Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-09-17

Oo"x'eSs' "hd non. NJ. A. kurtz, oil
Na"p.' came to Wood River ,-ster,
day. They were une xrp ot@d. T~l..
grams sent from Boi>e the day pre-
ceeding their arrival, did not rr.ct
here until after tho speakers did.
Messrs. Mack and Lennon, Of thu
State and County Commuters. wet
to work At once, however. to an.
nou"cr the meeting, and succe- ded
30 wels that by 8 o'clock Knsupp'.
nail was again SO crowded that many
were unable to gain admission.
Mr.. Lennon introduced a. thu
first speaker
HON. N. A, KURTZ,
OF Nampa, who spoke for about ten
minutes. The gentleman WAS evil
Identity Iaboring under ares. dis.
advantages. He had lef. home with
out u mo'ne' Is notice, his business
having made it impossible for him T.,
participate in the campaign, and he
had not expected to ne pressed i"to
service. lie WAS therefore totally
unpreparrd, and feared to intrude
upo" ground which Nj. Sweet, the
speaker Of the evening, would cover.
The hall'too, is ill-adapted to such n
modulatsd voice Us Nj. Kurtz's. who
enuncia,es so learly and slowly that
his every word is heard and under.
stood by every one in the audi-ucr
But notwithstanding all these dis.
advantages Mr.. Kurtz spoke very
creditabIy, aud made very favorable
impression.
The next ard last speaker was
JUDGE WILLIS SWEET.
The gentleman did not propose to
hold the audience very long, as the is
sues before the people had air. ady
been SO ably discussed by .th-rs, he
modestly said, as to make II lengthy
discourse from him unnecessary.
Leaving to Others the discussion of
questions Of internal impr"v. ment,
which were properly class+d rs more
or less local in their nature, he would
devote his time to the discussion Of
the three main questions claiming thu
attention Of the people OF Idaho at
the present time.
The fist of these which he would
discuss was the most important, aud
would therefore take up the most of
his time. That WAS the tariff. The
second was the silver question; aud
the third was Statehood.
A discussion Of the tariff question
would require him to refer to the ear
Hest perio'l OF the history of the
United States, as such. when Rob. IT
Morris found it necessary, in order TO
maintain the credit Of the nascent
government. to advance it the whole
Of his private fortune and run IN dent
besides. lexander Hamilton, though.
was the first protec,ionis'; and, in the
speakers opinion, h- was the ablest
national fnancier which the world
ever saw. Hamilton foresaw that, ~
order to be able to maintain our in
dependence, we had to be- complete
in ourselves, to be able to produce
everything which we needed. from a
field Of grain large enough for small
family, to the guns, munitions and
accoutrements of war sufficient for
the largest aud greatest and most
destructive armies which the world
ever saw. To bring the country TO
the point where it could he really in
dependent, it had to be made self
sustaining; aud it could not be SELF
sustaining without pr"t"ction-s pro-
lection that would enable US to build
our infant industries until they could
stand alone and compete with the
world. That WAS the original reason
for the .xis,ence If the protect'onis's'
tina, WAS the political creed of the
followers of Hamilton, of those OF
Jefferson as we'll (or the Republicans
had really adopted aud put in prac
tise mos, of the principles Of Jeffer
sony; that is the policy Of the Rrpub
lican party to-day.
1t might he tina: certain portions
of the East could get along without
protection to-day. But the speaker
ven.ured to say that no portion Of the
Great Wet could. And no one
would he able to successfully main