The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1910-03-05

An official decision requires all kinds of whisky
to be called whisky Since there are all kinds of
whisky, man ordering whisky stands a chance
OF getting all kinds. In fact some individuals
continue to get all kinds of whisky regardless of
the government decision.
Champ Clark, the democratic leader of the
minority in the house, is always champion of the
common people" He declared the other day
that country folks know more than city folks about
what is going on and keep better track of public
affairs. And he further declared that country
people get the newspapers and read them, and
know more about what is going on in Washington
and the United States generally than the city peo-
pe." All of which goes to show that Champ" is
staying very close by his constituents.
The state law of 1893 requiring railroads at their
own expense to conduct and maintain crossings
gates and bars where their grades bisect land
owned by farmer, is held to have been repealed
by decision of the state supreme court in the case
of |. N Huffman against the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company, thus reversing the decision
OF the lower court. The supreme court says that
under the law of 1907 the landowner must pay the
expense of such crossings.
49,
Poindexter lived at Walla Walla and his reputa-
tion as lawyer was not the highest Under the
primary law of 1908 Poindexter was elected a
member of the United States house of representa-
tives. The day that the National Apple Show
closed last November Poindexter called meeting
of the insurgent press in the little room back of
the elevator in the chamber of commerce building
Spokane and there he made his speech ANNOUNCE
ing his candidacy for the United States senate
there being present only the following persons:
Rufus Woods -Wenatchee World.
W. D. Smith-Ritzvile State Journal
Rufus R. Wison-Malden Herald.
Geo. M. Lamphere -Palouse Republic
Halsey R. Watson-Prosser Republican-Buetin.
c. K. Kennedy-Farfield Standard.
Fred L. Wolf-Newport Miner.
j. G. Cowgl-Uniontown Press.
A. E. Veatch-Colville.
AS one of these editors denounced the whole
trick and another one Immediately afterwards
closed his printing office because of unpopuarty,
there are in the state today 400 publications
against Pondexter and for him.
Notwithstanding there were only nine persons
in the room, Mr.. Poindexter reported to the
Spokesman-Review that there were % editors to
whom he delivered his address and since that he
has had printed sheet containing his speech, with
present. and this sheet has been sent to all the ed
itors in the state of Washington under the pretext
that there was being organized progressive re-
publican press league. Some of the nine men who
were present repudiate the action and one man
was particularly indignant that he should have
been rated as an insurgent when he is the post
master of his home town and therefore owes his
position to the old line republicans Of those ed
tbo RufI1 r tolv
closed his printing office at Maiden and went to
Washington city to take a position in the govern
ment printing office Mr.. Wilson was the secre-
tary of the insurgent press association. The pres
ident of that association is Rufus Woods, and
when he was appointed Immediately afterwards as
postmaster at Wenatchee, the people held mass
meeting and revolted.
The meeting of the progressive republican press
league was called under The pretense that it was
for the purpose of organizing the republican papers
of eastern Washington into press association and
therefore the call was dishonest.
The republican papers of eastern Washington
look with disfavor on such mustard seed politics
and they think that man who aspires to the posi-
ton of United States senator should pursue a
broader gagged policy than to attempt to reward
the president of his press association with post
Office and the secretary of that association with
place in the government printing office. More
over, they believe as the voters do, that the man
who has made mighty poor lawyer, judge and
member of the lower house OF congress might have
waited until he had served one full term in con-
gress and made good in that position before he un-
dertook to claim promotion to the senate. More
than that the voters of this state are intelligent
enough to know that there is an unwritten law
which has always been observed, that one senator