Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-10-14
ANNEX
And tho Position Of tho Candidates


The election is approaching and tie
people Of the North, particularly in this
section Of the North, are deeply inter.
ested in knowing upon what they can de-
pend with fair construction Of the po-
sition which is maintained by the candi-
dates now before the people. So far as
the county tickets Of both the democrats
and republicans, by the platforms, they
nre 4 unit in favor of annexation, and
both regret that the last session of con-
gress did not settle the question, and
thereby remove the question from fur
ther contest at our elections and leave us
free to form other issues to be considered
by our people, based upon the settlement
Of this vexel question, suited to our new
relations But the question still remains
an open one, and by the neglect Of con-
eress to enact law upon the question,
We arc left to grope our way in darkness
a. to the future, and we cannot, with
safety to ourselves, drop the question,
and leave the field to our enemies in the
South to make further raids upon our
rights and privileges as citizens Of the
North. We have always been open aud
fair with them and naughs, in malice to.
wards them, has ever been said or done,
by the North, that could BY any stretch
Of our rights, as citizens, to urge our
claims, in opposition to the well being Of
the people OF the South. Our reasons
for annexation have been frankly avowed
and discussed, no. only in the North but
in the South, before the people Of the
South, and their representatives in our
legislature, and verdict, by large ma
jority, il both cases, has been rendered
in our favor, and no new verdict, or even
modified verdict Of the people, or Of the
Legislature, hrs ever been rendered, and
the two conventions, at Haley and Belle
vua this fall seemed to ignore the issue,
save in endorsing Hai!ey's record.
We suppose thsy did this because by SO
doing they thought they coull smother
the subject and drown it in the minds Of
tho people and it would soon be forgotten
md the North would quietly acquiesce
10 their condition Of vassalage and sub
serviency to the dictation Of tn. South,
and still pay tribute to them without re.
ceising any benefits in return. So far as
We have known the people Of the North,
and ve have lived among them for over
twenty-five years, and much of tho time
have been in position to Judge, impair
italy, Of their character, they generally
are not made Of the kind Of metal that
can be moulded to suit the managers Of
any party or clique OF men, who do not
show good reason for this moulding pro-
cess They do not take. well .tothe idea
snzt hey are Il Gay IN the hands Of
the potter, wtSther that potter be re-
publican 81 democrat. We have signi-
Aed this il many ways to both democrats
and republicans, and that these conven-
tions, in sither one or the other, should
have supposed that we bad no such issue
q annexation in the North yet remaining
10 = matter Of some surprise, where meth
ing in the facts warranted any such sup
position. Perhaps they thought that
their Mormon issue would override. all
others in the North, the same as they
claim it does in the South. But they
must have klown, and they did know
that we had no Mormonism with US, the
evils Of which we're in any manner made
prominent, and how could they have sup
posed, IS intelligent men, that we would
be willing to forego our own vital issue,
which seriously effects US, and has done
20 for long series Of years, and espouse
an issue that IL beyond our reach and
comprehension, and the evils Of which
were too remote to awaken our interest or
sympathy to any great extent. They
have Mormonism in both platforms and
both have resolved against it and both
candidates are committed against it, thus
having no issue between them exccp'
the individual history and record Of the
candidates upon the question in former
years, and that makes the issue personal,
only between them, without any dis,inc-
tive principle to discuss before the people,
in which the people take an interest, save
the personal record Of ssch in the past
What do We, Of the North, or even what
do the people Of the South, care what may
have been the position of the respective
parties or candidates, either North or
South, upon the question Of Mormonism,
lodong - both parties and both candi.
lates are BOW pronounced against the
'sinciples and practices Of the Mormon
Anscl, q subversive Of the principles Of
pod sosiety and civil liberty2 But 10
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