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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17

swer? The Constitution pro-
IsVldes certain rules to govern
States; it provides for the admis2t
f sion ION of new States; it provides
e mat Congress : shall prescribe.
governments for territory belong
ing to the United States that has
not been admitted into the Union.
Utah was a Territory not long.
since, afd6Congress prescribed
many a rule for the government
here which it never would or, r.
could prescribe for State. but.
before that Congress prescribed
the terms on which the Territory.
#should be organized. Now gPor-
to Rico is neither a State nor an
organized Territory, but merely
an island in the sea which is p the
property of, the United States and
subject to just exactly sucF laws
as Congress may prescribe for il.
Where,. then, is the foundation
tor the unconstitutional cry2 No
man can tell. It is but the fever
ed vision Of desperate brains that
are struggling for party slogans.
"The very meanest feature Of
the criticisms is that where there
was a struggle to obtain aimpera-
lively needed revenue without taxi
ing from the taxpayers of the Unit
ed States, and to obtain: it from
the island itself without levying a
direct tax there; the whole busi-
ness is treated as but a scheme to
increase the revenues Of certain
monopolies in this country. We
repeat that we are sorry that the
bill was introduced, because it
gives to certain blatherskites an
opportunity to air their ignorance
or dishonesty in a way to, catch
the ears of other blatherskites;
but thac there is anything either
unconstitutional, Illegal or unjust
in the measure, not one of them
can show"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
IRRIGATION

The people of the. Pioneer dis
trict are now fairly embarked on
an enterprise which we think will
ultimately solve the irrigation
question in this section. The Di-
.rectors- Of. the district haye+opened
negotiations with Mr.. w. c. Brad
bury looking to, effecting a temp
orary arrangement whereby the
Phyllis canal can be managed by
the district during The, present
year, and probably similar nego-
tiations have been begun with Mr..
Sebrees looking to the same, ar
rangenent respecting The Stra-
horn. If these matters can be
successfully arranged, - another
matter will soon demand prompt
attention. That will be The put
ting Of those canals in Condition
to safely convey the amount OF
water that will be needed for the
present year. We believe that
the directors can be trusted 10
move in that direction as rapidly
as CIRCUMSTANCES will permit. In
this connection, we Would like to
Suggest 10, the people Ct the dis
trict that much Of the success ol
the, enterprise will. depend { on the
encouragement and support Whict
they give to the board Of direct
orS. They should keep in minc
that all The proceedings are new
to the board, and that it is I neces.
sary to take each step with. care
This board'is laying tie 'founda;.
ton of structure which is des-
tined to last for all time, and tht
foundation work must be broad
and substantial. We believe ev-
cry member of the board is striv
ing to do everything as II Should
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17

DAILY PRESS REFORM.

BY invitation of the publishers,
Rev. Charles M. Sheldon has as.
sumed entire charge of the Daily
CabIl0l Of Topeka. Kansas. for
one week. During that time, he
proposes to conduct the paper as
He thinks Christ Would.if he had
the management. The character
of the paper, as outlined in the
dispatches, is essentially moral
and Christian, and, in the main,
will meet the approval of all right
minded people. One fundamen-.
tai and admirable idea adopted
by Mr.. Sheldon is to give promi-
nence to news matters according
to their actual weight and import,
and not, as the present practice
is, according to their sensational
aspects. For example: He will
dispose of a divorce or scandal in
three lines, and devote several
columns to the famine in India.
He will cut off a murder or sui
eide with half a column and ex-
tend an explanation of the war
situation in South Africa over
half a page. He will entirely ex-
clude prize fights, dog fights, cat
fights, rooster fights, horse races,
high kick tournaments, and all
that class Of sporty, stuff, and de
vote the space to news respecting
the good works of Christian as
sociutions and charitable societies
of all classes. No one will ques-
ton the wisdom of these propos-
ed changes, looked at from the
moral point of view. Mr.. Shell
don is equally discriminating in
the matter of advertisements.
With one swoop he has banished
all the patent medicine and corset
ads. He regards them as equally
vicious. He has also excluded
all kinds of stock gambling quo
tations, and looks askance on ev-
ery kind of fake announcements.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
WATER DISTRIBUTION,

Ii is'ulatural, for: a poor ,4frail,
vain human being To- occasionally
give way tosbrief fits ejaculation,
in other words to feel llike1,crow- :
ing a tlittle:2 Way; ;sbacka in 1893
and following along through 1894.
and 1895, THE TRIBUNE repeat.
sedly. admonished thes5peopley of
this:seotioh that the plan of water
distribution they had adopted was
thesmost eful17possible; and
thatsthe thingsto do was. tos7insti-
'tutetthe "turn systemgp by that
We.tmeant that:;@ins ofi5eachr
water, ,usershaHingr asmall stream
running to him. constantly9there
should be a. large %streamo used
turn about. hSciensifio engineers
scoffed at: that idea and said it
would never sdoy Now, the en-
gineerss are mailtainingi that tits
in fact the only sensibleway toIdo.
I'VE, e,also.contended that water US
ers should be 'charged according
to the amount ofMater used and
not'according to the amount of land
they used it upon. Butsthe SCI
entific men who owned the canals
said that would never do at all.
That they had found out scien-
tifically just how to best do things
and that a man who monkeyed
with a country newspaper was
not expected to understand such
things. But now ethe scientific
men are telling US; why of course,
charge according to sthe: water
used so that the good irrigator
and the careful man will get the
benefit of his own ingenuity and
prudence. Sometimes we sus-
pect that scientific knowledge
does not necessarily >endow its
owner with commonsense. y g..
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17

disorder in in the situation. If
here is anybody more . confused
than the editor Of the STATESMAN.
pc has not yet been located. But
1t is pretty hard to avoid being
confused and ultimately confound-
ed'When one tries to run the Re-
publican party on Democratic
ideas. The Boise oracle gravely
! tells Us US that the Porto Rican .af-
Lar IS IN no sense a party ques-
ton, and this in full view Of the
tact that all the Democrats in the
House of Representatives are
lined up on:o one side of it, and all
the t Republicans but three OF four
On the other side. But what ex-
asperates the tStqtesmaa beyond
measure is that President Me-
klnley refuses to regard himself
as greater than his party. It
cannot understand how the Presi-
dent can possibly defer in the
slightest degree.to the majority
~ ~ .=
OF Congress. Well, it is natural
fora paper that looks upon Steun-
enberg as the State of Idaho. to
regard Mckinley as the United
States, even though Mckinley be
OF the opposition party. The
Statesaan's. attitude towards the
Republican party is deliciously
suggestive of that beautiful lyric
"MHamma's goin' to swat .yo' #
yo' don't mind out"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
The Beet Sugar Industry.

Two thirds of the worlds. SUI
gar is now produced from beets.
Prior to IS7I-72 the worlds pro-"
,ducliop of beet sugar. had reach.
ed a million tons; in the present
crop year it is, according to latest
estimates, 5,51o,ooo tons, while
the cane sugar crop, which in
187I-72 was 100000 tons is in
the present year 100000 tons.
Thus cane sugar production has
scarcely doubled during the peri
Cd under consideration, while that
of beets has more than quintupled.
Meantime the. price, has fallen
more than oAe half, the average
cost in foreign countries Of all
sugar imported into the United
States in the fiscal year Of 1872
being 5'37 cents per pound, and
in 1899 2'39 cents per pound.
These facts. are interesting in
view OF the consideration of mat
ters by Congress relating to the
sugar producing islands which
have recently come into closer
relations with the United States.
The, sugar=producing area of
the world has in less than half a
century been shifted from the
tropics northward and the farmer
of the temperate zone has shown
his ability not only to compete
with the low-priced labor of the
tropics, but in doing so to reduce
by one-half the cost of the article
produced Scientific Amertcam>
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17

mankind. the President declares
he has no sympathy. The great
body of the American people is
with him in this feeling Sense
less attacks. on an administration
weighted with grave responsible
lities will do more harm to those
who make them than, to anybody
else, The solution Of problems
growing out of, the war is not to
be, found in appeals to partisan
ship or prejudice, butrin calm de-
liberation. The President. sums
up fairly, the. whole matter when
he says, 80 mo use of epithets, no
aspersiol Of motives by those who
differ will contribute to that sober,
judgment SO essential to right
conclusions. No political outcry
can -abrogate our treaty of peace
with Spain or 1absolve US from its
solemn !RA 4 engagements Yet, = 50
hard up for political issues: are
the little Americans that they
must rail against expansion after
expansion has become an accomp-
lished fact; to denounce imperial
ISM when nobody aims at imperi-,
alism, and to talk of secret al
liances which. never have existed
and never can exist! No wonder
the President has little patience
with this class. No friend of
his country would have patience
with them.-Pocatello. Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.

President Mckinley delivered
a notable address at the Ohio So
ciety's Banquet in New York en-
Saturday evening. His speech
deserves careful reading by every
patriotic American. tits eloquent
with patriotic sentiments and
makes plain patriots duty. It
is full of rebuke for those who
profess to be ashamed of their
country and are everlastingIy
trembling: with alarm lest they
shall be unable to prevent this
great and powerful nation from
doing wrong to somebody. Yet
the alarmists have not alarmed
the nation nor President McKin-
'ley;' with all the efforts of, the
BryanS, the PettlgreWS and the
'Masons, few but themselves and
their handful Of followers have
become excited. The men who
"thrire' best under bad times''
and are never 50 happy as when
pointing out the specters which
their imaginations have conjured
up, are not few but uninAuential
With their attempts to put US or
terms of enmity With the rest OF
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
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2 : TO TEST THE LAW

II is reported that a Portland
loan and trust company propose
10 test the constitutionality of the
Idaho District Irrigation law, and
that proceedings will be begun
by enjoining the Caldwell Pioneer
District. That is all right. Ev-
erybody will BE glad to have the
validity of the law determined,
So long as there is question of
constitutionality involved, there is
bound to be grave apprehension
as to the solidity of district bonds
and other securities. Remove
the constitutional doubt, and the
securities at once become of high
repute, and consequently of in
creased value. If proceedings
shall be begun every possible
means to expedite a final determi-
nation should be employed. Un-
less the Idaho law in some vital
points materially differs from its
parent, the California law, there
need be~no anxiety about the final
outcome. The only danger is
the laws delays. We believe:
though, that the courts, realizing
the Importance Of expedition, will
act as promptly as can be.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
PORTO RICO BILL.

We reproduce from the editor
ial columns Of the Salt Lake
z}16u~c the following article on
the Porto Rican tariff bill. 1t
should and will carry more
weight and consideration than if
it had been our own production,
because the Salt Lake Z5T6uneis
acknowledged to-sbe about the
most ably edited paper in the
country. Nobody will accuse
that paper Of undue bias for the
Republican party, SO what it
says respecting Republican poll
cies comes from its impartial and
upobscured judgment. We re-
spectfully recommend the article
to the consideration Of the Boise
STATESMAN and trust that the gen.
tie rebuke<it conveys, will incline
the Idaho journal TO less carti-
Gus course. Here is the article:
The people, Of Porto Rico, at
least tens, of thousands of them.
are desperately poor. The island
was taxed to the limit by old
Spain, and last year a great hur-
ricane swept the island and left it
desolate. These people cannot
be ignored by our government.
The hungry ones must be fed,
the children must be sent to
school. 1t was proposed to lay a
light tariff upon her exports to
T the United States-a tariff not
enough to check in the least the
market for those exports, and tc
use the money thus collected ex-
clusively for the necessary eN-
penses of the island, the tariff tc
remain in force two years. That
has caused all the storm. Iha'
has caused every demagogue pol
itician and newspaper in the coun-
try to. shout unconstitutional?
and to cry out: Porto Rico Il
or is not part of our country
and there is no law for treating
any portion of the United States
as colony
"Fhe. joy over the matte
shows the extremity to which th'
Democratic party has bee'
driven. We think it was no
a wise bill, because OF the oP
portunity =, which it gives TIL
shriekers. But their reason'n!
4 is fabby beyond expression. AsI
any one of them why the meas
ure would, if a law, be unconstI
tutional, and what could he an
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17

Altogether, Mr.: sheldon's IDEAS
would seem to Be good, and utir1n--
less public taste Is Is TOO much per :
verteda we may expect 70 see
some Of them Incorporated into
the daily press Of the country: -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17

The. Boise Statesman brushes
Rev. Sheldon out of the journal
,istic field in about the same fash
ion that the Car of Russia might
order a~criminalto Siberia. Says
the Statesman: "Rev. Sheldon
has made a mistake" That re-
minds Us IS c'f Of, ''Let there be light
Comical, isn't it?}s 49,. 49,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-03-17
sPECTACLES AND CONFUSION.

not want 10 go 10 Smash Iofth =
with, it would better go to draw
ing inspiration from the Boise
Statesman, l. THE point is now. v.
reached when the Statesman must
be listened 10 and minded. IT
will not stand any more foolish
ness. After discussing the Porto
Rican tariff bill at great length
and uncommon vigor, the oracle
exclaims: $50 we are presented
with the spectacle of the admin.
istration's being called on to sup
port the party in the Legislative
department of the government
rather than calling for support
from its party.
"All is Confusion and no one can
determine what party policy is.
A very large element of the party
throughout the country desire to
have free. trade with the island es-
tablished as a matter of right and
Justice. To have a caucus step
in and compel men to vote against
~
their convictions on the subject,
and against the. Expressed desire
of the administration, would be
resented BY the country 1t
makes no difference whether this
action is formally taken in caucus
or determined on in Informal con-
sultation, the effect on the public
mind will be the same. =
"Under. all the circumstances,
the issue cannot be made a party
question, and men who have con-.
victions on one side and cast their
votes on the other will be called
to account. The party through
the country expects members to
stand by their convictions on the
subject and leave the formulation
Of party policy to the national
convention. A very large ma
jority of the party in the west fav-
ors free trade for Porto Rico, and
the indications are that the vie w
entertained in other sections is
much the same Therefore, the
party is in no humors to see an at
tempt made to establish a policy
for the party through caucus ac*
tlon' 1t wants every member of
Congress to stand by his gums
and hold the subject open until
the convention shall have an op-
portunlty to pass judgment. If
Senator Cullom votes as he feels
he cannot thereby lose a single
Republican vote, while, if he'casts
his vote in accordance with the
views of other members, he will
be held responsible and will lose
the votes of great many of his
constituents. If there is any rule
OF party action in this matter it is
the openly announced desire of
the administration" ZIG -.
Don't you see what a deplora =
Die condition the party has tum-
Oled into? The awful "spectacle
O' the administration being called
on to support the party in the leg
Slat've tive department of govern
~ent'" It's enough TO quite un-
settle one. Especially when in
'e'Fospect we view the spectacle
O' the last Democratic admins
u@u0n's management Of the ma
No''al legislature. Why. when
ClOYer C5o' or. was king, he held the
y congress of the United States ir
me palm of his hand, and when.
ever any of the members exhibit
Cd an obstreperons spirit, he
a'ned them over and gave eacf
..' sSOOnd spanking and sent then
" " Oea' That is the Statesman.
ts6$ ND s. or
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-25
Hollis MEETINGS.

Friday. Sept. 18th. IL a. M, Berkeley
Springs; I:30 p. M, keyser. A.,
Monday, october Sth, at p. m'' Man
Tuesday, October 9th, at 3 p. m, fhli-
ippi
Wednesday, October 10th, at p. m,
Buckhannon; 1880 D. M, Welch.
Thursday, October 18th. at IL a. M, west
Union: $50 D. M, Harrisville.
Friday, October 18th. at p: M, Elza-
beth; 1880 p. M, at some point in Writ
county.
Saturday, October 18th, at II a. m, Spen-
Ger; 7 80 D. H. Point Pleasant.
Monday, October 18th, at IL a. n, Mt.
Hope; I 80 D. M, Thurmond
: Tuesday, October 10th, at p. M, Unlon;
1880 p. m. Ronceverte.
Wednesday, October 18th. II a. m, Hur-
ricane; 2 p. m, Winfield; 1880 p. M, Raw
enswood.
Thursday, October 18th, at 2 p. M, ST.
Marys 7:30 p. M, New Martinsville.
Friday October 10th, 2 p. m, Mounds
vile; 7:30 p. M, Benwood.
Saturday, October Goth, p. M, New
Cumberland; 1870 p. M, Wellsburg.
Monday, October 22d, p m, Matewan;
7:30 p m. williamson
Tuesday, October sd, 2 p. m, Logan; at
7:30 p. m, in the county.
Wednesday, October oath, 2 p. M, Madt-
son; at 1880 p. m, in the country.
Thursday, October 18th, 2 p. m, Hamlin;
1880 p. m, Milton
Monday, October 18th. in Jefferson
county.
Tuesday. October goth, in Berkeley
county,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-25
THE PROBLEM OF THE EAST.

1t will strike good many people as
ing a curious game in China General
Chaffee'S forces, with the exception of
one regiment, one battery and a troop
of cavalry, are to be withdrawn from
the empire and sent to Manila This
would argue that the unrecOgnized war
with China was over. and that every
thing was henceforth to be serene and
pleasant. And yet our already large
naval force in Chinese waters is to be
very materially augmented as fast as
steam can carry the vessels, indicating
that something unpleasant may hap
pen at any time, or, at least, that there
is cause for the most elaborate and
extensive precautions. And right here
Genes in another phase of the situa-
ton. While we are getting the bulk
of our troops out of China because the
war is over, and sending naval rein
forcements because it isn't over, we
are reinforcing our army in the Phil
ippines by every available man, both
from China and America, presumably
to the end that the administration may
be the better equipped to pursue its in
fernal policy of subjugating the Fill
pino people and bringing them beneath
the yoke of a republic, the fundamental
law of which declares that all men are
created free and equal, and so on and
SO forth :
Or, if this isn't the administration
game, we are Withdrawing troops from
China under the pretense that we are
satisfied, but are accommodating ships
in Chinese waters and troops in the
Philippines, within striking distance of
China, preparatory to something which
is expected at Washington to turn up
presently
In short, some sort of deep game is
going on, about which the American
people through their representatives
have not been consulted and of which
they are in ignorance 1t is an imperial.
autocratic and generally unsatisfac-
tory state of affairs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-25
A STRIKING EXAMPLE,

It will be extremely difficult to con-
vince the three thousand inhabitants
of Grant township, Cook county, H.,
that the trusts are good thing.
The Siemens & Halske electric plant
was formerly an independent concern,
employing nine hundred skilled work
men, while the weekly wage roll was
$14 900. These workmen earned the liv-
ing for three thousand residents of the
district. and the community was a -four
ishing one Then the firm sold out to an
electric trust and a change came
about. One department after another
was closed, the workmen being simply
told their services were no longer need
ed, until now, the windows are boarded
up, the doors locked. and the former
employees are idle, while their families
are threatened with actual starvation.
as all sources of income have been cut
off. The final blow came last Saturday,
when $50 machinists, 10 blacksmiths
told their services would never again
be needed. Twelve men remained at
work finishing a contract, but they
will be dismissed this week, and then
the machinery will be shipped away.
This is typical TRUST picture. The
town of Grant Cook county, before the
trust came along, was growing, thriv-
ing and prosperous community. But a
monopoly laid hands upon il, and three
thousand people are without the means
OF earning the necessaries of life. The
situation in that unfortunate town has
been duplicated many times in all parts
of the United States. Yet Hanna SAYS
here are no trusts, Republicans say ev-
erybody is prosperous, and the SPELL
binders Of the party ask the people to
vote fer an extension of existing mo-
nopolies and for opportunities to create
more of them.