Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-11-20
GOT THEIR FOOT III IT

GOT THEIR FOOT III IT
Those persons in the North WHO fayo
annexation and voted for John Halle
on the ground of his promises to supper
annexation, as We Predicted, have bcei
deceived. We publish an extract FROM
private letter written at Boise Cts
Nov. Ilth and sent to citizen Of thi.
town which shows the animus Of Mr.
Haley towards the people Of the North
We quote as follows: ''Hailey will fight
North Idaho to the bitter end on annex.
alton If he is elected, but | do no, think
he will have much influence il Blaine and
Logan are counted in. If not he viii dc
his best to keep North Idaho from being
annexed to Washington Territory; he
will probably DO it under the rretense
that Washington Tcrri;or or rather the
State Of Washington, must pay this Ter
ritory enc million eight hundred dollar.
or one dollar per acre for the land she
gets. This was what he said in Ketchum
Honest John talks with two tongues as
have charged him, and youripeople have
done well in describing him, only he
ought not to have had a.siuglc vote in
North Idaho and il he had to make the
canvass over again, do not believe he
would get bakers dozen votes. II Sing
User Is elected | believe he viii keep his
pledges On The annexation question, and
shall insist upon his DONG so.
This letter was written by a man who
up to 1882. was bitter opponent of an
nexation and in a position in the South
where he did much against our cause, but
the strong and united determination of
our people and the people of Washington
demanded that we should go to Washing,
ton caused him to investigate the question
more carefully and finally induced him to
believe that our demands were right and
ever since he has been an advocate in the
South Of those rights belonging to the
North. 1t is not our province to say that
the men who voted for Haley in the
North were not honest in their belief in
ms promises, but We do say and have
said that they were deceived. His sud.
den conversion by reason Of his nomina.
tion for Congress, his long and UNMARRIED
opposition be!oie his nomination, both in
Congress and out, the doubtful language
which he used in relation to the question
when he made the canvass in the North
ms refusal to make unqualified pledges
10 writing to the people of the North.
the fact that mono Of the papers in the
South advocated annexation in the lote
canvass, the fact that he stated to a gen.
tieman in this city, tina, in heart he was
Is much opposed to annexation now rs
ever, led us to believe that there was in.
sincerity in his professions favorable to
annexation before the people here and
we 10 stated and that was the reason WHY |
We opposed him, and now, his statement |
made at ketchum of the conditions upon
which he would consent that we should |
60 to Washington, conditions which are
entirely improbable and onerous to Wash
ington, and which he knew would be 50
makes it evident, clearly, that North Ida
no cannot reasonably lock for any hone
Of annexation with Hai'ey's election if he
can prevent it. Our only hope is left to
US that it elected he will not be able to
defeat US, having been elected unon n
platform which endorses our measure
'nd as a further reason for hope, that the
platforms of both parties in Idaho and
" ash'nSton favor the measure. II would
eem that HALEY could present to the $
vi congress no fnets to indicate {
nat both the people of Idaho and Wash !
oS'on did not ardently desire tina, the t
'or'hern counties Of Idaho should be an. i
'exed to Washington. Even if he does n
* that Washington pay to Idaho the e
um above named for the land annexed il
'hen 40 such condition was eyer placed Y
!, the platforms of the different parties. ii
here Is no instance on record where;, g
VISION of Territory and attaching a pl
ortion to another Territory to become a \
tate where the latter has becu required al
buy the land Of the former at any ci
ice The only condition in such cases ii