Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-29

Was Sct aho 1 Aulllp dlC uON uISVSi
able to the people of Idaho for their
votes.-ED. TINES.
The speaker then repeated the ale
CATION that he had fought the bill, in
committee and out, from the begin
ming, but that number of good Re
publicans had Endorsed it, and among
these he named Colonel George l..
Shoup, Of Salmon City, Idaho; Judge
J. r. Mcbride, of Salt Lake City,
Utah, and Hon. I. F. Singiser, the
present Republican candidate for
Congress. He then reiterated his
statement that while he had opposed
the bill, Mr.. Singiser and other Re-
publicans stood committed to it.
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the TINES, accompanied by friend,
called On Mr.. Ainslie at the Merchants
Hotel, in presence Of about dozen Of
his friends, and requested to be per-
mitted to see the Endorsements refer.
red to. II Mr.. Singiser had support
ed the bill no was unworthy Of the
suffrage of the people of Wood River,
and the TIMES would say so to-day.
Mr.. Ainslie thereupon showed the
TIMES man and his friend small PAM
phlet addressed to the committee on
public lands, and which contained
about dozen signatures indorsing
SOME scheme for the reclamation of
the desert lands along the Snake riv-
er. To one of these Mr. Singiser's
name was affixed, but all these So
called endorsement" ran something
like this:
In reply to yours, would say that |
am in favor of SOME measure caIcu-
lated to reclaim these lands, etc.
Or, like this:
Referring to nv conversation with
yea about the Snake river irrigation
scheme, etc.
Thus proving conclusively that Mr..
Ainslie not only introduced the bill,
and advocated its passage, but that all
the time, at every step Of the bill, he
endeavored to procure all the inhuen-
tial names that he could, to help its
passage. When Mr.. Ainslie claims
to have opposed the bill from the
start, he states willful falsehood.
The TINES will therefore not OPP
pose Mr.. Singiser until that gentle
man shall have had chance to ex
plain his Endorsement of the bill. In
the meantime let it be remembered
that Mr.. Anslie advocated the pas
sage of the bill at every step.
The speaker then referred to the
Boise Basin Bedrock Flume bill, about
which such an outsry had been made.
Coloi.el Stevenson and Doc. Noble
had both supported the bill; but that
was before Colonel Stevenson had rot
Congressional worms. Since that,
Doc. Noble had also become a taran-
tula against the speaker, and had
even said that, if Ainslie was nomill-
ated, he would not vote for him. It
would not be the first time. Doc.
Noble had never voted the Democratic
ticket since he came to the Territory.
Proceeding, Mr.. Ainslie showed that
there had been efforts made to have
bedrock fume company Incorporated
as early as 1872, and read from copy
Of the articles of incorporation to
show that B. M. Durell, w. G. Whit
son, James Judge, Louis Eckhart. J.
NJ. Burkett, George Ainslie, J. Z. IT.
win, JOS. Pinkham, Cy. Jacobs, 10.
IILsta,, ". B. Nool :, and Jno. y
Cannaly were among the incorpor.
tors # the first bedrock fumin.e
company. The people Of Boise Basin
had desired bedrock fume from the
start, and at the last conventions held
in Boise county, both parties had in
bedrock fume plank in
their platforms.
Mr.. Ainslie then referred to his
stand on the Mormon question. He
said that some people thought he was
a Mormon. If he we're, his wife was
not aware of it, and he would be the
first Missourian to become Mormon.
Why, the Missourians had driven tie
Mormons out Of Missouri. He then