Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

have the objechonal clause struck out
and will on all occasions, in season
and out of season, strenuously endcav-
or to protect this the greatest of
Idaho's industries,
| SILVER.
But, my fellow-citizens, the Democ.
racy IS also charged with being the
opponent, yea even the enemy of sill
yer. To hear the talk of Republican
orators and read the articles of the
Republican press one would imagine
the Democratic party was responsible
for the low price of silver to-day. As
a matter of fact it Is known to every
one who is familiar with the political
history of the United States for the
past 20 years, that the Democratic
party alone, with few honorable ex-
ceptions among the Republicans, has
been the friend of silver. Who was
the man who introduced in Congress
the bill for the coinage of four mil
lions of silver dollars per month"; 1t
was Bland, of Missouri, as firm and
Incorporating Democrat as there
ever was. Who by their votes pass
ed that bill and made it law, thus pro-
tecting the silver industry by that
law? 1t was the Democratic party
by an almost unanimous vote, the
principle of the bill being condemned
by majority of the Republican men,
bers of Congress, (applause0 and the
Democratic party of the nation to-day
stands the friend of this industry;
and believe that if we secure ma
jority in the two houses of Congress
that bill will be passed, not to coin
two, three or four million silver dol
lars per month, but a bill that will
throw open the minis of the country
to the miner allowing him to take his
silver there and have it coined free of
charge, the same as gold is taken there
and coined, no matter the quantity.
AhhluAIAON.
There is another question that in.
terests the people of this Territory;
it is the irrigation question. We heard
but little of that from Mr. Dubois the
other night, although he did say that
Congress had passed a bill appropria.
ting 100000 for the purpose of de
yeloping the arid lands of the West.
Immediately he claimed some credit
for the passage of that bill, but he
forgot to tell you that the bill was not
passed for the benefit of Idaho; that
it was not provided in that bill that
any portion of that amount should be
used in Idaho-And | tell you now,
and you will find it to be the truth,
that not one dollar of that 100000
will find its way into this Territory or
be expended here by the government.
Gentlemen, this is question that in
wolves greater interests than any 9TH
er in this Territory. Take it from the
eastern boundary of this fair Terrific
ry, from where the rising sun CHANGING
over the great Tetons, throws their
gigantic shadows over thousands of
acres of as fertile land as that com
posing the valleys of the Mississippi
or Ohio, on down the winding shores
of Great river until the Oregon line
is reached, and the Snake bidding
farewell to the great plains plunges
into the mighty canon and hurries to
meet the Columbia, we find thousands
of square miles of as fertile land as
can be found on the surface of the |
Globe; land that will one day be COW
cred with pleasant homes and thriving
cities. True, to-day, it seems an al
most unbroken desert waste, vet it |
needs but the touch of water to make
it bloom and blossom as fair as the
fields of any of the older states. The
time is coming when this great valley
with its land unexcelled by any in the
world, will be inhabited by millions
of people where there are but so few
today. We are singularly blessed by
having in our midst the water by
which this land can be reclaimed. We
are not like the people of Nevada,
Utah and Arizona, who have the land
perhaps, but not the water. We have
the noble Snake river with its scores
of tributaries running in from the
north and south, filed with vast vol
umns of water that can be placed up
On these lands at but comparatively
small expenditure of capital. 1t has
been proposed and said that Congress
might make such appropriations for
artesian wells as would enable the set
Ter to obtain the water by such means.
It has also been proposed to dam up
,he water in the natural reservoirs in
he hills, where it comes down gulch
md creek in great volumns during
he spring and thus husband the ore.
,ious fluid for use during the summer
months. {
1t is possible that CONGRESS will ]