug
gled in the attempt to show saving
on the part OF the present administra-
ton. For instance the secretary of
state tries to show that the expense of
conducting his Office for the first eigh-
teen months was $16,482, while the
last eighteen months of Prices admin
istratlon cost $26,517. They were not
honest enough to say that Sic, 900 was
the cost of compiling and prin ting the
official statistical report which was
furnished the public for distribution
in the East. The public knows that,
contrary to the promise of the plat
form two years ago, the salaries of the
state officers were not reduced in any
way by the fusion legislature, and con-
sequently the expense of conducting
those offices cannot be any different
until the systems and salaries are
changed. The legislature did, how
ever, "cut" the state institutions, some
of them to their serious injury and de-
struction, but wait until the next leg
islature meets, and the deficiency bills
come in. Several of the state officers
claimed while ago, that they would
have to quit using Uncle Sans mails
because their stamp appropriations
were gone, but we don't hear anything
Of that jrst now.