Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-02
A PATRIOTIC LETTER.

II
crat-addressed the following letter
to the Joint Campaign Committee.
1t is full Of vim and good points .
and we reproduce il below.
cannot see how anyone, Democrat
or Republican, who has a proper ap-
probation ot the inestimahle benefits !
and privileges 81 American citizen
ship, can oppose the change from Ter.
ritorial vassallage t. the Sovereignty u
Statehood Home Rule, or lucal sel!
government, il recognized hy every
intelligent individual as a boon aud .
blessing
The scmidepenaent condition under
which the people II Territory Labor,
is inconsistent with both the letter
AMI tpirit " Republican institutions,
and is entirely foreign 10 the Ameti.
can system al free government, "by
the people, for the people"
The opponents III Statehood have
no valid, nor reasonable ground upon
which to base their nppositlcn.
The false cry If increased taxation
il the last rceort 81 demagoEnes aud
political eranks. who always oppose
anything aud everything u progress
| i've natuge--relatiug either 10 political
conditions or industiial enterprise.
They are mere bnnions On the feet Of
/ Progress. that impede our advance.
I ment and evolution from q state uf
| infantile Territorial dependency 10 the
/ full majesty Of independent and Wig
prous political manhood While the
/ Constitution framed by the Cenven-
! ton may contain some obnoxious pro.
visions, vt, taken as whole, IL viii
compare favorahly with the Cunstitu-
tions ~ many OF the older States and
our political existence under IL would
be vast improvement on the present
nondescript condition Of Territorial
seryitude. No werk Of man can be
perfect. No Constitution could be-
framed and adopted by any conven-
ton that would in al! things meet the
views, and receive the unqualified in
dorsement of every member. Some
people are given to finding faui and
men may be found opposing the Con-
stitution and Statehood, who believe
an improvement could he made q
Christ's Sermon ON the Mount, and
m amendment pro erly made To tn,
Ten commandments.
In the vast range 81 subjects covered
by Constitution, there must ncces
sarily be many interests affected, upof
which The OPINIONS and views nf mem
beIs are as diverse and, apparently Ir
ieconcilable, ms uron many other les
, important questions. M Constitution
OF any State, has, in every article, o
clause, exactly met the wishes of til,
men who framed 1t hut la spirit o
compromise, with desire to harmon
ize, as far as possible, all conflicting
interests, and opinions, 80 ms To reacl
common end, the absolute cnfran
chIsement Of the people, AS u mass
from all political disabilities inciden
TO Territorial condition. Member
of the late Convention, differing la op
inion, yielded little here aud a LITTLE
there, until finally the Constitution
as a whole. was agreed upon ana
adopted by practically an unanimous
vote of the convention.
1 My experience, as lawyer, hal
been. that il il difficult matter 10 &c
twelve men IN jury box who vii
agree on a verdict TINT il satislaetnr,
To all of them. How much more diff
ficalt then, IL il for sixty or seyent,
men in convention, representing ever.
branch Of industry, occupation ant
| professional pursuit Ia Idaho, 10 agret
upon Constitution Every artiel
and clause Oi which would he eniitei,
: satisfactory to each me,t,her, aud Il
the entire people such eonsum
nation may be desoully wished l0l
but il is among the impossihiliiies.
An overwhelming majority IN Con
veniinn adopted the Constitution, nm
realizing that il II cardinal pfinei
pie Of Democratic A. well as kepuhli
:. can faith, that tile majority shal
rule"
give my hearty md unqualified
: support to the Constitution AMI Stat.
E hood for Idaho, anu believing that tn
' people will inaarse, a. the lalls. tn
: work OF the Convention. hail III
/ coming OF new era of prosperity am
progress following the admission 4
Idaho a. sovereign State ai th
Union. am saues very truly,
GEORGE AINsLIE.