The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-03-13
Pretty Rough On the Solons.

The Moscow Times Democrat, a
middle-of-the-road Populist paper,
devotes over a column in its last
issue in an editorial comment on
the legislature which has just aa.
journed. The article is emphasized
with the following lurid bead lines
mo Record Up to Date" The
Legislature of Idaho is Damnable
Disgrace Nothing Accomplish
ed )" GOT All the Pigheaded, Pusil-
luminous, Dirty Outfit That Ever
Got Together the Present Legisla.
ture of Idaho takes the Cake"
The irate editor then sharpens his
faber and proceeds as follows:
Only two days more remain of the
Idaho Legislature session. Unless there
shall be within this time an almost mirac-
ulous change, the record of the Legisla-
ture will be nothing-absoluteiy nothing
All it will have done, when it adjourns,
will be the spending Of fifty or sixty
thousand dollars Of the public funds for
hich1nothing will be returned.
Of course there are some good men at
Boise who cannot in justice lie held re-
sponslble for the record, but We are speak
ing now of the record Of the Legislature
as whole; and unless that record will
he phenominally changed within the next
two days, it will be the imperative duty,
aud we think it will be the pleasure of
the people to see that such a crowd of
''bums" are never sent to Boise to make
laws again.
The various committees to whom bills
are referred seem to be composed Of men
who are either generally or Indifferent or
pitiably ignorant. 1t is almost impossible
to get their attention to any bill that does
not carry some job with it. Of course
they will read \ bill, and then make
motion to either report favorabiy or I'M
fsvorably, and thus get rid Of it without
knowing or caring what the bill 10 or
what 1t contemp'ates.
1t will he remembered that RandoIph's
railroad bill WAS killed ia the House never
to come to life again. What fort A few
weeks afterwards the officials of the o. r.
s. n. ca. rendered the body Of the legis
iature free pass to Salt Lake which was
accepted. They went to Salt Lake, had
good time at the expense of the people and
returned and demanded their salary for
the three days they were on the "junket
ing trip which they got. 1t would have
been more honor for them to have passed
the bill and refused the free ride to Salt
Lake to the detriment Of the tax payers
This is the way the statesmen" have
been acting and are acting. Even the
populists down there seem to be unusu
ally apathetic. Especially 10 the investi-
nation of bribery charges. KEY
STONE. Perhaps the populists feel the
of accomplishing any thing
while the disreputabie combine" Of re-.
publlcans aud democrats arc in the cad
die, and feel somewhat hopeless and dull,
but this. in our opinion, cannot excuse |
them for not trying to ''do 20 1lsthing."
Up to this date the legislature is damna
bic disgrace to the State Of Idaho.
The Times Democrat is not shielding |
any party or clique, neither is it owned |
by corporations or ciiques We have been
sitting still and have not said q word |
about the Legislature, waiting and hoping |
hat they might accomplish something for !
he long-sufferiog and down -trodden tax.
payers of the State of Idaho. Our time |
las como for US to speak out in meeting |
md while We still have the floor We will |
publish it to the world at large. OF all
he pig headed, pusillanimous, dirty and |
iamnabie outfit that ever got together,
he present legislature of Idaho takes the
AXE. We write this with the hope that
here are few sensible men at Boise and |
hat son.e of them will rise above such
enseless ''twaddie" and defend the State
rom being forever disgraced.
The Times Democrat is still in the
middle of the road and will hew to the
inc, let the chips fall where they may.