Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-10-20

This nights up here in the noun
sains are cool but politics are red
hot and still heating. Last Friday
night p. NJ. Bruner. OF HALEY, Popu-
list candidate for Judge of the fourth
Judicial district, spoke TO our peo-
pie from the Populist stand point.
The speaker, who is . very earnest
and able man, handled the political
question without gloves. yet was
very gentlemanly In his remarks.
He refrained from saying anything
that could in any way be termed
mud-throwing. Mr.. Bruner made
many friends while here even
among his political opponents.
Last Sunday night Frank Wyman
and Mr.. Upton Of Boise addressed
large meeting here from the Repub-
lican standpoint. In the audience
was six Republicans and about forty
Populists and Democrats. These
gentlemen were accompanied BY
Chas. Oliver and Joe Sprague Of
Mountain Home and Mr.. Mcmillan
Of May6eld. all Republican cand +
dates who feel confident of being
elected this fall. But wait boys,
the 9th Of November may dispel this
illusion. These all seem like sound
men and II IL . pity they should
belong TO such rotten party. Mr..
Wyman began his speech by saying
that politics have become 90 corrupt
AZ TO effect . mans pocket and
stomach-book. ! suppose he meant
stomach and pocket-book, but the
American people have become so
accustomed to Republican blunders
in the last q years that this one
didn't provoke even q smile. The
speaker dwelt at length on the
tariff question and knocked the
stuffin out Of the free trade policy
by giving an illustration. He said:
Suppose young man in America
is going TO get married, he would
have TO buy suit of clothes bear
ing the British trade mark and the
bride would be compelled to wear
dress bearing q British trade mark
and in due time this young couple
would walk arm in arm TO the era
die and there they would zee q
baby bearing the British trade
mark" therefore the speaker 10 in
favor OF high tariff. But I must
differ with him. Now / believe II
an Englishman will voluntarily, of
his own free will, without malice,
or forethought, agree to help his
American neighbors manufacture
babies, I don't believe he should be
compelled to pay duty just be-
cause he lie kind hearted.
During Mr.. Tipton's remarks he
knocked the Populist party into the
middle of next week by telling US
they would not practice the princi-
Piles they advocated even II placed
in power. He said 1t would never
do for the government TO own the
railroads and proved the assertion
by saying If the government owned
the roads it would not derive any
benefit from the taxes. But why
II 10 better for the government to re-
ceive these taxes than TO own the
property is something the gentleman
failed TO explain and one which 10
very difficult to work its way
through the thick skull of q Popu-
list. Both speakers, l suppose.
went away under the impression
that the Pine Groveites knew but
very little II they believed very
much of what they told us.
The different parties are working
earnestly here for their respective
favorites. They are all we'll equipped
but the Populists seem to be the
beat armed. They have new gun;
II Ia not a rifle, nor q shotgun, but
il IL n Jim Gum, on which they
have applied for patent which
they expect to be issued on Nov. 6,
1894. If the patent comes, rs ex-
pected, this Gum will shoot from
Idaho clear 10 Washington, ID. C.
on or before March 4, 1895.
SOONER.
Pine Grove. Oct. 16 1894.
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