Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-09
THE DEMOCRATS AT IT AGAIN.

THE DEMOCRATS AT IT AGAIN.
Our Democratic friends are at their
old tricks. During the last war, when
the Radical Republicans were Strain
ing every nerve to the utmost, "aking
every imaginable sacrifice, to carry on
the wal for the preservation Of the
Union and the elevation of labor, the
Copperhead Democrats would ohstruct
every appropriation, every fresh call
for troops, every enactment in favor
Of free labor, with the cry that it was
contrary to the Constitution and laws
Of the land! They followed that pol
icy at that time because they were in
secret sympathy with the efforts then
making perpetuate slavery, to hum
BILE the workingman, to open our ports
to free trade to the ruin of our manu-
facturers and farmers and the starva.
ton of our laborine classes. And
they KEEP: up their cries and obstruc-
ton even though the vast majority
Of liberty loving people were against
them, and though they knew that their
policy could never prevail without
Remembering this great bulwark OF
liberty, the American Union.
They are doing the same thing now
in Alturas coanty; they are pursuing
the same course. For years our only
representative in the LEGISLATURE mas
endeavored to secure Alturas county
fair representation, but the Demo
Gratis refused to allow it to US. He
strovc to have laws passed to meet
the wants of this apidly-developing
mining region; but the Democrats re-
fused to permit their enactment. Our
laws are insufficient, unjust, NONSENSE
cal extortionate, partial, and many OF
them unconstitutional; vet those same
Democrats who now howl ''fraud" and
"illegalty," have all along, through
their Mormon Legislative allies, re.
fused to revise them or enlarge their
scope, IN order to give us living
chance in the race of progress.
Through the operation Of these
laws, framed by Mormon Democrats
and their Jack. Mormon allies, poo,
laboring man, without cent in the
world except maybe the wages due
him for two or three days job Sc
cured by great, good luck, is com
PEELED to pay s. for poll tax, 81 road
tax and 81 hospital tax-or Il total OF
ell per year! This outrage has been
enacted by Mormon Democrats and
their Jack. Mormon allies And We,
they allcge fraud and 'llegality on tn.
part of their opponents, and boast o
their friendship for the workingman
They also, some few years ago
passed a road law which requires
every taxpayer to pay, firstly, 81 pc
capita for road tax, and, secondly, (:
per H. 600 Of assessable property 70
the same purpose. This is case o
double assessment, and clearly uncou
s,itu,ional. Yet they pirate about tn
alleged ''illegal" acts OF the Count,
Commissioners.
We are too we'll aware Of the feel
ing in this county to attempt to dra,
party lines We know fall well tina,
SO long as the future State of ldah
reu'ains in her present embryonic con
dition, any such attempt will meet tn
failure which it would deserve. Blu
we also believe that the people of Al
turas county are All elligent, all
thinking, rs veil as an lndependen
class; and we ask them if it is &c
plain that, j" refusing US just repre-
sensation; in refusing us just laws; ,
refusing u. moral. anti polygamn