Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24

III revision OF inc lIriI laws OF | ilc
country, and that the democratic
party proposed 60 do this revising.
while the republican party was oI,-
F'..-.sd 10 y revision. The Morklngmen
we're assured that ali this could hc
! done and that they would thus be
enabled r. save great deal more Of
their earnings. while their wages re-
manned the same aud their employ
meni wonid mol cease. And strange
AS it may seem they believed the why
demagogue, rolled up their sleeves ard
took desperate hand IN their own
undnlng In Justice TO these mis-
guided individuals 1t should be stated
/ tflat ttiry had been receiving higher
wages aud had been steadily em-
ployei TOR 81 ipug II l4-ii,- tia; (; iia.
thought slight change in the tarn
laws OF the country, which would 50
materially Reduce TIC east ~ living,
could have 10 effect upon their wages
or employment.
The change came, and while the re-
suit IL an old and none too pleasant
story, we ieel The necessity FOR deyut-
ing ii few words Ia ii here. The tariff
laws were revised aud tile cost oi liy-
Ing WAS reduced. But the change az
fecied more than the cost Of living ii
began 10 affect ihc workiugman :
wages; then II begin To affect his en-
ploymcnt, and Hnlllj the honest. bur
too erednlous "orkingman, found him
self uul Of a JOB aitoget her. The very
thing 20 which lie had paid SO little
attention and thought Of such small
consequence when first approached by
the Willy demag0gue, suddenly became
a matter of supreme Importance 70 his
very existence and that Of those de-
pendent upon him, lie found the
ctisi q living very materially reduced.
but ms wages were also reduced, and
he found II much harder "a make bot
ends meet than when living was high
e.. Nor HAs the poor wnrlsingman
alone in his misery. The farmer
mpfieaged his farm and became Il
Shave to tho money lender. the iner-
chant became Il bankrupt and the
banker became clerk or tramp,
white tiir very men at whom the
blow had been aimed the money
shark reapcd a harvest through usu-
riOus rates OF interest. Can ANY man
~ hose memory goes back To lsg3-ol-g5
and 90 deny that these conditions cx-
iStcdY Not IN honest man
liut what became Of the demagoguc?
Where was lac during this period of
cheap" llfingy Drawing fat sala-
~ from an all but bankrupt govern
mont Is no doubt correct answer.
Mud When he came back to circulate
euer more among his victims he found
them IN misery, But like the auack.
Who IS ever ready to propose a new
remedy Which will catch his victim s
fancy. he proposed a new remedy t. the
morklngmen. Cheap" living was
now u reality, aud what could have
been more natural than for him Ia
propose cheap money? He sald:
".fhe tariff Is u buga6oo aud the car
dual tcnets 81 the two old parties are
= fraud Free silver Il Il cure-all for
your ailments Aud strange 10 say,
the demagognc was again believed by
il largo number ot worklngmen, bat
not enough.
The republican party WAS entrusted
with the management Of Affairs, and
10y returning 10 the policy Of protee-
tien and Wise policy generally. sue
ceedcd IN bringing order ont Of chaos,
without resorting % cheap" money.
and without the sacrifice or national
honor.
We referred briefly 10 the condi.
tl0nS existing at the beginning i,
the campaign " lsn6, because the
memory 81 the average individual il
short but ~ the conditions now OK.
i~tins We have only 50 say. Here they
aro; You can not help seeing them;
compare them With The other pic.
| ture.
hnt the demagogue has not set been
killed on We meet him dails. II las
been proven that his quack remedy.
proposed four years ago * the onlv
remedy on earth whirh could cure tho
wound he had iui'ietcd. was nothing
but faneifal theory; that the old doc
Ter the republican party used only
tho same well.knoan. tried and frne
remedy, and VAS successful. Eut The
demagagGe i resaufeeful an3 now ",
hear him siy beware. There A.,
Se'o1s ~ the air; YOU arr prosperous
and happy t"tay, but tomorrow tau
may Ia torn from the arms ~ yonr
wives and children aud sent OF ~ tsN
Philippines ar China ta hc shot: and
II t0o temata ~ home 4 ate much
WORSE Is awaiting yfft Yu{4 ar,, x,,#s,, a.