The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-10-14
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inst as soon as new county is or
canized, steps are taken to form a
ring to run things. Canyon county
is no exception to the rule. The
appointees of Governor Wiley had
hardly warmed their seats, till the
scheme was devised, and is now
about completed. Notwithstand-
ing, the populists carried this coun-
ty at the last election, and have !
been adding to their ranks ever
since some of the best material in
the county, this ring is not dis
souraged in the least, but expects
as this movement clearly shows
to carry the county next season
for the republican party.
The means by which it is to be
done is thus for a little chaotic.
but as preparatory step all popu.
listic ideas are to be ridiculed
whether good or bad, and all popu-
lists brought into contempt by ref
erence to their past record as re.
publicans or democrats. There is
to be no dissolution from the sins
of demo-republicanism.
The initiative has already been
taken in this county, by one of the
most questionable evolutions of
journalism that has ever fallen un-
der my observation.
After scoring Democrats, Repub.
licans and Populists alike for real
or imaginary sins, and trying to
start new party on single issue,
and failing to strike the keynote
of popular favor, The TRIBUNE falls
upon a new role of political war
fare. Selecting somewhat nom
partisan subject, The TRIBUNE
gave US several editorials upon the
subject of land ownership, and in
vited correspondence upon the, sub.
ject from anyone who had any
ideas to offer. An article was off
cred and accepted by THE TRIBUNE,
and-published. 1t was not written
from a partisan standpoint, con-
tanned nothing of a partisan char
acter, and was intended to be free
from politics-but it was written
by populist. The time and op-
portunity seemed to be propitious
to 'let slip the dogs of war;" The
political horn was footed and a
scurrilous pack it proved to be that
rallied to the sound. The first,
one u. H." exhausted his ideas Of
land ownership in about three SEN
fences, and then devoted the
strength of his ponderous (?) intel
lect for several weeks to scattering
yelps of personal inuendoes, hints of
dark suspicious and unfathomable
mysteries of political strabislnus
ard perhaps moral terpitude that
might be run to cover, if only he,
q. H.) was to let himself out on q
genuine dog trot. The next to
prance in upon the political arena,
and swing his rump around into
line, was one "W. H.,"a little diff
ferent breed judging from the yelp
The balance Of the aitches art
probably held in reserve, and if thu
NANCY pack are not sufficient *
wipe out the Populists in tho mex
twelve months-well its got to b
done. The senatorship probably
hinges upon Canyon county-art
other trimmings" which makel
w. HIS mouth water-the trim
mings l mean: w. H. starts off OF
. canter at once, and becomes o.
worried in his second article, tina
he advertently reveals the identit,
Of his friend J. H., calling him
tub Of CUTS, or words to that effect
and then by his own effort at wi
and other monkey doings reveal
himself,
s'F0r 1t always comes to pass,
The higher the monkey climbs
The two aitches finally got g
ratified that the TRIBUNE last Sal
urday called halt, and read ther
lecture on decency. It woul
hardly pay to call public attentio
to this little political episode, wer
it not for the fact that it points
a moral" and perhaps "adorns
tale" The moral is, that 70 pop'
list need expect any fair treatmer
from q republican newspaper, an