The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-07

an interest in politics. Each man should |
make his personal influence felt in the Sc
lection Of officers and the adoption OF |
laws. Each man should study the prin-
ciples Of our form Of government, and |
after careful study let him attach him
self TO that political party which best
represents his views. The political duties
resting upon us are of the greatest i'm
portance. Extreme partisanship is dam
gerous, for it causes us to forget our
country and TO remember only party.
Political parties are the means and not
the ends. They are formed for the pur-
pose of carrying into effect certain prin-
ciples, and when they cease to represent
our views we should support them no
longer.
Let US preserve the government in all
its purity. Let us protect it from tho
assaults Of foes and the insidious ndvan-
ces OF corruption. Each man must feel
his personal responsibility and know that
it is only by constant care and watchful-
ness that the great experiment OF self-gov-
eminent can be made to endure. II the
people abide by the laws and the constitu-
ton, both in letter and in spirit. there will
be no doubt as TO the future. There are
the grandest possibilities before us. The
story of our marvellous growth in the past
will be but preface to the great book
that is yet TO be written. But eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty" There
are certain forces constantly at work
which would take from us the blessinge
which we enjoy
Among the breakers which we must
avoid are those which are seen amid the
eternal and ncver-ending conflict between
capital and labor. 1t is the old battle be-
tween power and wealth on one side and
the brawny arm OF labor on the other.
Capital is naturally selfish, and hand in
hand with capital goes power. Capital is
also oppressive and would, If it could,
bind and make labor captive. Through
its influence laws and customs have grown
up which are harsh and oppressive, The
result is that labor cries out and scenes Of
enacted. All men should remember that
capital and labor depend upon each other
Neither can succeed alone, and each can
have its share il each will be but Just
The wrongs which have grown up must
be righted, but not by force. Each bomb
that is exploded. each riot that occurs,
every time that labor interferes with the
rights Of others, the chains which bind it
to capital are forged the stronger Work
ingmen should remember that lawlessness
will not secure their rights Lockouts
and la Dor strikes and bomb throwing will
not cure the evil. When the sacred rights
Of industry have been disturbed, as has
been and is being done, let the remedy be
through the ballot box and not by blood
she'd
These thoughts have given you with
the hopes that you will be drawn in some
measure to think even more than hereto
fore of this our country and the princi-
Piles which make us free. The blessings
which we enjoy cannot be recountcd.
They are seen all around us and about us.
They are the result of Il government of
the people, for The people and by the peo-
ple."
Oh! land Of liberty land of Washing
ton and Jefferson land of genius and of
scholarsl land of warriors brave and
statesmen wise, on this, thy natal day, we
salute thee! May your destiny be onward
and upward. Though dark days may
come and dark clouds descend, may the
union outride all storms and stand through
the centuries as it stands to-day-''The
land of the free and the home Of the
brave"