The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-05-24

Welser Coxey telegram. We have
refrained ourselves from comment
but give below a few extracts:
That was nice little campaign
speech that Gov. Mcconnell made il
reply to Weisers appeal for assistanc,
in Kidding herself Of the Coxeyites. -
Caldwell Argus.
Weiser had her day before the coun
try by calling on the governor to as
sist them in getting rid of the indus
trials, and the governor was thus af.
forded another opportunity to make
campaign speech -Payette indie
pendent.
Last Tuesday Governor Mcconnell
received message from the people OF
Weiser, asking if he could not do
something to relieve them, as there
were 100 industrial" uuartered
there and their people were unable to
maintain them. He replied that ow-
ing to the democratic and populst
combine which controlled the last
state legislature refused to make any
appropriation for contingent expenses,
he had no funds to feed or aid these
hungry men. The dignity Of the chief
executive must be below par when he
attempts to make political capital out
of the misfortunes of our people. -
Nampa Leader
The Idaho World disserts at more
length than the other papers and uses
stronger language than we like to in
dulge in, therefore we will content
ourselves with the following portion
In trying to make capital for him
self for the u. S. Senate, he, lacking,
discretion judgement, common fairness
and dignity, and being blinded by
partisan smallness, bigitory, self-im-
portance and yindictiveness, unwit-
tlngly makes of himself what is term
ed, in theatrical parlance, Glow com
edy He has already furnished
abundant proof of the truth of what
Is here portrayed to say nothing of
his reply to u dispatch from citizens
of Weiser, asking that he call in u. S.
marshals who were herding 100 in
dnstrlals on them, or afford the peo-
pie relief at once He replied that
he was powcrless to aid the citizens
OF Weiser or the industrials chartered
there ''for the reason that democratic
and populist combined which control
led the last State Legislature refused
to make any appropriation for con
tlngent exsenses. - The legislature
before the last was overwhelmingly
republican, and was guilty of the same
refusal to make such appropriation.
II the last legislature had done all
that Gov. Mcdonnell asked. the state
would now be bankrupt Further
more the feeding of industrials was
contingency the last Legislature did
not and coald not foresee, and had il
foreseen and made an appropriation
would not such an act been q little
bit ridiculous, and if an appropriation
had been made for unknown contin.
gincies, would the Governor have
used any of it to feed starving men?
We think not He is not noted for
his sympathies for starving laborers
In trying to manufacture cheap CAPT
tai in aid of his Senatorial aspirations
this man Mcconnell continues to make
a roaring farce of himself. The !
more his organs try to boost him into
public favor the lower they land him. !
II the republican party is victorious
the coming fall, and succeeds in elect !
ing republican legislature, which,
however, we very much doubt, they /
have much better material than VIM
J. for a U. S Senator and we are of
The opinion they will select from that
better material -