Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07


II that are Peculiar.
The Democracy of Idaho is queer
combination, or, more correctly
speaking, those in charge Of the man
agement Of that party are queer
set, and have greatly disgusted intel
ligent members of that political or
ganlzation men who believe that
central committees have no right to
assume the role of absolute d,ctators
and perform sweeping acts of one
man-power nature and do things that
are not within the jurisdiction Of such
committees in the general under
standing of what constitutes their
duties, and limitations thereof, as es-
tablished BY long usage. Before
withdrawing Cleveland from the
Presidential race in Idaho, the State
Central Committee, if it had been in
fuenced by sense Of duty to be
guided by the will Of the party and
not solely by its own individual will,
the county central committees would
have been consulted, and these coun-
'|ty committees would not be doing
right, if, before reporting, they did
not get an expression of views of the
| Democratic voters Of the county they
are selected to represent All this
was not done. Not only we're the
county committees ignored, but, by
refusing to consult with these COM
mittees, the mass Of the voters had
no say whatever. They are naturally
very hot. They look upon their par
ty as one that advocates the princi-
pie that the majority shall rule and
that the voice Of the people must be
heard, whether in affairs of general
nature or those solely of their party.
The State Central Committee pro-
posed to go further than they did.
That was to the extreme of with
drawing the entire Democratic State
ticket. There was such Indignation
among those who heard of it that the
|, members of this notorious committee
weakened, not out of any respect for
. the wishes of the voters, but for fear
of losing their scalps. A rumor has
gained currency, and its truth, in the
face of what has already been done,
is not at all improbable. 1t is that
orders will be issued to Democratic
voters to vote for candidates of the
Peoples party. Democratic voters
who believe in the principles of their
, party will not be driven in that kind
of a way. When those with self
assumed authority apply the whip
and in the language of the driver of
the bovine quadruped bawl out in
basso tones of stentorian and COM
manding nature =" Whoa, haw,
t Buck" and attempt to drive the
} voter in any direction that suits
their odd and tyrannical whims, there
= will be such kicking, paving of dust
and breaking of tongues of political
r wagons, and regulation rigging there
Q to belonging, " as you never did see. y
/. Democrats will not submit to such
' work. Many of them will leave the
. party in disgust-that is, the State
3 organization-if they cannot succeed
D in reforming it. Whenever those in
: charge of the machinery of the party
: in Idaho make a step, they put their
a foot in it. One of these fine days
: these unskilled and reckless engi-
Y neers of the political machinery of
1 the Democracy will turn on too much
n steam, remove the governors and the
1 entire machine will "run away" i'll
: the language of engineers, and the
= machinery will be smashed and piled
q up in a miscellaneous mass of wreck
d and ruin. In fact, they have about
e succeeded already in accomplishing
f lust such ruination. To remove the
d wreck, put in new machinery and
# select competent engineers will be
n quite task-a long and tedious un-
e dertaking for the better element ol
d the venerable old party.
WORK has commenced on another
" big irrigating ditch in Ada county
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