Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-01-28
On The TObOggan Slide
Another Week Spent at Boise in the
Senatorial Wrangle.
A Donothing legislature
Costing the Taxpayers One Thousand Dollars
per day-Retrenchment Preached
but not Practiced.


numsrou. ambitious performers have
presented themselves for public favor
not one OF them could 90 "a 36 gait aud
hence, one alter aaother has been
stranded, In. little toboggan now rest =
Ing shattered and abandoned on the
margid OF the fatal slide, The boss
toboggani.t, Clagett, has been persis-
tant, but, although his rate of speed
was at one time registered at 80, the
rock OF n respectable republican record
once his, obstructed his way and the
democratic master OF ceremonies said,
"thus far and no fertilizer" The edict
OF Joe Rich, the NJ. Of c., is law at the
slide, usually 1t Is unquestioned, hut
in this case the audicious slider pre-
sumed to lay his claims to the cham
pionship before the tobogganists court
"f final resort, the democratic caucus
and he endeavored to prove, in "a care
fully prepared statement Of his case
presented to the court, that the rock
complained Of was purely imaginary,
u sort Of mirage, caused by the retiec-
ton, through the dense medium of
democratic understanding, Of IL demo
cratic buoy placed by the slider far in
the past to mask one Of the numerous
turns In the long course OF bis politica
sliding. The court refused to enter
tain the appeal; the NJ, &c. was sus-
tanned and the net result of the slider's
desprate dernier resort was the knock
ing off, Of two points (Aiford and
Davis from his former speed Those
who have been pulling his "sled" up
hill In order to see him slide down
have become very weary and are now
tout on a strike" with no prospect
whatever Of their returning to work.
COOPER's BARREL
Among the many aspirants for rec
ognition on the slide line none are
more anxious than that distinguished
workiLgman, the Caldwell Cooper.
True to his craft, he has done his ,uty
~ tradesman thoroughly, 80 much
so, tn ut he headed and hooped his bar.
rel 10 well that in spite of its known
well filled condition no one has yet
been able to cause 1t to be opened.
Many expe.lients have been resorted
to, but, although the barrel stands in
full view Of the public, no attendant y,
the slide has been able to find the bung
hole and draw inspiration sufficient to
get the Cooper slide up the toboggan
elevation. 1t Is minated that the
Cooper holds the bung-stnrter ready TOR
Use II he can but receive an encourag-
Ing smile from the master of ceremon-
ies.
A FALLEN ANGEL.
When celestial beings descend to
Thu mundane sphere they are prone to
become "of the earth, earthly, "proof Of
the truthfulness of this assertion was
given, not long ago, in our now notori-
Gus senatorial contest. An Angel, even,
condescenied To enter the arena with
common human beings, but early in
the struggle he fell victim to the al
lurements Of the evil one, and his as.
pirations were drowned in wine. Flat
tering promises had been made. many
guileful populists painted in glowing
colors the delights Of which would
surround the seat Of an Angel in the
polite sanhedrini, aud alas, alas, the
Angel WAS tempted to give u wine
supper for the populists' stomach
sake. Now he dresses in sackcloth and
ashes, views the toboggan slide from
Altar of, crying the while in the ecstacy
OF his sorrow, "woe is me, verify I will
have made Of myself nigh unto score
OF IS by "a pictures, one each for the
tempters who did begulle me and
tempt me from my high estate"
HEITFELDT A DAKK HORSE.
The populists, during the week,
made u determined effort to bring
xb nut Clagett's election, out they at.
terly failed and his stauncbest sup
pOrters are now casting about for II
man acceptable to their fusion assOci
ates, the democrats who appear to have
come to the conclusion that Henry
heitfeldt, Of old Nez Perez, is the SEN
ator to he. Heitfeldt has been one of
Ciagett's most loyal lieutenants and
seems to have the confidence of the
entire populist contingent, while his
past democratic Affiliations are salts
factory to the democrats and consid-
cred sufficient to insure his support of
democratic, rather than republican,.
measures in the United States senate
This has been the tOuchstone among
democrats In determining the avaiia-
bi,ity of ,0pulist aspirants. Every.
thing points to Heitfeldt rs the com.
Ing senator, He may te elected any
day. 1t is to I've hoped he may, for
there is An ugly rumor abroad 10 the
effect that thorough understanding