Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-27
THE FREE PRESS
FRIDAY, :::: JANUARY 81, 1855.
AN HYSTERICAL APPEAL.

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The Lewiston sorehead clique hav
published their ultimatum to congress
in the Teller, which, with their accus
toned imbeciity, they expect congress
men to read. The man was never borr
who could read Teller editorial with.
out falling asleep, and the congressman
who attempts TO wade through the foul
columns OF slush which makes the ap.
peal will find it complete and radica
cure for the worst forms of chronic in.
somnia.
With their accustomed impudence
they have forged the names of /. p.
Brown. A. Shumway, w. s. NJ. Will
liams and Ward Girton to the document
as the Idaho county members of an al
legged executive committee. When
and by whom, and for what purpos e
this executive committee was appointed.
is beyond the public knowledge, but
that their names were fraudulently used
without their consent for the purpose
of lending weight to the document, is
apparent from the following portions of
the appeal.
"North and south Idaho are separated
by natural boundaries. Between the
two is mountain range impossible
except on horseback or on foot over
rugged mountain trails. in summer. and
in winter except on snow shoes. There
has nerer been a acGgon road and necer
can he q practicable one. The Salmon
river mountains, which constitute this
range, is at least sixty miles wide, ex-
tending east and west across the entire
territory.
Our remoteness from and inaccessi-
bility to the territorial government de-
prlves us of all the protection govern
ment should afford to every section of
it's domain. In it are the Nez Perce,
CGur de Alene, Pen d'Oreilles, a part OF
the koo,enals. permanently, and the
Spokens roam through the northern
portion thereof. There is no prospect
of these tribes being removed there
from. We are subject, therefore, in the .ttt-
tire, as ,re haze BEN in the past, to sudden
and cruel sardge oatbrcokS."
We say that Messrs. Brown, Shum-
way, Williams and Girton never sane
toned such mbecie statements as
those we have re-published. They cor
roborate what we have repeatedly |
stated-that the Lewiston annex ton |
clique do not want to see the Salmon |
river road built, and we now have their
4 jIaf hnf fba1o baa Ina J..
'cdgon road and neuer can be a practicable |
3ne. And they impudently use the
names of our own citizens to endorse
heir lying misrepresentation. The
salmon river range is no more serious
IN obstacle between north and south !
Idaho than are the Cascade mountains
eastern and western Washing
on. The so-caled "impassable noun
ain barrier" is simply an elevation to
'e overcome by easy grades, or pierced
~ railroad tunnel.
We are told further that there are
indians living here, that there is no
prospect of their removal, and that "are
ne subject therefore in the future, as we
'ave been in the past, to sudden and
'ruel savage outbreaks. We say that
10 citizen of Idaho county ever lent his
lame to such an outrageous lie. 1t is
N insult to the intelligence and com.
non sense of every man in northern
daho to print the lying statement that
we are in danger of sudden and cruel
avage outbreaks" There is about as
much chance of an earthquake as f an
indian war. But this is characte ristic
nnexation argument. AS long as we are
n Idaho the country is not worth liv-
ng in, but by the simple act of annex
ng it to Washington it will become an
arthly paradise.