Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-11-16

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dav evening, drew some illustrations
from our recent election, as per ah-
,ouncement. He gave it to those
low.orade wretches who descend SO
lou h the scale of human degrade
t;on as to sell their votes, and ne
oave It to them in vigorous doses
and without mercy. The speaker
pictured the lniquity of those who'
contrary to law, dosed voters with
forty-rod until they we're IN snch
beastly condition that they were
marched to she polls and voted IKE
cattle, no more knowing who they
were voting for than mud turtle
would know. And yet that man $
vote counted for as much as the vote
OF sober, intelligent citizen. In
fact 1t was giving 50 many votes 70
the men who got these topers III that
condition and voted them. The VIII
of sober, intelligent men, is overcome
.by the ballots of just such trash.
Another feature of elections, he show
ed. was that of bulldozing. a man
who has a number of men whom
he. controls, votes them, contrary to
their sentiments, and by such Villalny
very often defeats the will OF the ma
jority. AL these methods were re-
sorted to during the recent eiection.
Mr.. Kingsley showed, and truthfaily'
that such understanding IN drunk
en- men who do not know one-tenth
as much as dried and decayed bump
on rotten log, buying votes and
bulldozing-are the greatest menaces
to Americas free institutions. such
proceedings are enough to disgust an
intelligent American who stands up
for fair and square elections. The
will of the people should rule, but 1T
doesn't, only in exceptional cases,
where the will of the people is strong
enough to overcome the influence of
corruption, whiskey and bulldozlng.
After Mr.. Kingsley's lecture certain
parties, we hear, squawked, like a
goose that is stepped on. No true,
fair and square American could take
exceptions to his remarks. What be
said fit those who sold their ballots
those who dosed the fellows who have
a ''strong weakness" for strong drinl
and robbed them of their ballots
the muddled- heads merely going
through the motion of depositine
something-they did not know wha
for some one else, just like a sense
less machine-and those who prac
tice the fine art Of bull-dozing. Mr.
Kingsley mentioned no particular
party, and avoided personalities, bu
what he said struck some like thun
derbolt. To Idaho City's eterna
shame the will of the honest, intelli
gent voters of this place was defeated
Corruption, bull doing and whisky
did it. Mr.. Kingsley did not toucl
upon this as pointedly as he coulc
have done, perhaps. He spoke il
complimentary terms of the saloon men o
this place, all of whom closed their place
OF business in compliance with law. (
eorruptionist made the remark after cleo
ton that the will Of the people here woul,
have received more overwhelming dc
feat than it did if his gang of corruption
lists, bull-dozers and whisky-dosers-vio
lators of law had put up more money. |
would be hard to believe that more me,
were for sale than were evidently bought
and bought for good deal less than III
very poorest breed of cattle are sold fo,
1twas generally believed that acorruptio,
fund was made up here. but the peopl
could not believe that so many men wer
for sale. We have said some things i
the above that Mr.. Kingsley did not sa,
and what he did say we have not quo
ed in his language, With the necessar
condensation of the main points of til
lecture we cannot begin to 90 it iustic,