The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1909-06-05

Which translates into good weather by is. De-
slrous of information, you must say "Shirashite
kudaisai, that is Informing condescend," and
if doubling the accuracy of that which you have
been told, you are rude enough to say so the
correct form is 80 ia na!' or so by isn't"
The caution "You mus mt touch it," is literally,
AS for touching, is no CO."
New rules of the postofice department govern
ing the handling of United States mail in hotels,
have been issued. According to the new regula-
tons, mail must not be handled by guests or
transients and the addresses on letters must not
be exposed to view. All mail which does not bear
return address must be returned to the postoffice
after Is days, and no mail shall be received at
hotel offices for persons who are not guests at the
hotel. In addition to this, hotel proprietors are
required to discourage the receipt of mail under
fictitious names and all such mail must be returned
to the postoffice. The regulations also require
that record be kept of forwarding addresses
and of all registered mail received.
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The new secretary of state, l. M. Howell, has
given orders that no employees of the office will
hereafter be permitted to do any work for
private compensation either within or outside of
office hours. This stops the old custom under
which the employees furnished lists of auto licenses
corporation filings and other data to interested
persons.
A great many people appear to be shocked and
surprised at the mess of official graft and scandal
which has been uncovered at Olympia. They
may we'll be schocked but they ought not be sur
prised, for it is the usual and natural result of
maintaining the same political party in power by
continuous overwhelming majorties. They had
ample warning in 1904, when the republican lead
ers felt so secure that they openly and brazenly
sent for railroad lobbyist to come to the state
convention at Tacoma and dictate the ticket in his
private car, while the delegates to that convention
were herded like sheep and not allowed to take
any action until the slate Of candidates had been
prepared and rammed down their throats. The
people knew these facts and yet they elected the
ticket simply because it was labeled republican.
Is it any wonder that the men thus nominated
and elected concluded that the voters of the state
would stand for anything and proceeded to make
hay while the sun was shining? Their incompet-
ency and grating was exposed and discussed in
the campaign last fall and yet they were reelected
by an overwhelming ma jority, and with this
dorsement of the people could see no necessity for
changing their ways. 1t is self evident fact
that men who go into politics with the deliberate
purpose of making money or advancing their own
selfish ends will always align themselves with the
dominant party. 1t matters not what name the
party may bear, wherever that party is so strongly
entrenched that it can elect bad men as easily as
good ones, many bad men will attain to office.
The people of this state are now face to face with
humiliating demonstration of the folly of vot-
ing for men for no better reason than because they
are running on the republican ticket. Will the
voters profit by the experience?- Colfax Common
er.
In this matter of the tariff, the appeal to Caesar,
for the whole of the house and one-third of the
senate, comes next year. The people are Caesar,
and they will declare at the polls what they think
of what is now being said and done by their repre-
sentatives in the two houses
And let it be remembered that the men now
making tariff history are we'll aware of this fact.
They know election day, and are bearing it in
mind. They are laying up treasure think they
are-against that very interesting accounting.
From the people they came and unto the people
they must return If their record is approved,
they come again; if not, private life-for awhile
at least, and maybe forever after-s their portion.
Nearly all of them want to come again. Office,
and office in Washington particularly, is one of
the strongest of lures We hear of the itch for
Office" There is such thing, and once man
catches it he is likely to scratch all the rest of his
lfe He scratches to get office. and if he sue
ceeds, scratches to keep it.
We may all be we'll assured, therefore, that the
tariff history now being made is very largely, if
not altogether, for home consumption. The man
whose qualifications are interested in particular
industry and wants it protected is voting for pro-
lection. Sugar, rice, wool, hides, coal, iron ore.