The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-10-02
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government by injunction" continues
it will he Il crime to sympathize with a
workingman,-Gra Free Press.
Killing unarmed strikers has never
been and never will be approved by
pnblic sentiment in this country.
Nevertheless, when sherlff's posse can
fire into crowd OF several hundred
miners without hitting an American,
the public ought to get fair idea OF one
OF the prime eanses Of labor troubles in
some states,-Iemhi Republic.
The Malad Enterprise will hereafter
lie edited bp X. II. Davis, or at least I'M
til further notice. This brings his
name at the head of three publications,
the Caldwell Tribune, the Idaho Wo-
man and the Malad Enterprise. But
Reese is equal to the emergency, and
will have ample time for other literary
work.-Nampa Leader.
To the prospec:or belongs the credit
OF n eountry's development. They, as
= class are OF the first to discover its
riches and pave the way for other indus.
tries. The prospector is often u man
who undergoes all the hariships OF
pioneer life; in fact il il he who blazes
the trails for civilization, vet of.entimes
he reaps no reward and his bones are
found bleaching on the desert or in some
high mountain fastness, with not even
a rough board to mark his last resting
plaee.-Florence Miner.
According to the Pocatello papers,
some degenerate creature has been writ.
ing vie things for u disreputable Mon.
tana sheet about respectable Young lad
les OF that city. A scorpion lash would
be mild for such n travesty ON human
ity, and while the Record does not take
much sock in the doctrine OF hell, Ore
and brimstone", it can synpathize with
the noted universaiist preacher who con-
coded the necessity OF hell for special
emergencies. This would seem to be an
emergency OF the first magnitude
Record
The recent decision OF the interior de-
pariment denying the right OF able
bodied Indians Of leasing their lands
has caused much anxiety among farm
ers who have been handling under lease
large tracts of wheat lands near Gene
see, owned by Indians, and it is report
rl that movement is being made to in
huence the department from its posi-
ton. From the wheat lands the In
dians have been receiving an annual
rental Of about 1890, and are CONT Mt
in their Ignc rance of practical farming
Lewiston Tribune.
The calamity bowler who refuses to
reipice with the farmers this year, be-
cause OF a possible shortage in crops, or
a fall in prices at some future time, is q
ehurl indeed. Prosperous agriculture is
the basis upon which all national pros
perity in this or any other country must
rest. The prosperity Of our farmers this
year will be diffused everywhere and
among all classes. Even the lumber
business is improving, and competent
sawmitl owners will come in for an early
share OF the returns from the fields. The
farmers good fortune is thegood fortune
OF everybody else, 50 closely intertwined
are the interests Of all other classes with
those Of the agricultural class.-Port-
land Oregonian.
The Postal Savings bank system is
being discussed qrite generally by the
newspapers Of this country, and it looks
! now the nsxt congress will adopt it.
Postmaster General Garry says, 81 am
in favor Of the postal savings plan. II
put in operation it will bring out many
thousands, perhaps many millions OF
money now boarded away in chirnneys,
stockings or stoves. and will give thous-
ands of people an interest in the govern
ment. 1t is said that a national debt is !
a national blessing; but national bank |
OF this kind would be even more Of one"
This man speaks from knowledge as he /
has given the plan six months study, |
under various notifications, OF its oper- |
alton in other countries. by all means !
let US have the system.-Genesee News. /
War with Spain is not a remote pos
sibility. The United States has suffer /
ed severe losses through the Cuban
struggle, and can not be expected to en-
dure losses indefinitely. More than
year ago, President Cleveland served
notice upon Spain that the United
States would come to the point Of inter
ference unless the war were soon ended,
and the Mckinley administration seems
to have taken like bearing toward the
Spanish government. A government
which can not maintain authority either
with peaceful methods or the coerciYe
hand Of war fOrfeits its right to rule.
Spain has done that in Cuba. AID a
nation which suffers heavy 10. ses
through that governments incapacity,
has right To interiere.-Spokesman.
Review. /,
The lense OF the Yerkes telescope is
pronounced the finest in the world. 1t
has disclosed many stars that had never
been seen, and by its aid many Of the
nebulae that have heretofore appeared
as mere mists have been explored. 1t i
gathers ljght from some millions ri ,