Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-10-18
Hunt and Bastor.

captain Frank Hunt, Democratic
candidate for Governor, and Hon
5. ii. Bashor of Weiser. The au
dience was an appreciative one anC
greatenthusiasm prevailed through
out. Captain Hunts remarks were
confined to State matters and the
policy of the present Democratic
administration. He reviewed tn,
financial condition of Idaho, draw
ing comparison between it and
the state government under Re-
publican rule, making many tell
ing points against the corrupt and
reckless manner in which the Re-
publicans had conducted state af-
fairs and showing the great change
for the better under Democratic
rule. Captain Hunt is a pleasant
speaker and most affable gentle
man and made many friends while
here. On retiring he was loudly
applauded.
But the great speech of the even
ing was that of Mr.. Bashor, who
held the close attention of the au-
dlence for about two hours, and we
believe his remarks had telling eff
feet upon a number of McKinleyites
present. He commenced his talk
by saying chat ignorance and pre-
JUDGE stood in the way of all indie
pendent action in politics, Preiu-
dice keeps us from fair or full in
vestigation of the claims of others
and as a resultant ignorance binds
us down in party slavery. Men vote
their ignorance, prejudice and
party rather than for their country
and the perpetuity of it's institu-
tons.
In 1896 we discussed ratios rather
than bimetallism. The trainers of
the American constitution delegated
to congress the power to coin money
and regulate the value thereof. AS
long as congress exercised its con-
stitutional function and regulated
the value of American money
every dollar made was worth 100
cents full measure heapup and run
ing over" When congress ceased
the exercise of this function in
full, 50-cent greenback dollars were
made, silver was thrown on the
market as a commodity and the
price went down.
If all the churches would pass a
law that nobody but ed-headed
men could preach the gospel black
haired and adjourned preachers
would be "depreacherized" and
have to "root, hog or die" with the
rest of us. Red-headed preachers
would 60 up,
A new law made by the churhes
that the color of hair would be no
bar to sacred orders, that minute
the price of black-haired preachers
would go up and "red-heads" come
Town.
Gold was the red headed
preacher in the case. Gold and |
silver did our financial preaching
side by side, on terms OF ex-
act equality before the law, for
almost 100 years. Then we de-
preacherized the white metal and
gold, "the red head" went up. All
the democracy of the nation pro-
poses to do is to repreacherize the
white metal, restore to congress it's
constitutional function and the
white and red metal will again go
side by side, when congress declares
80 much silver as one dollar, and
Uncle Sam places back of it every
Tram of powder, every ounce of
cad, every foot of land, every par
icle of national credit. and every
element of patriotism and says by
I'll these this is one dollar.
! want to say to you here and
low that any man who says that
,oin is only 50-cent dollar is an
Infamous traitor to this country
md flag.
Over 81 years ago we purch ased
Alaska from Russia. We held it
n undisputed possession all this
ime. But when gold was discov-
red England sent in claim.
Then President Mckinley and Sc
,retary Hay sent up pro-English
to settle the dispute.
fhe result is Hay settled it by
over to England a strip Of
'ur territory 20 miles wide by Zoe
niles long, pulled down the Ameri-
an flag. and against their protest,
urned free American citizens who
lad settled up the strip, to be sub
ects of the queen.
Our forefathers fought seven long
years and baptized the soil with
he best blood of the centuries, to
rec Americans from monarchial al
egiance. Now a pro-English adj
gives the lie to the sa-
red doctrine of heroes dead, by
over free American soil
md citizens against their protest
o be subjects of the very monarchy
rom which war and blood and he
ole action freed them.
Were Mckinley a democratic
as democrat | would
insist on articles of impeachment
md insist until he was driven from