The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-12-25
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Tue REVIEW HAS utVppSu
the title Of the ''rOor Mans Route"
That was entirely too suggestive. II
now calls il the sPraiIie Rome. -
wardner News.
II makes Us tired to hear certain pap
ers Of the state harp on the ignorance OF
the last legislature in passing laws.
when they only followed a precedent
established and used ever since Idaho
became state. Ii the last lesislAture
was wrong, every one Idaho ever had
was equally sO.--Montpelier Examiner.
II, as President Mckinley recon-
mends, treasury notes shall be redeem
ed IN gold and not reissued only in ex-
change for guild, it viii virtually be a
withdrawal Of the greenbacks from cir
eulaiion. Ii will result in the destrnc
ton OF the greenback currency, con-
tracing the volume OF the circulating
medium by just that much.-News-
Miner.
Judging from the tone OF the partisan
press in Idaho, each separate organiza-
ton in the state lis gaining strength, "
each has the ''cause OF the people ut
heart" and each twill remain in solid
column and carry Idaho" The result
will be, unless somebody is "only bluff
ing" that there will be four party tick
cts next fall with odds in favor OF the
party that puts up the best men.-Lew
iston Teller.
Objections to the annexation OF the
Hawaiian islands are more trivial than
the objections that were urged against
the acquisition OF the Pacific coast OF
America. We have extensive interests
in the islands. They are knocking at
the door, and their annexation would in
volve US in neither war nor foreign com
plication. They are one OF the beauty
spots Of the earth, possess magnificent
resoupes, and are of tremendous STRAIT
egical importance, Spokesman Review.
In Sweden the government owns and
operates the telephones. You can tele-
phone sixty miles at cost Of four cents
or one hundred and fifty miles for eight
cents. We pay from twelve to twenty
! five times as much for the same ser
vice here. But we don't destroy the
individual incentive" in this country,
whatever that may mean. You know
that il we would destroy that We would
he utterly incognito, and that would be
too awiul.-Hurrah for private monop-
oily LNampa Leader.
A further reform, one already adopt
ed in several states, would be to take
away the power Of the jury to assess the
punishment and confine the jurors
simply to finding the fart OF guilty" OF
mot guilty" and leaving to the learned
court the responsibility Of determining
the degree OF the crime and fixing the
punishment. MAniiestly. an ignorant
Jury, unread, especially in the law, arr
incapable on deciding between the iegal
degrees of crime and weighing the
1 hl5tAhttlOus NACeAEh Nv . mass VI
observation-disclosures Democrat.
Until we get international bimetall
ism, the gold standard mus; be main
tanned. is unmistakable meaning of the
st. Louis platform, if not tie exact
words. As the former idea is dead a
least until genuine bimetalIists get holt
of the reins of government and force il
the republican party is committed ab
zolutely to1le single gold standard. Il
the next battle the goldbug will be com
PEELED to meet their Toes in tie open
I'm such fight victory will perch upoI
the banner OF the allied friends Of silver
The goldbugs never won an open fight
Their victories have always been wo,
by doodle and deceit.-Eootenai Her
aid.
There are good many men in tbs
departments at Washington over 4
years Of age. There is no civil pension
1 list. These men have given all the hes
years OF their manhood to the service o
the government and it has not deired t
turn them out in their old age. In tn
treasury department there are 20 O
these old clerks, some OF whom draw
salaries as high as 1880. secretar,
Gage has applied the role that govern
un Ter pension systems, reducing then
all to 5000. They are not pensionet
, they are not retired; but that is what i
amounts TO. 1t is not likely the oil,
fellows will ever be expected to do AM
work beyond some little routine 10 oc
rupy their minds.-Idaho Statesman.
Now and then Judge shakes himsel
free from legal tradition and preceden
AMI announces plain everyday truth
Speaking the other day to a lawyer who
was endeavoring to arrest the progress
: of his client toward Sing Sing, Judg'
Lawrence Of New York, remarked: q
sympathize with your zeal. but thiDE
the time has arrived when we Should
realize that law is not made solely fol-
the protection OF criminals." This ut
terance shonli b. Postel in every judi
cial hat in the country. II it were borne
in mind we should have fever Iynchings
or none at all. The defect in our sys-
EN- Of judicature is that the law ha-
been 80 considerable Of the rights Of
the criminal that it has practically ceas
Ell t. protect those Of the community