Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-09-27
CHAIRMAN PERkY,s VIEWS.

To the Oregonian: The fusionists
in Idaho will wage an aggressive
campaign and the state central com
mittee is acting on the theory that
we have only to state the issues
plainly in order to win.
Our adversaries are attempting
to make it appear IN Idaho that the
silver question is dead, and that il
will never be brought to life again.
We meet them by the declaration
in our platform committing our
party to the free coinage system
upon the old ratio of l6 to /. Upon
this issue we also convict them OF
double dealing. In the east Secre-
tary Gage wrote a letter to Carl
Schurz stating in effect that Bryan
might within the next four years,
be able to restore silver to the minis
at the old ratio.
This is followed by the declara-
ton of Mark Hanna wherein he
said in speech before the Hamil-
ton Club of Chicago:
| contend that the main issue in
this campaign is free silver" and
we will not permit our adversaries
in Idaho to avoid meeting that very
issue in this state, where the senti-
ment is overwhelmingly in favor of
free silver; and if we went before
the people on this issue alone the
voters Of Idaho would certainly re-
buke the republican party by an
avalanche of votes.
This is not the only issue in this
campaign. We will arraign the re-
publican party at the bar of public
opinion for their surrender to the
confederated syndicates that con-
tributed their corruption fund which
placed them in power four years
ago. The people of Idaho realize
that the trusts have thrived at the
expense of the consumer, while the
producer has had to be content with
the arbitrary price fixed by the
trust magnates. They know that
under the Mckinley administration
more trusts have been created than
ever before in all the history of the
government. Our people realize
that the avenues of advancement
are closed to our young men. They
know that the republican attorney
general, the creature of Mckinley,
will not enforce the laws we now
have on the statute book. They re-
alize that Mckinley and the repub-
lican party are the beneticiaries of
the trusts and on this question re.
cruits are coming to us in large
numbers in every county in the
state, which will swell the demo-
cratic majority.
We have the republicans on the
defensive on this question, and the
people realize their weakness.
The question of imperialism is
receiving more attention in Idaho
than all others because it is new.
This question will be pushed to the
front by the fusionists. Our peo-
Pile love liberty and hate oppression.
They do not believe that the Dec
laration of Independence is obse-
lete. They do not deny to others
what they claim for themselves.
They do not want the republic
changed to an empire. They do not
believe in governing without the
consent Of the governed. They con-
slider the treaty with the sultan of
Sulu, recognizing slavery in the
eastern archipelago as infamous.
Our soldiers are indignant. This
will aid US wonderfully and we will
keep it before the people persist
emily until the close of the cam
paign.
Under the fusian administration
state warrants have gone to a pre-
MUM. All the bonded indebted.
ness has been paid off The float
ing debt has been cancelled. Every
department of state shows healthy,
condition, a condition
unknown under the republican re-
gime. Under republican control