The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-26
THE IDAHO CAMPAIGN.
It Is the Hottest Ever Waged
There.
DEMOCRACY is LEADING.
TALL ABOUT GOVERNMENT con-
troll OF THE RAILWAYS.
Labor TrOubles-Thc American
Railway Union Men-Annie May
Abbott at POcnteIlo-Fort Hall
Reservation Survey.

Pocatello Ida, Aug 24.-The days ant
nights are filled with politics in and
about Bannock county,, and the coming
election will witness one of the hottest
ever ragged in Idaho. 1t has come
down practically to "a fair field for
all and quarter to none" and will be
fought out in the spirit as indicated or
those lines. There is no installing the
fact that the Democrats have secured
good timber for their county central
committee. and each of the committee
men is tower of strength in himself.
The chairman is w. G. Lane, an old
time and popular conductor running
out of here. and with such a running
mate as ex-Mayor Stein, will cut out
some original lines the opposition will
md 1t difficult to even up against in
their own defense. The following
named sterling Democrats comprise the
list of the Bannock county committee:
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Pocatelo-J. T. Woods, w. G. Lane,
P. E. Keller, A NJ. Bagley and C. B.
| Wheeler.
Portneuf-George Wakely, w. B.
Henderson and w. A. Hyde.
Soda Springs-C. T. Woodall and w.
Chester
Oxford-Alex Beckstead, Hiram
Hampson, w. H. Homer and Laran
| Andrus
Gentle valley-F. w. Collins and
Gooch.
Cleveland-R. H. Williams and Jas
Larson.
Club Springs-James Heatley.
Chesterfeld-W. H. King, and VIM.
Reese.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF
RAILWAYS.
These are the times when one hears
the question CT government ownership
of railways discussed pro and con, and
L want to say that while some good ar
gumentS can be brought to bear in favor
of the government owning the railway
and telegraph lines, yet massing to-
gether all the statistics and evidence
favoring the same, there are solid
points that go to show us private own
ership is by far the better The Pop
ulist party is crying for government
and Democrats can be found to join
the idea. They will try to substanti-
ate their claims by quoting statistics
on railways in foreign countries.
They will enIarge on .'watered stock"
until the water runs out from their
eyes-there are cataracts within them.
The California people are wailing a
of the Southern Pacific. They want
the government to take it in and then
haul fruit out and passengers in at act
ual cost-that is all for California
Other sections and other classes of the
people within the confines of our great
republic, are also wanting something
! 1t may be this or it may be that.
Confining it to the railway question,
| desire to address myself direct to
Populists and railway employees, and
as Democrat addressing you Pops"
never fear but I will confine myself
to the proper rules governing shall
not term you Anarchists and mon
pleased to do-oh no. However much
you may be mistaken in the premises,
you are just as good business men and
law-albiding citizens as are the other
fellows who malign you. To the rail-
way employees 1 would say that as
class they have education, talents and
ability that will compare with any
other class in the labor world. Among
them are to be found bright and
brainy men, competent to hold any po-
sition within the gift of the people.
Our state and territorial legislatures
arc a witnes to this, where they as
meSlbers do honor to themselves and
their constituents.
SOME PLAIN TALK.
1 am going to talk plainly in, order
that certain points may be brought out
and grasped on presentation. In the
first place, there are but two great
political parties in this country, though
there is always some side issue play
ing will o. the wisp" about them. In
degree for campaign, and then shift
to another section for the next politi-
cal about. This will o. the wisp' is
transplanted hither and thither by
chronic offlce-seekerS who hope to ride
into such power solely on local issues
that may be stirred up. l don't mean
to say the average candidate is so con-
stituted-that would be unjust-a
great number of them are honest in
their mistaken views. When such
movements win, as is sometimes the |
case, they continue for but the briefest |
term. During the incumbency of |
office their policy has not been allied |
munity at large, and thus the people |
rise up and set their seal of condemna- |
ton. Take the once great state of Col |
orado, for instance. Acesse ting that |
Governor Waite is honest and capa-
BILE; that Populist doctrine is correct
admitting, say, all that any pronounced |
could ask-tlen what? Sim
been tried and found wanting, and to-
day Colorado stands forth in bold re-
lief as your accuser. She is but a !
specter now-once a grand and pros
porous commonwealth. Why, there has
been no growth there in all the time
you held sway, and the world beyond |
the great seas is all agog over Populist
legislation. But Softly-something has I
grown there. Colorado's grand old I
mountains have grown the while they I
bumped themselves in sheer deSpera- 1
ton and indignation of conditions I
thrust upon fertile valleys they stand
guard over-they would fain lift their
1oary heads to higher and purer at
nosphere than you have given them
,hus we observe that even outraged II
and dumb nature appeals to the peo-
DE Can you, my Populist friends,
point out any of your legislation that H
has benehted the people and communi-
y L think not. Can you, then, con-
ask the people of Idaho to
axe Populist medicine? l think not
70, then, and prepare platform en-
irely free from prejudice common to
our doctrine, and at the same time
principles of finance within
OF type to meet the concurrence
II this and other civilized nations. /
mis- country has a commercial reputa-
ion to maintain, and cannot, will not
'arter it away for a mess of pottage,
well-worded appeals
,droitly put to the farmers and other
lasses of labor. I say, go back and
commence anew, and evolve some
hlng, If possible, that will give you
liability for trade .mark-stability
4 theory, principle and purpose.
II the government owned and con-
rolled the roads, a vast change, indeed, | A
'ouid be inaugurated in. the conditions /
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