Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1883-09-27
DON'T BE TOO MUCH ELATED
AND TRIUMPHANT.

the undying hatred of the Lewiston pa
pcrs.-Doyton Chronicle.
The TELLER is one of the Lewiston
papers and can only speak for itself. Oar
contemporary can speak for itself We
do not receive the Salt Lake Tribune.
and know nothing of the article it con-
tanned, till the Chronicle published it,
and hence the opinion it expressed rela-
tive to the O. S. l.. coming down Snake
river could not have produced or increased
any hatred in us. We have glanced over
the sheet of our city cotemporary to
see if he had made any allusion to the
opinion of the Salt Lake Tribune, and
could find no such alusion, and hence
come to the conclusion that the imputa-
ton of the Chronicle in relation to the
Lewiston papers is entirely gratutous.
"Undying hatred is very strong ex-
preston to be applied to brethren of the
press, who are presumed to be jointly &C.
operatingio the labors FOR the general de-
velopement and good of the country, each
in his own way from the stand poi-.t of
each, and we think our neighbor of the
Chronicle must concedc in his own mind
at least that he was transcending his
general courtesies and the rights of his
compeers when he applied the terms to
the Lewiston papers. The TELLER has
long ago expressed the opinion that the
o. s. L. would come down Snake river.
1t has worked for that end, believing
that if it were practicable, it would form
connecting link of the best line that
could be made across the continent. hay
ing the best grade and the shortest, save
line through the Bitter Root noun
tains and down the Clearwater, thence
down the Snake and eastward across the
Cascade mountains. That opinion has
been strengthened by every development
that has been made since, of the charac-
TER Of the route, and further that it would
have, as tributary to it, the very best and
most extensive part of the producing
country Of the whole Columbia and
Snake river basin, and further that it
would furnish greater relief to the whole
people Of Idaho and Ncz Perez counties
Of Idaho; Garfield, Columbia, Whitman
and Yakima counties of Washington, in
shipment Of their surplus products than
any other road now constructed or in pro-
cess Of construction. We have advoca-
ted this earnestly and steadily. We
have combattcd as earnestly the opinions
Of those who differ from US, but never
with spirit Of hatred or diseourtcsy.
We have treated these conflicting opin-
ions to the extent of their real merits AS
they appeared, and no contemporary can
gain say the fact We now come to the
assertion Of the Tribune, which the
Chronicle as we infer, has promised this
"undying hatred" with which he charges
the Lewiston pipers. The quotation
bearing upon the subject is as follows.
"Therc has been considerable talk
about the road being run down Snake
river to Lewiston, distance of 1856
miles from the point of junction of the
.. Il. < N. Co. The route has been
surveyed aud plated, but it would be so
expensive that there is no prospect of its
being built Such road would have to
pass through great gorge or canyon.
thirty miles long. Very few persons
have ever passed through this canyon, be-
cause Of the difficulties and dangers at
tending the trip"
There is certainly nothing in the above
that would endanger any hatred in
Lewiston journalist, either towards the
Tribune man or any one else, unless it
became evident that it was said to do him
or the community a great injury. If it
was said from any definite knowledge of
the facts stated, it was no more than any
Journalist should do. If it was given
for mere opinion, without data from
which to form safe opinion, it certainly
could have no weight among those who
know better, and would be wholly unreli.
able to be quoted by another journal as
authority. II says; ''the route has been
surveyed and plated, but it being so ex
pcnsiye that there is no prospect of it being
built Now, where did the Tribune
get the information that the route had
been surveyed and plated, and that it
would be so expensive, and that there is
10 prospect Of being built certainly from
10 one who knows. Not from the sur
'eyors, who made the survey, for they
gree that it is good route, and the To-
ating engineer, who has been over every
cot Of the line says it is good route !
nd can be built at one half the expense t
{ line through the Blue mountains.