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MARSHFIELD, OREGON
flCCII V TA A CT MAI! !cfl kinds. Ouo kind Is steadfastness
WfcttVLfl vUAM illAILjto oouvictioiM of right nnd wrong,
Mid lu thin our candidate stands sec
ond to none. Of tho steadfastness
which clings to a nnnio nnd takes no
noto of changing conditions or chang
ing issues; which will follow tho Dcm-
j ooratio tanner, whether it be .carried
, by a Cleveland or by i Bryan; vhoth-
D&Uftd In tWj Poitufftce at Marshfleld
-' . el iSiCdlU' Cl&ci Hatter.
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like iho Wilton bill; In faot no mat
ter what It may represent, just so
it havo the brand; of thin kind of
steadfastness Mr", Sherwood may have
lift THH BULLETIN EXPLAIN
ThoJoqulllo Bulletin, whloh, by
tho way, ist; (Democratic paper just
now, calls on John S. Ooko to ox.
plain on what phaso of tho monuy
question ho "went out" of tho Demd
oratio party, aud tlio Bulletin goes on
to rIvo soino history lu thu ondea'vor
to show that Mr, Coko "atatd(?) in,?
and-' '08 but alaft
after tho DemporaUtf
National Convention 'had rontllriuciV
WEEKLY
Issued Every Saturday. Terms: la Ad
vance, 31.50 a Year, Sx.oo Six Months.
tho money plank of J 800. "
Now, the MAIL hurt not consulted
Mr. Coke, but will glvu somu facta
whloh arc doubtless. fwoll known to
iltn Aflltnr of Mm llntli.M.i . it...
It is refreshing to noto that tho ccrtn!llly nw t0 ho p,atlonum lu
Democrats havo at lust formulated
ouo specific ohargo against A Republi
can candidate aud havo put It iuto
plain English. Mr. Herman, whilo a
member of tho legislature, kept his
fingernails clean "without any ro-
Regular Republican j suiting benefit to Cooa County."
Ticket
STATE
For Supreme Judge Frank A. Moore J
of Columbia County. . .
Dairy and food Commisidnert J. W.
Bailey, of Multnomah Connlvi "
' For Qongreoitnan, list district) Din
ger Hermann, of Douglas county.
SECOND JCDICVL DISTRICT .
Forjudge E'O Porter, of Eugene.
For District Attorney Geo M Brown,
of Rorcburg.
' ' ' PlbTlUCT
For .loint SeuatoT John S Coke,
o! Mar$hfluhl.
' For HeprejentaUvi iSehiller B Her
mann, of Mprtlo Point.
For .Joint Itepreieutativo Story
Tierce, of I'ort Orford.
cou.ntv
For Commissioner year6)E A
Anderson, of Marshfleld.
For Commissioner (4 years) Lord
8pire, of Myrtle Point.
For County Clern Jamca WaUon, ol
Cooa City.
For Sheriff Stophen S Gallicr, of
Coquillo City.
For Assessor E S Dean, of Myrtle
Foint.
For School nuperiotendent W II
Lunch, of McKinley.
For Treasurer J B Dully, of Ccqullle
City.
' For Surveyor C S McCollocb, of
Bandon. j
ForCoronsr E Mingus, of Mar eh
field.
' rBKCIiJCT
For Constable John W Carter.
Tills is indeed n serious ohargo, but
aro tho voters willing to substitute
tliis man Iahj because he is likely to
let his finger nails go dirty? There is
another point they might make in
from that standpoint : Mr Ilernnum
also took to tho legislature, and re
tained throughout tho uecsibu, a clean
and unsmirched character. His man
ners, na well as his fingernails, are
also mpre "polished" than his oppon
ents aro ever likely to bo.
As for tho "rare eloquence" with
whoso interest ho endeavors to distort
them.
Mr. Coko "stayed InV In 1800,"
in nplto of the tho money ques
tion, iu tho hopb that tho Democratic
party would return to what ho con
sldered "honest money. Ho stayed In
through the state campaign of 1808,
still hoping that Iho National Demo
cracy would como back rortho position
whiph ho considered right. Hut tho
Bulletin Is lu error for whloh there
pcolally adapted totiurnoeds,
Vhi policy of tho qtfABT MAIL
has nhvnya been to lead thu van Jm tlfo
march of nowspapor pwuress, and tho
addition of this umohtuu to Its outfit
Is an Important step in advauoe. Thu
Slmplox will enable us to set more
typu with loss ox)eiikor and to glvo a
bettor paper for tho monoy than wo
havo been able to do boforu.
This Is In lino with the determina
tion to glvu Marshfleld tho best Hst
bib newspaper that thu patrouago
would justify, and that policy will bo
adhered to.
Thu MAIL has Ihmmi, and is, a
strictly business enterprise, asking no
bonus nor graft. Its ownership and
Its management, up to n very recent
date, have Wen Identical, aud thu
eoutrol still rests with tho manage
ment, with no strings on It held by 1
anyone behind the scenes.
It is to the credit of Marshfleld us a
I m POLITICAL ARENA
The Chnmberlaln Domooratlo Oluh
has at last boon forced olit into tho
opon Hold by a iovr well placed ahoto
from tholb'puhlloan ranka,nd aa nntlo
olpated, thflr method ol conduotliiR tho
coming politico) contutt In of the sordid
typo aa U revealed by u connminkatlon
from them In tho last liauo of (he Coos
Bay News.
In replying briefly to this half bnkud
uplitlu thu dlnnlly of tlio Hopubllimn
party does not propose to Indulge lu a
a almlhtr article. Tho high boiiho ot
honor and justice which nnlmntca
tho feollnRn of those who nro cunciirncd
in tho vol faro ol tho ltopubllcau ticket
doos not permit base methods ol attack
and unkind personal rontarka about tho
qualities ot the Dornocratlo candidates.
Wo will extol thu vlrtuea of our own
SSa.'g.MSirSg
lias a elean record, free from misdeed!
on Important political quoiitloiiB, lie Ik
liberal with IiIh followmcn mid does not
wonr a oollulold collar to o!9t h
wnnhorwomnu out of a Job,
Mr, llormann Lad followed an honor-
nblohualnein and J Identified with the
buelneM Industries of (he county, He
la no parAtiltoaltdliiK forward mid back
ward on moral questions, ''off again, on
again," Ho has a olonn consalunco h
well ni clean flngernnlls, Mr. i'lorc6
has been wisely sulectod by the Itepub-
lluana ot (Jurry County for tho office ot
joint roproaontatlvo, hla fltnoss (or tho
position will burn n laruo liolo In tho
votes of tills district, so Hint only tha
ulmrrod ednon will bo loft for.olhore,
ess1" j .a
progressive business town that It has cnmlhUtca nnd soo what they aro nnd
favor of their candidate whilo aTgnlugl u ., , ,L . . ' it .
f s Isiio excuse when it states that after
the National "Democratic convention,
in July 1000, reaffirmed tho "mouey
plank" of tho 180G Chicago conven
tion, "Mr. Coko still staid in."
It f ght there is where ho ceased to
"stay in." Doesn't tho Uulletln
know that Mr. Coko was appointed
committeeman by tho State Demo-
supported a dally paper employing at
present writing eight adult person.
Nor would wo fail to express appreci
ation of tho patrouago that has come
from outsldo tho limits of Marshfleld
and has materially helped to make
possible tho improvement of tho paper.
Eveu with the addition of this lalr
saviug maohiue, the plant is not all
that could bo desired. Othor addi
tions will be mado as fast as Is Kssi-
1Y fl-lin Ttiktim 4-t it (ntnirlnnflAii t 1
.uvu uv wvmmj.ug uuib,uuiuu " , mn- tlint v.ml. ... ll,.J .1.,11..
J .-" cujiiivi; miiii
vests their candidate, it may bo said
that tho mere ability to talk and rt
aro not.
It has been tho timo-honorcd(?) custom
ol the Democratic party to try to climb
by pulling somothlng down that has
boon already uicful. She has such n
small footing of her own to stand on
that littlo could bo expected from her
principles so (ho trios to create condition
in hor favor by calling atlontloti t tho
monster llepuhllcan party.
Thu hystorlcal character of tho monlal
cd to berve, for tho reason that he
was not in sympathy with the party?
readiness to turn looso ti perennial ;tI . , , ., tl ,, ., , . .,
1 ' How could thu Bulletin look up the
EDITORIAL
SOME COMPARISONS
Tho Democratic spokesmen say:
"Wo afcsert that Mr. A, J, Sherwood
is mere able, more experienced and
more steadfast than his opponent, Mr.
Coke." The Mal will BUggeot to tho
bretheren, that assertion is not proof,
and before tho Republicans, from
whom tho votes would havo to be
drawn to elect Mr. Sherwood, can be
pursuaded to knife their own candid
ato it will bo necessary to do more
than "assert" tho superiority of the
gentleman named.
Now, with all duo respect to Mr,
Sherwood, since his friends have
jnadethe comparison, it mayj bo al
lowable to look into this matter u
little. In what way hns he shown
this superior ability? He has been
located ut Coquille City nearly cr i
quite a quarter of a century, and if
ho has ever set tho world on fire, oven
in that small place, thu conflagration
has never spread across tho divide.
True, lie is older tlian Jolm S. Coke,
but no well-informed person would
cay that he otands higher in the legal
profession than our candidate, and
only at this timo could oven n hope
lam Democrat bo made to bollevo that
Jio stands as high. , And tho fact that
3Ir. Coko has in . a very few years
reached a staudil'(r higher than his op-
pcint has been able to- attain in a
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quarter of a ceutuary of effort", would
Indicate .that tho superior ability lay
on the' sfde of the'y&ungef "man. ,.
lAi for itejHlfftsiiWM there are eov ,
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fountain of gush on demand, is not
really ranked as eloquence where tho
real article exists. Further, in tho
Orpfmn !lpiirttntiiTO n ivni!lintit for'
O-" --o - j-
"hollering" does not bring results
at least, not thoso desired.
To the assertion that, "Mr. Burns
is also a better man", tho MAIL will
add a prophecy: that ho will'bo -elected
to stay at home, and this will
provo a good short-rango prediction.
recorord so closely without discover
ing this fact? And if the Bulletin
was uware of thu fact, why suppress?
lis it possible that tho Democrats
I would purposely make uu unfair and
miss-leading statement?
Aro they getting, demoralized by
reading the awful doggerel which tho
Chamberlain Democratic Club is per
petrating?
Let the Bulletin do a little "ex
plaining."
WILL KNOCK OUT THE BOSSES
Under the present system of nomi
nating conventions, tho delegate is
elected on one of two theories. Either
bio without overstepping tho Ixnuids I
of business prudence, and Marshfleld j k-wp of tho Democratic party la well
can rest assured that with reasonable oxempllflcd in tho Nowa article. Wo
encouragement tho COAST MAIL -ro Informed that from present Indlca
will keej up with thu procession.
STAND PAT
Who was it first used the express
ion, "stand pnt," in connection with
a political situation? Wasn't it the
he goes to tho convention to do the lflto lamented Mark? Anyway, that
will of thoso who sent him, in nomiu- i8 ,lU tlmt Repnolionn voters havo to
atinga ticket, or ho is picked out do ln thlM option. Stand pat and
and sent to tho convention to do aB he ! voto ynr ticket ftud itfl Hnocw'' Irt n
jolly well pleases about tho ticket.
Tho last is the Hamiltoniun idea
that tho people at large are not capn
dead certainty. Tho Rupnblicau
majority in Coos County cannot bo
overcome by the combined opposition,
ble of knowing what is good for them, I0"0?1 h' mo Mtion ' our
and thereforo should delegate thoir rnnkfl for whloh thoro conld l) uo
powers, to a few superior individuals,
aud then tako their medicine.
If the first named is the right
adequate excuse.
Line thu two tickets up opposite
each othor, and man for man down
theory, then the system of putting thoitho 'trl"?' tho vuutago is with tho
will of tho people into effect is an ex- 'publicans. Tho Democrats aro
tremely awkward piece of machinery.
The delegate may iu somo instances
havo a pretty good idea of tho prefer
once of his friends and ne!ghtxrs, as
to who should fill ono or two of tho
places on tno ticuet. lie can never
bo absolutely certain' even of this
much. As to tho most of tho tioket,
ho iu practically at sea and must fall
back on his own preferences, which
brings us baok to Hamiltonism at
oueo.
If the American people aro capable
of voting intelligently for delegates,
they aro capable of voting jnst as in
tilllgently on candidates, for nomina
tion. If they are capable of govern
ing themselvos, they, aro capable of
ohoosiug their candidates and their
own laws, for that matter.
Tho proposed direct primary law l
directly iu lino with the best develop
ment of popular, government, and it
ought tojearry by a practically unan
imous. ,vote. , K . ,
concentrating their fire on the head of
the ticket, but that need alarm no one.
There aro Republican votes enough to
eleot by u handsome majority, and till
tho hullabaloo raised by tho opposi
tion, will not 1m) counted among thu
ballots. "Let file" helitho'n roge,"
stand pat.
There is no reason on eurth why a sin
gle Democrat should lx elected, und
It will only lx) a matter of carlessuess
or joor judgment on tho part of Re
publican voters if tho majorities aro
not all on tho rht side. It is cer
tainly a good timo to stand pat.
Tho incoming Alliance brings a
Simplex typo-sotting machine for tho
COAST MAIL, nils miiohlno was
ordered early iu March, that being tho
first order over sont iu from this part
of Oregon. It has been nearly two
MORE BULLETIN INACCURACIES
In Saturday's Issue, tho MAIL
called nttentiou to muiiu inaccuracies
lu a purported statement of facts
mode by the Coquillo Bulletin lu an
attack on John S. Coke, Republican
candidate for joint senator, That
article was written without consult
ing Mr. Coke, who was out of town.
Further investigation has disclosed
still greater variatico from tho truth
In the Bulletin's statement than wns
there set forth.
Iu 1800, when Mr. Coko used his.
influence to help elect J, W. Bennett,
tho latter was running as n gold-stand-ard
Democrat. Ho did, also, as
sist J. W. Bennett in his canvass
against Thomas Buckmau, iu tho later
campaign, when Mr. Stauff was also
doing all he could or Mr. Bennett.
Mr Coke did not, as stated by the
Bulletin attend as a delegate tho Dem
ocratic county convention iu tho
spring of 1000, nor any other Demo
cratic convention of that year.
The last Democratic convention at
tended by Mr. Coko was six years ago,
and previous to that he had ojmnly
announced that unless the Democratic
party abandoned tho Bryan principles,
ho would 1h obliged to leave tho party.
This makes it clear that Mr. Coke's
repudiation of Bryauism is not a mat
ter of recent date, and tho Bulletin's
attempt to put him lu a false position
rests on a fictitious statement of
fucts.
His course has been open and
straightforward from tho time
tho party went over to Ilryiuiism,
and has been uo secret from those who
aro now wilfully misrepresenting it.
Tho ;ery fact that Mr. Coke's op
ponents consider It necessary to dis
tort the facts would iudloato a du
oldod weakness in thoir case.
Thcro is no candidate on either
tioket moro worthy of re-election
than our present county treasurer
John B. Dulloy. Mr. Dnlley is un
old residout of Coos county, ono of tho
plpneers, und a man of ability aud in
tegrity. Ho not only is deserving of
any honors and favors that the people
can lestow, but ho is a most efficient
mouths on the road from tho factory
at Brooklyn, N. Y.lthe Western agen- J ,ccr' H"(1 ftH ho h,lfl ft la auaiiit.
J . . .. , I "P00 HU(l K10' porhonal popularity,
by not having a machine in stock es-' he will undoubtedly euocoed liimuolf j
tlous tho Dornocratlo ticket (meaning ol
coureo tho whole ticket) will undoubted
ly bo elected, and In another place they
virtually bog .for Republican support,
in that they say there is no prospect of
tho next legislature being Dornocratlo,
and wo aro theiefoto Invited to assist
them to elect thoir candidates for tho
legislature Democrats In othor coun
ties of thu ststo will likely uso tho
same argument to sccuro Republican
votes.
Now if tho Chamborlatn Democratic
Club thinks it can lull tho votora Into
sloop by such childish arnmont, and
undor thorotento of advocating local
issues, subordinate tho main ono, thoy
will havo to bo wiser than Gov. Cham
berlain waa whon ho signed an unconsti
tutional bill which cost tho state eovoral
thousand dollars to corroct.
Yea sir: Tho noxt legislature of this
atato la going to bo Republican, aud Re
publican votes aro going to mnko it co,
and J. S. Coko Jr., 8. B, Hermann and
Story i'iorce aro going to bo thoro to
give able uaslataucu to tbo legislative on
actmonta of that body.
Tho voters of this district are not
going to bo bamboozled lu political mat
ters by hih hurrah or Indian war cry
methods. Nor are laws mado by shout-
inga and gesticulation!,
Tho old custom of whipping tho nlr
and foaming over, has coated to bo rec
ognized f.s an argument. Justice says:
Calm cold facta plainly stated,
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If tho Republicans of Coos and Curry
countfea assist iu oloctinit Domocrata to
tho legislature, and Republicans in
other counties of tho 8 tat o do tho same
thing, then whence cornea tho Re
publican legislature? No oir, this sort
ofargnmont will not work. Republic
ans both old and young aro too foxy to
bo caught with tho kind of bait tho
Chamberlain Democratic Club ia offer-,
Ing.
Mr. Coko Jb not euaye, cralty, or
smooth tonguod, nor has ho thu glud
hand and ael&Bh heart, nor does ho cry
boforo a jury to win a fat fee. Ho la an
imated bv straight forwaid honnntv. nml
. . ,.,..,,.. . tuo Poopln by rccoRiilzin thoso honest
u uwiuuuiimuuu w Buuts 10 mo iruwi ni minueu men who woro loft bohlnd by it
-llhazarde. He la able competent and wayward DomooMtlo party.
The booitora of the Democratic party
oom to tako It very much to heart that
tho aonelblo portion of thoir party loft
thoin a low years ua for the reason
tho platform which the party pur
aisled in trying to shove down tho
throats of tho public, hecamu so Intoler
able that it la hard to undoratnnd how a,
coneclontlous man lu justice to his con-
i vlctlona could afford to stay with thorn
nnv longur. They seem to think ouo
has no porconal rights, but must be at
all times tho sorvant of a domoKOKUo
parly and be willing to escrlllco his ln
divtdunllty for tho purpose of fottotlng
a political mschlno, whoso couduct docs
not commend itself to experience, ostalx
Hilled facts, or the prlnclploa of honoit
government.
To put the situation rlht, thnso mon
did not laavo tho parly, the Democratic
psrty left them, that In, it became so
much at varianco nith tho ftindainontaj
principal of democracy that Its honcit
minded Democrats wuru virtually com
pelled to lino up with the Hepublican
party In order to find nn opportunity to
assist in tho enactment and administra
tion of nood covernmunt. They beheld
with shocked aslonlahmont thu sudden
and unexpected sUmpodo of the party
which thoy hod laboriously uphold, to
ward fanaticism and hopoloss retribu
tion. In rocoicnltion of tho stbiid tho hon
est mon ot tho Democratic party took
by coming over to the Republican party
rather than bo Juggled Into principle
contrary to good goverument, tho Re.
publican party has placed thorn on lm
portant places in its ticket, not becauta
thcro was ft scarcity of matorlal among
old time Republicans, but for tho reason
that these, mon showed thumeelvos to bo
dominated by principles rathor than
party,
Suoh a man ia a good citizen, nnd thd
primary object of all government la to
create, good cltlsionshlp and In this ro.
epect the Republican party haa often
taken tho longer routo. knowing
tho ond would Juutlfy the courso, by re
fusing to cator to immediate ronulte, ro.
allzing full well that anbicqnont events
would provo'tholr contention in n far
abler manner than mako-ahift politics.
Tho principal and ultimate object ol
all soclrtl, political and ethical relations
is to havo men honest, iu its fullest
aoiieo, that whon b statement Is modoit
la dono without Idas or prejudice, tfial .
you will n:cord nnothor tlio anno frank.1
consideration that you osk for yourcolf,
that nothing In over or under slated,
It is only under such conditions that
happiness caii ho complete. When dif
ferences can exist without porconal hat
red ami mini can (IIpcuh.i questions with
a vlow to lottlnt; facta und not persons
predominate, then will wo Tench that
slnuo In mental development whon
icguinont beeomm a plcaruro and ft
source of onllglitouinnut I ns toad of
bickcriuir.
But before wo can havo thoso. condi
tions honost men' must come, and It In
just this objuut the Republican tPrty
has striven to Inculcate In tho mlnda of
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