Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
OUR CAPITAL LETTER.
BOISE Cry, Feb. 10, 1889.

ah auu hSeth IN BOISE City du-
rlng legislative winter, in expecta-
ton OF much news and high life, is
short, and he waiteth in vain. He
cheweth the bitter end of anguish.
and exclaimeth: sOh, where is thy
boasted inducement to maketh the
stranger tarry in thy midst" Now
tina. the Honorables, or at least part
OF them, have adjourned, l deem it
safe, Notwithstanding the dire threats
thrown out by the discordant element
attending the Legislature in different
capaclties-as body guards, guards of
honor, immaculate guards of integri-
ty, who with jealous, ardent and |
uncalculating devotion to the inter-
ests of the various communities, for
bade any observations to be made up
on the conduct of the peoples SER
wants. Much was expected from this
Legislature. We are young and ON
the eve of donning the habiliments of
Statehood, and expected that the
Legislature would prove itself above
the petty, partisan strife of sectional
ism. Gray, in his Incompatible Ele-
gy, intimates that often in obscure
stations only the field is wanting to
cause display of talents equal to the
rarest the world has seen, and to this
dogma | am inclined to give my hear
test assent. Here, this winter, was
the field the opportunity? How
many of the members will return
home and receive that greeting,
"Well done thou good and faithful
servant. Enter into the joys of thy
Lord" l protest against the fihbus-
tering of the latter part of the ses-
sion as shameful and disgrace to the
J intelligence of Idaho. / do not de-
sire to screen any one, nor would |
, shield the most intimate friend in con-
duct contrary to law and order. 1t
seems that through ignorance or arro-
gance the Legislature of Idaho was
more intelligent than all the laws
T made and provided by Congressional
enactments-the laws under which
they convened. The time, the legal
day of its adjournment, its powers,
are all prescribed for by national leg
+ islation. Yet in spite Of this, what
| has been done? The records are
q open to the most humble. The court
has been appealed to in order tha
n the Speaker could attach his cogno
men to the journal. The Chief Clerl
n refused and writ of mandamus wa
l. sworn out to compel him. The un
d adjourned part of the session is still
il in our city, and wisely exclaim: "W
y hold the fort!'' 1t reminds me o
,r "El ultir.o sospiro del Moro" (the las
n sigh of the Moor). No more Wi
# some of the last members gaze upo
"A the gardens or beautiful orchards, tn
- septinel-like trees or the majesti
:. homes of the capital city. No NOR
: will their desks be strewn with llttl
:. white missives of invitations to pre-
# gressive euchre parties or luncheo
70 per jure. No more will he hear til
w sscall of the House." No more Wi
r, the Sargeant-at-Arms hunt for tt
" member who ran away with the "|fll
G. lam" in his pocket. No more wi
4. the distinct sound of the gavel di
9. turb the musical snores Of an al
,a night session. "Selah." Such legl
ef lation, at time of peril to our cou'
H. try, is reprehensible. A blind ma
at can see the tremendous political ar
pa social issues that are forcing then
no selves upon the people, and a de
av man can hear and feel the shock
wv the collision between the forces
ds labor and capital all over our cou
,t trv Labor led, and too often mlsle
bo bv the worst elements of human S
st. ciety, is struggling like giant IN t
,er tolls and striking blindly in the dar
-, to rid itself of the monstrous burde
81 of its bearings. Consolidated and c
vs. ganized capital, soulless, mercile
ms and Unsuitable, has possessed itself
I'm our lines of transportation, TAX
rs. charge of our financial system a
ass now reaches out its hand TO take p'
IRE session of the public land-the la
of of the people-and sneeringly ash
bio "What are you going to do about Ii
nd Civilization has met these same qu'
,rt. tions again and again, In the hlste
Ter. of our race, but they have never be
,os. solved. They have ever proven
has treacherous reef on which the stroi
srs est ships of state, laden with huu