Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-08-10

UUtCS TOF congress-.
DEAR PARKER: I am not a proph ct,
nor the son of a prophet, neither have /
any corns by which to foretel when
storms are coming, but | feel it in the
air that the coming campaign in Idaho
territory will be triangular and stormy
one, and that the triangular part of it
will he conceived and die "a hornin'"
in this animated graveyard that we call
Lewiston.
We have plenty of material out of
which TO hew good congressional timber,
and thought your reaters may like to
hear how many of them are available
candidates, as well as to know the points
which are to be urged in their favor
when (as they assuredly will be- they
are nominated for congress by the "side-
walk statesmen" and shadow snatch
ers" in this deserted village, whose de-
fusion is that they are far-seeing politi-
clans. But their hiudsight is better than
their foresight. These men and their
parasites here and in cur adjoining
counties as | understand have deter
mined on calling an "independent" con-
vention in Lewiston to nominate can
didate to congress to run upon an in
dependent-mugwump- ticket.
Lewiston is the only place that has
reported as being all ready for action
and the candidates for the position from
Tins place are already too numerous to
mention. and how many of them there
will be when the back precincts in the
five counties of the north are heard
from is not easy 10 guess.
But of all these the principal candi-
date is Judge Norman Buck. ! hear
that he is willing To be sacrificed upon
the altar of his regular republican party,
and that II he cannot get the nomina-
ZION in the regular republican conven-
ton, he and his parasites will repeat the
circus entertainment which was so late
Nv performed with such graceful? dex.
terity by Brown and Reynolds. That
IS to say--they will leave the republican
convention and will come home pre-
pared to sacrifice Judge Norman Buck
upon the independents mngwum p-seces-
sion altar. Judge Norman Buck s Il
chronic sore-head and politician. His
ambition and egotism have developed
in his system what We medical men call
the congressional maggot." 1t is
disease that has its origin in personal
vanity and a love for notoriety, and the
patient at last falls to such depths of
degradation that he will sacrifice his
love of money, home, character kindred
and friends in order to accomplish the
cure of this remarkable disease, which
can only he satiated by nominating the
victim of 1t as u candidate for congre, S.
In the case of Judge Norman Buck the
dlSeas @ lay dormant and did not deVel-
ope itself for IL long time. The irst
symptoms were noticed during his first
term in the official position which he
has just vacated to Judge Logan. BAR
ing his second term it doVelUped It's. Ii
into n malignant type, and assumed such
proportions that Judge Norman Buck
conc uded 10 get nomination for CON
Z ess whether or no. He WAS Il standing
candidate for the nomination from his
regular party associates but as they S rs
pected his sincerity and fired his wlre-
pulerS out of their CunN entiOn, and he
had lnsnlted the democracy SD often
that they would not accept him rs "A re-
crult Judge Norman Buck resortcd tn
other means to CRAFTY the cauker which
consumes his heart. His first step down
the ladder of degradation was the nm
chase OF newspaper 10 advance bis
ambition, his second was to ascend The
tripod aud act as editor, and tine third
was to change the name OF the same to
the Stttrs und B,us. But the Investment
was a bad one, herause the people know
his record too well, Ia vote him into any
office that IS in their gjft. Ihey--the
people-know that Judge Norman Beck
las done more than au- ht else to p,le
uO the Indebtedness of the cuuutIts of
North Idaho through his slow methods
of conducting court business when he
was judge of this Judicial district-iu-
debtedness which the people must pay
for by increased taxation. Is Judge
Norman Enck available uuter these cir
cumstances? | guess not.
But there is another prominent candi- !
date. / refer to the great and Origin al
DIR. NJ. A. Kelly. NJ. D., one blast fir, IN
whose poetic, Imagination means I'll (
thousand votes for the Independent
mugwump secession party of NORTH /
Idaho. lie is one of the leaders in that
eminently venerable crowd of side .
walk statesmen" in this city who stdl .
deplore the removal of the tefIitornl .
capital from Lewiston 10 Boise Civ
Twenty years of threats and VOWS If /
vengeance against South Idaho hay
ing produced ~ remarkable effects, Dr.
VI. \. Kelly Nj. d.. is SO far willing To
renew the fight against the hirelings of
the south" as TO champion the cause
Of the oppressed North" by hearInr
aloft its standard in "a fight that will not
cost him cent, and that will bring him
into conspicuous and pre-emineat no O.
fiety. L tllnk that the nomination of
DIR. NJ. a. Kelly, NJ. D., would prove to
be death blow to all the other parties.
Not one of them could survive. All the
other venerable petrilications IN this
Iamshackle town would vote for him
And, oh. editor conceive to yourself if
you can, the transcen9ental blessings
that would come to ua of North" Idaho
il DR.. Nj. a. Kelly. NJ. d., were to elec-
trIfy the congress OF the United States in
solemn session assembled by quoting tn
his colleagues fragment OF his own
poetry Angels and ministers OF
grace defend u.s." Reluctantly Yea.