The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-03-19

1t should not be forgotten that President Taft
ADVISED against congressional investigation of
the S2 600 600 sugar fraud which was perpetrated
upon the customs department Of our government
1t is all right to hang chicken thief, but New
York's big friends of Wall streets big president
must be protected.
The local option proposition in Spokane county
to spend several thousand dollars of the county's
money for the purpose of putting one saloon out
OF business is not looked upon with favor by the
commissioners of that county, and inasmuch as little
liquor is sold at the small station of Colbert the
liquor dealers of Spokane are not insistent upon
having the saloon closed at so great loss to the
county,
But one saloon could be affected, it is claimed
should the local option carry for the county. But
two townships went wet" at the recent township
meetings, these being Nine Mile and Colbert The
saloon at Nine Mile went out of business some
time ago for lack of patronage, and, it is now
asserted, the only saloon left in the county outside
OF Incorporated towns is at Colbert. A general
election in city and county costs around $15 600 or
$4,000, and while special election in the county
would not cost that much the expense would
probably run up into the thousands.
pt
Representative Wiley of New Jersey has a bill
before congress providing that all paper money
which reaches the treasury be burned, and new,
clean currency furnished in lieu of it. In support
of this measure he had current 81 bill microscop-
icaly examined and the report on it's condition laid
before the house committee on banking and cur
rency. The bill in question had on it 92 900 germs
of different diseases, and paper money generally
has been found to carry germs of smallpox, scarlet
fever, typhoid, tuberculosis and diphtheria.
Desiring to aid in this crusade against diseased
paper money, the Examiner hereby announces
that any ones having dirty paper money in their
possession may bring it to this office and receive
in exchange clean paper every week in the year.
An editor takes so many chances in this world
that few million germs more will not make any
great difference. It's the absence of these money
germs that makes trouble for US.
= The very day the republican senate defeated the
Cummins substitute for the postal savings bank
bil the leaders of the dominant party gathered at
the White House to declare open war upon ''insur-
gency."
It was momentous session. The deliberations
vtaly affect the immediate future of republicansm,
marking it's irretrievable overthrow granting it
a new lease of life, as the people of the United
States later on may decide against it or for it.
From that council chamber where Mr. Taft pre-
sided as leader, issues an unalterable decree. The
ak must be laid at the root of insurgency. That
rank hersey must be destroyed, else it overwhelm
the party itself.
The initial attack will be made on Cummins.
The senator from Iowa, who after having goaded
Allison, succeeded that venerable statesman in the
upper house, will gladly pick up the gage. He has
heard the challenge.
His followers are to be taught, by the narrowing
spectacle of the annihiation of their leaders, that
the principle of hostility to the constituted head of
the republican party will not be tolerated. Cum
minis, and all that Cummins represents, must be
blotted out.
This is the battle cry, not only in Iowa, but in
every state were insurgency has gained foothold
It is true of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio
1t is true Of Washington. The slogan that calls
for the extirpation of Cummins applies with scarce
ly less force to LaFollette, Doliver Nelson, Bev-
eridge, Clapp, Brown, Victor Murdock and lesser
lights, dwindling to mere spark in Miles Poin-
dexter.
The war will be carried, under administrative
direction into every state that nurses the hersey
of insurgency; men are marked for slaughter who
have had any hand in fighting the administration,
and their desired appointments have been and will
be turned down cold
What is the difference between an insurgent and
a rebel?
Why will man claim to be a republican, and
yet turn about and fight the party which placed
him in office?
Oh, gratitude, get thee back to the coal shed!
The fact is, since the administration has taken a
decided stand in regard to refusing political plums