The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-04-01
Senator Ruick's Motive.

Senator Ruick's Motive.
Under the above caption the
Idaho World, a bankruptionist or
gan which thinks that the sun rises
and sets under the coat-tails of Gov
ernor Mcconnell and the republi-
can party, tries to impugn the mo-
tives of Senator Ruick in securing
the passage of the silver law. Its
sole argument is that it makes in
effective the state wagon road steal,
the most unjust law that was ever
saddled upon taxpayers. The
World accuses Senator Ruick of
securing the passage of the silver
law for the sole purpose of defeat
ing the effectiveness of the state
wagon road law, yet the World ad-
mits it to be good law because it
dare not do otherwise. The World
says that Ruick's scheme will fail,
but the World speaks in ignorance
of what Senator Ruick's scheme"
was. Senator Ruick had two OBJ
jects in securing the passage of his
silver law. The simple passage of a
law making silver a legal tender for
for all debts both public and pri-
vate in Idaho was not in itself all
that Mr.. Ruick saw in the law, but
he looked at it in another light
more widespreading in its favora-
BILE effect on the silver situation,
and, if successful, will restore con-
fidence and silver mining will be
resumed in Idaho. Senator Ruick
took this view: If Idaho silver
bonds, drawing 5 per cent interest,
running 20 years, were sold at par
in the eastern bond market. it
would be the greatest victory that
silver ever achieved. If the bonds
couldn't be sold then the State of
Idaho would not be burdened with
the large gold debt that the repub-
licans were endeavoring to saddle
upon the people, who would have
nothing but demonetized silver to
buy the premium-gold with which
to pay the debt. The extra amount
required for debt paying is obvious.
Such sale would indicate that the
eastern capitalist had confidence in
the ultimate equality of gold and
silver as money, and this would be
an incentive to congress to place
both metals on an equal coinage
basis.
The World intimates that the
bonds will be sold, which, if it
proves to be correct, will be carry
ing out Ruick's Scheme" and will
be a victory for him and his party
that will be permanent, and ruin
Gus to the republican gold fends
of Idaho. If the bonds are not sold
Mr.. Ruick's scheme" will still be
carried out, and honest men who
are taxpayers will thank him and
his party for being long headed
enough to defeat one of the most
unjust laws that ever eminated from
a law-making body, which placed
a gold debt over a state whose in
dustry is demonetised. 1t don't
make any difference which way the
matter turns the republicans have
no honor to claim by the results.
When the World claims that the
Populist members were not open
and above board, it don't know
what it is talking about, it is simply
making statements from "whole
CLOTH" which is not an unusual
thing for republican organs to do.
We defy it, or any other paper of
any politics whatsoever, to sight one
instance where a populist member
is even charged with not being hon.
est. Can the World say the same
for its party. If Governor McCon-
nell can be believed there was lots
of bribery going on, and the Cover
nor is positive in his accusations.
The only ones accused of accepting
brides so far are republicans, and
their names are no secret, and if
these men are not guilty they have
an action for libel to recourse to.
If there are boodlers in the ranks
of the populists we want them ex-
posed, punished and held up to the
scorn of the people, and not pro-
tected as was done in the case of
the republicans. The World has
shown want of depth and fore
sight in its editorial on SENATOR
Ruick's Motives" that we would
not have charged it with.