The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-08-15

way for us to continue in the Pacific trade would
be for the railroads to own their own steamships
and-run them at heavy loss.'
Continuing, Mr.. Hill remarks: What we must
have to make an ocean-carrying trade possible is
not subsidies but intelligent legislation Legislation
that helps instead of hinders.''
1t is interesting to the Pacific Coast to know
that the Republican party is responsible for this
legislation well for the $144, 900, 600 shortage
in the treasury. Seattle Times.
While stckers may be used in the primary eec-
ton, the name of republican candidate stuck
upon democratic ticket can not be counted in
the republican returns.
This is the unofficial opinion given by Assistant
Attorney General Knickerbocker in response to a
query sent him by Charles Merriam, candidate for
the republican nomination for the legislature from
the Second district, and printed in the Spokane
Chronicle
In making this decision, Attorney Knickerbocker
holds that although held upon the same day and
under the same set of judges and clerks, there are
in fact two separate and distinct elections and that
the returns of each must be kept separate Poll
books are furnished for each party and before the
votes counted, they are at first separated, the
republican from the democratic.
Then in case the republican votes are counted
first the return sheet is complete as soon as the
vote is counted. Then the democratic vote is
counted and in case there is found upon a demo-
cratic ticket the name of republican candidate,
that name is counted upon the democratic return
sheet only and has no place whatever in the repub
lican returns.
Should enough stickers be used for a republican
upon democratic tickets he might become the
candidate of the democratic party, even though he
was defeated for the republican nomination, but
the votes cast for him upon democratic tickets
not be included in the republican returns.
Thus it might be possible for man to be chosen
as the nominee of both parties, but he must have
majority of the votes cast by each to become so
not majority of all the votes cast upon both
tickets combined.
Although Mr.. Knickerbocker gives this as an
unofficial opinion, there is no doubt that this will
be the Interpretation put upon the law by the at
torney generals office in case it is called upon to
give an official decision.
The proposition to bond Stevens county seems to
meet with favor wherever discussed. Eight per
cent is now paid on warrants. By bonding this
could be reduced to five per cent. 1t is necessary
to keep county warrants at par. The county is
gradually gaining in the payment of it's indebted
ness. With all past Indebtedness in the shape of
five per cent bonds much more satisfactory con-
dition would exist much clerical labor would be
avoided, and the county would at least be placed
on working cash basis until such time as it could
emerge from it's burden of debt and take it's place
on an actual cash basis.
A New York dispatch states that girl in hos
pital there lived for four hours without brain.
Thic will oiva tho nawcnapor naraUra nharc an IN.
portunity to say that some girls have been known
to live for years in the same condition
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A. J. Splawn of Yakima is receiving encourage
ing support in his candidacy for the gubernatoria
nomination. Jack" as he is known to many
Colville and Stevens county citizens, is man
whom the people could trust in the governors
chair. He has been known in Washington state
politics for years, has been prominent in the dev
elopement and growth of the state, and will not
only receive support from those who know him,
but will draw large vote from those who know
of him through the clean record which he has
made.
The feature of field day, Oct. 2, at the county
fair will be the competition for the $25 silver cups
which will be presented to the winning football
team and baseball team. These cups are to be
under competition for three years or more and any
team winning a cup three successive years shall
hold the cup thereafter. Players on teams must
furnish certificates from teacher of school showing
actual attendance in 1908.
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The coming campaign will be perhaps the most
exciting contest ever held in this state Voters
and taxpayers should be accurately informed re-
garding the merits of the contesting parties The
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