Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-10-01
The Case as Made up al Boise City.

ion of sentiment upon any question
ifecting the interests Of the people,
whether it suits his party or not Up
N all proper occasions he has, both ia
lis writings and or,l public dcclara-
ions declared his judgement to he,
hat so long as the people Of Northern
Idaho remain politically allied to the
people of South Idaho, the gro WITH of
their most vital interests will be Oh
structed by the dominant south, and
their situation will only be as that of
the penal colonies Of America before
the war of the revolution, their actual
rights will never be fully recognized
While an alliance with Washington
Territory, either under territorial or
a state government will giveour people
a standing politically, commercially
and socially, somewhat commensurate
with orr natural resources and advan-
tages. When Fem as the democratic
candidate and Bennett as the repuoli
can candidate for delegate in Congress
were before the people, the editor Of
this paper both wrote and spoke in fs-
vor of Fenn's election, although of
national political proclivities opposite
to his own, while Bennett was re-
publican, and this was done in the
teeth of many of his republican friends
and because Feen claimed that he ia
vored annexation to Washington,
while Bennett did Il ot Again when
Fem ran against Clark we favored
the election of Fem, being satisfied
that Clark had plaoed himself in the
hands and austensbly under the con
troll of the ring men at Boise and we
doubted his power To shake them off
and stand Independent Of them on the
annexation question. In the last can
vass between Ainsle and Jonas Brown
we knew that Ainslic was opposed to
annexation but did not know the sta
tus of Brown, and hence addressed
him letter in substance assuring him
of our own support and that of our
people, if he would assure us that he
would favor us to going to Washing
ton. He declined the assurance, and
hence we supported neither of the
nominees. Therefore we personally
have been true to our position upon
his question, and no man can gain
say us, that we have in this matter let
national political proclivities control
us in this matter.
There are others of North Idaho
both Democrats and Republican have
stood with US upon this question, ano
we now say in all sincerity to botE
Republicans and Democrats of Nortl
Idaho that if you regard our anneXa
tion to Washington, as of vital impor
tance to US as a people and paramount
to any national political advantag
that we can gain by the election o
g either Garfield or Hancock for neithe
E of whom can we or our delegate il
Congress cast solitary vote, we Wi
= spew out both of the nominees of tn
: two conventions made at Boise Cit
by the Democratic and Republica
,, Territorial Conventions, assemble
. there Oh he 18th and 18th of Scpten
r Der. They are both ring men or S
X fully under the control of the rim
g that neither of them will either do {
suffer anything to be done if eith'
t, can prevent it at Washington or els
n where that will favor our going
lie to Washington, either as part
lie that territory, or as a part OF the co
II II templated state 1t is duty th'
N every voter of North Idaho owes
himself and to the people of the who
Sc of North Idaho, to withhold our vot
as from any endorsement of the iniqui
~ ~ that is attempted to be perpetrat'
III upon us by the e. lection or elthei
- ~ the men nominated. The people