The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-10-01


nomination for state supreme judges, these same
candidates having been indorsed by the non-parti-
san judiciary convention the day before: William
Hickman Moore democrat, King county; Charles
E. Shepard, republican, King county; P. M. Troy
democrat Thurston county; w. W. Tolman, demo-
crat, Spokane county; w. A. Grimshaw, republi-
can, Chelan county.
The judiciary platform protests against the ma
chine manipulation which compels the party to meet
in conventonto nominate judges, denounces the &C
ton of the legislature in restoring judges to the con-
vention system of nominations as an ''undsguised
iniquity," "brazen political infamy' and as the
work of political bandits'' It declares for non
partisan judiciary and the restoration to full force
of the peoples right to nominate their supreme
judges by direct vote. It pledges that the demo-
cratic nominees for the legislature will effectively
undo the iniquties which disgraced the republican
legislature Of 1909."
The general platform declares that nationally
not single republican pledge of two years ago
has been kept and that all legislative action in that
time for the benefit of the people has been accom-
pished through the efforts of the solid democratic
membership in congress in conjunction with inde-
pendent and progressive republicans.
. Declaring that the people demand change it
pledges the democratic party if restored power,
to the reduction of the tariff, genuine reciprocity
effective control of railroads and their physical
valuation, control of telephone, telegraph and ex-
press companies, selection of senators by direct
vote and the Oregon plan until the constitution
can be amended It demands progressive in
heritance tax, graduated income tax, and, in Or
der that the people may rule, it declares for the
initiative and referendum the recall, direct nom-
nations a corrupt practices act, law compelling
%bo y,,h1ioofioy, IF coronoion q
blanket primary election ballot and the prohibition
of members of legislative bodies from accepting
retainers from corporations.
On conservation the platform declares that pub
lie resources should be held in trust for the henet
of this as we'll as future generations and that the
income from federal resources should be turned
over to the states
Alonzo Melville Doty today assumes the manage
ment of the Statesman-Index, having purchased
the stock formerly owned by A. E. Veatch, and
having been elected manager by the trustees of
that institution.
Mr. Doty was the editor and owner of the Delta
at Vsaha, Cal. for IL years. For the last three
years he has been a student at Ohio Northern
University, Ada, Ohio. Making trip into this
section he has become impressed with the great
ness of our resources and prospects, and announces
his intention of staying.
The Examiner bids Mr. Doty welcome Coville
never has turned down a good newspaper man,
and if Mr.. Doty fills the place he will share the
best to be had here.
Yes, Veatch is about to go. There have been
rumors in the air for some time that he would be
requested to leave, and the stockholders of the In
dex have at last needed public demand. And as
fate wills it, he leaves the republican newspaper
in the middle of the campaign just as he left the
democratic newspaper here four years ago in the
middle of the campaign to take charge of repub-
lican paper.
It is not the desire of the Examiner to make any
unkind remarks at this time A newspaper battle
has been fought in Colville which has been noted
throughout the state, fight extending over three
years. One of the participants has quit. The
other should be charitable enough to keep silent
after he has won. But as it is known that the one
who has quit made his threats from the beginning
that he would run Red Top and the Examiner out
of business in Colvle, let the secret now be told
that this same threat was the one factor which
kept Red Top in Colvie during the discouraging
experiences of instituting the Examiner here.
Things are now different. The elements of
petty discord are being gradually swept from the
increasing interests of this section and the slogan
of get together" has almost taken the place Of
run him out. -
There have been lessons learned during this
ight-some of them probably bitter ones. The
one which stands out most clearly is the old adage
so very full of truth, that honesty is the best
poicy''-best for the happiness of the individual,
best for the consciousness, and best financially in
the end. Resolutions whitewashing committees,
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