The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-07-11

scramble Tor place, the secretary OF state IN case
number of declarations were filed simultaneously,
should determine their positions on the ticket by
the drawing Of lots plan which would have been
satisfactory to the candidates.
Letters were sent to Secretary Nichols asking
him what course he would pursue but he failed to
answer them. Now word comes from Olympia
that he has started waiting line in front of his
office by putting representative of himself at the
head of the line and giving the second place to
representative of John H. Schively a deputy in his
office, who seeks the nomination for insurance COM
missioner It is suspected that he also passed around
the word to few Of his friends that such a line
was to be formed in order that they might get
their representatives in line.
Secretary Nichols is given no authority by law
to form such line and has nothing to do with the
filing of declarations until his office opens for busi
ness on the morning of July TO- He has no right
or authority to distribute any numbers emitting the
holders either to place in the line to priority
on the ticket. If there is waiting line to be
formed at all, Nichols has no right to say how it
shall be formed to recognize the position of those
in the line.
His action in attempting to do so is that of
cheap politician, and the voters should show by
their ballots that it is not approved.
When man holding the high office of secretary
of great state disgraces that office by using it to
further his own personal ambitions, heis no longer
entitled to the confidence and respect of his con-
sttutents and he should be defeated for reelection
Review.
Recently the New York World printed an edito-
rial entitled President Taft-Roosevelt's Reign of
Terror Over" In that editorial the World says:
william H. Taft is the next president of the
United States provided the democratic national
convention nominates William J. Bryan 1t is an
office for which Mr. Taft has conspicuous qualfca-
tons. But best of all his nomination means the
end of Roosevelt and Rooseveltism. 1t means the
end of personal government, of autocratc regime,
of mtarism, of jingoism of Rough Rdersm, of
administration by shouting and clamor, tumult and
denunciation. 1t means the end of the Roose
vet reign of terror and the restoration of the pres
idency to it's historical dignity under the constitu-
tiOn."
And if Taft is elected, hurrah for the trusts.
What else counts, anyway?
The publicity committee of the Spokane Chamber
of Commerce is congratulated on the of it's
campaign for subscriptions to carry on the work
from which such splendid results have been OBJ
tanned. The city is congratulated on having men
and on the liberality of the bankers, merchants,
manufactures, property owners and others who have
contributed to the fund.
Thirty thousand dollars is now secured for the
coming year with which to keep the Inland Empire
in the eye of the people of the United States and
support the national apple show of next December.
The methods pursued by the publicity committee
have been approved by all familiar with them. At
public meetings and through the press the citizens
have been informed of the extensive and judcious
boosting" that has been done. In thousands of
papers and magazines throughout the United States
articles about the Spokane country have appeared.
No charge has been made for their publication and
the only expense incurred has been for the clerical
work of obtaining the information, compiling it into
readable and illuminative articles and mailing it to
the American press
There has also been issued an immense quantity
of special literature setting forth in attractive form
opportunities offered in Spokane and the Inland
Empire, and this literature has been placed where
it will do the most good In this and other work
extensively conducted by the committee there has
been heavy item of expense.
It is gratifying to the publicity committee to
know that it's efforts are appreciated and that the
results are apparent in the increase of city and
rural population It's work during the coming year
will be carried on with the same vigOr as in the
past st-Review.
The Washington Democrat is the only strictly
political weekly published in this state 1t is ably
edited, contains special articles by eminent writ
ers on political and economic subjects, and is an
authority on all state matters of interest to voters
and taxpayers The Examiner is especially favored
in having perfected an arrangement whereby We
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