Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-03-06
OUR WEEKLY ROUND UP.

Bailey Chamberlain is up from hi.
Salmon river ranch,
Mizpah Lodge. Daughters of Rebekah
meet this evening at sharp.
Despite the big snow on the mountain
the stages arrive and depart promptly
on time.
The Odd Fellows lodge of this place
give another invitation dance at their
hall this evening.
Doug Holton is still here and will re.
main all summer. TO look after his min
ing interests. Mrs. Holton and her
mother, Mrs. Baldwin. are at Rosalia,
Washington.
Look over the FREE Pass OCCASION
ally and ask yourself If 1t isn't pretty
good sort of a paper to be published at
such long distance from the Jumping
of" place.
There will be a dance at the court
house. Mt. Idaho. on Tuesday evening,
March II, for the benefit of school
district No. ]. Basket supper. Tick
cts, including supper. Sl.50.
We predict for Warrens nice little
boom this summer. When the mines
of Elk City are as well developed as
Warrens, that camp will boom like
wild fire. 1t has the quartz.
All parties who have received sample
copies of the Spokane Weekly Chroni-
Gle. and wish to subscribe can leave or.
ders with w. N. KNOX, JR.. Ag't.
Mt. Idaho.
The total production of silver in the
United States is just about equal in val
ue to the annual interest charges on the
public debt, and still the gold bugs say
that the coinage of this silver would
bankrupt and ruin the country
The senate wants to adjourn, but the
house proposes to stay with that five
dollars day, if it takes all summer.
One of our fathers-in.law used to advise
us whenever we had soft snap" or a
freeze to it," 1t begins to look as if our
solons had all married into the same
family, and were taking the old mans
advice seriously to heart.
The promises made by the Dubois
men in The campaign in this county last
fall. that il his men were sent to the
Legislature they would get an appropri-
alton from the state treasury to build
wagon road into Elk City have not been
kept. We do not lay the blame on our
delegation in the legislature, because We
know they did their best to induce their
associates to keep faith with the people.
1t is, however, only another lesson to
the dear people that campaign promises
especially when made on the eve of a
senatorial election, are only made to
be broken.
The Walla Walla Journal quotes from
the FRER PRESS, and calls it republican
paper And yet there are republicans
or Camas Prairie who refuse to SUBJ
scribe for it because they say it is too
much of democratic paper for them.
All of which goes to show how difficult
task 1t is to run a paper to suit every
body. Personally, we are a rampant
democrat, but editorially, especially at
election times, We run the paper as i'm
partially as we know how. There are
times and circumstances, when the
truth must be told, and the facts stated
regardless of consequences, and when
these occasions arise we propose to rise
to the occasion, and to tell the truth
and to state the facts without apologi.
sing to anybody.
The price OF silver is falling all the
time, and is now down to 981 cents
When the silver bill providing for the
purchase by the government of fou
million and a half ounces per monti
was before the senate, senator Dolph, o
Oregon, a strong gold standard man, il
voting for the passage of the bill ex
planned that he did so because its pas
sage into law would "put free coinsg
further off than ever" by making silve
still more of subject of speculation
than it was before, and therefore subjec
to greater Quotations in price than eve
before. These fluctuations in the pric
ofsilver are already quoted as argument
again at free coinage, because it lacks til
stability of gold. The gold bugs bate
their hook with trout and caught
whale. 1t was another ease Of tn
Greeks bearing gifts. The fight fc
free coinage isn't won yet.
The Fifty FIRST congress adjourned o
"Wednesday, March 4 and the republi
can party has lost its last chance TO re
store the silver money of the people I
its old standard, and to lower the tariff
With good working majorities in bot
houses of congress and republica
president. it could have given the pee
Pile much relief, and maintained itse
in full control of the government fc
many years by its hold on the affection
of the people. Its leaders. however. il
augurated a reverse policy. Instead
lowering taxes it gave the country th
Mckinley tariff bill. and enacted
shipping subsidy bill which will impos
an additional burden of one hundre
millions of dollars for the alleged pu
pose of building up the American shiI