Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-10-12

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compromising any kind Of gum-stick-
EN- that will stick. The worst they can
say about Fred. is that he has been
resident Of Idaho but six years, and
the latter four years Of his residence
he was an official, L. S. Marshal, and
capable, energetic official. We
want Delegate in Congress who will
be credit to the Territory, whether
he has been resident six years or
twenty-six years. To say that citi-
zen has been a resident of Idaho
since the early days, is not saying
that he has the necessary qualifications
| for a representative in Congress.
During Mr.. Hailey's long residence
and two terms in Congress he has
not made record that the people of
Idaho can point to with pride. The
biggest thing he ever did outside of
winning in two Congressional races,
was to run line of stages, and to
have bill passed by the Idaho Leg
islature to make it a fneable offense
for teamster to carry passenger
Was that short lived law for the
benefit of the people Of Idaho, or en-
acted solely in the financial interest
of Honest John? When HALEY or
gans assert that old Honesty hewed
out trails in the early times SO that
such men as Fred. Dubois might
come and make home, they assert
what every one knows is not a fact.
We doubt that he ever did much
hewlng, and it he did it was all done
for the benefit of Honest John, which
is all right, but to say that he came
to this Territory to hew out the way
for others to follow, is saying alto
gether too much, unless he carved
out a ll-road, and made money BY
the flow OF immigration. Idaho City
has an old-tlmer, the pioneer of pic.
neers, who made trails through the
wilderness, and if Haley did any
thing to smooth the way for those
who came after him, this pioneel
paved the way for Haley. Said pic
neer was the discoverer of gold il
Boise Basin, and he has never been
candidate for office, and asks no ia
vors of any kind on the strength o
being the Oldest pioneer and the dis
} coverer of gold. Besides this, one
might be intimately acquainted witt
: him for years and not even know tina
, he is an old-timer, from his CONVEX
| stations. He never boasts of his deed
and exploits, nor of blazing trails 70
others, and such bosh, yet he couIl
} make such assertions with pride ane
without Boosting, for such are facts
Ii Mr.. Haley was the pioneer tina
Joseph Branstetter is, the origina
discoverer of the greatest source o
wealth in Idaho, then he could pos,
as a pioneer and a daring hewe
without making himself ridiculous
People who have resided outside o
Idaho the past twenty years don
amount to much. The cream of al
these United States landed in tn,
Seem of-the Mountains in the sixties
to hear the Haley organs spout. an,
Honest John was the chief of then
all. Can the people of Idaho poin
with pride to Honest Johns Mormon
record? Can they say he earned hi
prefix "honest" in that famous Ian,
; grab and water right scheme that h.
5 failed to carry through? Was tina
scheme hewn out for the benefit o
the people of Idaho? What grea
E act of honesty did honest John eve
engage in? In the face of Haley
past record, that honest bushes
+ makes people smile. It's dea
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