The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-10-20
Be FAIR AND JUST.

BE FAIR AND JUST.
Did you ever notice how unreason-
able people get during political dog
days? Under normal conditieas the
people of Idaho are generally regarded
as industrious, intelligent and fairly
honest, but now, all the Populists are
described IS fools, all the Democrats as
liars and all the Republicans as knaves
and the PrOhibitionists would be de-
nominated hypocrits if their number
was considerable enough to cut any
figure. Why can't people be reasonable
and just about these things? What is
the use of carrying political vitupera
ton to such extremes? We all know
that among Populists are some sensi-
BILE people, among Democrats some
truthful men and among Republicans
some honest folks; well, why can't we
be fair and just and give to each polit-
ical class the credit to which it is en-
titled? We Americans pride ourselves
on being great, broad guage people,
Jealous for the right and patriotic to
fault; yet, we can't differ with each
other on mere distractions without
turning to and abusing each other like
pick pockets. There is nothing large
and broad about that. The Populists
believe in fiat money and government
ownership of railroads. They can't
help it; and they have as good a right
under the organic law to believe that
as Catholics have to believe in the in
fallibility Of the pope. You can't
blackguard them into = different faith.
BE fair and Just, respect their right to
believe anything they want to and after
q while they viii see what folly is
theirs. The Democrats believe in free
trade and cheap labor; that is their
weakness. It is q venerable tradition,
handed down from the hslcyon days of
slavery. Formerly, the southern states
were composed Of two castles, the white
lords and the black serfs. The whites
were al Democrats because they did
not believe in liberty for all men, ire
spective ofrace or color. They believed
that black men were created to work
and white men created to boss. They
didn't pay anything. The true value
of any commodity 10 esteemed to be
its actual cost. The actual cost OF
black labor was hoe cake and hickory
shirt. The Democrat was bound to be-
lieve that that was all its worth.
When he came to employ white labor
be wanted to apply the same rule. He
difficulties and blamed it
to the protective tariff, but his judy
ment told him 1t would not do to fight
tariff because it made high wages, 80
be shrewdly started at tho other end !
and began to denounce it because it
made products high. Having been |
boss 10 long. the Democrat was
self-willed and self-con-
aimed. Anything that detract-
ID from his personal dignity Or
immediate interests must essentially
'e wrong. The tariff was altogether
favorable to the hired man and against
he boss, hence in the eyes of the Demo-
rat it was a villainously wicked sy,-
EN-. He was afraid though to frankly
tate the real cause Of his dislike, so he
reached against protective tariff be-
ahse it enhanced the price of products
0 the consumer and fostered monopoly.
after preaching along that line for
many years. he actually lost sight of
he original provocation and began to
elieve in his own subterfuge. Then
q took hold of his doctrine by the tail,
nd did as MUNCHAUsEN did with the
'olf, pulled it inside out. Now your
democrat breaches against protective
arif because it reduces the wages of
'bor. Most Democrats think they are
ncere; most of them actually believe
lemselves. Now, you can't blame
lem any more than you can blame
~, who has inherited an impeachment, I
y suffering. We must be just and .