The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1916-02-12

ago. Mr.. Schiff told his hearers
some things that probably were
not welcome to their ears, but
which they will profit by ponder
ing. Among other things, he
said: "My heart is with the Re-
publican party, but my common
sense makes me a Democrat.
That certainly was a stiff wallop
for his fellow lovers of party
which has always proclaimed it.
self to be the last word in efficien-
cy and sound common sense. IT
the trained business judgment of
Banker Schiff would not permit
him to vote for the party of his
hearts affection, there must have
been a very substantial reason.
Mr.. Schiff was constrained to vote
for Mr.. Wilson. 1t was the first
time he ever voted for Demo
crat for president, but he con-
fesses that he isn't sorry he did it.
In fact, he III do it again.
Standing here on holy Repub-
lican ground" said Mr. Schiff, 81
say without fear or favor, if you
renew in the next presidential
campaign the tariff agitation of
the past if you threaten the coun-
try, and show it that you want
a renewal of special privilege and
high protection, the people will
have none of it. The people have
learned, the Workmen and farm
ers have learned, and they can
not be misled any further. "
That is why Mr.. Schiff's com
mon sense makes him a Demo
crat though his lifelong political
associations have been Republi-
can. The Republicans have been
content to win elections on "full
dinner pail" platform, and they
succeeded 50 many times that they
thought the people would never
wake up to the hollowness and
hypocrisy of their pretensions.
They refused to reform the cur
rency, though Mr.. Schiff predict
ed the last panic nearly year in
advance as result of the old
system. They refused to do any
thing useful. They stood pat on
the full dinner pail slogan and
the same old Bourbon leaders that
nearly wrecked the party are still
in control of the machinery and
figuring to i. am through another
election on the same ancient,
wOrm-eaten platform, embellished
with a few fimsy new planks de
signed to make political capital
out Of our delicate foreign rela-
tions. They ought to thank Mr..
Schiff for his candor in warning
them. There are good many
others like Mr.. Schiff whose
hearts are for the Republican
party but whose common sense
makes them Democrats.
In 1900 the death rate from
nephritis and Bright s disease in
the registration area of the United
States was 88 per 100000 popu-
lation. Thirteen years later the
death rate from the same diseases
had increased to 104 per 100000
population. During this year
there were 65,882 deaths, divided
with respect to age, as follows:
l3, 544 persons died under 40 years
of age, and 52,338 persons died
over 40 years Of age. In other
words, at 40 years of age your
chances of dying from kidney
troubles have materially increased
since the beginning of the pres
ent century.
The state Of Washington shows
the same alarming rate Of in
crease that is shown throughout
the registration area. In 1910
the number of deaths in the state
of Washington from nephritis,
Bright's disease and diabetes
(this disease is included because
it is detected usually by "A urin-
airy examination) was 7l5, and in
1914 the number of recorded