Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-10-14

the people have got to make it, or We
may say revive the issue OF 50 and sub.
nit it to the candidates for an expression
of their opinion upon the question, be
cause there has been no settlement of the
question as yet in congress, and it is i'm
portant that the people know beforehand
what our delegate to be elected will do in
the matter. To entitle any candidate to
our votes he must not attempt to prevar-
ic .te or conceal his opinion or purposes
upon this question. Nor ought he deal
d,ubly with the voters, that is, he ought
not to take one position in one place, and
4 different position in another place. Il
a candidate does this he is not entitled to
the support of the people in either place,
however remote the localities; however
much it may be approved by some poll
ticians who claim that the end always
justiies the means. The people don't
think thus and when they find out that
candidate has used duplicity and a fork
ed tongue in making his canvass, they
will lose all respect for him, whatever
may be his success in gaining an election.
In most cases whiteEen despise forked
tongue as much as an Indiao, and Why
should they not as much as the natives
OF the land, who are but little removed
from barba,ism? In the canvass of '64,
the candidate of each party was we'll pro-
nounced in favor of annexation, before
the people of the whole territory, both by
the platforms of the respective parties,
and by the persona! endorsement Of each
upon this question, so that in the election
Of either one, the full verdict Of the PEG.
pie 10 favor Of annexation would be the
same. Four years ago it was different
One candidate was pronounced anti
annexalionist and the other pronounced
annexationist, and the latter won by over
5000 majority throughout the whole ter
ritory, thus in two territorial elections, the
verdic: of the people, and the whole peo-
pie Of the territory was favoring anuexa-
ton, aud yet the question is not settled
in congress, save in the lower House, and
the only reason that could have induced
the two conventions to ignore the ques-
ton, was that it was forgotten in their
eugrossins question Of Mormonism, which
can hardly be believed, that they believed
that the people Of the territory, having
pronounced twice upon the subject, it
codld not again be made live issue,
aud that congress needed no more instruc.
tons from the people upon the subject, thar
the managers of these conventions aimed
to destroy the issue by their silence and
induce the people to let it die out, which
doubtless would be pleasing to SOME
Of the Southern politicians Of both these
conventions. But the people OF the North
who are the most interested, and whose
natural rights arc thus infringed upon,
and their business and social prosperity,
materially blighted, are not blind to
such purpose. We of the North
are not going to be thus ignored by any
or all conventions, or the candidates
whom trey nominate. If they are de.
serving and want our support they have
to make US. knoy how they stand upon
this question. The nominee OF the re
publican convention has, so far as we
know, has not any public record upon
this question; but the men whom he has
sent here to speak for him, tell the people
that he is opposed to annexation, and
will, if elected, not pledge himself to
work for the measure in congress-, but
simply present our request fairly without
endorsement. from him. This being true
We can expect no aid from him, and on
this question he can do US no good, and no
aunexationist is under any moral or po-
litical obligations to vote for him, 10
the case Of Mr.. Haily. the democratic
nominee for congress, he stands upon an
snuexation platform of his party, and
must SO remain during the next session
Of congress, and beyond till his party re
pud,ate their platform of two years ago,
which they have not done in any manner
or form. Haley has kept his pledges
during the 6rst session Of the congress to
which he was elected, and SO far as is
publicly known he is ready to continue to
keep them to the end OF the pre- sent term,
aud for the future it is fair to infer, il he
now asks q reelection from the people,
that he will obey the people upon this
question as expressed two years ago, un-
less they instruct him to the contrary,
which, SO far they have not done. The
same is true of the democratic party
which nominated him for another term 10
Bellevue. Had they wanted him to
change his course On annexation they
would have demanded it Of hin 10 their
platform, or nominated some other man
who would pursue q Different course.
But instead of asking him to change,
they, by the following resolution endorse