The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1915-08-07

the covenant, and there is not a
township anywhere without its
group of Gittites devoted wholly
and solely to its preservation.
THE progressives have the
right plan for the tariff and other
economic issues, including the
trust problem. The democratic
leadership, after two and a half
years trial, has signally failed in
solving the nations economic
questions. It's tariff law, slam
med together under the old log
rolling leadership, is utterly un-
productive of any of the results
previously claimed for it. It's
trust legislation founders, its
attempts at development of
ocean-going craft have fizzled.
THAT this is the judgment of
the voter is amply evidenced by
the tremendous anti-democratic
sentiment that has developed at
the polls at virtually every cleo
ton in the last two years. At
many of these elections the voter
cast a republican ballot because
he believed the republican lead
ership had learned its lessons and
would hereafter take the pro-
gressive path.
'But now the voters know for
a certainty that when the repub-
lican leadership has been re-
stored to power it has shown
more, not less, reactionary tend
encies, as is notably evidenced
by the actions of the legislatures
in New York, Ohio and Massa-
chusetts. Hand in hand with the
progressive proposition to encom-
pass social and industrial justice
goes the necessity of solving the
great economic problems of the
country, not on the basis of the
political advantage, of which
practice both the old parties are
infamously guilty, but on the
basis of service to society.
Everywhere | found these
progressives who made the fight
of 1912 with the idea uppermost,
eager now to continue the fight.
Wherever they had a chance to
make good they have done so.
''The spectacle of republican
reaction in New York and Ohio,
in contrast to progressive
achievement in California under
Governor Johnson. is dramatic
7 portrayal of the need of the new
strong patriotic party of public
service. Therefore the progress
sive party will go on with it's fight
straight out and flat footed"
The annual encampment of the
socialists of Stevens county will
be held at the city park, Colville,
Aug. 27, %, 20. 1t is expected
that nearly 100 tents will be oc-
cupied by visitors from over the
county who will spend the three
days here. Among the promi-
nent speakers will be W. R.
Snow of Chicago, national organ
izer, and L. E. Katterfeld of
Everett, state secretary. County
Secretary E. E. Owsley is already
arranging for the encamp-
ment and each of the county
locals is to send in word as to the
number of tents they will bring
and occupy. The IL locals of the
county are at Addy, Aladdin, Col
vile, Cedonia, Echo, Deep Creek,
Loon Lake, Millville, Marcus,
Grin, South Basin, South Fork.
The encampment last year was
held at Addy, with a large at
tendance.
Information comes from the
adjutant general that there is no
vacancy in the organized militia
of the state, as under the scheme
of national defense as outlined
by the war department this state
has it's full quota of infantry
troops. Some weeks ago it was
rumored that a change would be
made in the Spokane military or
ganizations which would permit
the organization of two or more
companies in the state, but this