The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-11-21
NOTES AND COMMENT.

days of the Cleveland Belmont ad
ministration. The president ha
stated that as soon as the gold reserv
gets down to $75, 100000 he will
issue $25, 900, 900 more bonds. Thi.
will be all that is needed TO start til,
hungry Wall street wolves on rait
on the treasury to force the reserv,
down to the desired notch. Yes. ant
he will recommend, in his COMING
message, that all greenbacks be re
tired. 1t is found that Cleves repea
OF the Sherman law didn't do tn,
work promised and now it will b,
suddenly discovered that their con
illusions were wrong and the faul
lies with the greenbacks, ahal Bond.
will of course be issued to replac,
them. 1t will be proven that green
backs are nasty vermin-gray- back.
on the anatomy Of finance. If il
were possible that Che republican
congress would oppose it as demo.
cratic measure, there might be hope
OF its defeat, but that is scarcely
probable and it is almost dead certain
that the cinch OF the gold power will
be drawn tighter.
Woman suffrage is not looking up
much in the Bay state since the Mas
sachusetts election. The women
stayed quietly at home and paid no
attention whatever to the momentous
question, thus letting it down easily
into defeat. Women themselves are
not yet converted to the idea and as
long as its opponents can say and
prove by actual figures that those
upon whom it is sought TO place the
franchise do not want it, that long
will it have but little hope of success.
The important landmark of the
year in Idaho history is the opening
of the Nez Perez reservation, which
occurred on the 18th, Far from ex-
pectations, the rush over the line was
only moderately exciting, by no means
approaching the thrilling and wild
crash Of the "boomers'' and 'ssoon-
ers' scrambling over the Cherokee
strip. The cause of this is its loca-
ton, not its value. If it were east
OF the Rockies there would be thous-
ands where there are now hundreds.
Out here rich lands are cheap and the
population scattering, so the interest
is comparatively local in It's nature.
The lands Of the reservation are
magnificently rich in SOIL climate and
other agricultural conditions, also
timber and mineral 1t will not be
a great while until Idaho products
will begin to swell wonderfully with
the fruit and grain from Nez Perez.
and the act OF the government in
throwing it open is to be commended
1t is true when the 1926, 600 was
being dished out to the 1923 Indians
in 81 600 to SO, 600 chunks, it seemed
to the poor white man that it would
be better for him if he could have
been born Lapwaii buck, but this
money will be all put In circulation
in this state and the most of it grad
ually find its way into the hands of
the whites, and altogether we should
be glad to see such chunk taken
from Uncle Sans strong box and put
out here where it is needed. This
payment Is not all the money the In
dams will get There is still 81 00O.-
600 more on deposit for them, to
be paid in annual installments of
1850, 600
For moment it looked sad for the
white metal when leading democrats
down south seriously discussed if
party was not dearer than principle
and if it were not better to drop sill
yer entirely than to disrupt the demo.
;ratic party, but Senator Morgan, noble
md grand American that he isl mt
lis foot down in favor of financial
freedom or death Senator Jones
las said there will be separate
ilver party next year, but the result
II the late elections makes it hardly
possible, because the Belmont Cleye-
and administration succeeded in get
ing the question crushed down until
scarcely appeared to be an issue.
t was almost ignored in every state, .