The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-07-25
A SYMPOSIUM.

A SYMPOSIUM.
The political pot in Canyon count.
is already beginning to simmer ant
sputter and boil. The candidates ar,
already in training and trimming Their
sails to bouyantly float over the mael
strom against whose tumultous waves
but one vessel can safely press. The
Democratic and Populist and Repub
lican clippers have already pushed in
to the murky waves to success or dis
aster. This year promises to be an
eventful year in politics, not only il
this state but the whole nation. Every
stanchiOn will be strained and ever,
sail so set to the wind as will most sure
ly float them into the harbor of victory
But one vessel can or will enter into
that glorious port, the others will be
dismantled in midstream to sail sadly
and slowly back to the harbor of be-
ginning for repairs. There is senti-
ment extant even in the minds of the
politician that it is disrespectful to
speak of the dead, SO the defeated clip
pers will be spoken of in kindness and
sympathy. And the victorious ship,
this year, can very well boast of her
proves as it will be well earned bat
tie. 1t is now the 0minous calm be-
fore oncoming and awful storm. The
sails now flap gently upon the masts
and rigging and the undulating waves
i'm murmurous sounds wash in cease
less ebb and flow the white and sandy
beach. The anchors will soon De
hoisted and the master will soon pace
the deck with measured and stately
tread. Oh, proud American citizens in
thee we boast slaves to naught but your
wills and passions! We hope in this
biennial battle you will not forget your
personality, will not forget your pa
triotism, will not forget that upon
you and your vote society has claims.
That you will act firmly, wisely and
intelligently,. we do not fear unless you
are led astray by the willy politician,
the plausible demagogue. or the sedi-
tious labor agitator. The American
should be at the primaries, in bis
party conventions, at the polls, and at
each and all of these conversations act
wisely, fearlessly and honestly, with
an eye single to the glory of your ma
ton, your state, and your county.
Your citizenship should be broad, and
you should be sovereigns not only in
name but in deed and in word. You
should bear in mind that in a republi-
can form of government your votes are
mirrOred in it's administration. Don't
run wild on the tariff question, it has
been political issue in America since
the landing of our pilgrim forefathers;
don't get rabid on the money question
for it has agitated the grey matter in
mems minds since the earliest records
Of history. Nations have arose and
empires and republics fallen since these
questions were first discussed: we have
had our times of prosperity and de-
preston, and still the world moves and
records her years in endless cycles and
philosophers and kings have lived and
died with these questions left unset
tied, and can we not afford to dispas-
sonately consider these questions. we
the learned and enlightened men of
the nineteenth century? If these ques-
lions are not settled this year don't
think that Idaho will be disrupted and
Canyon county obliterated from the
face of the map! But, look you, we
pray, more keenly, and beneath this
veneering of tariff and currency and
see the willy politicians clamboring in
to the gifts of the people so as to rule
them! Look for men, not measures.
and if, happily, these both be combined
support them zealously, faithfully and
honestly. Be sure though, that they
are not wolves dressed in sleeps cloth
ing, demagogues attired in the garbs
OF public virtue aid purity. See that
no haloes are woven about their brows
by partisan papers and politicians. If
you do this and cast your vote in &C
cord with your thinking you have done
your duty as a citizen nobly, and the
nation will claim you as her most hon.
ored son.