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

It's pity Stevens county can't have their assist
ance at the same time in the same work.
Sol. Mayer, democrat and prominent merchant
of Spokane, will be candidate for the state legis
lature on the most peculiar platform ever built in
the northwest. His main planks are as follows:
I will agree to vote against all new bills pro-
posed, except those that public necessity demands
Il will devote my time to working for the repeal
of most of the laws now on the statute books. hop
ing that in the end the state of Washington may
have few laws and good ones.''
MY idea" says Mr. Mayer, lis to get rid of all
the useless unenforced laws now in existence. We
have too many already, and each legislator seems
to think it his duty to get many bills passed
possible
IF the state legislature would devote all it's
time for the next five years in culling out the pres
ent laws instead of trying to pass new ones, the
state would be better governed, and the people
would pay less taxes"
George Hazard, who was for so many years
officially connected with democratic organizations
in Washington Territory and state, during that
period and subsequently made it practice to
gather information relating to the origin, growth
and development of political parties in the Pacific
northwest and the withdrawal of the Hudson Bay
Company under the treaty of 1885,
Mr.. Hazard, for the past two years, has spent
most of his time in Washington, D. c., verifying
and adding to his data from official records and
putting his material in shape for publication under
the title Political History of the Pacific North
west" The manuscript is completed and Mr..
Hazard hopes to have the book in print within
year.
This we'll known democrat will soon return to his
residence in Tacoma to remain permanently. He
expects to reenter politics and will seek the demo-
cratic nomination for congress this fall against
Judge McCrede or other nominee of the republi-
can party. He will make an active canvas of the
second district for the nomination. and, whatever
the result, will take the stump for the ticket Mr.
Hazard confidently predicts the next congress and
national administration will both be democratic.
ps
A German shoemaker left the gas turned on in
his shop one night, and upon arriving in the morn
ing struck match to light it. There was a ter
rifle explosion, and the shoemaker was blown out
through the street door into the middle of the
street.
A passerby rushed to his assistance, and inquired
if he was injured.
The little German gazed in at his place of bust
ness and said:
No, amt hurt But got out shust in time"
A few quotations from Slippery Bill Taft might
give an idea why the American people are not ap-
preciative of his policies
Sept %, 1908, Mr.. Taft said at Chicago: '"The
revision of the tariff which republicans desire is
revision which shall reduce excessive rates and at
the same time preserve the industries of the coun
try. - wish there to be no doubt in respect
to the revision Of the tariff
Dec. 16, 19O8 Mr.. Taft, then president-elect,
said in New York City: Unless we act in accord
ance with our promises we shall be made ac-
countable to the American people and suffer such
consequences as failure to keep faith has always
been visited with 1t will be better to have no re-
vision at all unless we are going honestly and fair
y to revise on the basis promised by our party"
On the 18th of February, 1910, speaking again
in New York, President Taft said: Nothing was
expressly said in the platform that the revision
was to be downward revision. =" y therefore
venture to repeat the remark that have had oc-
casion to make before that the present custom law
is the best that has ever been passed.
A comparatively small quantity of land will be
eliminated from national forests in the state of
Washington
Forest service examinations and surveys have
developed that only small areas have been included
in national forests which are not needed to be re-
tained permanently. Most of the lands to be elm
mated are in Colville and Kaniksu forests
The lands to be restored in Colville are in town.
ship 35 north ranges q, % and SO east; township
81 north, ranges 3O 80, 36 east township 80 north,
ranges 20 and 81 east, and township 40 north,
range % east.
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