The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-05-09
THANKS AWFULLY.

ent warrants it in assuming an at.
titude Of grave paternalism toward s
the youthful impetuosity fthe THE
TRIBUNE. We thank it ever sc
much for it's solicitude and hope
to profit by its fatherly admoni-
ton. We shall strive to control
our feelings on the water question
hereafter and with the friendly as
sistance of the Indepedent maintain
some degree of mental equilibrium
The Independent insists that THE
TRIBUNE permitted its feelings to
run away with it when we SAID.
there is growing up strong and
impetuous sentiment that the time
to employ means other than peace
full is near at hand" Perhaps.
that expression is Indicative of un-
bridled passion and unbalanced
understanding. Perhaps, our aber-
rations are of such a character that
we read the signs back wards. 1t
is possible that what seems to us
an extraordinary and widespread
perturbation is but the gently I'M
dulating waves of an enraptured
tranquility. An uprising of three
millions of unemployed men may
be a peaceful and ordinary spec
tacle. We took it otherwise. We
supposed it to be an unusual and
dangerous demonstration. We do
not pretend to endorse it, yet our
mental vision is of such a peculiar
order that we can not hide it from
view. Even the government at
Washington viewed it with alarm,
when had the Independent been
consulted it's placid counsel would
at once dissipate and make ridic'l-
lous such childish fears. The peo-
pie of Canyon county around about
Payette are stepped in loyal tran
guilty. Such an assurance should
set the universe at rest We said
the spirit of Coxeyism is rife in the
land. Maybe that is the mere
phantasy of a delirious brain.
Coxeyism is but another name for
organized opposition to concen-
trated wealth. 1t is the embody-
ment of a powerful and rapidly
growing antagonism against monop-
oily Of every character whatsoever.
1t is the gathering impulse of
the people to free the Amer
lean Republic from the merci-
less grasp Of corporation greed.
The succor and support which has
been extended to the army of
tramps by vast numbers Of patri-
otto American citizens is significant.
1t shows that the hearts of the peo-
pie have been touched, their SYM
pathies aroused and enlisted. If
the spirit which annimates CoxEY
and KELLY and their followers is
not rife whence comes this wave of
popular approval? But we said
this rebellious restlessness pre-
vailed in Canyon county and our
venerable monitor, the Independent
il astounded at such frenzy. We
are unable to say how long the edi-
tor of that Payette journal has been
hybernating, but the usual period
of one hundred and twenty two
days must have expired time al
most out of memory. Come down
with US, friend, to modern times.
Let US walk out on the streets of
your own becalmed village. Ask
the first honest American you meet
what he thinks of the condition of
his country. He will tell you it is
depiorable to the point Of despera.
ton. He will tell you that the peo-
pie are writhing in the blighting
grasp Of capitalists and monopo-
lists; he will tell you that the Con-
gress of the United States is incom-
petent, corrupt and insensible; he
will tell you that the Senate is the
venal tool of Wal! Street and the
common merchandise of British
gold; he will tell you that the Presi-
dent is a bigoted, stolid, ironshod
dictator, and, finally, in all serious,
avow that the government of the
United States is in the hands of
Williams and traitors. Such express
sions are as common in this coun-
ty today as ordinary social greet
ings and weather platitudes.
Whether true or false, they ex-
pressed the recognized sentiment