Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-11-03
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on this wise: Donner's whiskey gin
out with the unusual strain upon it,
and no he'd to 60 down to Boise for
sum more. He staggered into Cy
Jacobs Wholesale house, and ordered
" largo supply Of tho best. Cy, al
smiles, rolled out the barrels, and
offered to stand treat besides. Bonner
went into the store and pulled out
wsd of bills on the Consolid ated
Banking and Trust Company,
Limited, as big IS his arm, and
offered 'em to Cy IN payment for
the whiskey. l blush to relate
that this bloomin' old political
in6del absolutely refused to take the
bills Of the Consolidated in payment.
This, too. after he aud Ainslie and
others he'd given me my FIRST lessons
in the new system of politics, and he'd
taught my feet to tread the dizzy
mazes of the new 6nanshal pathway.
So Bonner wuz compelled TO come
back to Billtown without tho whiskey.
The bad news spread, and when it
wuz known that BilItown wuz wills.
keyless, ruin stalked abroad, and
sis'ed everybody in the face. We
he'd psid our horny. handed farmers in
oils for their stuff, but when they pre-
scented their Consolidated notes to pay
the merchants for coffee and terbacker,
they lated them to scorn. Horsshus
como in from the heat Of the fight to
say that tho hotel f-llers refused to
take the notes, aud they wuz no good
either to buy votes with, or to pay
other campane expenses. Bllitown
wuz about out Of prov'shuns, aud hen
our fellers went outside to stock up,
nobody would take our bills. They
passed all right enuf in Bi!ltown, but
nowhere else.
Here wuz a pritty kettle Of fish. To
add to the horror OF the situashun, the
citizens Of Billtown b-gun to look
coldly on me, as if l wuz somehow to
blame. They called a meetin' and
passed some bitter resolushuns in
which thay denounced me as fraud
and \ swindler. The farmers begun
to pour in from tho ranches, and .
committee WIZ organized to harg me,
unless could explain matters 10 their
sat,sfacshun.
They stood out in front of my house,
and hooted, and throwed stones At my
winders, and called on me to show
myself. Now Old Zeke Is no coward,
but l say to you wuz skeered when
looked out on that sea OF angry
faces, and thought that they wuz a
thirsrn' for my blood. Me, too, as
they he'd called their benefactor only
. few days before.
l resolved to 60 out and make them
q speech. l did not expect to be able
to beat any ho.nshal sense into .hei.
dull beds, for how can the common
herd grasp SIGH weighty problems!
But l thought l could soothe thei'
savage bosoms . little. So l wen,
out.
my friends" I sed, "S.rike, but
hear ire. THIS ruin of our hopes ii
not OF my do;n'. Iii is true, my ijet
wuz . little in advance of the gres'
Wover, but even an ijut can see the
If Uncle Sam can ishue money, VI
can. Who Is Sam anyway? Is h
not the people? And air not We
part of the people? II we, apart o
the soverin' people Of these Uni.e'
States. ar to be deprived OF the priv
legs Of maxim money, then wher
does our freedom come in? 1t is
delushun and dream. What is tn
matter With our money? IL it no
psi,ty? IL It not - nice - any green
back? H~v not the people Of Bill
town been . pinin' for . larger cirou
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