The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-09-21
Study OF The Democrats ricket.

that as whole 1t represents very medi
ocre ability. For the most part tn,
candidates are men with little or nj
experience in pnlllc life. and choser
as they were after the usual unseem.,
dlcker between three organizations
each anxious for place, it is not sur
Iprising that the selections are not The
test that could have been made.
As for the governor, it is enough te
say that his administration has no
met with the favor of the partie,
which placed him in power, and priol
to the convention he was distinctly
repudiated by the voters of both organ.
lzations to which he owed elevation to
his present position. His renomina-
tion did not come as reward for pub.
lie duly faithfully performed, but ap-
pears to have been the. result OF skill
fnl and nncrupulous convention man.
leuvcring and recourse to methods
that areoftnslye to all people who be-
lieve in clean politics.
Mr.. Ronald, ore of the nominees
for congress isan estimable gentleman
IN many respects, but 1t is doubtful if
nature ever intended that he should
essay to grace the national halls of
legislation. He has held Office in the
past, but as yet no one has been accu-
sed OF asserting that ht was success
as a public servant. His career as
mayor of Seattle fills a page in book
that many do not care to have opened.
Aside from the wretched dishonesty
during his administration, in which,
ho yever, he was not personally lnvol-
we'd, he was unequal to the tasks impos-
ed upon him. No one thought for a
moment of assailing his personal quail
tiles of heart, but in the majority of
his fellow citizens minds it was dem
onstrated that, however high his
character might be, he was not cut
out for the public service.
AS for Mr.. Robertson, who was al so
nominated for congressional honors,
the state cannot afford to have him
represent them. Above all else the
people of this common wealth believe
in the supremacy of the law, and it
might as well be known here and now
that they will not tolerate the sugges-
tion of sending to Washington a man
who has enlisted in the cause of dyna-
mite, riot and outlawry No one may
care to criticize Mr. Robertson for his
professional connection with the Occur
d. Alene miners trials, but the people
of this state will take good care to see
that one, who has private citizen,
breaches lawlessness and disrespect for
the authority OF the government is re-
pudiated atthe polls. !.
The nominations for the supreme
bench are weak. 1t is hardly possible
that the people have reached the con-
clusion that the state court should be
made up of justices with the peculiari-
ties that distinguish Judge Winsor.
Whatever his early legal training may
have been, his later habits of thought
have been such as to unfit him for the
duties of a just and important judge.
He is embittered of spirit, stepped in
prejudices and biased in his notions of
property rights.
The gentlemen named for the other
offices are for the most part unknown
throughout the state. A few have
served the state in SOME capacity.
Mr.. Runner, candidate for treasurer,
has been member of the state senate
and it is not out of the order to credit
him with the honor OF being the only
reform member of that body in '97
who voted in favor of the measures
promised in the fusion platform.
The nomination of Gov. Rogers
seems to have been dearly purchased
victory for those who procured it by