The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-09-08
THE GHOSTS.

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If Bob IflgersoH had survived tiil-
til this time and had withheld the
writing Of his book, The Ghosts, I
he would probably have dedicated
it 10 Democratic politics instead Of
the Hebrew religion.
Of all the ghosts that religious
bigotry has ever conjured tip, none
were quite 50 ttnsubstantial as the
ghosts which the Democratic party
has manufactured for the purposes
Of this campaign. The chief ghost
is called Imperialism and is fright
full mainly Oh account of its form
liable name. Te understand how
little substance there is in this APP
partition, one needs only to exam
inc. his own mind. Imperialism,
within the meaning placed upon
the term by the Democratic party,
contemplates the autocratic rule Of
an emperor, reigning over numer-
ous disconnected states, provinces
and dependencies; It means the sub
jugation Of all the people within
the imperial realm to the will or
whim of one man. To bring about
a government of that character in
these United States requires, first,
the absolute subjugation Of the peo'
pie of the United States; it demands
that the people themselves are will
ing to forge tie chains that will
bind them in subjugation; it means
that they will raise vast armies to
hold them in that condition.; it
means that they are ready to yield
their liberties, their sovereign pow
er and all that Americanis1n stands
for to the keeping OF one person;
and this is the thing which our
Democratic friends tell us the Re
publican party is contemplating.
Now we would like to find in all
this broad land, one single individ-
ual so degraded and abject as to
consider such proposition for one
moment. If that individual can be
found, it may be conceded that
there is something substantial in
the imperial ghost.
The next Democratic ghost in
order is the "Trust." They tell
us that the Republican party is pre-
pairing to enthrone capita1istic com
binations, for the express purpose
of enabling these combinations to
control the commercial and indus
trial destinies of The nation. They
tell us that the Republicans, with
full knowledge that they will be
traYpled upon and driven to indus
trial slavery, are now engaged in
building up, spreading and encour-
aging trusts; and more than that,
they insist that we are doing it for
no purpose on earth except to graf
iGy vindictive passion against hon
est people and legitimate enterprise.
The next Democratic ghost is
the Gold Bug" This ghost has
been obliged to take a third or
fourth rate seat III the congregation
of ghosts. 1t is not nearly as terri
BILE a spectre as it was four years
ago, i'll fact, SO little is it dreaded,
that Mr.. Bryan, himself, in his
great speech at Indianapolis, actual
ly forgot to mention its existence;
but in this section Of the country,
every possible effort is being made
to deck it,outin the frightftl1 habili-
ments i'll which it was arrayed in
1896. The Honorable Chas. A.
Towne is in our State for the ex-
press purpose of injecting new life
into this moribund apparition, but
up to the present time the ghost
seems much disposed to shuttle off
whatever of animation it once had
and go quietly to rest in the tomb
of its ancestors.
The fourth ghost in the catalogue
is Government by Injunction"
but in this State, this once potent
goblin has ceased to be of much
service, the Democrats themselves
having destroyed its influence by