The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1890-10-11
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What Cooked the Republican Goose
in Ketchum.

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Democrats. The town was believed tt
be Republican by large majority.
"How did you happen to let the Dem,
ocrats get away with you2" was asked OF
a prominent Republican yesterday.
"Well, you see," he replied, the work,
ers were not here; they had been called
elsewhere to save some other precinct
So the Republicans here practically lost
the town by default There seemed to
be no one here to organize or conduct
the fight, no one to look after the float
ing votes, and so forth. HALEY Times.
The above article is from the
Wood River Times, a republican
paper.
As far as Ketchum is concerned
it has no kick either coming or 60
ing. Referring that article to sew
eral stalwarts in Ketchum, however,
we admit that they used some bad
words which we refuse to print.
This slur cast upon the republican
workingmen here was too gross to
be pronounced in English, and was
therefore reduced into a dead and
profane language.
The aforesaid republican workers
were here, and did the best they
could. If they were at HALEY, or
ELSEWHERE to save some other pre-
cinct," as the Times asserts, it
showed their pluck. There should
. be no growl from that quarter. But
when it is asserted that there was
no one in Ketchum to "look after
the floating votes, and so FORTH" it
shows a dark lantern, and takes a
stereoscopic view of other localities
where floating votes, and so forth, F"
could be discovered-and paid for.
The geese" were not all cooked in
Ketchum kitchens. ''And so forth"
is loud-mouthed bird, but some
times sits upon too high a tree, and
talks too much.
The only trouble about Ketchum
was, that it was decently honest,
and 500 pieces couldn't buy her.
Can as much be said of certain
other precincts in this county?
"They had been called elsewhere
to save some other precinct !! How
did they "save" them? How much
did they cost per head?
It is asserted that the republican
leaders and workers went away
somewhere. Up here they say they
didn't go; that they stayed here
and worked. We are of the opinion
that they did. In fact, they didn't
goj they stayed in Ketchum and
did the best they could for their
country-or what they thought to
be such. They worked faithfully
for their party and party friends,
much more forcibly than their adj
versaries liked. The contest in this
portion of the county was made on
the square, on general principles;
and no one, on either side, as far as
we can learn, was either bought or
traded off. The balderdash which
befooled or purchased the ignorant
or the sordid-which bought up the
tinhorn gamblers of Haley, and
the Mormons of Island precinct,
had no perceptible effect among the
intelligent miners in these northern
districts of Wood River. These
precincts went republican, or demo
cratic, on general principles-not
on greed and ignorance. Most of
the voters Though not alb were
honest and couldn't be misled.
They voted their minds without re-
gard to U. S. Marshals or lying
newspapers.
Can as much be said of certain
southern precincts of this county?
The combination that was made is
we'll understood; the combination
of republicans and so-called demo-
Gratis, that defeated nearly all of
the democratic ticket in Alturas
county for the special benefit of
certain partners in business.
The democracy of Alturas had
hard fight to make from the begin
ming. They recognized this fact.
The county had been so badly and
madly cut up and mangled by the
lastrepublican legislature that there
was, and is, but little left in it but
the clique who are responsible for
the damage, and the taxpayers who
have to look after their receipts.
Still, with their natural instincts,
the democracy made brave, gal
liant fight. They conceded no inch
of the ground until it was legiti-
mately conquered. No democratic
candidate in the county expected
to be elected unless by special per-
sonal influence or effort. None used
any money: and none had much to
use. No democratic national COM
mittee sent any money into Idaho
to assist any one. The other side
evidently had money from the East
to spare. If q half million had been
necessary to carry Idaho republi-
can at this election it would have
been sent here from Washington.
Those u. S. Senators were needed.
The contract of admission must be
fulfilled.
This much can truthfully be said
of ketchum-and as far as we can