The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-11-16
Mike Communicates.


generic name is genus assinus, who
sought to gain victory over his adj
versary by Disgusting himself with a
lions hide, that he might the better
deceive his foe; and it is alleged in
fable that he would have succeeded
had he not forgotten himself in his
hilarity and gave himself away by his
familiar bray. l have often thought
that anonymous writers sometimes
give themselves away, as did the un-
fortunate asinus, by too much loud,
absurd talk. Your correspondent may
have assimulated the asinus when he
alluded to my mind being in a "crap-
ulous' condition, using one of the
slum slang phrases, meaning, | sup
pose, that | must have been in a state
of intoxication. If the writer had
taken the pains to learn my habits, he
might have saved himself of such
untruthful illusions. | am very
happy TO inform the correspondent
from Mineral that | do not have to
confute his scurrilous charge shall
not be so uncharitable as to accuse the
writer of willfulness. / may answer,
| entertain charity only for ignorance
and stupidity. Presumption should
never be permitted to fill the exalted
place Of knowledge and wisdom.
have never assumed to be logician,
much less that other higher standard
of polemic excellence, as the writer
so boastingly assumes, "syllogistical"
attainment But | will content my
self with submitting my cause to an
intelligent reading community. Why
did you not answer my argument?
You made an effort to answer them by
borrowing the stale ideas of your
"heroes," Dubois and Stewart, who,
like Judas lscariot, have sold out.
They have been supporting measures
for the last twenty-five years that
have sold us out to horde of bank
ers and money changers, but unlike
the treacherous Judas, they don't take
the price of their country's happiness
and prosperity and buy themselves a
graveyard, but still strive to rob and
ruin the whole Union by doing call in
their power" to defeat the repeal of
those obnoxious laws which they
voted to place on our statutes, which
reduces two-thirds of our money to a
commodity. You say that what
caused the panic in July last was
fear among the manufacturers and
money loaners, or to that effect-a
fear that the present administration
would "tinker' with the Mckinley
tariff bill Did you ever think how
long it took those gentlemen to get so
badly scared? Who ever heard of a
sane man committing suicide because
he thought someone was going to kill
him? Or who ever heard of a sane
man destroying his business because
he thought his government would
pass laws that did not suit him?
Your heroes ideas are too absurd to
call for combination, and only need to
be mentioned to be regarded by every
sane man as eminating from man
pinned to the wall in argument or
from that of very weak mind cit
is not syllogistical, you know. You
further say, why the present tariff
should remain as high as the McKin-
ley bill put 1t, is because there have
been various committees waiting on
the committee on ways and means at
Washington, asking that the tariff
should not be removed from their
products. Everyone supposed those
protected gentlemen would set up an
awful howl. believe | did notice
an account of one Italian going before
the committee and stating that he
came all the way from Italy and
brought his hands with him, and had
engaged in the manufacture of maca-
roni, and begged not to have the
tariff taken off his product, because
he could not make so much off his
hands if he had competition. An
other instance: A Dutchman ap-
peared and alleged that he had i'm
ported his full crew of hands from
Germany and was engaged in the
manufacture of Bologna sausage, and
requested that the tariff be raised
higher on imported Percheron and
Clydesdale horses, or he could not
compete with his brethren across the
sea, who could procure horse flesh
much cheaper than he could in Amer
lea. Selah.
did hope that | might draw some
one into this discussion who would
discuss the great financial subject
now agitating our country and the
civilized world so disastrously, and
show why our Senate should not re-
peal the obnoxious clause in the
Sherman act of 1890. | have read
all of the arguments on both sides
and fail to see why the will of the
people, as expressed last November,
should not be enacted into laws. The
only excuse given is because few
designing men say they are afraid to
trust Cleveland and his administra-
ton. They have accused the presi-
dent of trying to NEEDLE with the de-
alterations of the Senate and of try
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