The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-02-26

, Nampa Leader.
Doctor Emmons' manufacture OF gold
from silver has had not the slightest ef.
feet on the price Of the latter metal,
which proves conclusively that those
whose interests il would fret reach place
not a particle Of credeuce in the alleged
discovery. Wardner News.
All over the country the hullabalOo
about the Klondike 10 getting more and
more noisy. That's all rights but we
would ike to wager four years. subscrip-
ton that the quiet little state OF Idaho
will produce more mineral wealth than
the whole wilderness Of Alaska in the
next ten years.-SpOkane Chronicle.
i Major Mckinley abused Mr.. Cleye-
land roundly in 1891 for "dishonoring
one OF our precious metals" and for
"trying to contract the circulating
medium and demonetixs one of the
coins Of commerce" But that was
when Major Mckinley had his ear to
the ground, and before Mark Hanna
put ring through his nose.-St. Louis
Republic.
One of the ingenious methods adopted
by the Republican party in conducting
its campaigns 10 to fortify itself behind
some significant word or phrase and
then with all its might use it a. an argu-
ment against every assertion made by
its opponents. This has been, in the
main. the secret Of its success in captur-
ing the unsophisticated votes Of the
country.-Kendriek Times.
Some baekwoods congressman, in the
course Of a speech the other day, declared
there was no hurry about building forth
fcations and additional ships. There
never was greater mistake. We need
many more ships, and our harbor de-
lenses should be pushed to completion
at once. A brush with Spain would be
a good thing. il it did nothing more than
convince congress that this duty of pro
viding for the national defense cannot
safely be deferred. Statesman.
Our governor has secured space at the
Transmississippi international Exposi-
ton, which will open at Omaha in June
and continue until November. A COM
mittee has been selected to collect funds
for an exhibit. the amount wanted being
$4,000. 1t does seem u less amount
might do. At any rate we are in favor
OF advertising our many resources, and \
reasonable sum of money could not be
more wisely expended. Let US have an
exhibit. Push the matter along.-Gen-
esee News.
The weekly gold scare issued by Sec
rotary Of the Treasury Gage is becoming
. common thing-in fact we doubt il We
could get along without it. He has
happy faculty of showing eastern politi-
clans that he is all right and western
citizens that he is all wrong. Like
others of Hanna's factotums, however,
he must keep in touch with the Hanna
administration, and goldbug talks must
be made with the same regularity that
treasury department reports are issued.
-Sylvsnite Miner.
The rush to the Klondike gold fields is
already assuming alarming magnitude.
The more conservative people regard
this mad rush in the face OF imminent
peril as q very reckless pilgrimage. The
facts at hand surely do not justify such
risk as business venture. The man
who goes to Klondike in search Of a gold
mine at this time is not guided by rea-
son. He ventures in the face OF proba-
bilities more than the man who risks
his money on the turn Of the wheel Of
fortune and his life in the hands OF n
hungry cannibal.-Lewiston Teller.
The Democratic, Populist and Silver
Republican national committees have
issued an address to the people OF the /
United States, urging them to unite in |
the fall elections and elect silver men to |
congress. The addresses are extremely
patriotic, and the citizen who does not |
subscribe to their sentiments is either
thoroughly imbued with Republican
gold standard principles or he is willing
to cater to those principles and commit
this country to the money changers and
the trusts-the unholy combination Of
OF the nineteenth century. Every citi-
zen should read the acdresses.-CHur
d'Alene Sun,
Yes, the goldbugs and bond dealers
claim direct association with the Great
White Throne Of Deity! Secretary Ly.
man J. Gouge, in his recent speech be-
fore the Trade League at Philadelphia,
defending the gold standard, refers to
: return to the coinage laws which were
good enough for this country for eighty
years, as a 'willful disobe6ience of the
economic laws. which are the laws OF
iod." Strange that God never made
his will known TO the statesmen of this
and until 1873, and then adopted the I
means he did-a revelation 70 John
herman through Lombard street. .
Yeiser Signal. |
The leaders Of the Mckinley Republic
IN party In Idaho are giving 1t out that ,
fAcy Republicans are waiting by the {
lunass Tor chance TO climb back onto I
he gold sta. !dtard platform. While our /,
observation has iied us to an exactly OPP q
'osite conclusion, there are-some Silver 0
republicans who profess to believe that
Iuch is the case and who make show n
II being very much worried about II. =