The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-22
l4UToaLNsoM's ApDREss.

Lieutenent Governor Hutchinson
was very conspicuous figure and |
delivered a very eloquent address.
The fact Of the lnatteris, the Lieu
tenant Governor could not help be
ing conspicuous if be wished to
whereverhe might be and it would
be equally impossible for him to de-
liver an address that would be full
Of eloquence The admirable thing
about the Lieutenant Governor IS
that he can always be conspicous
without being admirable and eloqrr-= I.
emit without being consistent. He
took occasion in the course. of his
address to eloquently denounced his
quondam associates in the Silver
RepuBlican fasco. IF there was any.
mean or vindictive thing that he did
not attributeto them it was because
he had lost his notes and lost the
connections OF Ills speeehs9e course
he called them traitors and accused
them Of being towards, he charged
that they had succunbed to the al
lufemsnis Of Mark Hanna, who to-
day seems to be the great American
seducer in contradistinotion to Mr.
Townet the great sacrifer" But
we do not propose to quote ex-
tensive1y from Mr.. Hutchinson's
fiery address but to calmly call att
tention to few cold facts. In 1898
the Silver Republicans fused with
the Democrats on these grounds;
We believe the question Of bi-met-
a1lism to be more important to the
general welfare and prosperity Of
ourlpeople than any other question
now beforethe country. We declare
ourselves to be in favor of an hon
orable union with all other political
forces that are willing to make the
restoration of silver the only para
4 mount issue and that are ready to
subordinate to it all other questions
of public policy. That is what
the Silver Republican platform OF
1898 said, and it meant, if it meant
anything on earth, that the Silver
Republicans were F::iii!ae to fl1se
with the Democrats or any other
old thing so long as the Democrats
were willing to make hi-metallism
\ the paramount political issue.
BY the terms of that declaration nc
Silver Republican was bound to
favor fusion one moment i. he
ceased to believe bi-metallism more
important to the general welfare
and prosperity of our people thar
any other question, BY the terms
of that declaration, no Silver Re
publican was expected to be in favo,
diffusion one moment if the Demo
cratic party declared that with then
bi-metallism was no longer a para
mount issue. Now then, there
were two grounds upon which Sill
yer Republicans might amply just
fly themselves in not continuing
union into which they entered il
1898. One of these grounds was ;
change Of belief in respect to tn
paramountcy of the Silver question
The other ground was change o
attitude on the part of the Demo
cratic party with respect to that is
issue, In, 1896 the Democrats
party in its platform, declared tina
silver was a paramount. issue, Il
1900 it .emphatically departed from
Il that position and through its plat
form. adopted with all possibl.
solemnity, relegated silver to tn
background and declared imperial
ism tollbe the paramount issue
Now thenthe issue is squarely join
ed between the Silver Republican
of 1898 and the Democrats of 1906
The Silver Republicans of 1895
speaking in their platform Of til
territory acquired by this natio
during the Spanish war, say:
Therefore, voicing the sentiment
Of the Silver Republicans of Idaho
we declare il to. be our firm convi'
tion-that all territory over whic
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