The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-10-20

dOu. y. d. mCOdTLuy, GODun ST
nominee for Representative of
Custer county, was in Challis
last week. Mr.. Mccarthy has
represented Custer county for
two terms in this capacity, and
has represented in an able man
ner and has won the admiration
of his people. He fought brave
ly and should be returned. His
bill to locate the School of Mines
at Challis was ably championed,
and he expects to continue the
fight if elected We do not think
the people of Custer county will
be so unwise as to defeat so able
and deserving representative as
he has proven to be, for one
untried and without legislative
training. Such action would
only be casting aside one who
deserving.
In the great rock drilling con-
test at Spokane on Oct. 9Th,
Freehy and Davy of Butte car
ried off the worlds champion
ship and the $500 prize. -Four
teams entered the contest and
the work done by all of them was
exceptionally good. Freely and
Davy the winners, made the
phenomenal record of 49a inches
In Is minutes. Paterson and
Stevens. the Murray team, drill
ed 45 inches. beating the prev
ious worlds record by 3 inches.
The other two teams, one from
Rossland and one from Coeur d.
Alene, made records of A and
405 inches.
The Congregational State As
sociation recently held at Boise
was pronounced a very profitable
session. 1t was held in the new
church dedicated the first eve
ming of the meeting. Rev. G.
II. Taintor. of the Church Build
ing Society of Chicago. preach
ing the dedicating sermon. Pap
ers were presented at the AS
sociation by the pastor and his
wife of our Challis church. By
request of the Boise church the
work at Challis and in Custer
county was presented Sunday
morning following the Associa-
ton. by Rev. c. E. Mason, who
remained over a few days. The
next Association in the Fall of
1897 is to be held at Challis.
From a letter received at the
MESSENGER Office, Dated at
Washington. d. c.. Oct. 10th, we
publish the following
During the last week a joint
electoral ticket has has been ar
ranged in West Virginia, by
which the Populists get the two
electors-at-large and the Demo
Gratis the four District electors.
This Arrangement makes West
Virginia certain, while before
the Mckinley people were claim
ing the state. So far. joint cleo
toral tickets have been made in
% states. in nearly every one of
which the Peoples party has
secured a larger proportion of
the electoral vote than the
strength of the respective par
ties would seem to justify.
1.-The Republicans are greatly
chagrined over the arrangements
recently made in Indiana and
West Virginia. Through their
emissaries they did everything
in their power to prevent joint
electoral tickets from being
made in these two states; and
now, have these same emiSsaries
work in these two states. as well
as in nearly every other state,
trying to breed disSension and
get as many Democrats and
Populists as possible to rebel
against these joint electoral
tickets have been arranged in a
sufficient number of the States to
make the defeat of Mckinley
and the gold standard certain.
Mark Hanna realizes that his
only hope now is to try to pre-
vent the people from supporting
these joint electoral tickets. The
patriotism of the voters can be
depended upon, however. to de
feat this last hope and scheme
to fasten the gold standard upon
the nation.
The outlook has greatly i'm
proved during the last ten days.
The reaction has set in all over
the country against the Repub
lcan Doodle campaign. The
masses of the voters have begun
to realize that the monopolists
and trusts are putting up millions
of dollars to try to buy the cleo
ton in order that these trusts
and monopolists can fatten upon