The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-01-02


than that of any other man VINO n:s
ever attempted to fill the editorial cl'a,1
i, Idaho Territory, or any other place
and why. sir, for the very reason that
every act and motive is guided ana
governed by one single idea. and tna'
NAV be expressed in these words: How
much will this or that measure cont,'o-
ute to swell my pursc?:' Is it WITHIN
thc recollection Of. any gentleman IN
This house-and l might with eqna'
propriety and assurance ask 'he en-
iirhteued and honest mass OF our peo-
pie the same question-that anything
in the nature Of a public measure
has not when discussed by that 'ndi
vidual been regarded and treated with
a view to selfish ends, and the basest
designs of personal gain! f.g,
What, l would ask, was there IN Inc
circumstance of number gentainen
meeting together for the purpose OF
discussing and getting into proper
shape public measure, designed alone
| fer the public good, which should pro-
yoke yindictivc assaults upon the char
acter of gentlemen who deemed 1t their
duty to express, in public, their opinions
and conclusions, concerning the meas
ure2 am at a loss to conceive how
anv man conducting apublic journal
could assume, with taste and propfiety,
the task of going into a malicious
ANALYSIS of the mind or logic, argument
or reason, expressed or ennnciated IN
the discussion Of a public measure. cal
culated 10 benefit our whole people, M
/ less governed by sinister and sciiisi'
motives. ..-..-.
am free to admit that the strict
ures of the press are often beneiiclai,
when they come from 4 source, cnliSht-
ened and honest; but | cannot believe
| that a man who assumes IL put hun
self in opposition 10 every great enter,
Iprise. has any other motive than ole oil
base individual scliisllucss. and who,
therefore. seeks Ia destroy pnpiic and
private achievements, If they are not
made subservient TO his own ends.
Tie condemnation and personal rldi-
cu!c cnenati,lg from such a source, nev-
or reaches its destination. or INJURIES
the object it is lcvcled at; and say
with canlor. tina, it is not because Of
| the effects felt, or the danger ot any
| imputation coming from such sheet
and such nh editor, soiling the charac.
ter Of any person. that speak II Tie
privilege accorded me hy thus House
( / consider tic said Milton Nelly, az
well in his private character, ~ III his
profession a> a journalist. far beneath
the notice or consideration of any gen
/ ,lcman representing the people in the
/ Legislative Assembly of Idaho Terrific
nv. have more charity than 10 drag
that individual conspicuously Ia View
I bv public declaration which has been
repeated by highly respectable aud res
lponSiblc men. better posted than my
self as 10 what his real character Is
| | might repeat, if felt SO disposed
that Milton kclly's course in this Terri
tory. has been watched and we'll under
stood for years ! might say, As 9TH
ers have said, that his rise from the po-
sition Of an EXPRESS rider in the mountains
of Idaho to the supreme bench Of the
Territory, has been a marvel, and won-
der to the mass of our citizens. Pro-
motion, when based upon merit is al
WAYS considered most honorable, and
wllen integrity and capacity arc the
foundations of success, the posscssor
of these qualities is admired and APP
plauded: bnt when ignorance and
basencss gain positions of cmincnce
which, by common consent, should on
~ he given to enlightened honorable men.
snrprsc, anger and disgust are the SEN
timents awakened in every cultivated
mind And when it is further rcmem-
bered that his sphere of labor while oc-
cnpying the honorable position of
public magistrate was pursued for the
purpose of putting more money in his
purse, then indeed should Milton Kelly
be covered with the universal contempt
and odium he so richly deserves.
Mr.. Speaker, ! am not now insinua-
ting charges nsr imputations, but only
contenting myself in, a mild way to
hint at what is, in a public manner, no.
torious, and which has been thrown in
his teeth with an earnest defiance; and