Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-23
CAPlrAL LATTER.
Boise CRY, August II, '89.

DoiSE CITY, August IL, 81.
WoRLD:--The Senate Committee,
consisting of Senator Stewart of Ne
yada, Senator Reagan Of Texas, and
Senator Jones of Arkansas are here.
They are trio OF the brainiest men
we have yet had the honor of meet
ing as officials of the General Gov.
ernment. Their mission is to thor
oughly inquire into and investigate
the condition of our Territory in re-
gard to the pressing demand of irri-
CATION of the arid lands and kindred
topics. Major Powell, Sup't of the
q. S. Geological and Typographical
Bureau OH Irrigation and the general
development of the arid region of the
United States, accompanies the Sen
ate Committee. He, in his learned
and very instructive speech, gave us
to understand the use and value Of
the waters OF every stream, spring
and river within the confines of Ida
ho Territory. Senators Regan, Stew
art and Jones, in their lengthy inves-
tigation held in the Legislative Hall,
met and talked with every class of
Idaho citizens. They left no ques-
ton unasked with regard to the fu-
ture and present wants of the people
of Idaho. From what they have seen
with their own eyes, and the answers
they received from the people, those
gentlemen, in their speeches deliv-
cred at Sonna's opera house, stated
that Idaho was now ripe and ready
to record her name as one of the
States of the great and free Americ-
an Union and Republic. Messrs
Reagan and Stewart, in their lengthy
speeches on the money and silver is
sue of the present time, explained the
situation so transparently clear that
the most stupid and blunt mind could
thoroughly understand our present
condition in connection with the
mammoth money bond holders of Eu-
rope who continuously keep their
agents in Washington forming and
enacting laws to protect them in their
legal robbery of the American peo-
pie in the honest profits which every
miner in the States and Territories
is and has been robbed of for the past
twenty odd years by the money and
bullion spectators of Great Britain,
Germany and other governments of
Europe. Senator Stewart stated that
during the last four years of General
Grants administration aud while he.
Stewart, was in the Senate Chamber
representing his State of Nevada, the
great silver State of America, that
the Republican party of which he was
then and now is a member, in secret,
without his knowledge, passed the
bill legalizing the law by which the
money grabbers of Europe depressed
the value OF American silver, which,
since that period, has robbed the
American miners aud mine owners of
nine hundred millions of dollars.
This law was signed by General
Grant, who was then President. Sem
ator Stewart assures us that he put a
plank in the present platform of his
party by which he can repeal this
robbing bill and see that the silver
product of the United States sells in
every market of the world at its true
value-when the miners will receive
in full the last mill of their hard and
honest earnings.
Senator Stewart winds up by call
ing on every citizen of Idaho to come
forward on the day of the coming
election and vote, no matter whether
for or against Statehood, and show
our strength at the ballot box. AS
we are now entering the portal of
Statehood, let us hail that day with
unerring patriotic JOY.
SPECTATOR
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