Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-06-07

A perusal oi the minority report Oh
this Lii reveals at glarce that the
Speclous baud Of these stuiiii. Re VI line
south has been at work. Listen! "In
early days, when this agitation cou =
III "csd, II journey FROM North to S"u't
VA, considerable Vi aD undertaking, bu
tn alleged b.rrieis between them nevti
did exist M insupelablo geographical u"-
| stacies u the easy iuterra'ur.c vi tbs Il o
>ec,.ops, and are nop practlra'i, r
moved by roais aud contiguous settle
mcu s. Vi the shades OF Annanlas,
What lie There Is not single roao
.o-day between them uausht but Il
ru- sed moun ain trail-it Is Just e
same hard undrrtah ing ~ DAY TO Il. .
over the impractic,ble, il not tnsupe'
able obs, acies, us the colnluittee spcvIo, =
y Argues, a, II ever was. G-ntlcD,u
,ou ere Imposed upon, when you are leo
10 hook ut this as tug bear. No! l.
IS ghost that nIA.cIial,zes aud you
uever Gun dowu It ~ pl"0cer will even
ntdgc the way through that vast inter
] c"n1 chain III mouutalus vi h III
'lie Ut civilization, aud your "l"nest auu
,utulil cut observer who thiuks difieren,,
AN awake to hud thai, thuuah honest.
nc mas been sadiy fooled. This niu"rit,
,s5s Two surveys tor lal,r.Mds hav,
ucen made through these MOUNTAINS, bu'
0.ither Vi them mud an, serious obstacl, .
Ia la.iroad construction" THIS ma,
turu uu what u se,iou, obstacle is under
stood t. b.. We all knyv that tn.
~."po'"ii"u making tbs survey, deem ii
> rIous, ion they say 1t is impruc,icahl.
uow, l should say this Was serious. Tn
'"c's are, gentlemen, us you will find j
y'u desire to be- impartial in a,YuaintiUg
ourselves with them that "De at 'l,.s,
surveys was made live years ago down
cnake llser and the obstacles found -
,tiiuus as to Induce the runuin. the r,rnt
up heavy grades over the Blue m ,uu
| ,alns into Oregon, where it now runs
The last survey ran in the interior, ~
mountains, down canons, over ravines,
up aud down, unfortunately. and reported
mprActlcabir. Nothing Aerlnns! u, ~.
perhaps not TO Those who with the stroke
It the p,n can Transform mountain
ranges 7.0OO feet high t. ''trifliny eieva
Ions" Yrs Mr.. CuIlom, this is jus'
what you do, and you do it in the face
Ut admitted facts by the very m-n VIII
have now diahunnred themselves b.,
broken pledges. | repeat. they have ac
Suowledsed that, geographically v.
nevel can be united. L."k ri.M beck
Council joint Memorial No. 2 Jan
1855, where it is officially pr"clain,cd a,
I" 'n'll.purable fact, that politically tn.
two SECTIONS are united, but social,
numerically and geographically the,
never tan BE-. drifting elevation" in
deed (! Gentlemen your argument is
tr,tling It is not compatible with tina,
'ii>pas-iobatc sense Of business which IT,,
time and place drma, ded Tn re- is r,a
.on aud CAUSE FIR this legislation aud II
dies exist in the topography Of tn,
| country. A.ain you wrnny US, wh-,
you hold the NortI, responsible for tn,
Indebtedness occasiontt by the bnild,n.
If the capitol building and asylum
The Northern members were won int
the support Of those measures by III
prdge> Of the s .u'h ,hh they Won u
favor Segregation, and as an earnest "'
h"se pledges, the memorial referred
was passed, and It was further promised
| hat should segregation take place the,
womld not ark Us to assume any q! tlai
Indebtedness. They didn't tell Won this,
J did they? thought net. Now you
admit that there Was sonne excuse tor
legislation by con ress last SITS. ion. al
hou=h y"u say it Was because our dele
:atc urged it, but that there can b
none how because he Is ,p,sed To il.
Then you doom u. To he the victims Ut
this changeable politician, do YOU? VIII
through his itching desire Tor Office.
S'iaed his Personal coovic.i"n, to stand
upon platform that endorsed ann.x.-
uon, and who when he learned that his
attempt at honesty had ansered grra,
many friends, ha-,encd to say he was
sorry aud would never do SO any more.
But We deuy your prewise. The cx-
cuse tor this legislation has ever lain il
the desire OF uur people to 90 to Wash.
inss"n and that this desire still exists
needs only The opportunity afforded by
this bill to express. in laundering tones.
tho depth aud Strength Ut our purposes.
aud which will utterly destroy your
premises and coniound your argument.
The spirit of freedum is stranger to d.,
in North Idaho than ever before, and i
bec"mins more crystalizrd an earnest.
and III there is to b. a generous dispense.
ii"n OF political p,crosatives, congress
ca" now do M less than to confer them
upon Us 10 this cherished measure, and
all honor to Senator Stevart