Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-07
Dubois, Reid, Silver, Fusion.

Wednesday night at the court house.
This was the opening event of the
fusion can pai-n in this county. y
notable feature OF the occasion was the
absence of the enthusiasm that has
greeted these campaigncrs whenever
they have appeared before the Lewis
ton puh!ic ia the past. Mr.. Duhois's !
nave always attracted large audiences |
in this city, but the cause they advo- !
cate is not now enthusiastically sup |
ported As it was last year. The con !
~pifacy called fusion has Disguised |
honest retOrmers and the silver issue is |
not Il condition of this cam paign cs-
peclallA III this county. The absorbing !
local issues attract public attention u t
present, aud this accounts for the all
sence Of enthusiasm at the meeting
Wednesday night.
Mr.. Dubois enjoyed IA wide expcr-
ience which would fit an able advocate
Of even IA weak cause with effective
weapons Of warfare. Mr.. Dubois
efforts at oratory are not pleasing
Although he is burdened with figures,
statistics and State Organisms, his
efforts are evidently frmtless in his
very pretentous campaign this year
1t required over an hour tor Mr.
Dubois to rehearse the platitudes and
to recite the tables of figures that are
copy rignted by the national silver or
CARNATIONS. He still poses us the hero
Of the St Louis convention, and the
Gail to Teller's kite scene is on the
stage from the time the curtain rises
till it falls. The public chooses how
ever TO regard Mr.. Dubois martyr
rather thau Il hero, aud the feeling of
sorrow effects his personal friends here.
He admits that ne has no political fol-
lowing in Lewiston. Therefore the
absence OF enthusiasm during this
meeting is satisfactorily explained.
Our own Mr. Reid, the most elo-
queut silver advocate III tie state, fol-
lowed the silver fanatic Mr.. Reid
was slated for the defense of the Dutch
Governor, As the speaker designated
the state executive. Mr.. Reid's elo-
que nee on this barren theme was like
the fragrance Ola modest violet ia
desert waste. Mr. Reid, however, eau
invest Il waste with a glow of delu>ion,
OF he caa revive mere Suspicious into
| living issues. He used columns Of dis
torted ana juggied figures as only an
The speakers claim Of economy for the
administration Of the Dutch Governor
was not only unsupported by the
| figures he prepared; bat those same
figures when properly explained refute
every claim of economy presented by
him. This fact may be made plain by
a single illustration. 1t is this: The
republicans built the home In which
the tuslonists keep house Because
the Dutch Governor can live in Il
ready made home for an outlay OF
money less than the republicans ex-
pended in building up the home, Mr..
Reid credits him with an economical
administration. The figures exploited
by this cunning speaker include the
building Of state houses, soldiers home,
penitentiary buildings, asylum addi-
tons and state normal school build.
ings. MI. Reid viii be honest enough
to credit these items on his campaign
balance sheet when he is confronted
with an opposing orator, but not be-
fore of course. When he does, the
speech of Wednesday night viii con
sist of sweetcned wind, waited over The
fusion desert HlS eioquence, how
ever, would he divtrtiug eveu'if he Were
required 10 pass these expenditures TO
permanent puuiic improvements to thu
credit of the republicans, although III
would then be without an item to thu
credit Of the tieless governor. Mr.
I Reid viii adjust his campaign nalanc
sheet when ais attention is called {
these items which should pass TO tn
5 credit of past republican administra
tons.
Mr.. Reds defense of the administra
tons laundering po icy in relation L
state timber land, is u fair example o
{ the whole argument presented by HIM
tie states that only that the land of
, fees fees were lost by this oflicia
stupidity. Here are the real figures o
the states toss in this instance. Com
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