Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-29
The RALLY LAST EVENING,
LARGE MEETING IN HALEY
THEATER.

ment-Mr. Singiser Charsei with In.
dOrsing the Bill Frank Ganahl on
the Mormons He Charges the Repub.
licans with Repeated Attempts 10 Sc.
cure Their vOtes-Etc.
Early last evening the streets be-
came crowded with people who came
in from all directions to attend the
Democratic ratification meeting. -Four
bonfires, of two cords each, had been
prepared during the day. At dark
these fires were lighted, but two oil
them. those at tie corner of Crov and
lain, and at 1! I. corner of iiullion
~ q Man str y. Were at on, cAti..-
guished, owing % the prevalence of )
high wind. The other two-cne a,
the corner Of Main and Carbonate. the
other at the corner Of Galena. burned
brightly until the wood was entirely
consumed.
In front of the Theater fife and
drum invited the people to assemble,
and by 8 o'clock the place was pack
ed.
Jno. NJ. Banfeld, chairman. called
the meeting to order, and requested
the candidates to take seats on the
platform. Messrs. Ruick, Leadley,
Gray, Rollins, Bixby, w. I. Anderson,
and Watt responded. Mr.. Banfeld
then introduced the Hon. George
Ainslie, who addressed the assemblage.
He said:
Fellow-cit.zens of Alturas: | un-
derstand there is some dissatisfaction
in this county with regard to some
bills introduced in Congress, and
intend to confine my remarks to them,
and to the Republican press of Idaho.
A bill was published in the DAILY
TINES few months ago, which pro
posed to incorporate company to re-
claim the lands along the Snake River.
That bill was introduced by Ex-Gov-
ernor Pound, Of Wisconsin, and was
a good bill. The DAILY TIMES. of
HALEY, insisted that it was not good
bill. But the speaker proposed to
stand by his action on that bill.
Whether it suited the TINES or that
detachable sheet, the Salt Lake Tri-
bune, he did not care, as he was not
responsible to the Republican press
for his actions.
The speaker then read several sec
tons from Ex-Governor Pounds bill,
and continued: Your TIMES states
that if my bill had passed, it would
have taken every miners inch of
water in South Idaho. The arithmetic
of the editor of the TINES is at fault
When he states that ditch sixty feet
wide and six feet deep would carry all
the water in Snake River and all its
tributaries, | am puzzled to know
where he learned his arithmetic. THE
TIMES never stated such all absurdity.
Ed.
After reading another portion of
Ex-Governor Pounds bill, Mr.. Aims
lie referred to his own bill, and said:
| introduced this bill by request.
Everyone knows how bills are intro
duced by request, but some of these
editors Of country newspapers seem to
know better than other people. The
bill was amended and reported by ex-
Governor Pound, as bill No. 5000.
Senator We, of Missouri, had in
troau ed sub. ,.tial the SAN bill il
the Senate. Ills ability eaeno. be
60 LIFTED, as he IS one of the first men
in the nation. II he (Ainslie) was re-
sponsible for that bill in the House,
Mr.. Vest was responsible for it in the
Senate.
April ~, 1882, Mr.. Rice, of Missouri,
from the committee on Public Lands,
reported a substitute for bill No.
5000, which differs materially from
that published in your TINES. Mr..
Ainslie read a few sections from the
bill. As changed now by Mr.. Rice
it varies from the original bill by pro-
viding no subsidy in public lands, but
the company is allowed to secure land
at the rate of $l25 an acre, for every
s1.25 expended in making the canal.
The speaker said that such bills had
haau ratfinv into ('onrraSS all tho