The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-06-13
Very Aesu ID.

Mist machine in voting down lleyburns
fire., siiyx resolution demonstrated
plainls that IL is not silver that that
crowd is after, but office. Hepburn
offered the resolution TO put them on
record, and the record is iudiSputable
evidence that the machine wants Dubois
ard Sweet more than free silver. The
re Jluuon adopted indorslng Dubois
course in attempting to secure" free
coinage was nothing more than dodge
TO fool the people of Idaho, while
Heyburn's was a straight silver resolu-
ton. Moscow Mirror.
The foregoing illustrates the reckless
ness of many of Senator Dubois oppon
ents. The charge lodged by the Mirror
has appeared in all the anti-Dubois
papers, and is so childish that one can
not but be surprised that they are will
ing TO make themselves SD absurd.
The platform adopted at Pocatello was
a strong free coinage deliveranee. Mr..
Hey burn offered his plank as a substi
tute for that part Of the plank which
specially commended Dubois. 1t
Glanced that the convention did not
wish 10 have that part of its platform
stricken out and for that reason it
voted down the motion To substitute
There is about as much sense in this
oh ,rge that the convention voted
against silver as there is in that other
allegation that the five Republican
senators voted against silver when they
clst their votes against taking up the
Dinsley bill-neither assertion, if put
forth seriously, could have originated
IN "A brain where the least particle of
common sense WAS lodged But it is
not supposed that those making them
have any notion that they are stating
anything but miserable fal.ehood.
There Is nothing in the shape of a
human head in which a belief could
possibly he lodged that there is any
truth III either statement.-Boise stat.
esnIan.
The editor OF the Boise Statesman
has ali II once discovered that he has
the only head in Idaho that is capable
OF understanding the meaning OF the
DlOols- Sweet machine resolution adopt
Ell al Pocatelio. If il MAS not Dubois
that the machine wanted more than sill.
yer then Il would not have refused TO
pass H-ybu resolution, which was a
free coinage resolution pure and sim pie
The machine wanted 10 boost Dubois
regardless OF the many ADLER advocates
who have layored more and longer for
tins. az .1iV.r and .S, H.. ,,f
10 stuff Ii. convention and give Freddy
send of. The editor OF the Statesman
Will please remember that there are
other men besides himself IN Idaho vi no
have the faculty OF understanding and
are to say this least as truthful! As he IS
even in politics. Moscow Mirror
That's right, keep on wailing but
keep TO tie text The Statesman criti-
Used the Mirror because. in common
with some other papers in the state, it
sought to make II appear that the re
fusal TO adopt Hey buru's motion to
substitute was an act OF uufriendll-
ness TO silver. The attempt was dis
honest; 1t may have been joined in from
pure ldiocy on the part of some Of those
who participated In II.
As to boosting Dubois: No one should
iorget that the question Of indorsing
the action Of the senator on the Ding.
ley bill was leading issue before the
convention. some three fourths Of the
delegates had been elected with the
understanding they would vote for
such Endorsement, and it was fore
gone conclusion long before the con.
Eentlon met that 1t would take such
action. y distinguished delegate who
differed from the majority offered a
resolution-a free coinage resolution
as substitute for the resolution which
had been reported by the committee
declaring for free coinage and indorsing
senator Dubois. To have adopted the
substitute would have been 10 defeat
the wishes OF the convention. To
claim that the vote was an act Of
unfrIendline.s to silver may not be
actually dishonest, but if not, the plea
Of idIocy is the only once that can be
interposed. Boise Statesman.