The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-21

black1OoG news, was a ChalIls
visitor last week, and while here
made the MESSENGER Office a
friendly call.
Sheriff Rowles and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Kimball and son, and
Mrs. Dodge. expect to depart to-
morrow for Stanley Basin and
Red Fish lakes on a pleasure
trip.
Robert Buchanan's Company
of dramatic players will play in
Challis six nights from Aug. &c
up to and including Saturday
night, the 25th, in their dramas,
specialties, comedies, singing,
farces, dancing and musical
solos, with a complete change ol
program each night.
Enos Watson expects to depart
this morning for Ketchum, where
he goes to meet a brother who
is coming here on a visit.
G. P. Huntington, the great
railroad magnate, died very sud
denly in New York last week.
His wealth is estimated between
$40, 100000 and S50,000,000.
Imperialism is the paramount
issue of Democracy this year,
although 16 to l is also an i'm
portant issue in their platform.
We heard a Republican say the
other day that Bryan in his
speech of acceptance never men
toned silver. Our Republican
friend evidently did not read Mr..
Bryan's speech, or he seeks to
misrepresent the truth. Mr..
Bryan in this speech said
Republicans who used to ad-
vocate bimetallism now try tc
convince themselves that the gold
standard is good; Republicans
who were formerly attached tc
the greenback are now seeking
an excuse for giving national
banks control of the Nations
paper money"
Mr.. Stevenson in his speech OF
acceptance on the silver question
said
with equal justice the Demo
cratic platform reiterates the
former demands of a former
Democratic platform for bimetal.
lism; the restoration of silver to
its proper function in our none
tary system.
An analysis of McKinley's ad
dress of acceptance shows
7074 words were used in praise
of the gold standard.
0 words in favor of silver.
313 words to Imperialism and
and the Philippines.
242 words to praise of Repub-
lican record.
1876 words to protection.
80 words to China.
Is words to Hague conference.
sc words to Hawaii.
81 words to Spanish war.
% words to Cuba and Porto
Rico.
O words about trusts.
Robert Bell has been appoint
ed by the executive committee OF
the Boise State Fair Association
to collect a mineral exhibit from
this county for the state fair tC
be held at Boise this fall. Mine
owners should render every as
sistance possible in this work, a:
it will prove a great advertise
ment of our mineral resources
Custer county can probably fur
nish an exhibit of ores which fol
richness and variety cannot be
excelled by any other county il
the state.
CHICAGO, Aug. 12.-Senatol
Heitfeld and ex-senator Duboi,
of Idaho, left for their homes to
night. Their conference with
the officers of the national com
mittee was satisfactory. The
three fusion elements have /;
tentative agreement by which
the state officers are to be divided
between the populists and demo
Gratis, and the senatorship is tc
go to Fred. T Dubois, represent
ing the silver republicans,
mo trouble will be expert
enced in arranging affairs" saiC
Senator Heitfeld. 1.-The popul
lists nominated presidential elec
tors, but empowered the cam
paign committee to take any ac
ton is considered necessary t
secure harmony. The Bryan
and Towne electors will be with
drawn and the other matter.
proposed will be approved BY
1.-The peoples party"