The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1896-06-30

Carlisle has lost Kentucky;
Wilson has lost West Virginia;
Morton has lost Nebraska; Hoke
Smith has lost Georgia; Herbert
has lost Alabama; little Eckles
has lost Illinois and Harmon is
going to lose Ohio to the silver
men. OF all the members of the
present cabinet, Olney is the only
one who has not been repudiated
in his own state on the money
question, except Lamont, and no
one can tell what New York viii
do. Even Qlney has been set
aside by the Democrats of Mass
achnsetts for BILLY" Russell.
Evidently when the money power
purchased the present admins
tration it forgot to get a bill of
sale of the Democratic party. The
voters of that party now repudi-
ate their dishonest and unfaith-
full leaders and the country is
treated to the amusing spectacle
of an administration that can
hardly carry single state for
the financial policy it advocates.
Wall street is about the only pre-
cinct in the country in which
Cleveland and his cabinet are
solid with the voters.
A correspondent from Ketchum
wrote the MESSENGER on the
26th inst. as follows
II was told by Mr.. Brown, the
mail carrier to Sawtooth from
Ketchum, on his return last
night, that it was believed at
Sawtooth that the body reported
in the MESSENGER as having
been seen floating In Salmon riv-
er, is that of the man who took
the Sawtooth horses out last fall
to winter. Brown said the Saw
tooth horses had been expected
in some time ago. Lately they
had been seen on Pole creek, on
the upper Salmon, and finally a
day or two ago the herd returned
to their range at Sawtooth. Some
of you at Challis probably rem
ember him, as he took his horses
out that way l think he had a
store at Tassell's place a year OF
two, and his name is Carpenter,
as | remember, but where he was
originally from l don't know.
Wood river has done its worst
for this season 1t ran away
with itself and tried to take the
railroad with it. 1t has left the
country looking pretty ragged,
but l suppose it will be patched
up again
Tell the girls in Challis that
they needn't lose any time or
sleep over Mr.. Keyes, for his
heart is supposed to be on this
side of the range"
The Democratic convention of
Illinois, held at Peoria, was al
most unanimous for silver. Gov.
Altgeld was re-nominated by a
rising vote. Temporary Chair
man A. M. Bell made a speech
declaring against . straddle on
the money question. He said :
s'Momentous issues are at stake.
-Four years ago we nominated a
man for the presidency from the
state of New York in spite of
protests from the delegates of
this state. May God forgive us
for it Since then we have
been beaten as with a scourge
of scorpions. Our president for
getting the tariff issue on which
we had won, brought confusion
into our party by striking down
with traitorous hands the only
apology that still remained for
coinage of the peoples money.
The Republican national conven-
ton last week. dominated by the
northeastern section of the I'm
ion, declared for the single gold
standard. In my minds eye /
can see the conspirators at their
work. They are Platt and Quay.
Depew and Hobart, Lodge and
Hanna, and a lot of ignorant
negroes who, for ready cash.
would sell themselves and their
poSterity into a worse slavery
than their race ever knew. The
great states of the west, under
the leadership of Senator Henry
NJ. Teller. What will our nation
al convention do ? Win the east
control it's action and write its
platform ? Rest assured that it
will exhaust every effort to do
so. / would have our national
convention declare its purpose
fairly aud explicitly and let those
bolt who viii. / am tired of fol-
lowing New England or New
York. Let imperial Illinois lead
the way. Let Illinois be hence
forth the empire state. When