Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-11-16
A Splendid Endorsement.


That was splendid endorsement
which the good people of Idaho
county gave us on election day,
and the tears flow unbidden to our
eyes as we try to pen these few
words of thanks. 1t was an cleo
ton when national politics, and,
possibly, the control of the Z. S.
senate for many years to come,
was in issue; when party lines on
legislative nominees were drawn
as tight as harp strings; and when,
according to the prevailing code OF
political ethics, we had no right to
expect single republican vote.
We know, from the fervor of our
own devotion to democratic princi-
pies, that party ties are not the
Pigment of a disordered fancy /;
that next to the ties which bind
men together who have fought
shoulder to shoulder on the field
of battle, there are none stronger
than those which unite and main
tain political organizations; we
know better than anybody that
these ties are paramount in the
hearts and minds of men ; and that
the ties of personal friendship and
personal services are of small con-
sequence in the eyes of partisans
in a red-hot political campaign.
Therefore we expected to poll the
full democratic vote and no more.
But when the votes were counted
in all the Camas Prairie precincts,
10 and behold, the name of A. f.
Parker led all the rest! We polled
more votes in these precincts than
any other candidate on either
ticket. The solid vote of our CO.
laborers in the democratic vine
yard made it a comparatively easy
matter for our republican friends
to convert small minority into a
splendid majority.
This expression of confidence or
the part of our fellow citizens
with whom we have been living in
daily intercourse for the past nine
years, is a record of which we shall
ever be proud. The fact that Me-
Perez county gave 10 majority
on the other side is imnaterial
We would far rather be beaten
with this record than to be elected
by a big majority in the othe1
county and our home county a
gainst us. Idaho county is a re
publican county, and therefore thu
people who gave us our majority
must have been republican voters
We appreciate this fact all thu
more because the Grangeville re
publican ring and the republican
ring organ made special efforts t.
defeat us Two years since, Bel
Morris, running on the democrats
ticket for the same Office, beat J. +
Ailshie 1876 votes; but there wer
no national politics involved il
the election of legislative nominee
at that election, and therefore on
majority-the personality of tn
candidates and all other thing
considered--our majority is reall
greater than that received by MI
Morris in the election of '92.
If Ailshie had been our oppo
nent instead of Day, we could hav
overcome the majority in Ne
Perez and had several hundre
votes to spare!
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This is the first object lesson W
have had as to the unwisdom .
the "joint representation" bushes
In the first State election of 1S9
both counties went republican
in 1892 both counties gave major
ties for both the democratic joil
legislative nominees; this yes
Idaho county gives both the dem'
cratic joint nominees handsom
majorities, while Nez Perez Civ,
their opponents still greater r
publican major.ties. Happily, IL
interests of both counties are idel
teal, SO that there is not mul
room for conflict or diversity
opinion. As the matter stand
Idaho county has no represent
ton whatever in the upper houi
of the State legislature, except |
proxy. 1t is indeed fortunate TIL
Mr.. Day, while now resident
Nez Perez, is yet a longtime res
dent of Idaho county, and is full
equipped with the knowledge
what legislation is most needed
advance this part of his bailiwit
on the road to prosperity. b.
under this system of joint repr
sentation the successful candida
might have been a resident