Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-10-12


win In this county by what i plca~es
them ~ term .Ian'isoiic majority
but Whenever fusion politician Is
cl,sely pressed REGARDING the source Of
his information it deycioi9s thai hc Is
ticnsciy ignoriHt ~ the present pol!t-
zeal sentiment IN the vaFiotr precincts
n the county. and that rs rule his
Information Is based wholly Gp9n III
accurate and ~ many instances thor
nughiy unreliable reports In which
even he has little or no faith.
4 few days ago the editor II his pa
per was given an opprtuniny 10 test
tie faith Of a fusion leader In 'ic re-
ports lie claimed To- have received from
IA certain precinct which returned a
large faslon majority two years ago
and in which the republican vote
could Then he covased Oh the fingers
of one hand This fusion leader be-
gan by coneeding to lie republicans -
votes in that precinct lhis year. We
offered 10 wager iiyc-dollar bat that
the republicans would have 20 votes.
The wager was not accepted. We
then offered 10 wager thai tie repiiD-
LEANS would have 10 votes ~ ihdt
precinct. This Was moi accepted, and
neither vas Il wager iia. some al Gun
candidates would receive n majority ia
that fusion stronghold OF two years
ago. This aptly illustrates the faith
which the fuslonisis have IN their own
absurd claims.
The fusionjsls knox and cuncedc
that thc republicans ia this county
have made large gains within the last
two years, but they have not even
tried u estimate the PER cent OF that
gain. aud when they make claims 81
fusion success II Is quite clear that
they are cropping ia Tie dark.
We predict that the republicans Of
| koutehai county viii This fall elect
their entire ticket by majofitics rang
/ Ing from q e. 200. This prediction il.
based upon information CLEANED from
/ accurate, reliable and complete re
/ ports from every precinct ia the com
/ ~ ard upon persotAi observation
and the maiorties named are con
sentative estimate. If amy candidate
] uu tine republican ticket IL defeated II
] 9Th Dr. due entirely 20 inactivity II
/ the campaign because there are enough
republican votes in this county to
elect all q them.
Two yeacs ago our candidates met
defeat by fusion majorities ranging
from 80 to TOO That was due to The
fact that The people Of this county
were unaequaintcd with the proven
blal corruption and incompetence H.
sulting from diShonorahlc political
tratlicing between fusion parties
such methods in politics are not hon
orablc and cannot fail to exercise Il
/ dcmoralizing Influence upon those wh6
are naturally weak enough to tramplc
principle under foot for tie greed OF
/ dtliee.
The fusipuiSts of koatenai county
have now been on trial Tor two years,
4 Just as the fusiorists of Spokane,
Whitman and other counties in east.
/ ern Washington, and Latah and other
counties IN Idaho, bad been on trial
before the last general election, and
the result in huutenai this year vii
bo the same rs Il vas IN those com
ties tWaNuars ago. The rHslouists ant
tlleir lax and corrupt methods will re-
eeiye the stamp Of the peoples diSap
proyal At the polls. Tho taxpayers OF
k1otcnai county arc not less intell
gent than are those ut the counties
above mentioned, therefore the result
~ thus county III the approaching
election eannot be oiherNise
IL every republican IN this count,
da his duty register and vote aud
the verdict on November Gth Will ht
an emphatic rcpudiatlon Of fusion ant
rs long train otesils. The republic
ans VIII Win hat do net be tiniC
ahaHt swelling the ma iuflties