Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1896-07-01
Idaho Republican Press.

The Republican" Is not in position this week 4
either endorse reject the ticket and platform tina
were put up at st. Louis last week. IB fact lik
thousands OF republicans throughout the west, WI
astride the fence, In which position we viii re
main until after all the national conventions hav
been held Fridays Eimore County Republican.
For two years past the Gilmore
County Republican has been howl
ing for free silver and advocating
the principles of bimetalism by the
independent action of the United
States. Yet, after the act of the
Republican national convention in
placing an out-and-out gold stand
ard man at the head of the ticket
upon positive gold standard plat
form, the editor of the Gilmore
County Republican has the audac-
ity to announce to his free silver
patrons that his paper is "astride
the fence" No earnest and honest
paper would occupy such humili-
ating position. If any Republican
is sincerely for free silver then he
should most positively be against
Mckinley and his platform. But
if he is ION the fence" like our es-
teemed neighbor, then he occupies
very suspicious elevation" and
causes free silver people to wonder
if he is not awaiting the return of
Gov. Mcconnell from the east with
the dough" for conducting the Nc
Kiuley campaign in Idaho. Oh,
what contemplate, selfacknowl-
edged position for a free-born Am
erican to occupy.
In great contrast to the "astride
the fence" paragraph above, we give
the manly words of Uncle Dan Ba-
con of the Nampa Progress:
We concluded to fight for principles within the
party lines until the great Republican party in
vention should speak. That time has arrived
and we find, We feared, that II has forsaken the
principles which governed this nation during the time
Of its greatest prosperity and have fallen down and
worshipped the golden calf They have allied them
selves with those whose conduct II persisted in will
result dsastrousy to our free institutions. Should
we longer affiliate with the Republican party we
would do violation to sense Of duty.
The Occur d'Alene Press says:
We endorse the action OF the silver Republican, In
walking out Of the st. Louis convention and believe
that Senator Dubois, Hon. Willis Sweet and other
delegates from this State but voiced the almost uni
versa sentiment of the people of Idaho In the course
they have taken, and their appreciation Of Senator
Dubois unselisk devotion to their inter ests will be
shown by his return to the United States Senate.
And this is from the Pocatello
Tribune:
We do not understand how any Western Republi.
can support VIM. Mckinley for the presidency.
For years the West has been demanding free silver
Mckinley has been nominated rpon platform that
declares emphaticaily for the single gold standard
Time and again of the West have declared silver
the paramount issue and on this issue and on this
question The Tribune must most heartily endorse the
action of the Silver Republicans in walking out OF the
st. Louis convention.
The Owyhee Avalanche, De La
mar Nugget, Dubois Enterprise,
St Anthony Silver Hammer, Mos
COW Standard and the HALEY Times
endorse the boilers and denounce
Mckinley.
The Boise Statesman, Moscow
Mirror, Paris Post, Malad Enter
prise, Rathdrum Post and Cald we'll
Tribune are in line for Mckinley
and the gold standard.
The Gilmore Republican is, we be-
lieve, the only Republican paper in
Idaho that proclaims itself "astride
the fence"-don't know, yet, where
it will fall. 1t was Senator Teller
who said short time ago, 81 hate
straddler."