Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-09-25

the occasion deserved, i. was hecxus.
ne WAS phy>icail, unable, having 10.
the past two weeks hem cout,nu.llv
." the road, travelled 60 or 70 miles
per dav. aud spoken once or twice
daily. He was therefore physic.Ily
worn out.
he had the honor Of representing
Idaho AS delegate in the two las,
Congresses. Duri' e those three OF
'our Years the most important qu-s
IONS, DOT only to US, but to the
Nation, before that illu>trious body
were OF peculiarly local interest aud
Importance to Idaho. His POSITION on
MI 'hes" q" stions, as WILL a. ,hs, Il
the annexation or pa't,tion of North
Idaho, o." M"rmonisn,, Stat hood,
the prot-ctio" of lead, the r. mon. tia
ton OF silver, etc, was we'll known.
Statehood has conferred in,porta, t
privileges upon US: bat It las ais" i'm
p"'e' grave responsibilities. We
must now, for stance, indicate h>
our vets what line # party prin
c'pIes'r policy we wish applied I"
Idaho. Not being Candidate for
office he could discuss t',se questions
i"ps'tiall. AMI he st "d here to AS
:, r. the people of Idaho. whom he
had tied to serve tu III. hes, OF his
ability, that he knew that it was to III.
Interest OF every citizen of Idaho to
vote the Republican ticket on the
first Of October. H. had followed
through the s.,m-ti,nes before
aud sometimes ait Fin various IL.
calitirs. q distinguished Democrat
orator, and that ee, tl-man would
profanity be here this week. We'll,
White that gentleman had a great
deal to say about the duty on tin
pla:e. aud frequently referred IT, North
Carolina, and to South Carolina, he
did not discuss single qur.tion O.
i"ttr's. !" the people Of Idaho
P rhaps The most important ques-
'ion to us Of Southern Idaho was the
disposition Of the public lands. aud
the irrigation Of the arid area As a
nat'.r of fact, every acre Of land IN
Southern Idaho is irrigable land. The
Rel ubhcans in Congr. IS have ALWAYS
end+av"red, by appropriations for
surveys and 9TH r~ is-, 70 render this
land suitable for :. ttl-ment. But
soon after the accession of President
Cleveland t" power, Mr.. Sparks he
gan issuing his circulars which, il
cannot be denied, were intended t.
pr.vr,t the Northwest from bring
st tiled, and esp. cisly the Territories
which have since become States.
L, ward the end of the administration
ID. mocra'ic Cor grrss passed, in the
gui>e Of an amsndmen, t. an appro>
pria'ion bill, brief paragraph which
Withdrew all i,riu able lands fir m set
t'ement. Luckily for Idaho the
next Congress was Repuhli
can, and so was the President; ant
tina, paragraph so insignificant yet So
Imp ortant t. US, was repealed. This
was not new departure, as it is to.
day, and it has always been, a part OF
the d. moor ratio policy to prevent and
retard the settlement aud develops
ment Of the West.
The sp. ake' believed himself we'll
informed rs to the prefer. nres
of TIE Nor,hwt st. He knew tn m t.,
ne Republican. Aud if percha"ce
Idaho should go Democratic il Octo
b, r our representative in Washington
would b- the only ones Of that faith
there from the Northwest! They
would net meet any of their neiy hbors
or friends there and would feel very
lonesome as they would he compelled
to ASSOCIATE with our avowed enemies.
R-snming the discussion of the land
qn..tion, tie 81 eaktr said INIT he be-
liz we'd The s'I jet of irrigation should
he under control Of the National
Government. hut that the lands should
b. coded t. the States, unde, proper
guarantees.
As straws indicate the way the
wind blows, so SOM what Trivial &C
curr-nc- may indicate settled
policy. During the entire admins
trntion ot President Cleveland, no;