Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1890-09-22
Mr.. MAYHEW,S Address.

l" his sddr' s. At B-llevu. the o,h-,
""y' Judge Mayhem, D,mocr .ti,
no nine" for Congress, practically I'D,
United that he expected to b. d. feat,
ed. H. SAID:
ne had n t sought the nomination,
10 Corgr s.: h. WAS want. 4 rs JUDY.
At lone IN Sh'shon- county. Seven
tee" r"urtes had pressed the :. n
'""''"n upon him, which he d.,l n. d.
AMI only o" the strenuous D. rsu..i. n
Il mt mate fri-'ds was he finally il.
dured =" make the csn. nss. He
would make rs good fight as h..
r""'t, AID il beaten he would come
cut It II sunli, z.
That is, Judge Mayhem was sc,
'~s'f"' that his party would lie de
f"sted that he die not wish e. make
tie hs't, Until h. finally yielded to
the persuasi. MS nf his fri. II 1. and uer.
'"''tr' himself to he led t, sI."g' t. r
rs n LAMB t. ga. 'itic~. Wins la
yer ard professional politi. ian r..
fuses II NJ imitation f,r Congress it is
hu. fair 10 presume that his chance.
OF ~i''to" arr slim indeed. "If
oe~t-n he would come OUT If it s,nil
Ing" tie is cxniid about it; u, d
wanted his friends to know that, AL.
t'c'pa'i"g defeat, h" will not BE- dis
appoint d when tie votes are counted.
Judge Mayhem commenced by pay.
ing q compliment t, the ladies, and
salt he WAS always glad to zee wiz. 9,
daughters and sw,. thesrts 1T his
But he failed to explain
why his great admirnti"n for the
ladies' had never unte him to ct
Is it b-cau,e of the old
saw sh' ut his admit alton tot the sex
''rollrc,iv~ly," to-? II it is, lie l.
hardly u proper person to repres+ n,
Any 60" 'itv. Tut especially Que
composed OF houe>make,s aid home
seek. rs.
Mr.. Mayhem said:
Now you hear of millionaires on
very hand; then orty years sg"l
he'e was scarcely one it, thu c"un,ry
al this change had come t., lass
,ndrr republican rule; who WAS re
'Ions'h't' for it? Certainly not the
Democrats.
The numNer of millionaires is &C.
'o"nt-d for by the mines discovered,
he railways hui t, the stock rown on
RE pas,u'es-bn flv hy the wealth
'reatrd i" che past 10 years. Is the
Republican part. responsible for the
Aack-ys, the Fairs, the Floods, the
pi'ri-ns, the Hsggi' SEES, The Te,i>rs,
h" Ti!d'n>, the Roswell Flowers, the
lay G"ul1>, the ra,nes, the Rainbow.
has RS. al d So many other pr,,ninrn,
Democratic capitalists. United States
senators, and Presidential car dida,~.?
There are things, however, FIR
which tie Republicans ar reponsihle.
among them are: High wages
wing to the protective tariff; better
l",hes nj d htter Iivi z for the work.
~ people tina" the world ever saw;
he homestead law, which gives to
very man, VII. tn~r native horn or
,r-ig", u home and 100 acres of the
uhllc domain; aud many other bless.
1gs.
The speaker wished to know wh>
~ present ,anH bill hat not h. Ell
ass. d; it has been het,r- the tw.
muses. tight mouths; the presan,
.if is n, the old war rates, and the
eople demand u reduction.
The tariff hill has not become a
w because If tie obstruction OF the
n mocra's. Shortly after Speaker
eed caused change il the rules
debate which prevented the demos :
hts from further aud unrea enable {
ostru. ton, the tariff bill passed the
[uuse. 1t then went to tn Senate
here it was also passed in spite OF
obstruction: and it is now