The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-07-16

A convention of the democrats of Stevens count
has been called for 1:3O p. m. Saturday. July ~
in Colville for the purpose Of selecting II dele
gates to represent this county at the demoratl
state convention, and to transact any other bust
ness that may properly come before the convention
It is ordered that caucuses be called in the vari
GUS precincts on Saturday, July g. for the selec
ton of delegates to the county convention.
Stevens county is entitled to II delegates at tn
state convention. Under the revised primary law
supreme court judges are now nominated at tn
state conventions of the various political parties.
Miles Poindexter the insurgent aspirant for tn
U. S. senate, has gotten himself into beautiful
little boat which now threatens to capsize AM
utterly drown him and his senatorial aspirations.
1t seems that Poindexter made visit to Fheo
dore Roosevelt the first of the month, and used hi
visit as an excuse for claiming that Roosevelt
would support his candidacy for the senate. i
Poindexter's words were: Roosevelt and
have always stood together. He is still with me
and he assured me today that he will continue y
be. We discussed politics in all its phasesiand
am heartily pleased with the colonel's views. Th'
outcome of our conference is gratifying"
When this statement was brought to Roosevelt
attention, he gave out the following statement
''Mr. Poindexter did not discuss the Washington
senatorial contest with me. My relations with al
the candidates to succeed Senator Piles have been
so far as can recall, most cordial. will not taxi
any side in the contest. We did not discussspolit
ical questions in regard to the northwest"
1t now lies between Roosevelt and Poindexter a
to which is telling the truth. The Rev. Anania
E. in the Statesman-Index says that Roosevelt ha
indorsed Poindexter for senator, which seems Il
show that the 'leader of the republican party il
Stevens county" believes Roosevelt is lying abou
the matter
Ananias E. and Pondexter both democrats bu
a few years ago, have their own original method
of campaigning.
The American Issue, official organ of the stat
anti-saloon league, in discussing the coming stat
campaign says:
Prohibition is not an issue in this campaign
The issue is: Shall the voters Of the several coua
ties as units have the right to vote on the merits
of the saloon and decide whether they want, to re-
tain or abolish them? The county unit advocates
merely want to elect legislature that will pass
county unit law"
1t is evident from the above that the ant-saloon
league, the wholesale liquor dealers and the re-
publican machine are afraid that prohibition will
be incorporated in the democratic state platform
this year, as it was two years ago. and they make
haste to advise the people that prohibition is moi
an issue this year, but county option is the issue.
Two years ago local option was used as the argu.
ment against prohibition. In two years more
some other substitute can be advanced and in -four
years they will have had time to think up some
thing entirely new to place before the voters in.
stead of prohibition.
Prohibition is not popular with the anti-saoon.
league The state dobject of the league is to do away
with the saloon not with the liquor traffic. If all per-
sons who are opposed to the liquor traffic were to
have voted with the democrats for prohibition two
years ago there would now be no more anti-saoon
league and no more wholesale liquor dealers in this
state. But the good people were urged by repre-.
sentatives Of the republican machine to vote fol
local option instead of prohibition, hence we have
the liquor traffic still with u.s. and the league anx
iously announcing that prohibition is not an issue.
There's nothing like good political gag to foo
the people. This is the liquor manufacturers and
the republican party found in local option.
Virginia has now in operation an anti-cursina
law which, if enforced will make men mighty
careful how they use their tongues in political and
business disputes. The law reads:
IF any person shall in the presence or hearing
of another curse or abuse another person or ust
violently abusive language to such person concern
ing himself or his relatives, under circumstances
reasonably calculated to provoke breach of the
peace, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and or
conviction shall be fined not less than S. so MOI
more than $780,"
It's lucky thing that Veatch and Ives dom
live in Virginia.