The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-01-11
S. D. TAYLOR, Editor and Proprietor.
WILL THE DUTCH CAPTURE HOLLAND?


WILL THE DUTCH CAPTURE HOLLAND?
The HERALD is inclined to think
so. The war of words, like the fol-
lowing, can not continue long with
out bringing about a decided en-
gagement. 1t is bot now, but this
of course is only the preliminary
skirmishing. 1t will get hotter by
and by, but it can not get much
hotter without an explosion.
On the last week of the old year
the Moscow Mirror delivered itself
of the following:
The Mirror, until the last cam
paign always supported Willis
Sweet, Notwithstanding his many
failings; but we don't propose to do
so again, or to support any of his
gang of heelers. Willis and his
crowd are ingrates and they never
know when to quit preying on the
public or on individuals and will
continue so long as the imposition
will be withstood. Two years ago
one of Sweets henchmen notified
the editor of the Mirror that Sweet
did not want the support of the
Mirror, and now we don't propose
to force it on to him or any of his
crowd. Sweet wanted to dictate the
policy of the Mirror and have it con-
Quoted wholly in his interest, re-
CARELESS Of the interest of the party
and of other republicans, and be-
cause the paper would not be turned
over to him he courted fight, and
he got it, and he will continue to
get it. AS the republican party is
not composed wholly of the Sweet
gang or creature created for them,
they must either follow or drop out.
There are others in the party be-
sides Sweet and his henchmen,
and so long as they are good men
the Mirror will support them, but
never one of the Sweet gang. They
don't want the support of true re-
publicanism or of loyal republican
papers, and the Mirror will not
soon be found advocating the cause
of those who are neither honest or
loyal. Mr. Sweet courted fight
when he was a public official, and
if he was again placed in a public
position would not improve on his
course in the past; hence, the best
way to do is to keep him in private
life. The Mirror has touched Mr..
Sweet and his crowd very lightly
in the past, but if an opportunity
presents itself soon sledge hammer
blows will be let go.
And on the first week of the new
year the Pocatello Tribune unbos-
somed itself as follows:
Mcconnell doesn't constitute the
whole republican party, if he does
make noise enough for three parties.
Both Dubois and Sweet are recog-
nized as pretty good republicans,
but if you don't like them you
surely don't have to go outside the
republican ranks to attempt to de-
feat their ambitions-not until
after the party in convention assem-
bled has endorsed them anyhow
Neither does it follow that the Tri.
bune has any fell designs against
the integrity of the republican
party when it exerts what little
influence it has to steer off such 6
blatant old demagogue as McCon.
nell from the United States senate
We remember that once upon q
time you rushed in with the most
enthusiastic support of Sweet, anc
that in the very campaign in which
Mcconnell, we rirmly believe, in
violation of his promises and by
the use of all the patronage of his
office, and Shoup's friends, by tn,
use of Shoup's money accom-
plished his defeat, and that no
within the republican party, bu
through the agency of a "sicI
populist."
We publish the above extracts t
show the drift of public sentimen
in this state as viewed from two
extremes. Had the HERALD useC