The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-02-03
Running A-Muck.

There is performance practlced IN some
4 portions of the East Indies known as running
a-muck." When ones passions getthe bette
of him, and he becomes perfectly Infatuated
with himself or others, he strips himself o
everything except such weapons as he car
lay his hands upon, and rushes through tn,
streets, in his blind fury assaulting all he car
reach. The Boise city paper is running jus
such "muck" now down in the valley. Il
is mad, senseless, crazy, drunk with fury, ant
its editor feeling that the time is past wber
he can injure anyone as respectable jour
n alist, has turned his machine into mill
whose only grist is his own useless remains
This is not to be wondered at. There is ar
old adage about thieves not liking halters,
and it is not surprising that the little synod
of marplots who have been fattening off the
Territory, and parcelling out the Offices among
themselves without the slightest regard to
qua li6cations or integrity, until they made
themselves odious to the entire community
without respect to party-should feel sore
and indignant that they have been exposed
and left to the cold charities of a suffering
and'long- public. AS for the States
mans malicious Invective against the Leg
islature, we have yet to learn of the existence
of single member of that body, who during
the session or since, had any other feeling
than the most absolute contempt as to
what it thought or said. Its boyish eom-
ments, and vulgar boorishness and ignorance,
its promises and its threats, only provoked a
smile of derision, and had as much effect on
the Legislature as squirt would have in
tuning the waters of Salmon Falls. The
went about the business for which
it was chosen by the people, and performed
it faithfully, impartialy, and honestly-with
the last thing to suit the little clique who
had rolled themseves up into bundle of
denominations, andlike so many vermin, were
sucking away the life, the enesgies, the sus-
tenance of Woodworking tax payers, and of
nonest and honorable citizens, intent on their
own private affairs, while this eternal schem.
ng of carpet-sack politicians was going on
IL silence and darkness around them. They
we're there to steal, and to make the most Of
heir chances while they had them. The
legislature was there determined to probe |
md scarify the den of thieves with purify
ng fire; and when the chapter is wholly
written, the public will see that it has been
lone tn at this mass of corruption and in
rigue which has cnrsed the Territory until
aith in the pure administration of public |
ificials, is almost dead, has been broken up,
is benches overturned, and the ba1d Of blood |
uckers left to the obscurity which their lack |
f every quality of merit or honor, will sink /
hem. That they should entertain feeling
f vindictiYe malignity was natural-it was
expected. The Statesman. as the organ Of
his surprised and disorganized gang, enter
aims feeling toward the Legislature very I
,uch like that of a felontoward the jury that
ends him to the gallows. Its curses are the
est evidence that the people could desire
hat the publication was not commenced
hit too soon. Let it run its ''muck" to the
nd. There is no further use for it. Its raw
ngs are as impotent for good OF evil as they
re silly.