The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-02-04
ELECTION COMMENT.

b'eiy H'iV o"S ptPSi HUH OCein
to ocean is shouting with glee over
the defeat of Fred Dubois. They
are rolling in delicious joy. On the
other hand every silver paper, Of
whatever party, is weeping bitter
tears of wee.
The Salt Lake Tribune says:
We hope the Legislature of Utah will
take warning by what the Legislature of
Idaho has done The new Senator may
be n strong man. He may be Socrates
in his way. who did not need the culture
OF the schools to be great. He may be
one of the phenomenal creations such as
were great before schools were invented;
but, admitting he is such n man, then
the Legislature OF Idaho has been unjust
TO the State, has been unjust to the West
and has shown personal traits which are
harmful not alone to the State of Idaho
but which will be seized upon us an ex-
cuse to fight great principle on which
the prosperity of this Nation hangs. and
II will permit the enemies of that prin-
ciple TO exclaim: why the most stubborn
champion Of that cause has been repu-
dated by his own people" The men of
Colorado, without distinction of party,
rallleg TO the support of Senator Teller
and gave him the unanimous vote of the
Legislature TO carry HIM back to Wash
lngton as IL vindicalion of his course us
an evidence that the men of the Centen.
MIL State appreciate faithful services and
are determined TO reward them. 1t is true
lat Senator Teller would have seriously
missed last winter the rpsourceful and
resolute ming of Senator Dubois 1t was
Dubois who Stood in the breach 1t was
Dubois who barred his head for all the
storms OF wrath and baifled plotting to
beat upon, and for that position. it has
always seemed To us that 1t was the duty
OF The men OF Idaho to either elect hun
to The Senate, or to elect Mr. Clagett. who
IN n moment wuul have shown TO The
Senate that scholar had come Il pro.
found man, clcar-brainrd man, an elo-
quent man, and one equipped in II way
10 handle himself to the honor of his |
State, and before he had talked half IN
hour on the subject which is nearest to
the men of the West, he would have |
made 1t clear to all the goldbug Senators
IN Washington that he could with hands |
down, talk them to standstill on the sill
yer question III forty minutes That the
Legislature OF Idaho should put these
two men aside and elect one unknown.
uncullured who is only famous in his
own neishborhood, and there only IA
nous for being clear-brained, honest
farmer, shows not only an utter want of
gratitude on The part of those men, but
IN utter want OF appreciation of the fact
mat they were standing in position
where their vote was to affect not only
Idaho, but every other State in this in
Iermountain region especially, and indi-
rectl' every State in the Union We con
Tess that we are sorry for their work. We
confess that we do not understand 1t.
Ana we tell them they have wrought no
victory over Fred Dubois or Mr.. Clagett.
every shaft aimed and fired ut those
'wo men has fallen short of the mark.
ma whatever their motives may have
)een. we tell the Legislature that their
Ict shines out SIMPLY as an exhibition of
brute force, and that they stand today
lrraigned before the world as ungraterul
men and MS men who are apparently in
apable OF understanding the Significance
II thelr work. Just ut this critical time
vhen the cause of silver is hanging in
ne balance and when the probabilities
re That within the next two or three
ears the matter will be permanently de-
ided whether the white metal is to be |
cstored and prosperity given to the
ountry, or whether we are TO settle down.
nder the chains which the gold power
as forged upon us, into state of semi
lavery, until Mt last the hardships be- /
ONE Noticeable, and when men appeal {
the last refuge which distressed and
esperate men are given by the laws of y
AZURE, and re-create their native land in i
ne same manner that the heated air of
he valley is purified through storm
nat rends the oak and devastates the @
'ultlul fields the coming of which is
He'd with forebodings of approaching l
'rrows and in the trail of which there
the wrecks of civilization, scattered
nd broken homes, and the dead bodies
men, women and children. q
The Spokesman Review says. j
Ii asked to name three leaders of the
liver forces whose political destruction r,
ould carry the greatest qualification TO
he gold men and the trusts, the well-in-
'rmed citizen of any state would name E,
ryan. Teller and Dubois. Their gratid- D
'tion has been INDUCED in the defeat of
ryan and Dubois. Teller, by long de- i,
)tion to the peoples cause, has won an D
'sy and overwhelming victory IN Colo.
ido.
Conscious of this fact. and IMPRESSED al
lth the moral force that would spring
om Dubois defeat in Idaho, Chairman
ones aud other leaders of the ref,rm
'rces throughout the nation have been 81
releSS in their efforts 10 ;,n,.os. - | /,