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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12


chimney Butte ranch a number of them
started up coulee. An experienced fore
man would have shouted Get git on
you there and head them steers or Hit
the high places and turn EN- Roose-
velts order. while equally sharp, nearly
paralyzed the flying cow-puncher. IT has
Deen treasured and told and retold where
ever two or more cow-punchers have
gathered together. Standing in his stir
rups, he opened his steel-trap mouth and
yelled: Hasten quickly forward yonder.'
The wonder was it didn't stampede the
herd.
In the Chimney Butte horse herd"
continued Mr.. Packard, twas a broncho
named Devil. When you find a horse in
the West with such name you can be
sure he has earned it. Devil had. One
after another the cowboys had tried their
best to stay with the leather on him.
and none had succeeded, even with the
aid of 'life-preserver' and hobbled stir
rups. He had been given up as sspoil-
ed horse, especially after he had acouir-
ed the playful habit of trying to bite and
jump on the rider after he had thrown
him.
Roosevelt decided to ride Devil and
tame him for a saddle horse. IT took
three men to rope and tie him down while
the blind and saddle were being put on.
and he was then led to the edge of the |
Little Missouri and headed for a quick |
sand. Roosevelt mounted, jerked off the |
blind, and then began what was called |
at the time the gaul durndest panoram-
mer the Bad Lands has ever saw The
first jump took Devil into the middle of
the quicksand and Macmonnies' fountain
became a squirt gun by comparison.
sand, water, Roosevelt and Devil SEEM
ed merged into solid body Finally there
was separation and Roosevelt ascend
ed TO take a look at Wyoming as Bill
Jones facetiously remarked The next
day and the next and the next there was
the same 'panorammer,' but finally came
a day when Roosevelt stayed with the
leather and brought Devil, thoroughly
tanned, back to the ranch. 1t may not
sound like much in the telling, but man
who can tame a horse with Devils repu-
Lation can divide the last chew of tobac-
20 with cow-puncher. And that is a
inal test Of friendship. He at once be-
came Teddy to every cowboy in the Bad
Lands
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81 prefer to trust Mckinley and inau-
ence the policy of my party later in
way to give the distant lands the best and
freest government possible. cannot
trust a party that has been instrumental
in forcing the adoption of the treaty in
the Senate and now holds the President
responsible for doing his duty. | cannot
trust a party which is so anxious for the
rights of the Filipinos, and tramples
these sacred rights under foot in our land
in the South. Rabbi Hirsch.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

at 1y period in our history, on account
Of Ilore help being employed and also
beca use of higher salaries. In fact, the
gen, raj average of wages is higher to-day
than at any time within my knowledge.
Anticipating, | might say that the gem
eral outlook for all trade is very good and
we have at this moment no reason 10
ques ton the satisfactoriness of the last
six months Of the present year. e. a.
Self .idge, of Marshall Field IL Co.
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The Prosperity Alphabet.

Abundance of work.
Better times.
Calamity dethroned.
Duty performed.
Expansion realized.
Free silver exposed.
Gold standard continued.
Hawaii annexed.
Independence to Cuba.
Justice to all.
knowledge promoted.
Liberty extended.
McKinley's reelection
National honor upheld.
Opportunities improved.
Protection assured.
Quantities of employment
Roosevelt a winner.
Stability of credit.
Trade extended.
Union forever.
Values upheld.
Wages increased.
"Xs" more plentiful.
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Zenith Of prosperity.
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Talks by Prominent Men.


Il tell you, increase and multiply and
expand is the law of this nations exist
ence. You cannot limit this great repub-
lie by mere boundary lines. saying Thus
far shalt thou go and no further Just
so far as our interests require additional
territory. in the North in the South or
on the islands Of the ocean. / am fer it.
Stephen A. Douglas. one of Lincoln's
opponents in the election of 1860.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

to be the paramount issue of this cam
paign?"
Z. Your father remembers two cam
palgns before this when Imperialism and
militarlsm were the keynote of the Dem
ocratic war cry. The first was in 1864.
when the mighty Lincoln, whose name
you bear was a candidate for reelection.
l was not quite old enough to vote for
him, although l was carrying an Enfield
rifle In the Union army, and | remember
now unjust 1t seemed to me because |
was old enough to fight and not old
enough to vote. [ remember that our
Democratic friends said that the re-elec-
ton OK Lincoln meant the downfall of
the republic and the establishment of an
empire by force of arms.
The same cry came to the front in 1879
when Gen. Grant was candidate for re-
election. "Caesarism," "nepotism" and
military tyranny" were the sum and
substance of every Democratic speech,
and the downfall of the republic was pre-
dIcted * Grant should be elected.
Well, the logic Of events proved that
our Democratic friends were mistaken.
Lincoln and Grant were elected. but the
republic lived on. No empire was estab-
lshec. No army tyrannized over the peo-
pie The nation grew and prospered.
free speech, free schools and a free press
lot only continued, but enlarged their
privileges and powers.
In this letter l have shown you that
he presumption is against the Demo
ratio position
In every campaign for forty years the
ogic ST events has proved that the Dem
erats were wrong and the Republicans
light. 1t is not unfair to presume that
UGH is the case this year.
YOUR FATHER.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Germans Commend Expansion.

Commenting on the recently published
report of international trade, the Weser
Zeitung says that expansion pays glorl-
ously in the case of the United States,
and advises Germany to pattern herself
after the new world. 1t points out that
four years ago the trade Of the United
States with Cuba amounted to only 81
100000, while 1t now reaches S1S,OOO,-
000 Likewise four years ago the trade
with Porto Rico. Hawaii and the Phil
ippines was 100000. S4,O00,OO0 and
$500 600 respectively. Now the Porto
Rican commerce amounts to $4,OOO,OOO,
that of Hawaii to $13,00O,0OO, and that
with the Philippines to S2,5OO,OOO
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YOUR FATHER.
Germany Prosperous Under Protection

Oci many iOsperous Ouuer protection
Germany adopted the protective policy
IN 1878 and in 1881 and again in 1885
the tariff was made higher and the en-
forcement more stringent. Ernest E.
Williams in the National Review Eng
lish) contrasts the development under the
protective policy.
In 1860, under free trade, the aver
age annual production of coal was o.
$4,000 tons; in 1S95-99 it was So. 29O.-
900 tons.
In 1S65-69 the pig iron production ay-
eraged 1,165,O00 tons; in 1899 the pro-
duction was $4,000 tons.
Prosperity follows protection.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Originally, Croker was genfeei
tough. He had his uses. Then he grew
rich. the devil knows how, and set up for
vulgar swell. Now he Is the meresr
fash sport of the la-da-da variety, ell
shirt front and sinners, and quite berert
of brains. In the leng run, what Hill
will do to him will be a-plenty. Henry
Watterson (Democrat.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

4 While 1.-THE Demo.
cratic party disputes
this d o C trim e A" in
words 1t is enforcing
1t In practice In q
quarter Of the States
Of the Union.
Very true, but In
what States where
Mr.. Bryan's party has
power to prevent it
do governments de-
rive their just powers
from the consent Of
the governed? 2" When
and where did it try
to practice this pre-
cept?
Then Mr.. Bryan's
party is an organized
fraud, for its supre-
macy in many States
has been obtained by
doing "in row d 3
what they would not
dare to do as individ-
uals." Its right" to
rule is created" by
force.
OF course not. Yet
Mr.. Bryan's party IS
'usurping olit zeal
rights" of hundreds of
thousands of Ameri-
can citizens.
True, the Creator"
never "denied to any
people the capacity Of
but
iespOts and D G N O.
rats always have.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

While Mr.. Bryan
was saying this his
party was using fraud,
force and legislation
to deprive a whole
race of their political
rights, and establish
Ing the reign of the
despot" In this coun-
try.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Men may dare t.
do in crowds whaf
they would not dare
to do as individuals
but the moral charac.
ter of an act Is not
determined by t h c
number of those who
join In it. Force can
defend a right, but
force has never yet
created a right"
Rights never con-
fl ! c t; duties never
clash. Caan it be our
duty to usurp politi-
cal rights which be-
long to others ?"
There are degrees
Of proficiency in the
art Of self-govern-
ment, but it is a re-
Election upon the Gre
atOr TO say that He
denied to any people.
the capacity of self
government"
"Once admit that
some people are capa-
bic Of self-govern-
ment and others are
not, and that the
capable people have q
right to seize upon
and govern the in
capable, a n d you
force - brut e
fOrce-the only foun-
dalton of government
and invite the reign
Of the despot."
would we tread I'M
the paths Of tyr-l
amy, 4
Nor reckon the tyr
ants cost?
Who taketh another's
liberty,
His Freedom is also I
lost.
Would we win as the (
strong has e V e r :
won I
Make ready to pay
the ueDI,
For the God who
rel G n e d owe n
Babylon
Is the God who is
reignlng yet"
"If we are to gov
IN t h e m without t
heir consent and give I
hem no voice in de- I
ermining the taxes S
hey must pay, we a
a re n o t educated e
hem, lest they learn n
0 read the Declara- -
ion Of independence S
nd the Constitution n
Z the United States Il
nd mock us for ouriD
consistency" p.
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Bn,YHss.H'S THEORIES
And PRACTICES.
Shouting About the Consent OF
the Governed.
Bryan's Utterances Wholly Inconsistent
with the Practice of Democrats, Who
Have Invariably Suppressed
the COlOred Vote

The verifcation of theory is practice,
the test of sincerity is conduct. When a
person or party breaches one thing and
practices another, there is no excuse for
being deceived as to his honesty. -Four
years ago when Mr.. Bryan captured the
Chicago convention by his eloquent "cross
and crown" speech on the free coinage
of silver, there was plenty of room for
doubling the soundness or even the sanity
of his proposition, but it was difficult to
question his sincerity or the sincerity Of
the party which nominated him. How
ever bad their logic, their theory accord
ed with their practice. The party as
then organized, so far as it had the pow
er had practiced what it was then preach
ing.
The Southern States are the backbone
practice. They are the States where
the party is most completely devoted to
Mr.. Bryan and his doctrine, and they are
also the States where the party is and
has always been in most supreme control.
1t is in these States, therefore, that we
must look for the practice verifying par
ty principles. These States were the
home of the greenback movement, of the
wildcat banks, and they were and are
the hOtbed of free silver; therefore in
advocating 16 to 1, Government paper
money and the overthrow of the national
banks, Mr.. Bryan is entirely consistent
with. the practice of his party as at pres
ent organized.
In his speech accepting the nomination
for President, at Indianapolis, however,
he breaches a new gospel for Democ-
racy. 1t is not money and banking this
time, but it is Liberty" the consent
of the governed" and equal political
rights" regardless of race, ETC. Here
are few extracts. How do these pro-
fessions accord with Democratic prac-
tice, where its control is supreme?
THEORY. PRACTICE.
at was God Him Then why does Mr..
self who placed in Bryan's party resort
every human heart to force and fraud to
the love of liberty. disfranchise the col
He has never made a ored race" In b
race Of people so low country2
in the scale Of cvili-
cation or intelligence
that 1t would well
come foreign mas
ter
I'VE cannot repudi- Nor can we "repudi-
ate the principles of ate" the principle of
S f-gOvernment inlSef government In the
the Philippines with South, without weak
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
THEORY

II O4l L
at was God Him
self who placed in
every human heart
the love of liberty.
He has never made a
race Of people so low
in the scale Of civili-
cation or intelligence
that 1t would well
come a foreign mas
ter"
I'VE cannot repudi-
ate the principles of
S e | f-goyernment in
the Philippines with
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Money Is Cheap.

Money Is Cheap.
Western towns and counties now Dor
row money at about 31a per cent. Truly
prosperity benefits everybody.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

4 very brief glance at Mr. Bryan's elo-
guent utterances and the thirty years
practice of his party concusively demon
,--rai9s or of twns thin~s- 80 That
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

How true this Is of
the practice of Mr..
Bryan's party for
thirty years. 1t per-
sists by fair means
and foul in Illegally
governing nearly six
millions of p G Ople
without their con-
sent" and it dare
not educate them lest
they learn to read the
Declaration Of hide
pendence a ID t h e
Constitution of t h Q
United States, and
US for our in
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

lie.
Yet Mr.. Bryan's par
ty has made millions
of citizens into sub
Jects," practicing gov
eminent by force
without the consent
of the governed"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

such cause. The American people hay,
some sense Of the fitness of things.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

"a republic car
have no subjects. A
subject is possible
only In a government
resting upon force; he
Is unknown in a gov
eminent deriving its
just powers from the
consent OF the gov
erned."
" T b e Democratic
party disputes this
doctrine (of 'vassal-
age) and denounces
1t as repugnant to
both the letter and
spirit of our organ
lied law"
If governments de-
rive their just powers
from the consent of
the governed, 1t is.
impossible to secure
title to people either
by f 0 re e or pur-
chase.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

What l want to say is this: We are
on the eve of a campaign second in inn
portance to none other in the history of
our party, a campaign on the issues of
which depend our future prosperity.
don't propose to discuss these issues, but
| want to say a few words to sound a
note of warning which the Importance of
this campaign justifes me in saying, not
only to the Republicans of New Jersey,
but to the Republicans of the whole
country. 1t is your duty and the time is
at hand when every man, no matter how
humble, how prominent or influential, is
called upon to contribute all the efforts,
all the influence in his power to perpet-
uate this administration. | tell
you, my friends, in all sincerity and hon
esty, it will not do to take anything for
granted, not to neglect single effort, nor
miss a trick. We are confronted by a
desperate foe. The fate of Organism
hangs in the balance. If killed now, it
is killed forever"-M. A. Hanna, in AS
bury Park speech.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Nor can we "repudi-
ate" the principle of
self government In the
South. without weak
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
PRACTICE.

Then why does Mr..
Bryan's party resort
to force and fraud to
dlsfranchise the col
ored race" In t b | s
country?
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

"Our business, that is, the retail house
for which L speak, has each year for sew
eral years, handsomely surpassed its
predecessors. The last six months have
shown greater sales by a large percent
age, and there is more general satisfac-
ton than has ever been shown hereto
fore. Our pay roll is much larger than
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

London. England"
The sun., 1900-10-07
MOSS.MAD FOLKS IN MAINE.
Neat sum Made by Yankee skipper out OF
New Summer Fashion.

CAPE RoZIER, Me oct 5-The latest vagary
which the summer visitors have brought 10 the
front in Maine is the erection Of wooden cottages
having the outside boarding densey coated
with heavy growth Of green and gray moss.
The abandoned farmhouScs were searched for
lichcned corner and straddle boards, and eS-
travagant prices were paid for bits Of ancient
wood that held living specimens Of messy
growth Some anxious soul, went so far aS TO
peel the mOsS-grown bark from the north sides
of beeChe> and naples and use II Tor veneer
10 Disguise the ncwness Of the wood inside
Early ~ September when most Of the summer
visitors had gone moss mad. an old skipper
came 10 the wharf with "A load oil new boards
from the Bangor sawmlls lie could not sell "A
stick, though his customer. told him they would
nav any price for board, that di. play ed q good
crOp OF moss. the more moss the better
How many OF these boards do you want?"
asked the captain
An you can get for us-a whole cargo If 1t is
Don't buy any from other men who ofIer
you messed boards. and wait here two weeks
and If ! don't give you all the moss you want
I'll let YOU have thi, cargo Tor nothing
He hurried h~ load GIon the wharf and
wa, ont Of siGn before the sun had set, Ten
DAYS later IA, schooner came back loaded to
the water line with aged boards 80 deeply
clad la moss that no one but "a barber could tel
The boards were piled upon cross tinh"rS
80 that tho delicate iich-Is could not be rubbed
away. ahi every piece from ne top OF IN, ne
below water wa, matted in rank masses oi
the pants which every body was trying To So
cure lie sold ont his load for three times
the price asked for clear pine, and made enough
by the trnde to buy rev schooner
After the money had been paid over and the
skipper was ready 10 so away lac told his Gus
TONERS where he had found so many ancient
boards Near where he lived was an old and
povcrtv-stricl.n line of railroad which had
lately been leased to Il new and wealthy corpora
tion, Among the first Improvements under
taken was 10 null down a lOnP stretch Of fence
that hyi been put up 20 keep the snow from
drifting across tho rails, aud 20 replace the
substantial The corporation offered to give
the old fence 10 anybody who would pull It dow n
aud take il away, Believing that the boards
were worthless 'hc captain had laughed al the
offer until he came to Cape Ro2er and learned
Of the local passion for mosS-Clad homes, After
this he lost no time in closing tho trade with
the new company. making moro than s2.Ooo
out of n cargo of boards that were good for
nothing except tirewood and not worth the
taking down for that purpose.
The sun., 1900-10-07
THE RIOTERS AT VICTOR.
Gen. Merriam Says Some OF Them Were Mur.
dcrers From the ,Gur d'AIene District.

DESvER. Col Oct 3-In addressing the Loyal
Legion last might Gen. II. {. Merriam said.
I'VE have heard of Gen Irving IIale's expert
ence with Roosevelt at Victor when things
were thrown his way. ! want TO tell you that
| have in my desk the names Of thirty men,
murdctcrs and Violators of the law in the CCnur
d Aene district, who were housed at Victor Just
before the incident alluded to- Places were
prepared for them. The names were
furnished 20 me by tho detectives
who are placed in all the mining
camps throughout the mining regions. and I
tell YOU their di-couriesy 20 tho fae dates from
tho tine of the riot, in the Cpur d'Aleno dis
trict Many Of those men wore the United
states uniform and the flag as mask hsrs,
The NaE was therefore particularly attended
to whom II had unmasked them ard Il is not
strange that the iag, when seen stationed on
the stage, should provoke them a. a red flag
does bIll | hope soon 10 have evidence ut
hand and -oWC viii be called Ia answer the m
dictmcnts found against them In Idaho
After referring to his tpur a Alene eNperi-
enCe Gen. Merriam added The abuse ~ tho
press has never caused mo the los. of sleep one
night Duty Of this kind was the last that tho
and for this We hear the cry uf mlitariSu, and
hy the same men who were Yelling II In lsCt
But mllit1ri~m docs not npIly 10 Tho American
soldier to-day any more than % dil then. Docs
any ON" b"h"yc that any American soldier
would follow q dictator or Justify an act that
would imporil the liberties of his country or
the safeguarding O: thcm'"
The sun., 1900-10-07

audience and no one speaking, the spellblnder
stepped TO the front OF the stage ana alteI u
brief apology for being late began TO spe1n, enS.
He did his best He was eloquent ana ehi-
phatic humorous and pathetic but when his
best Jokes failed TO cause laugh Mntii nnn., na
most eloquent phrases were receiVed III snegJI ne.oI'
and his pathos provoked flint smiles ne lev M
cold chills creeping down his spine bIacirS
up, he went at them again. lie raVep .r a.u
stormed until his voice began To IAN anu LII Hh
spiration poured in streams from ms lavc N,tn
out provoking handicap. The cohlillltItJeo w..
and interpreter who had gone to mn, LIN miaII
appeared upon the stage lust as we aio
sank exhausted into a chair When lhe sl'. slt'ua.
ton was explained to him lac Ma7 l conn lenud nVd
20 Join in the general laugh that lolloWsI "ilu in
when rested repeated the speech, VIII, ,, az,
terprcted 20 the audience, aroused gie"' VII
The fasctto voice Of the Hon homaS b.
Reed was not familiar TO the voters ol ini'rtiSf iinf
when he entered that State In 1893 tor p,Ie,
speaking tour and his fir, meeting surk1t,ttu ta
an Interruption that would have dlsllhNeu Wy
average spebindcr, lie faced lSrged d anmi. sbere
wa, perfect silence after tn" hr't great ou'-
burst Of .qpplause had subsIdcd ,. ,.oioo ~,
NY fellow ctlzens. In "a" Plptmd and Hoosier
who was hard OF hearing promptly Hiken III II.
g, a,complnion n n voice audible all over 'he ha''
Is that Tom" ,- u.
Did YOU thnk It was the voice of Balnamy"
responded Reed and the ripple Of nan Sup-
pressed laughter broke ntoa storm oi hppllatu,scc -
In the South and some oi the western ,Nla,'S
nearly all political speaking i by Joint debate,
the candidates ~ the opposing parties iilaeins E
a tour of the State, district or county log"lIet
and dividing time equally This qrrahgenenss
insureS an audience composed OF the NoteIN oi
each party, whore vote, may he gained b!, eo,u
argument, During the progress OF such "
bates any voter In the audience is nj llbeii 70 70
ask questions Of the candidates, and the latter
are expected TO answer without taking or giving
offence The opposing candle dates, no matter
what their personal feelings or relations may
be, are compelled TO treat each other WIN IespeCt
and the most formal courtesy In the presence
Of a mixed audience No matter how great
the political excitement may be these joint ois-
cussions rarely result in conflict between the
opposing parties or factions, because the leaders
OF each side hesitate to be first TO start a row
or strike a blow. The hired spellbinder Is never
employed for such debates. campaign man
ayers say that lev votes are changed Dy tue
work OF the spellbinders but the voters oi the
country demand Entertainment and discussion.
SO the hired orator has become fixture III
American politics.