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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

CONSIDERING that Republican pri.
maries are to be held in this county in
about twenty days, there appears to be
painful apathy on the question Of To-
cal politics. Whether Republicans are
disheartened, disGOrdant or Indifferent
is hard to tell, but they are evidently
inactive and that is bad for them if
they expect to make respectable
showing in the coming campaign. 1t
seems to us there ought to be a meet
ing of the county committee, if there
be one, and that committee ought TO
make an apportionment of representa-
tiVes to the county convention and
officially designate times and places for
holding primaries and county conyen.
tions. There will be a state conven-
ton at Pocatello in about a month and
Canyon county ought to be represented
in that convention by the very best and
ablest men she has. Something ought
to be done and done quickly. The
party in this county needs thorough
and effective organization. The feeble
and disheartened need strengthening
and encouraging; the discordant ele,
ments need harmonizing and the indif-
ferent must be enthused, because, and
1t might as well be understood right
now, the road to Republican success in
Canyon county is rocky one to travel
But success can be attained if proper
effort is made. The victory is for the
brave as often as for the strong. Dis
eipline, determination and skill turn
minorities into maiorities and the true
glory of battle depends as much on the
character and number of obstacles
overcome as on the final result.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11
PROTECTION A FRAUD.

The SilUer Hammer SAYS: "The Re.
publicans of Idaho know that protec,
tion without free coinage is fraud"
This is refreshing, to say the least.
The Populists have been telling Re.
pnblicans for ten long years that pro.
lection without free coinage, or with it
Tor that matter, is fraud, but we
have denied the great truth with de
plorable pigheadedness. The Democ
racy has grown gray and senile in clio
quent enumeration of the principle that
protection is a fraud, but the Republi-
cans have remained deal as clods to
the inspiring strains of tariff reform.
but say these Idaho Republicans, "pro.
lection without free coinage is a
fraud" with the accent on aOithout
Nevertheless, the country has been
practically without free coinage for
sixty'one years, and Republicans have
been yelling protection for home indus
try throughout all these weary times.
The great but rapidly dissolying crime
OF the century was committed twenty.
three years ago, but up to very recent
date no Republican has announced the
discovery that protection without free
coinage was sinister SYNONYM for
fraud. AS late as the fall of 1894 great
Republican apostles went up and down
the state proclaiming the doctrine of
protection, but they never told us il
meant fraud. They insisted at that
late date that next to free coinage. pro.
lection was the saving salt of the ma
tion, 1t is difficult to understand how
any benefit can inure to the cause of
free coinage by traduclng protection.
II is hard to see how the Republican
party can gain anything in point of
deeency or reputation by admitting
that It has been standing the sole spon,
sor of fraud for a quarter century
IL protection without free COINAGE is a
fraud in 1896 it was equally a fraud in
1873. But Idaho Republicans have
been telling us for years and years that
II ever free coinage came it would
come through the Republican party;
they have implOred and adjured us TO
stay with tho party that struck the
manacles from tho wrists of four mill.
ions Of slaves and preserved us ma
ton. They have eonjured us to pin
our immortal faith to the party of
Americanism and protection of home
industries. They have pointed with
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11
NEW ADMINISTRATION.


The people of Caldwell have again
selected Hon. If. B. Gwinn to preside
over the destinles of the Magic City
and We bespeak for him successful
aud brilliant administration. We be.
leve he will do all in his power to adj
vance the material interests and gen
cral prosperity of the town he has been
80 thoroughly identified with and to-
wards the building up of which lie has
always been potent factor. We be-
lieve he will devote himself assiduously
TO carrying out the wishes of the peo-
pie In respect Of the great enterprise
which they have had at heart during
the past two or three years, and that
he will take up the good work where
left off by his predecessor and carry it
to a successful conclusion before the
end of his present term. 1t is now the
duty of every good citizen to give the
mayOr-elect hearty and cheerful sup
port, and he should be made to feel
that when the ballots were counted, he
ceased to be the candidate of any man
or faction and assumed the functions
Of chief executive of the City of
Caldwell. 1t is quite natural that
those who preferred the election of Mr..
Egleston should feel little sore over
the result, but it is the inevitable con-
sequence of elections that some side
must lose and it is the part of patriotic,
generous manhood to cheerfully acqni-
esce in the decisions of the majority.
Mr.. Egleston, as mayor, made a record
which he may well be proud of, and
with which the people of Caldwell were
thoroughly satisfied. Therefore, no re-
Election on his official conduct is con-
veyed by the election of Mr.. Gwinn.
The people merely determined to have
a change and it is credtable TO their I'M
derstanding that they selected a man of
Mr.. Gwinn's reputation and experience.
Respecting the gentlemen who have
been elected to the council, little need
be said. They are each and every one
solid and reputable citizens Mr.. A. Z.
Galloway occupies a high place in the
estimation of the community. Mr.. II.
II. Jones is man of business exper.
fence and progress; Mr.. S. b. Dement,
is one of the reliable old timers and j.
9. Rice is conservative and respected
member of the bar w. s. Bailey and
q. j. Shorb and Ed. IIedden need no
recommendation from us or anybody
else. They were elected unanimously
Mr.. Brumbaugh, who will occupy the
place of justice in the municipality is
said to be well equipped for the posi-.
'ion. With such a corps of officers, the
affairs of the city are liable to be well
and satisfactorily administered, and
that is what the people want. So, here
is success to the new administration.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

CALDWELL now has a militia COM
pany and it deserves announcement,
Under the law, the county commission.
ers are authorized to appropriate $3.50
per year towards fitting up an armory
and paying necessary expenses. The
state pays each company 800, we be.
lieve. With these sums the Caldwell
boys could build suitable quarters and
have place of meeting that would he
attractive and comfortable. With a
little effort, gymnastic apparatus could
be put into the quarters, and there
could be established a reading room
for the young defenders of their coup.
try's honor. Indeed there are numer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

the limitations of human wisdom and
the tyranny of prevailing circumstances.
Mistakes are often made, to be sure;
but mistakes are rectifed, also, and in
the long run, according to the law of
averages, right obtains the advantage
over wrong, and the country is gamer
in peace, prosperity and progress"
"There are always those who recline
upon the mountain slopes of ideal vir.
tue, and refuse to concede that COM
promise is ever necessary or advisable.
But these superior beings are not sin
it" as we say. They are alienated from
the actual world, and incapable of COM
pretending the conditions 'of political
success. The lessons of history are lost
out of their philosophy. They are obi
viOus to the fact that our government
was founded upon compromise, that
our constitution is a series of conces-
sions and qualifications, and that our
craftsmanship has almost uniformly
sought the line of least resistance rather
than that of firm and arbitrary fidelity
to abstract precepts and principles.
The willingness to yield something for
the sake of harmony and victory has
done more than anything else to place
our country in its present splendid re-
lation to the rest of the world. Our
national greatness is the result of the
application of common sense to the
business of politics. We have not leg
islated in the upper air and among the
stars, but down on the earth where men
dwell and corn grows and elections are
held and allowance has to be made for
conflicting interests and opinions. Our
policy has been one of expedience, of
dealing with things in a spirit of pro-
pitiation. Sometimes, perhaps, we
have carried this too far, but in all
such instances, contrary policy car
ried to the same excess would have
been infinitely more mischievous."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

Gus ways in which the organization
could be made to result in positive
good. We therefore urge the commits
sioners at their coming meeting to
make the appropriation contemplated
by law and hope the citizens of Cald-
well and the whole county will lend the
soldier boys such assistance and sup
port as they may need in the matter of
putting themselves on a good peace
footing.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11
NoTIcE-TlMRER cuLruRE
U. s. Land Office, Boise City, Idaho I
February "a. 1896.

February "a, 1896.
Complaint having been entered at
TINS office by Albert ]. Califf against
James Costlo, his heirs and legal rep
TesentatiVes, for failure to comply with
law as to Timber Culture entry No. 1854
dated December %, 1886. upon the s. 9.
y sec. II, tip. n. +. W. in Canyon
county, Idaho, with view to the can
collation. of said entry; contestant alleg-
ing that the said James CostlO, his
neirs and legal representatives, have
Lalied to at any time TO either pioE,
oreak or cultivate any portion of said
tract; that no part of said tract has
Oeen at any time planted to trees, seeds
OF cuttings; that there is not now, and
never has been at any time since the
making of SAID entry, any trees or tim
her on said tract and that said tract has
oeen wholly abandoned and uncultiYat-
Gu ior more than eight years last past.
Inc said parties are hereby summon
ca TO appear at this Office on the 5tn
aay OF May, 1896, at 10 o'clock, a. mr.
70 respond and furnish testimony con-
corning said alleged failure.
CHARLES HIMRoD, Register,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11
NO ROOM EnR nnIlnr

convinced SOu' SOu must be
al me facts are that the Union Pacific is lending
The Inc gI SIS, through car line of the west
Tga 5iir IN connection with the Chicago g. AItn6
PaaHO with Its excellent EQUIPMENT Of Froa
and 11edii P 0nalT Cars, Pullman Palace SieepeTs
every traveller to the east. 'l0 "''eh'loh OF
t ASK your nearest ticket agent for tickets via
''i'S lou'e' Il. L. LOMAX, G. PET a."
Omaha Nph
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

WE hope the people of this section
will not forget that there is to be a
meeting of the State horticultural So
clety in this city before a very long
time. OF course it is a little early yet
but, then, a great many preliminaries
will have to be arranged and it is best
to keep the matter in mind.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

THERE is this difference between Re-
publicanism and Democracy. The Re-
publican administrations always spent
less than they received and bought up
outstanding bonds with the surplus.
The Democratic administrations al
ways spend more than they receive and
sell bonds for the Republicans to take
care of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11

THE Morning Union, of Springfield.
Mass, says that nearly all the New
\ ork bankers are Democrats. That's
the way in Caldwell. This, however, is
nothing against Democracy but it is
real tough on bankers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11
uNEOuALEn srn,nnr

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'iIT onion Pacific and Chicago & AIt0n Biii M va
Tinip Pullman Palace Sleepers PiiIim 1yS;
Denver Gs a1y ana Free Reclining Chair Cars leave
through car line Of the West aSi ~. Is the great
'cAet agent for tickets via this line 'ONl nearest
Z L. LoMAX, G. A &T.A
Omaha, Neb
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-11
NOTICE,

Having disposed of my furniture and
Undertaking business to Messrs. Cakes
ana Badley, all persons indebted to me
are hereby notified to settle their in
deptedness without delay,
Caldwell, Idaho, Feb. %. 1886, In
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27
SENATOR TELLER.

Senator Teller is a Republican; but
Senator Teller is something more than
that, he is an honest man. We honor
Senator Teller. not of course because
he is Republican, but in spite of his
being such. We honor him for the
manhood that stands up erect in the
four walls of him. We honor him for
his armness in maintaining what he
believes to be right. For his defense
of the silver cause through evil and
through good report. No defeat OF sill
yer has discouraged him; no odds
against it in either the senate or the
country has daunted his splendid cour-
age. Whenever strong men fell BY the
way. and many have fallen, no one
ever thought of Teller of Colorado be-
ing among the number. and he never
was. He is as true to the cause today
as ever. and fights all Corners on the
question that oppose it with as much
earnestness as when he first entered
the arena; and he fights those of his
own party as hard as those of any
other party. With what fine scorn he
has held at bay his party associates on
that question: And never with finer
force than he did the other day when
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27
ENGLAND LOVES A MAN.

Men amount to nothing, man to
everything is a sentence attributed to
the great Napoleon. He, of course,
held the common heard of men in con-
tempt, while we do not. and therefore
we have but little sympathy with the
remark of the great Frenohman. We
are of, opinion that average men are of
very great account That while it is
perhaps useless to hope to see
them all come to the sublime
heights to which a. few have
attained, say one in ten million,
yet have they eyes. hands, organs, di-
mansions, senses, affections, passions
Fed with the anne food. hurt with the
same weapons. subject to the same dis
eases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same win
you prick them they bleed; if you tickle
them they laugh; if you poison them
they die; if you wrong them they seek
revenge just as the great ones do. We
believe them capable of infinite deyel-
opment. that it only requires time and
opportunities they do not now enjoy
to develop the spark of divinity Within
them.
But while we believe in the impor-
lance of the masses of men we can
not close our eyes to the fact that all
men love a man, that is, a man of
character, bold, daring, venturesome
to the point of reckleSSneSs. Try how
safe and formal men may they cannot
hold back the admiration of the people
for such a character, Worship him as
a hero they viii in spite of ell that
cold caution can do against Ut. Their
hero may be wrong, in a particular
case, they may not even. approve all
that he has done. but If the thing CON
oeiued was bold and executed with
courage and it's disasters provided the
enterprise ended disa5trously-bourn
with patience. humanity will accord
admiration to one capable of such
things. and it is useless to declaim
against them.
This truth, proven true by the ex-
perience of all the ages. received
new demonstration in England ON the
18th inst. when despite all the efforts
of the British authorities to prevent
it, DR.. Jameson of TranSvaal raid fame
was hailed as a hero by the people
crowded around Bow street police
court. London.
AS stated in our dispatches of yes
terday. the British authorities desired,
as FAR as possible. to give no appear
ance of encouraging a demonstration
of approval of a citizen who has been
handed over to them by a power
against which he sought to wage war.
in the faith that Great Britain viii see
justice done 70 him and viii properly
avenge the outrage done TO a friendly
power But the British government
is well aware that though DR.. Jameson
ds brought to England for trial as
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27

1t is reported that efforts are being
made in the committee of the legisla-
ture in charge of the fire and police
bill to have THE governor participate
in the appointment of the police and
fire commission of cities authorized by
the proposed law. We think
that such an arrangement would be i'm
proper and altogether out of harmony
in fact with American notions of gov
eminent. Is it so that cities are in
capable of self government? but must
needs drag state officers into affairs
municipal? We cannot believe that
such thing is seriously contemplated.
If it Is, then surely its advocates ought
to abandon lit as soon as possible, for
nothing can be more of reproach to
any municipality than to intima te, as
such an arrangement would intimate,
that it Is mot able to manage it's own
affairs, but must needs drag IN state
officers to NEEDLE with its concerns.
The governor of this state has already
enough to do. The constitution al
ready places too much appointive
power In the governor, and it ought not
to be augmented by legislation that
will place the appointment of police
and fire commissioners in his hands.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27
ON ENFORCING LAWS.

People term Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt
a. crank when they speak of him in pol
itics. 1t may be that he is a crank,
but the late DR.. Holmes, kindest OF
men and keenest of observers, said that
the world was turned by cranks. A
crank is very easy to detect; he IS
either very much above or very much
below mediocrfty. Mr.. Roosevelt be
longs to the first class, and so con-
spicuous is he that whenever he says
anything about municipal matters it at
tracts great attention if it does not
always find acceptance. He was in
Chicago the other day and had some
thing to say on the enforcement of the
law, a favorite topic with him. His
ideas are always clear and clearly ex-
pressed He sees things as they are,
an invaluable gift in a man who studies
public affairs. But what did he say in
Chicago on his favorite theme? He
said:
1t is a discredit to us as people
that there actually can be room for
argument as to whether the law of the
tduu SllOulO VI SAOulO IlOI DS
think, and I speak after some expert
ence in a local legislative body as well
as an executive officer, that the chief
evil from which we suffer is the fact
that the lax enforcement of laws Of all
kinds has given the impression to the
average legislator that it is a safe
thing at any time to put any law on
the statute books and then to trust the
law will not be enforced so as to please
somebody else.
And it is all so true. Our laws
seem to be made on the theory that
quantity will make up for any lack of
quality. Furthermore, this superabun-
dance of loose and i'll considered laws is
followed by lax enforcement of them,
this, perhaps, on the theory that like
cures like. Whatever the theory the
result is bad government and it's nee
essary consequences, contempt for law.
If all laws were enforced as they should
be, as the expression of the public will
upon those matters that it is necessary
the public regulate for it's own good
and not as an engine of oppression, it
would be a very easy matter to deter
mine what laws were proper and what
improper. The whole country. in all
its subdivisions, is cursed with an ex-
cess of legislation loosely drawn and
badly enforced Would there were
more RooSeyelts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-27

Senator Morrill, proposed, in his child
ish way, to read out of the Republican
party the men who had refused to take
up the tariff bill, because senators
from the east refused to couple free
silver with it. His retort on the YER
mont senator turned cathode ray on
the course Republicans have been pur-
suing in their bond and tariff legisla-
ton in the present session of congress-
Mr.. President, he said, Il charge
here (and L shall undertake to make
the charge good before this debate is
over that this bill was never intro
duced in either body, nor has it been
supported in this body with any refer
ence to its becoming a law. OF that
1 shall speak at another time. If the
senator from Vermont thinks that he
can embarrass US who have stood by
the Republican party as long as he
has, and zealously as he has, because
we do not agree with him upon every
subject, he is entirely mistaken. I
voted against the taking up of this bill,
as ] shall vote against the bill, If my
judgment dictates that I should, and
1 shall remain in the Republican party
in spite of the suggestion of the SEN
ator from Vermont. 1t was known
when this bill was introduced in the
house of representative that it could
not pass the senate unless it had
Democratic or Populist support. 1t
was said publicly that it was not ex-
pected to pass. It was said publicly
that it was for the purpose of political
gain and political advantage. 1t is a
play, Mr.. President, which is degrading
to the American senate and degrading
to any member of the party to which
claim to belong, who shall take part
in it'
That is the truth. This congress, so
far as the bond bill and tariff bill are
concerned, the two chief measures in
PRODUCED into 1t, has been playing at
legislation to make political capital, to
create an issue with which to go to the
country, and the effort has been as
childish as it is contemplate, and will
recoiI to the disadvantage of the party
that sought to gain by it.