The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-03-14
POLITICAL POINTERS,

The Sun commends the course Of Sem
ator Dubois and his western colleagues
in the recent tariff fight. The position
they have taken is in the interest OF
silver.-C9ur dAlens Sun.
The people Of Idaho should b. proud
Of Fred. Dubois for his vote on the tariff
bill. The west which produces far more
wealth to the nation than the east,
should long ago have demanded share
Of this wsalth.-Oaklsy Sun.
The gold standard people of this ma
ton tell ~ it is far better to issue bonds
and pay interest to England than to
keep our unemployed At work digging
the wealth out OF our own possessions.
Peoples Advocate, Valley City, North
Dakota.
Mcconnell will not Be cavorting
around the country next year ~ = rep
resentative officer Of Idaho or a. \
"deadhead." He will be plain citizen,
80 plain that even his associates will
wonder how the mighty have fallen
Wallace Press.
The cry OF sound money" 10 brazen
fraud, and . stupendous falsehood. The
very men who cry for sound money are
in favor of unlimited imitation of the
currency if the people would only give
them the privilege Of issuing bank notes.
Pilot, Noble, Indiana.
The people of Boise are painfully and
ridiculously sensitive and the Statesman,
in response, no doubt, to popular senti-
ment, fairly foams because . meeting of
the state republican committee is to be
held in the little town Of weiser, hard
by the banks OF the sinuous Snake
Malad Enterprise.
Attorney General Parsons 10 authority
on the Indian question Is regards
his franchise. He says, every male L.
dian, over the age OF 81 years is entitled
to vote" II this is a fact, and it must
Be- acknowledged ~ such, coming from
the highest authority in the state; the
Indian Is duly entitled to pay poll and
road taxes. drink whisky, pay his honest
debts or be sued in the civil courts and
otherwise enjoy all the privileges
granted an American citizen.-Nez
Perce News.
An editorial in this issue reproduced
from the Caldwell Tribune suggests to
our mind the line OF battle which repub-
licans OF this state must pursue. Our
wool, fruit and lead interests are so vital
that any attempt to ignore the protec-
ton principle will certainly meet
with opposition if not destroy
the party. 1t il clear to our mind
that the time has come when republic
cans must stand squarely on principles
regardless of local or immediate success.
They must take the positive and clear
grounds; they must stand for free silver
and protsction.-Malad Enterprise.
The Boise Statesman OF Feb. 2lst utters
. most doleful vail, occasionsd by the
s~sAOA Va sh0 AssPuoASah Ctatc LxeCu-
tive Committee in calling the State
Committee to meet in Wsiser instead of
Boise and that paper calls it "small pol
itics," and threatens to "smash things"
if the committee fails to call the State
Convention to meet at Boise. The
twaddle Of the Statesman is an sxhibi
ton Of about the smallest politics we
have heard of in a long time. 1t in
effect says that Boise is the state and.
unless = majority of the committee votes
the convention to the capital, that the
voters OF Boise will smash things"
All this il very sad but as the States,
man very truly says ''the republican
party 10 too big for boss, and it will
not have anything Of the kind" and
right here We say that the republican
party is too big to be dictated too by the
Statesman or any minority faction OF
the party,-Pocatelio Trihnne