The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-01-19

in the midst of the assembled SOlons, much Il
their disgust, we should judge, from the on
slaught made on the offending fluid. The Coun
ell having returned to their chamber, the mem
bers of both Houses INDUCED in mutual explain
ations and apologies, expressing their good vii
toward each other, and all differences between
members during the session were buried In
general exchange of congratulatory and fare
well addresses. and at ffty-nine minutes past
lip. VI. both Houses ad jOurned sine die.
SUMMING UP.-The Statesman of the 18th
in an article entitled Summing Up" en-
deavors to make the dmende honorable for the
malignant abuse heretofore heaped by that
journal on the Democratic members Of the
Legislature. After styling the Sixth Session
the "clodhoppers' legislature" and misrepre-
senting the motives, character and actions OF
members, q complete somersault is turned and
in summing up an acknowledgment Is made
that there was some virtue among the Demo
cratic members.
In the Statesman OF January l4th 4 raking
fire is made at all the Democratic members.
and the assertion appears that there was OF
late little 10 steal, aud less honor in the posi-
ton Of Legislator, and the shrewd demagogues
of the party abandoned the empty honor To the
fools" and that the Lower House caught the
most of them. They have for several weeks
been vil6ed in every conceivable manner, &C
cused OF dishonesty, as beng ignorant aud
stupid fools, poor empty bladders." and other
such pet names 50 familiar 10 the Radical or.
gan, and now,-presto, change,-it is admitted
that they would not rush into extravaganza,
but they leaned clear over beyond economy 10
some cases" and that ri if they did not do much
good. thry have also not done much harm"
1t is admitted that the editor. in previous is
sues, had said harder things Of them than they
deserved. aud miserable attempt at an apollo
gy is made. II matters little, with Democratic
members, what the StdtesmdR has said or may
say. about them. The secre. of the attack on
them as body lies in the fact that they would
not squandcr the Government appropriation by
stuffing the StdtcsmdH office full Of bills 10 b.
printed during the session. Retrenchmrnt and
had become the watchword. and the
columns Of the Radical organ had for weeks |
been teeming with essays on the necessity Of
curtailing public expenses. etc. The editor
giorled in having been mainly instrumental in
securing the passage of the bill through Con.
gress cutting down the pay Of the members to
four dollars per day in grecnbacks. When the
members proposed to practice little economy
by refusing to print every bill introduced dur.
ing the Session, it changed the tune Of that pa.
per. Ii was all right aud proper to economic
at the expense OF Democrats. even to placing
their pay at starvation rates but when il was
proposed to retrench a little at the expense of
The Radical organ, in such a manner as 10 de.
Prive it of fat job, howl was at once raised
and villlfcatiOn and abuse Of the members fol.
lowed Immediately.
Inc course OF the Statesman has been most
Inconsistent throughout the entire Session.
The Boise City town lot bill did not come I'D
n such shape as to suit Judge Lewis, or the
Clerk OF the Court. Another fat job was thus
ost to few Radicals, by the Legislature re.
using to pass bill compelling every owner of
town lot to commence suit in the District
court IN order to obtain title to his property,
sven where there were no adverse claimants
he Dill reducing salaries Of officers also swept
away the perquisltes of few Radical Office.
loiders' which naturally enough disgusted the
'hief editor OF that paper, who holds the an.
'oih'hent OF Clerk of the Supreme Court.
After prating about economy SO long the States.
ma" should admit that, even il that journal got
10 overdose. "it is allowable even to learn
rom an enemy" and that the Sixth Session
'ractlced what our neighbor formerly preached.
WASTING TIME.-The judiciary Commit.
ee OF the House of Representatives gave n
fearing TO the advocates of woman's rights on
an"ary 18th. Mrs. Victoria C. Woodruff.
hrs. beecher Hooker, Susan Z. Anthony and
a. a. D. Riddle made speeches claiming the
lght OF suffrage for women under the Eff.
eenth Amendment.
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