Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-21
His ARTICLES or FAITH,
Charles CIfToSa Explains His REM.
Val PssitIsss.

Charley Clifford says be is too poor
. man to canvass the county for any
Office, and especially for one that Of
fers no pecuniary reward, we're it pos.
sibIe TO capture it with such Z nu-
snerous and talented array Of candi-
dates as are now In the Geld. To the
end, however, that folks may not con-
slider him . political atheist, be sub
mits the following items Of his creed
for the ediiication OF the curious, il
such there be:
/ believe in the Declaration Of In
dependence, and that among the in
alienable rights that all men are en-
dowed with, is the right to hire
whom he pIeases to perform labor,
and to reduce the wages or discharge
his employees at any time; but / hold
that when Al individual enters into a
corporation, which is purely Great
L
ure of law, he does not endorse the
concern with this or any other Of his
inalienable rights, and that no con-
cern that derives its existence from
Law, and whose employment is per-
petual, has right to virtually con-
fiscate the homes of their employees
that often represent the savings of a
lifetime, by filing their places with
Others during trouble arising from the
wage question. believe every law
OF the land should be executed, until
legally repealed, but hold the prop
osition that every cause should be held
responsible for its effect to be based
upon justice and common sense. and
that as it is shown by sworn testimo-
ny before Congressional committee
that corporations are importing vast
numbers of ignorant and brutal work
ing people into the country to per-
form their labor, thereby driving our
working people into strikes, that
when it becomes necessary in enforc-
ing the Law to shoot the often inno-
cent effect, the villainous cause should
never be missed.
| / believe the interest-bearing bonds
of corporations should form the basis
upon which their property should be
taxed, regardless of its actual value.
This | believe would solve the wat.
cred stock problem. l believe in the
free coinage of silver, not that the
coinage of silver of itself would great
ly relieve the financial distress, bu,
: because it would very nearly double
our metallic basis for a circulating
medium, and once clothed with the
legal and constitutional power oi
r money, it would be impossible for the
money lender to successfully combat
the demand that it be honored equal
ly with gold, and have at least thres
times its volume in confidence dollar
put into circulation, thereby reduc
n ing the price of money, multiplying
/, industries, and increasing the price o
labor and all its products. l believe
that as our foreign trade constitute
but ten per cent Of our business, th'
: voice of foreign nations should weigl
n in that proportion and no more IN de
Gliding the kind of money we use il
}. effecting our exchanges. In the forth
q coming conference l do not believ'
France will lose one nickle or agre
to increase her standard from 15! t.
. ours of 16 to one. l sincerely hop
y she will not.
believe that the present lien lay
of Idaho should be stricken from tn
statutes and a hen law enacted, or tn
y existing farce SO amended that
y working man, and especially mine
% will get some part of his wages, Will
. the money lender gets all that is du
- him.
believe that as there is claus
in the act appropriatlng $4,000 I
IN build wagon road from Salmo
"a Meadows to Mt. Idaho, reserving
: the State the right to take control
- the road at any subsequent time
il; ter its completion, that said claus
10 should be acted upon by the ne
e. Legislature and sufficient sum a
n propriated to put this road in goo
+, condition, aud that when done O.
- delegation in Congress be asked
use all honorable means to have
daily mail service established betwe'
Boise City and Mt. Idaho,
np l believe that the record made
nd w. ]. Mcconnell in the U. S. Sena
ny and Willis Sweet in the House
,e- Representatives entities them to t
MI confidence of all lovers OF good &c
Il