Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-12-28
TIE DIVISION MEN ON ANoTH
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county have SO generally demonstrated
against The movement imagined that
ths Objection osasr existed in reference
to G@s saaz Couac.lmsn Taylor had
dess-u.assa Is the south boundary Of
the new county. to wit: The line due
wess frcm the northwest corner of the
Nez Psrcs reservation have supposed
that different line, to wit: the mid
die line Of township SO would be sat
ifactory and to that end, have drawn
up what they call compromise between
Moscow and Lewiston, and had it
signed by thirty six Of the Moscow bus
mess men, and presented it here in
Lewiston for signatures, where it had
received, when we saw it, twenty seven
signatures, on Monday night. 1t az
sumes that the whole controversy is
betwesn Moscow and Lewiston and
that the balance Of the county had but
little to say in the matter, and upon
this assumption, asks the Legislature
to divide the county in the face of the
remons.rance of about 800 citizens
from all parts Of the county against any
division at all. This, to u.s. looks very
cheeky to say the least. In the first
place there has been no controversy
between Moscow and Lewiston except
with a-few inaividuals in regard to any
specified boundary line for a division.
In the second place only few in Lew
iston had ever talked in favor of any
division at this session, but all or near.
~ an had objected to any division
till annexation to Washington,
aud more territory could be embraced
which could be re organized with new
and more acceptable county boundaries
and more population and property val
uation could be acquired to form two
counties and bear easily the burdens
of two county governments instead OF
ons, upon this basis the remonstrance
30 generally signed was drawn up, and
not with reference to any proposed
line u division. The argument Of the
remonstrance met the views of large
majority Of the citizens and taxpayers
Of the county as shown by their sigma
lures, and this should set the matter
1t rest for the present session. But it
seems that the movers for division now
ssek to cause the taxpayers to stultify
themselves by signing a petition 70,
division upon line supposed to b.
more favorable to Lewiston and by tha
means ges the business men Of Lewis
ton and Moscow to sign it, and ther
oil the balance of the county woult
gladly cay amen! As we said before i
h cheeky, but if the balance Of then
arswiiling 10 withdraw the remonstranc
aad ut few business men in Lewiston
and Moscow handle them around il
that manner, We must say that we hav
: poor opiniaa Of their stability of pur
pose, and r{her if the idaho Legis
lature should listen to tho business mel
Of Moscow and tho few in Lewiston
Who have been converted to the ne,
faith, and ignore tho balance of tn
county who,have remonstr sted we woul
have very poor opinion of the legi.
lative wisdom Of the body who shout
divide upon such showing. We cor
fess there il some adroitness 10 this RI
cent movement alroit when it seeks t
mako the Business men of Lewisto
aud Mosc,w by their petition ignor
the balance Of the county. Again til
petition assumes an urgent necessit
for . division to subservs the best il
terests OF the county, an assumptio
not warranted by the facts, and Meth,
the business men Of Moscow and 1t v
iston combined are more competer
10 judge Of such Necessities than al
the people living in other portions ,
the county. The people Of Lewisto
and vicinity to the number of upwart
d 800 have said no, to any division ,
all. and shall thirty or forty of thos
whom they designate as business me
now be suffered 10 annul the freely e
pressed opinion Of the balance. "
deny the right Of these men to spea
for the mass upon question of tn
nature, when the people have alreae
spoken for themselves and have new
recanted their expressed will. So f
as our observa walton of the facts are CO
cerned the most objections have be-
r,ised to division, on account Of Il
increased burdens Of taxation tn
would Immediately follow, and no ma
yet has dared publicly to deny the n