Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-09-13

erat'c platf' rms to fit any State in the
Union.
he speaker said that a greater
mistake could not be- made than for
Idaho TO send Democrats to Compress.
Even though they may be sincere IN
their desire to protect lead, they
must know that when they go East
they will have to fall in line with their
tree trade party. Why, of course!
Laughter and applause. There was
Il" doubt about tie stand of'he Dem.
o'ra''c patty OF Tins question.
1T was stated by some free trade
advocates that workingmen were he,
ter paid elsewhere than in prot.ct. 4
Am"rlca. This is a mon>trous false.
hood. The speaker left Ireland for
Scotland, to work in the coal mines.
when ten years and six months old
tie had Seen workingm+n every where
Il" Ireland, Scotland, England,
france, Mexico, and the Unit. l
the condition of the work.
'"gmrn nowhere compares with that
IN the United States! Why, fellows
when man in Europe fails
to labor tor fully six DAYS a week he
does not have Il shiline's worth Of
p DIVISIONS III the lous+! You can, in
Europe tell working mans wife
hre- blocks off, by her rags or scanty
clothing; while ~ HALEY you ca t
tell Il workirgman's wife from the
wife of the Pr. sident Of this railroad
running through here, because she
'an afford to dress so well. I've seen
more squalor and misery in one
block IN the city OF Glasgow than
I've seen ever Since came to Amer
ca. l'u never see an organ or a
piano there in a workingman's house;
you know just how plentiful they are
here. Applause.
The question Of protection to lead
S An especially important one to us
IT North Idaho. We don't care much
tor the Mormon question up there,
because we treat them Us we do the
Chinese: we don't let them in!
Laughter and Applause But
We have lead mines up there hat are
non producing over one-half the lead
Of the United States, Al that, in a
year or two, will produce $4,000, 900
worth var.
lie people Of Idaho must support
he Republican ticket because they
are like the fellow who, going C urt-
ng Sunday night and finding all his
girls engaged with sos. ther fellow
finally went to prayer-mrt ting. He
went there brcause he hadn't any
er plac-t t. 60! Laughter. You
haven't any other place to go. II the
Democrats obtain power, they will in
falIibly cause the shutting down of
your mines. and impoverish every
mining comm nifty in the Union.
Prolonged applause.
The Hon. William II. Clag-tt
vas the next speaker. He was greet
I'd With round after round OF applause,
and spoke substantially as follows:
The strains of the music that last
greeted our ears carry me back to the
,lden time when mighty struggle
vas going on, and bring these reflects
ons: We are justly proud of our ad,
mission to Stat hood. ii at we are
! State to day is owing to the Repuh>
lean party that we have a nation in
n which to be St tie. Under a
form OF government
here must be two parties struggling
or supremacy; and | wish to state,
light here, that we ara grateful to
Providence that we have a Demo
, ate party in the United States, and
w are also UNNECESSARILY grateful
hat it is in the minority. Laughter
."u APPLAUSE The Republican par
v needs brake as a steam engine
Toes governor. Otherwise it might
progress too rapidly. A brake; that
$ wha, the Democratic party is, has
been, and will be. to the Republican
party. [Applaus".]
Go into any community, and you
viii fnd it divided into two classes Of
minds. One the progressive, the
,ther the hold back. The constr