Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-19

WucH " Came 70 soHd logic ana hrgu-
ment he was the peer OF Claggett.
Perhaps so, but the people never be-
fore heard Of it. He dweIt long on
the tariff, using the same old Demo
cratic arguments. He was not free
trader, but for . lowering Of the
tariff. The Judge, while he pre-
sented nothing new on this subject,
has the happy faculty of presenting
. stale subject 10 an entertaining
manner. He Is by no means weari-
some talker, and il good story tell
or, and frequently amused the audi
ence with his inimitable way Of re-
lating good anecdote.
4 He held the Republican party re-
sponsible for the land grants to the
| Union aud Central Pacific railroad
companies. Well, If il Was the Re-
/ publican party that made these grants,
II did what was best to be done At
that time. No corporation would
undertake such q mammoth enter
prise without government aid, and
without these roads the west would
never have been but thinly settled.
The lands were afterwards valuable,
but without these roads they would
have been of no value. The West
owes its present population and
wealth to the construction of the
Union and Central Pacific. No mat
( ter what the cost Of those roads to
the government, the beLefits result
ing are simply incaiculable. The
government has no doubt granted
those companies too many favors
since the construction of the reads.
} lie stated, however, that the con-
. struction of these roads was great
} benefit to the people, and if built
before the war would have prevented
that greatest of all rebeliions. That
i may be SO, but great many people
with thick skulls cannot get the full
, force and meaning of that statement
into their 'think tanks The land
: grant 20 the Northern Pacific, he
} said, was too great, being enough tc
5 build and equip the road.
The Judge favored the old Demo
crat doctrine of State sovereignty
. that the States have reserved to them
: all rights not surrendered to the
: Federal Government. He did not
> further elucldate. This Democratic
. doctrine came near disrupting this
E government, leading to secession
t but the Judge did not say to wha,
t extent the doctrine of States rights
< should be carried.
J He also endeavored to prove thai
the Democrat party is more the FRIEND
. of silver than the Republican party
Judge Mayhem is an anti-Mormon
!, The woods are now full of anti Nor.
e mormon Democrats since the Repub-
e licans of Idaho, with the and of few
e loyal Democrats, settled that ques
! tion. Before the question was set.
J, tied the woods were full of Demo.
u cratic Mormon sympathizers, and the
e Democrats who were not whooper.
$ for Mormons were few and far be.
9 tween. The Judge says he has al
2 ways been an anti Mormon. Good
: His party hasn't. 1t was we'll for hin
Q to state his standing on all questions
}. those dead and those alive and kick
: ing, for he has no record on any
t question that Idahoans know any
e thing about. Yet in the face of thi:
] fact he had the bravery, Tor whatev
: er you desire to call it) to come ou
] boldly and ask: "What are Mr.. Du
t bois' views on questions affecting tn.
people?" That is pretty good for al
d Idahoan, and candidate for Con
J, gress. Let's study minute. Thi
j Judge Mayhew is a prominent maj
! and his name and record are known
e from one end of this broad land tt
), the other, but who in hades anc
h demnition is this man Dubois? May
q hew, they say, was at one time Pres
c ident of the Council, and Repuhli
It cans say he was grand success as
is failure. But we ask again: Who i
It this man Dubois Mayhem referred t,
" in such sighting manner, and wha
is is his record?
n On the question of Statehood th'
r, Judge (where did he get the title?
E, endeavored to justify the opposition
e OF the Democrats in Congress. HI
e had hard job on his hands. Idah'
d had test oath, and the Democrat
1t wanted to be fair, and asked, VIII,
e didn't Wyoming also have tes
10 oath, or why didn't Idaho no