The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-10-24
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JOHN G. RICE will save the taxpayers
of this county great amount of mon
ey by acting as legal adviser to the
board of commissioners, free, gratis
and for nothing. We undertake to say
that neither Mr.. RICE nor any other
reputable attorney will do anything OF
the kind. We 60 further and assert
that Mr.. RICE will even now public
ly and emphatically refuse to promise
anything of the kind. People who
prate such things don't know anything
about the ethics of the legal profession.
It would be about as reasonable to ex-
pect the physician on the board OF
health to physic the whole outfit when
their system got to jumping cogs.
LAST week we published at item
clipped from the Boise Mail which ac-
cused our esteemed townsman, Hon. G.
w. COOPER, of carrying torch in the
Republican procession which occurred
at the Boise rally recently. Lack OF
space prevented comment in the same
issue with the excerpt. We do not
question but that Mr.. COOPER is good
enough man to carry torch in Re-
publican procession. We will not deny
that it would give us great pleasure to
see him do it. But, we are quite GER
tain he did not do so, as alleged, and
the Boise Mail is either sadly misin-
formed or wilfully incorrect. We hope
no one who intended to vote for Mr..
COOPER will be deferred by the u1pro-
voked falsehood of the Mail.
THE TRIBUNE notices that very
complimentary things are being said of
FINLEY MONROE, Populist candidate
for assessor. There are also some un-
pleasant rumors afoat respecting this
gentleman, which his friends should
know about and promptly disprove.
Among other things, it is intimated
that Mr.. MONROE was mixed up in
some questionable transaction where
by he found it expedient to destroy a
part of the books and records belong
ing to the Last Chance Ditch company.
There are also whispers about a rather
shady land business. THE TRIBUNE
is neither accustomed to nor in SYM
patty with these insidious methods.
II anything ails candidate so as to
render him an improper or incapable
official if elected. it should all come out
openly and squarely. We seriously
doubt the truth of those rumors against
Mr.. MONROE and it he is the man we
think he is, he will refute all such
charges and place just odium on the
shoulders of his political assassins.
SOME people who would be truthful
if they were not constitutionally per
verse, are trying to prevent the election
of julius STEINMEIER by circulating
a romance to the effect that, if elected,
Mr.. STEINMEIER will deposit the
county funds in Boise City for safe
keeping. Mr.. STEINMEIER is not a
chump, neither is the kind of man who
figures on specializing with the county
funds. If he have the honor of being
elected treasurer of Canyon county, he
will deposit the funds of Canyon
county at the county seat of Canyon
county, which is Caldwell. Is that
plain enough? The gentleman author
ICES us to state that he would rather re-
sign than, by any action of his, intimate
that there we're no safe repositories for
public funds in his own county. That
is the kind of man MIR. STEINMEIER is.
But Democrats are very inconsistent
when they urge such complaints. They
are positively, absolutely and unequiv-
ocally opposed to any sort of traffic or
speculations in public funds, so, if the
money has got to lie idle, it might as
we'll rest in Boise as any place. But if
Mr.. SrEINMEIER be elected, the funds
of Canyon county will repose securely
in the vaults of Caldwell.
SOUND SENSE.
A Nampa correspondent in the
Progress, says:
Notwithstanding the water power Of Middle
thousand spindles, notwithstanding Payette with
It's tons Of fruit and hops and Its magnificent do
nation hnv the noOn1o NJ tho function Cifv