The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1908-06-06

years ana Will IN the coming campaign ask for a
continuation of the power The democrats will pre-
sent criticism of republican management and pro-
pose change in the personnel of the officers and a
change in the policy to be pursued. The voters
after having heard both sides and considered the
arguments for and against the policies presented
will decide the question at issue and determine the
trend of the government for the next four years.
The democrats will ask for the election of senators
by direct vote of the people in order that it may be
easier for the voters to control the government;
the democrats will ask for legislation against the
trusts in order that the public may be protected
from the monopolies; the democrats will ask for
reduction of the tariff in order that the people may
be relieved from excessive taxation; the democrats
will ask for effective railroad legislation that the
people may be protected from watered stock and
fictitious capitalization, for until we know what the
railroads actually are worth we can not determine
what they should collect in the way of rates; the
democrats will ask for reconciliation of the differ
ences between labor and capital that these two i'm
portant factors in business may work harmoniousy
together"
The supreme court has again affirmed the con-
stitutonality of the state Sunday closing law.
Following its decision of some months ago, test
case was brought in Seattle in the form of habeas
corpus proceeding on behalf of Frank H. Donnellan,
theatrical manager, for keeping his show house
open on Sunday. The attempt was made to upset
the law because the original bill passed by the terri
toria legislature exempted Snohomish county from
its provision. The supreme court in it's decision
says that the penal code into which part of this old
law was copied, which copy omitted this exemption,
is new law, supersedes the DID, and holds that the
act is valid, and denies the application for habeas
corpus.
Members of the executive committee of the Wash
ngton State Press association have perfected plans
which will make the coming annual meeting at
Vancouver the most notable of it's kind in the history
Of the organization. The committee has fixed the
date for the state meeting for July 16, II and 18.
Not only has the Oregon Press association accepted
invitation to meet with the Washington associa-
tion but the latter organization will also extend to
the newspaper men of Alaska an invitation to join
in the meeting This will be the first time in the
newspaper history of the northwest that attempt
has been made for joint meeting, and the idea is
finding enthusiastic favor among the editors of the
state. Vancouver is planning on entertaining at
least 500 guests when the association meets, and
elaborate preparations will be made for the affair."
The Washington association has a membership of
300, and more than 200 guests are expected from
Oregon and Alaska The program as mapped out
by the executive committee includes steamer ex-
cursion on the upper Columbia river, trolley ride
through Portland and vicinity and smokers and re-
ceptions. Vancouver is rich in places of historia
interest, and her guests will be shown all of the
points of interest The association is endeavoring
to secure some speakers of national reputation to
address the various sessions of the convention.
Besides the newspaper men of the two states, who
will read and discuss shop papers, the meeting will
be attended by Washington congressman and rep
resentatives and also the governor of each state.
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Eastern Washington is taking up heartily with
the effort to secure congressional representative
who will in reality represent the people of this
ton. Of all candidates on both tickets, William
Goodyear seems to stand not only the best chance
of nomination. but of election. Eastern Washing
ton has known him for 20 years, knows what he
wants to see accomplished in the way of national
legislation, and knows what he would do if given
the opportunity to serve the people.
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The board of food and drug inspection at Wash
ington has decided that the name Mocha" as a
label upon coffee can hereafter be applied only to
coffee grown in the Yemmen district of Arabia.
That would seem to be fair enough and strictly in
accordance with the terms of the pure food law.
If we buy Mocha we want Mocha and are
entitled to have Mocha. :" If we just want coffee
most any old thing will do, but for the preven-
ton of profanity in the household, all coffee SUBJ
stitutes should be so labeled. Drowned beans or
ground corn and sawdust are not calculated to re-
dound to the credit of the Yemmen district when
labeled with the name of that country even though
they be fully as healthfu as the genuine Mocha.
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