Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-24
CAPITAL LxrrER.
From our Regular correspondent. j
Boise Cry, Jan. 20. I89:


OF few poor devils at the pen from
S65 to $50 a month. How easy il is
to retrench by reducing the misera-
BILE pittance of few day laborers
whose earnings barely sustain life,
and with what alacrity that method
is adopted by quacks in statesman
ship! They have no means Of resis-
tance, nor to punish the retrenchers
until they learn to use their ballots
for that purpose. believe in re-
trenchment that retrenches, but l do
not believe in making all of the bun
comb appropriations recommended in
Governor McConneIl's message. and
at the same time reducing half doz-
en- day laborers to want. The labor
er is worthy Of his hire, and if the
State must be parsimonious let her
strike at appropriations and official
salaries and not at the miserable dole
OF her day laborers. That is my idea
OF retrenchment.
A fire occurred in town this after
noon in house owned by a man
named Levy, and report says that is
the seventh fire he has enjoyed In the
last two days, and that an enemy is
after him with an incendiary's torch.
He offers $500 reward for the often
der. But little damage was done by
the fire.
We are still having wintry wealth
er. The snow that fell last SUNDAY
night evinces little disposition to go
off, but the sun shines every day.
without touching the thawlng point,
however.
Theatres are all the rage here now.
No night this week has been without
its attraction, the present one being
Katie Putnam. and in spite of the
great scarcity of money complained
of, they are we'll patronized.
The Legislature, both Houses, in
dulged in debates of more than usual
interest this week, tine bill fixing the
age of consent being one of the
causes. As the law now stands the
age is ten years, which is worse than
barbarism. No girl at ten years of
age should be presumed to have con-
sented to her destruction, and my
impression is that those who oppose
the extension to even eighteen years
have given the matter but little
thought.
The proposed amendment to MIR
Workman's State wagon road bill has
not been introduced, and it begins tc
.,ok as if the idea had been aban
ooned. | have no very definite in
formation on the subject, but an
strongly in favor of the wagon road
and believe the Legislature shoule
pass law authorizing the construc
ton of such road as the one pro
posed. The intelligence and enter
prise of the community can be NOR
correctly gauged by the number an'
) condition of its roads than by almos
any other means.
There are quite number of va
cant houses in town and a possible
chance for rents to come down t
reasonable rates.
A ball at Weiser tonight called
number of Honorables to that burg.
| was shown fine opal yesterda
taken from the Snake river mine
that was genuine and beauty. Ev
identity those opal mines are not 5
big humbug as the diamond mine
, reported from Owyhee county som
time ago.
: Both houses of the Legislature &C
. journed to-day till Monday, out
sympathy and respect for Hon. ia
A. Pinney, whose son James was bui
led.
The farmers of the valley are bt
n coming deeply interested in the irr
: CATION question. and all with whom
Y have talked on the subject are ardet
: in the advocacy of the Popullst pia
of distributing and controlling II
water.
+ A salute of thirteen guns was tre
d at the fort this morning, and at lnte
" walls of half an hour during the day
e gun doomed out over the snow
scene. while at sunset the national s.
lutte of forty-four guns was fired. In
/ was done in honor of the memory
II ex-President Hayes, whose funer
Il took place to-day. The dead e
, President was better man than mo
people give him credit for havin
u been, and if, as believe, he was
t. party to great wrong when he D
i, came President, the uprightness al
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