The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-12-10

Thanksgiving and Foot
bnll.
The issues of tho Next
Campaign.


Washington, Dec. l, 1891.
Oar Special Cores aondent.
Thanksgiving day was universally |
observed there, The department
offices closed at 2 M, Wednesday
in order to give the clerks chance
to get ready their Turkeys and things
for the usual Thanksgiving family
dinner. The general programs on
such holidays is church, dinner and
matinees or visiting. The weather
was rainy and somewhat interfered
with outside enjoyments, but did not
deter the football enthusiast from at
tending the matches. The game OF
football is all the rage in the east,
but it is so rough in its character
that it is dangerous to life and limb
to such an extent that timid mothers
are in constant dread Of accidents to
their sons, and matters here come to
such pass that parents are making
dead set against the game and 1t is
time for active measures to be taken.
The football craze is even invading
business phases as many rs ten foot
balls having been introduced and
kicked around the room of the New
York board of brokers on Wednes-
day. The next thing VIC will be
called on to record will read some
thing like this. "Thc great go AS
you please race for the spcakership
turned into football slugging
match. Rough game at the capitol
for the championship. IS
The organization Of the next con
gress, presidential nominations, sill
yer, tariff and civil service abuses arc
the main topics OF discussion in po
litical circles ut this moment The
: Speakcrship contest is important an'
the friends OF each candidate ar
working hard. Crisp seems to hay
the strongest southern backing, Mill
the largest, eastern following, Will
:, Springer is strong all round and s.
, Ear az fitness is concerned Is I'm
doubtedly the best qualified man !
congress in either party and wi
. most likely be the next speaker. IL
halls from the third largest state !
the union and as none Of the othe
. great states are putting forward an
strenuous efforts for the position til
chances are decidedly in his fevol
1t is now the fashion for states
% send delegations OF boomers hel
4 when anthing of importanceis is desire
. to be accomplished in political wa,
>, merely drop this hint so that who
!. Idaho's time comes for candidat
:, Of prominence you can make
= your party and drop in on us'
=. Presidential candidates are most
:. order, The alliance party will like
nominate Jerry SIMPSON, Blaine al
:, Mckinley will be the standard bea
:, ers for the republican party Al
.. Cleveland and Boices do duty for t
-. Democratic party. The silver que
,'o ton will be hard nut to crack. II
4. south and west seem to be harmoniu
while the middle and eastern stat
,o are practically united in oppositio
,or The tariff question will figure as
- chief factor in the next president
=. canvass. The civil service game
:. about up, it is likely the comm
sioner will be abolished and
-, whole system-kicked into kingdo
~ come before a great while. An act
,;s organization has just been star
aa with the intention OF having the I;
ii, urc Of the system properly placed
.bo fore the people, 50 thatcongress II
be memoralized and petitioned
md clear away the abuses by rcscind
the the act making it law 1t
only has the effect of benefitting
nd classes, namely school boys and
:, groes. True it protects all cmpl
IL ees who were in the service when
:, law passed, thus specially leglsIa'
IN for them, il congress can do sucl
thing. Why can they not pcrpet
" keep themselves in Office. i
a can if the people would not <
let Why should they not kick at
the other unconstitutional laws? Sin
tab because it does not seem to be W
ntly the powder, but the principle
his been violated, and IT is high time
raps the people to look to their libex