Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-12-29

spirit Of anger or resentment. I am frank
20 say that think Il extremely hard that
YOU should have stepped into my life.
wherein ! was content. pursuing work
IN which ] was deeply interested, and
with which think the people were salts
ned. suggest that I transfer that work.
with my hopes and ambitions. TO another
sphere. end then. after II was too late for
me 10 resume the old position. not only
array yourself with those who are ighting
me In the execution Of the step which you
advised me 20 take. but also furnish them
With the good name and character. with
out which they could not fight at ALL I
understand. OF course. that You have no
senatorship 20 give. and that any man In
tbs state has q perfect right 10 aspire to
the position. ! am only discussing the
question as 70 you and me under the rules
that govern men. not In the business af-
fairs of life. because then you bind men
down by bonds and forfeits and over their
own signatures. but by that which is
higher than bond and more precious To
men of character than wealth or position
their personal honor.
cAssIUs AND CAESAR.
When cassius conceived the scheme OF
numbering Caesar. he found himself with
out sufficient character In the enterr.riss.
TO convince the people that the pretended
motive was sincere. He therefore per-
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was not that he loved Brutus more or
less. but because II was necessary 10 have
name and character around which the
people of Rome would gather. and Ia
whom they had some personal confidence
Cassius convinced Brutus that the people
wanted him by sending men 10 his house
al night and having them pass letters
through the windows to the effect that
the people were expecting great things OF
Brutus. Brutus was flooded with these
notes until he came TO the conclusion
that Rome was wild 10 have him do some
thing, and he did not know what II was
until Cassius presented his scheme. Bru-
tus fell an easy victim to the Vaccinations
OF the very willy cassius.
Now there may have been many good
people In Idaho who favored some per-
son other than myself for senator How
ever that mny be, there are those who
are using your good name. and your we'll
earned character with which 10 defeat me-
not because they love you more or less.
but because. FIRST. they desire 90 defeat
me; second, TO advance their own inter-
ests. II the people OF Idaho demand your
selection. ! think you ought to take t.:
but do not believe they do. win be per-
fectiy frank about u. when the election
was held 1t was not supposed In the state
that you would be candidate. Indeed.
II was supposed that you would not he a
| candidate. and the legislature was chosen
upon that basis. You might have been
elected had you been a candidate. and IN
| our conversation at your rooms in the
Cochran hotel. / said to you that you
could have my loyal support " you were
In the field. II is not, therefore. anything
TO your discredit that this legislature was
not chosen with the understanding that
you were a candidate. Ii Is simply a re-
| cognition of the fact that the people OF
the state wanted a republican Legislature
and a republican senator.
SHOuP'S STANDING IN THE STATE.
Your personal standing and character
In Idaho perhaps no person appreciates
more than 1. You have lived In that
| state many years and the path of your
life has been strewn with acts OF gener-
osity and kindness that have, and ought
to have. made you world OF friends. ]
doubt II any many In our state has more
patriotic acts, more generous acts, more
kindly acts recorded TO his credit than
you. You are generally loved by the PEG
pie, and l have always extended TO you as
| much respect and affection IA any other
man In The state. ! looked upon you not
only as friend. hut almost a father.
| have called upon you ! have called
upon father. and you have always re-
sponded as generous father would re-
spond to q son. l have always felt that !
couid talk to you. or any other man who
wore upon his coat the badge you wear.
with credit ana honor, alike with freedom
and sympathy. In our section of the state
there arc many men who were comrades
of yours and my father. They have al
ways been very loyal friends OF mine
and ] assure you that 1t Is much more In
sorrow than I'm anger that I feel obliged
In defense OF my own integrity as well
AS In Justice to my friends and TO myself
to insist that your position and mine In
this senatorial matter be made right.
| II Is more important TO me than the SEN
| atorship. A senatorship. honorable as the
| position II. must be. 1t seems to me, a
burden TO any man who receives II at a
sacrifice OF that which Ia worth more
than the wealth OF Croesus or the power
of Napoleon: namely, a sacrifice of his
own conscience. 1 now believe that bad
advice. bad logic. and bad principle on the
part OF selfish schemers: and the Had
vised but earnest pleading of those who
sincerely love you. have persuaded you
against your own sense of Justice. and the
promptings of your big heart. into taking
the step 80 bnrdened with injustice to me
and mine. But II seems we are In for 4
| night; and let us settle IL inside our own
lines. quickly. honorably. and to the credit
OF the republican party and the state
Very truly yours.
WILLIS SWEET.