The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-09-08
Proclamation OF Gov. Leonard. Third
House.

Proclamation OF GOV. Leonard, lhfu
House.
To NY CossTITuEsTs;-lIa cast
my eagle eye over the situation, YOU
will "see my wisdom" In taking the
earliest opportunity to inform you as to
the outlook. and the causes OF my with
drawal from the senatorial contest and
announcing myself as candidate for
Governor Of this commonwealth. Hav-
inc laid my water pipes In my home
county, | found that the joints were
leaking badly In many places, and |
Immediately set out on n perlous journey
over preclpitous mountains and inun-
dated valleys. TO learn II possible, the
cause which might undermine the
whole works, and years Of toll aud high
political aspirations be swept from UNI
der me. Like tho man who built his.
house upon the sand, great would be
the fall thereof" am happy to state,
however, that have succeeded In lead
ing the water joints thoroughly SO that
they will not leak until November when
they may require some small repairs or
"Tinkcr-ing. am thoroughly on board
,he old ship OF state under full sail.
standing on the poop-deck with the
helm In hand and about four sheets In
the wind. With fair breeze will be
able 10 ride the breakers that may arise.
and should the storm king stay his
hand" until after November. by little
calkiug aud patching up shall be able
to bring her into port with all hands on
board. We will fiirt the red flag Of gov
ernorship In the eyes Of the people, as n
blind. and II elected can resign and
and take another step into the u s.
Senate, the acme Of my ambition, where
the ''lion and the lamb shall lie down
together. the COW shall feed with the
bear and the lion shall eat straw like an
OK" am aware that serious trouble
has broken out all over the United States
among the wage carncrs Of the country,
and Immediately notified that far dis.
tant ruler, Grover Cleveland. To arbi.
trate with them at Chicago, and AZ a
matter OF speculation for the people OF
this commonwealth, asked him TO send
the military TO arrest the Coxeyitcs,
who had done nothing, but they were
without work and without money and
looked bad. We also sent the military
TO the C~ur d'Alene sio suppress riotous
conduct that did not exist In that far.
OF region, and considerable money has
been made out OF the job. would
earnestly recomend the President to send
the regular army here, and in order to
return the compliment, and being In
favor Of reciprocity. | will order the
State Militia To report to Chicago, sub
jcct TO his orders During the past
season have visited the Mormon coun.
ties and told them all | knew about
raising onions In Jerusalem and peddl-
ing them into Idaho City In the early
sixties. and their eyes bulged out with
establishment 10 ''see my wisdom" CROP
out so early In life, aud they hollcrcd
hurrah and rcjoiced to see real live
Governor" among them. and attracted
as much attention as a gorilla In dim,
museum. told them that the coming
problem to be solved was irrigation. ano
they asked me how IL could be done. a.
they were all poor. explained m,
water pipe system aud told them, a.
any country jake could have done. tina
II they wanted water TO dig for IL, an,
II the pipes leaked after having beer
"Tinker-ed. on or about November ST.
could apply the leakage on my Mini
doka water scheme. There are mil
lions Ia IT," II some fellow don't get hi
"nns" In, and II he does we will put on
Fenns on aud locate about 100000 acre
Of the best land In the State, as Stat
lands, and shut out those
Who have spent years OF labor aud toll
Waiting to gather the fruits OF the soil
| am In favor OF issuing bonds.
like this bond business better than ped
ding onions. The Cleveland admin,
tration has tumbled to the bond bus
ness and issued $50. 000. 600 to tide owe
a. emergency, and one OF the new cour
ties, made by the last Legislature. b,
fore Il was eight months old succcede
In selling $780, 900 OF bonds and saddlin
the burden of payment On their childre
who can peddle onions In the far-off Z,
ture to pay for il. In the event OF III
failure Of the onion crop or corner o
wheat, they can settle the bond issue
Il natures for fourteen cents on n
dollar There is one thing. howeve
that is causing me great deal of an
iely. A strange bird has been seen
North Idaho. sometimes called the Gre
Eagle This beautiful bird has bee
sailing around up there for some tin
and Is attracting considerable attention
lie has a gray head with large beal
aud may pick my eyes out In the con