The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-06-16
ROSWELL G. H0RR.
The Celebrated Editor, Author and
Orator.
He Says POpulists are on the Run
Montana Democrats Have Abandoned
HOpe-DenOunces the Action Of IdahO's
Senator and Representative as Fool
hardy and Impudent-Silver Ideas.

hardy and Impudent-Silver Ideas
Hearing last Wednesday that tn
celebrated Republican orator ant
writer, Roswell G. Horr was coming VI
OH No. 2 on his return to New YOrl
I City, after his successful labOrs in Ore
gon, TRIBUNE representative boarded
No. and determined to meet the gen
tleman and have chat with him. The
trains met at Weiser and in due time
intrOductions followed. Mr.. Horn is a
bright, jolly, elderly gentleman, between
sixty and seventy years of age with
short hair and an old fashion, yankee
farmers beard, white as the driv-
EN- snow. Honesty and candor are de.
picted on every feature. There isn't a
bit of dignity or pride about him, but
two minutes conversation discloses the
fact that he is an extraordinary man.
He is, perhaps, the best informed man,
politically, in the United States, today.
He knows the history and movements
of everv party and faction from the
days Of the old continental congress
down to the latest event in Rhode
Island. He is personally and init
mately acquainted with nearly all the
prominent leaders of all parties and
can narrate their histories from child
hood down to the present moment. He
talks freely on all subjects and ex-
presses opinions clearly and emphatic
ally. In general appearance he would
easily be taken for down east granger,
just in with jag of truck. After tell
ing us about Oregon and how Pennoyer
was wiped up, we approached him on
the silver question. "Well," said he.
when left home there wasn't much
silver talk east, but since coming out
here, find that our boys are being con-
siderably stirred up on the question. l
believe the question will be settled on
some such compromise ground as sug
gested by Tom Reed. We, in the east,
do not see this thing exactly as you do,
but it doesn't follow that we are rob-
berS nor that you are crankS. This
financial question has been vexing
mems minds ever since bones and ber-
ries went out of fashion as currency.
The older communities suffer more
from imitation than do the newer ones.
Our people fear it as much as you
dread contraction You, see, we have
been bit by one extreme and you have
been pinched by the other 50 we natur-
ally pull apart After little we will
all come to an understanding as to
what ought to be done and then we
will do it. What this country needs
first, and what all good citizens are
agreed on, is good immigration laws.
We must shut out the foreign rabble.
Now, about silver, there is this differ
ence between the east and west: If
free coinage should work badly, we
would suffer enormously, while, work
as it may, the silver producing states
will derive immediate benefit l want
to disabuse your minds of the idea that
there is any antagOniSm or sectional
grounds. We are studying the ques-
ton and, by the way, there are a good
many of us, some sixty-tw0 million out
of possible sixty-tiye, so it taxes us a
little while to make up our minds.
think, though, the right thing will be
done before long. But it won't do to
make any mistake" We asked him if |
the POpulists east were not making |
some Roadway by their persistent adj |
vocacy of bi-metallism. "Why," says
he, "POpulists are not bi, metallists. |
That is The worst mistake you people |
out here make. They never talk BIZ |
metallism east of the Rocky Noun
tains. They are bowling rag money |
from the ground up. Don't you think |
for moment that there is any hard |
money ideas back of the P0pulist craze.
thoroughly ventilated that idea in
Oregon, and it counted too. But, by
the way, there doesn't seem to be much |
silver talk in Oregon, except in one or
two counties. The Populists are on
the run everywhere. You people out
here think that the POpulist disease is
Just breaking out, that is mistake.
1t has had run in every eastern state
and carried off about as many as chol-
era or any other epidemic. One good
hing about it is that people don't have
20 have it twice. 1t is like measles for
hat. OF course those people are hon.
Est, but funny thing about them is
hat they want to conduct public bust
ness on principles that they would con-
slider crazy if applied to their private
affairs. The Populists lack business
sense: that is what ails them. Besides
hey know too mauy things that are
lot so. Why, down in Oregon they
thought that there was only $18 worth
If gold in a 800 gold piece. They
thought that when the alloy was put
n, gold was taken out to make room
sor it, And starting out with that
Kind of lie they figured to mathe-
natical certainty that gold twenties
we're 10 per cent fiat. Their figures
we're alright but their facts were false.
Down in Oregon they were scattering
a lot of financial twaddle
md attributing it to Abraham Lin
,oln. On that they claimed to be Lin
,oln Republicans. Lots of people actu-
lily believed that Lincoln had uttered
such nonsense. But when | showed
hem that there was standing offer of
5000 reward to any man who could
produce the proof that Lincoln ever
aid any thing of the kind, and when
bowed them dozens of things which
did say, officially and other
wise, quite to the contrary, they began
o weaken. Yes, the POpulists know
90 many things that are not true, that
S what ails them" Speaking of Mon
ana Mr.. Horn said: Il haye just re.
entity met a number of prominent
Democrats from that state and they
ay Democracy is not in it there. The
all election will virtually 60 by default.
dr. Hauser and others, say they will do
othing nor put up cent. The Dem
Gratis wouldn't carry the state if they
ould. Turning to the writer, Mr..
lori said: "What is the matter with
our Senators? understand they are
ryingto complicate matters by having
he state convention nominate sena-
or. l saw it in the dispatches. That
, a foolhardy thing to do, besides it IL
mpudeLt. What right have those