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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
CAUSE OF IDENTIFICATION.

The Idaho World says, .sMost
of those throughout the State
who now claim to be Silver Re-
publicans are really Democrats,
but they will probably not declare
themselves as such until after the
next election" The World has
evidently diagnosed the situation
correctly: In a former issue, the
same paper, after an exhaustive
inquiry, made the statement that
in all of Boise county, a genuine
Silver Republican could not be
found. The situation in Boise
county is no doubt substantially
the same as in every other county
in the State and every State in
the Union. The logic of events
have shown to Silver Republicans
that they must either submit to
being swallowed up by the Dem
ocratic party, become 'Populists
or return to the Republican
party. They left the Republican
party solely for the accomplish :
ment of one purpose. They
found the majority of the people
OF the country against them.
They now see that there is no
hope of doing anything for silver
for many years. Other questions
are pressing for solution and real
Silver Republicans want them
solved on Republican, : lines.
That is the secret of disintegra- :
ton. ,a H. -,.ass>..,... 1.f
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03

well talk about the posture Of 4
plate Of hash, or the pose of d
dish ! Of scrambled eggs. DEM
ecracy does not stand anywhere
with respect to anything. II has
no discernable relation to itself.
It is a squirming congiomeration
It is chasing around looking for
an. attitude. II is tattered and
torn and jumbled up. A mixture
of gold bugs, silver bugs and pa
per bugs-a sort Of a bug fric-
assoc. It is composed Of pro-
tectionists and free traders, ex-
pansionists and anti-expansionists.
It is a regular POLITICAL ragout
without seasoning. 1t hasn't even
a trend, let alone an attitude.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03

as revelation from Almighty
God. So, as far as the great
mass Of Morraon people is con-
cerned, polygamy is not only dis
continued as practice but eradi-
Gated as belief. A member Of
the church who now practices,
breaches or believes in polygamy
is hereto. We do not think,
therefore, that a constitutional
amendment is needed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
SORROWFUL.

Our Democratic friends are
very much alarmed over the
prospect of not having anything
to fuse with in the next campaign.
They are evidently convinced that
without some sort of fusion their
case is hopeless and their despair
is manifest on every hand. Some
weeks ago, when Mr.. Morrison,
Chairman of the Republican
State Committee, went over to
Fremont county, up went Demo
cratic. signals of distress and the
lamentations of the faithful were
thick in the land. Then there
was in Rexburg a little friendly
meeting of Republicans and ex-
Silver Republicans and The wall
ings and murmur1ngs of Democ-
racy became heart breaking. Mr..
julie Bassett and Bartlett Sinclair
were instantly despatched to the
seat of war. julie went to show
his figure and Bartlett to write a
proclamation and inaugurate the
"permit system" for which he
has recently become famous.
Those gentlemen live in a full re-
alization of the melancholy fact
that unless they can check Silver
Republican detection, their politi =
cal epitaphs will soon be written.
1t is all very sorrowful. There
will be gloom in Idaho when
those statesmen are laid on the
shelf. Now comes another dis
heartening rumor waited from the
inner circles. 1t is intimated that
Arney is nursing reasonable de-
signs. His friends say that of
late he has been morose and un-
sympathetic. One touch of free
coinage no longer makes all as
piring politicians a kin. The
subtle charm is broken. Sixteen
to one is no longer a phrase to
conjure with.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
RUSHING BUSINESS. !

The handful of valiant fusion
lists left over since the election of
'98 are surcharged with moment
GUS business these days. The
governor has been summoned to
Washington to explain his con-
duct in relation to honest laborers
in North -ldaho; the State audi =
tor is rushing lengthwise and
crosswise of the commonwealth;
with Silver Republican =insur-
rection on his hands in Fremont
county and the remnants, of a riot
squirming around in, Sheshonc
county. You can hear his coat
tails popping in three degrees Of
latitude and four degrees of llon-
gitude any time of day. The
commissioner Of immigration is
flashing his radiant personality ur
and down the upper Snake from
Watts Island TO Thirsty Fork
| Now, there is trouble on the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
GLAMOUR is GONE.

For ten years the people of Id.
aho were taught that the saliva
ton of the country depended Upon
the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver atthe ratio of rs tor. The
doctrine never got complete pos
session Of them until it took SEN
timental and half religious turn:
Along in 1893, "a, IS and 80
when Democracy was giving us
object lessons in civil government
on the Jefferson and Jackson plan,
people began to defy silver; they
forgot all about its being cold
blooded business affair, and dis
cussed it as they might one Of the
old martyrs or even demigod.
We heard about the treachery Of
the nation, the red handed trea-
son of Congress; the assination
of the sacred white metal, the
murder Of the sanctiied dollar Of
our ancestors, and, by thunder,
we were wrought up. Our young
American blood boiled, and in;
the heat of generous enthusiasm
we started out to avenge the
wrongs and sufferings of the sill
yer dollar. We listened to the
defamation of financial poets un-
til we thought we could see the
sacred white dollar, throbbing and
bleeding from the wounds it had
received from ruthless and sacre-
ligious hands. We surrounded it
with a sacred nimbus, and the
more we exalted it, the wilder we
became. In 1896, our passion had
reached its elimination. Some
thing had to pop, II did, and
the glamour of the silver dollar
disappeared in the wreck. The
poems that thrilled us have lost
their melody. The silver singers
are taking their place with the
ancient bards. Their songs have
gone the way of Little Annie
Roony'' and "My Sweetheart Is
the Man in the Moon" The gla-
mour is all gone and it was such
nice haze, too. f
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
is HE OR, is, HE NOT?

Up in Boise they have been
trying to determine whether Capt.
A. H. Trotter is or is. not insane.
Capt. Trotter. is an elderly in
mate of the Soldiers Home with
a war record that dates back to
Walkers filibustering expedition,
when the Democrats were all
rank imperialists. One day two
physicians sat in. council on his
case and declared the old man in
sane. The next day two. other
physicians took the matter in
hand and declared he was not in
sane. The probate Judge um-
pired the business and decided
with the last two doctors, there :
fore, Trotter is officially sane,
Now, is he or is he not? Who
shall decide when doctors disa E
gree? Some philosopher has
said that there is no such thing as
an abso lutely sane human being
Possibly, then, Trotter is nearer
to sanity than anybody connected
with the inquiry, When a mans
insanity is Of such a character
that none but experts can detect
it, and they can't agree on it, hi
is probably sane. ...-. .,..... -.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03

lively refuse to give bond for mer
who gamble, and business mer
will not employ men Who
cannot give the bond so the
gambler is completely shut out,
Many business men, realizing
how needful tits to have such pro
lection, themselves pay for the
bond. The indemnity companies
have q very active and effective
secret service and if a man to
whom they furnish bond is found
gamblingAthey at once Withdraw
the bond, and, necessarily. the
employer discharges the employe.
When this system becomes gen
orally established there wont be
much business for anti-gambling.
legislation. .,.. III. ~,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
FILLS A LONG FELT WANT,

Some doctors of France have
extracted a serum from spe-
cially alcoholized horses, which
If taken inwardly by human be-
ings destroys their ability to i'm
bibe alcohol in any form. They
say that after taking half dozen
doses Of this anti i-alcohol serum,
man can't get within 40 rods
of saloon without proceeding to
throw up his appetite. Another
thing, it can be administered in
such a way that the victim wont
know he is getting it. All he
knows is that very suddenly his
"eye opener" does not taste
right; the next time il tastes vii
lainous, aud next time it won't 90
down at all. Then he begins to
long for the society of Good
Templars, and he is liable to take
the platform as a temperance
lecturer. He thinks all the time
that he has naturally quit of his
own accord. He suffers no .hu-
initiating sensations such as &C
company the gold cure, but, OF
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
EFFECTIVE ANTI-GAMBLING
MOVE.

The more we observe the pro-
gress of things in this old world,
the more we become convinced
that things are working out about
right. The only trouble is that
most men who are born with the
spirit of reform in them are too
impatient. They want to recon
struct everything in day. For
ages, reformers have been trying
to put down gambling by legis-
lation. To date their laudable
efforts have not been very salts
factory. Not SO very long ago
companies were organized for
the purpose of securing States,
counties and municipalities from
loss by dishonest officials. Those
companies simply give bonds, the
same as heretofore individuals
have been doing. However,
they do something more; they
watch very closely the conduct of
the men to whom bonds are fur
nished. The system has been
extended to private employees as
well as public officers. Business
men are taking advantage of this
new Departure, and now they are
requiring all their employees in
responsible situations to give an
indemnity bond, such as responi =
bic insurance companies fuanish
These companies, however, posi-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
A SERIOUS MATTER.

5t r AZ j
This week the Lewiston zclle,
published an editorial which de.
mands serious consideration. The
1sller claims TO be in possession
OF statements, made BY a reliable
person, going to show that Gov
ernor Stennenberg and Auditor
Sinclair are using the sspermit
systetn,' inaugurated last summer,
for the purpose Of driving men
out OF the State whose only Of
tense is opposition to Steunen-
berg's and Sinclair's political as
pirations. Though we may adj
init the necessity Of the permit
system, none can deny that it is a
dangerous expedient. When
State authorities assume the pow
er TO say who may or who may
not'work 10 4 given locality, they
take upon themselves a terrible
responsibility-they exercise a
most dangerous power, the abuse
of which may undermine govern
ment and destroy the last vestige
Of liberty. We are unwilling to
believe that the "permir system"
is being put to the base uses
charged by the 7sl2er's informant.
We are unwilling to think that
upon the ruins of the Miners I'm
ionis to be erected a conspiracy
for the promotion Of the political
interests Of a few inviduals. 1t is
frightful to contemplate the posi-
bility of such things, Yet, we must
not ignore the fact that the "per-
init SYSTEM invented by Steun-
enberg and Sinclair, is a most
convenient tool for just that kind
of work, and placed in the hands
OF ambitious men presents a temp
tation which unscrupulous men
might be unable to resist
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
BRYAN'S PIG TAIL HOPE.

A ray Of hope has come into
Bryan's chances in = miraculous
way. a New Jersey farmer 10
prepared to make affidavit that.
the tails Of q litter Of. young pigs
naturally curl into the initials aW..
j. b." the neighborhood censid-
ering it as an omen that Bryan
will surely be the next President.
i is New Jersey also that sends
another wierd story, of the monO-
gram wv. ], b" being found on
a newly laid egg and the imme-
diate conversion Of the surround-
ing community 70 the Bryan
cause. The press bureau Of the
the Republican campaign com !
mittee will soon have to get into
working order and discover the
name of their idol on the south
quarter Of the moon. Mckinley
is two laps behind il New Jersey
at least. u
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
GOOD DEMOCRATIC LYING.

The gentleman who is editing
the next Democratic campaign is
as well qualified for the business
as It he had served apprentice
ship on the Capital. His name is
Abbot and he is about as cheerful
a liar as one could wish to hear.
He recently gave utterance to the
following: Ss ..+@4.ss
A certain mine at Wardner, Idaho, il
owned by the Standard OH crowd. For
years it has been "non-union" mine
while the other mines In the district
were unionized. 1t paid wages more
than $3 week less than those of its
competitors, and naturally became q
menace to the welfare of all miners in
the district. One day gang of meu
went down to the mine and blew up It'll
concentration. Standard Oil influence
at Boise. City and Washington was
strong enough to cause a speedy decla
ration of martial law, aud since thai
time-eight months, now--the whole
country has been under military domt
nation. -".' PIP @# .S
That man speaks for the De,
mocracy which is personified ir
Mr.. William Jennings Bryan OF
Nebraska. He is the official
mouth-piece-the inspired oracle
of the political institution which
Silver Republicans are invited to
support, But, we guess it is all
right. Bartlett Sinclair will pres
emily shoot Abbot with one Of his
dou3.e barrel proclamations, and
that will be the end of it. But,
say, does it not look as though
Governor Steunenberg is liable to
be scrunched between the upper
and the neither m;llstone? ~'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
NO AMENDMENT NEEDED,

THE TRIBUNE is not troubled
with any morbid desire to discuss
the so-calted. Mormon question,
and we refer to it now only to
express a hope that the agitation
for an amendment to the federal
Constitution may cease. We do
not think that a constitutional
amendment aimed at polygamy
lS now needed. 1t seems to us
that it would be better to let the
matter rest. 1t should be borne
10 mind that but small portion
pit the Mormon people have ever
practiced polygamy, Those who
do not practice it have seen the
evilcousequencesw which flow from
IFS practice, the unhappiness which
causes in families, and that it
lenders the Mormon people OBJ
nOxious TO the prevailing senti-
ment of the age. No doubt a
great change is taking place.
he making and the enforcement
4 laws by Congress has had
Aomething to do with it. But
here has also been developing
or many years past among the
fOrmon people a asentiment which
has hada great deal to do with
bis change. The eradication or
discontinuanec Of polygauy is
perhaps due first to external pres
ure, but still more largely to the
fforts of people within the church
self to bring about the reform
/ the organization in that respect,
they realized that the. practice
sturbed the tranquility, impedeG
be progress, retarded the growth,
Arkened1the character, and de-
roysd the prosperity and hap
mess of the people. Wher
resident Woodruff's manifesto
as issued, the elders said i
me to. the people with all the
rce of revelation, and that il
as binding on them. Many
ormons have testified in court
at they regarded the manifesto
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
Weod River and Arney Id the
dumps. Arrangements have been

y
dumps. Arrangements have been
made for 2 little harmony meet
ing at HALEY on the sth. Chair
man Morrison seems to have
slipped up there without being
observed by the sentinels on the
watch towers. But what in
thunder is to be done? The
governor is three thousand miles
away, julie has got himself spread
out over several millions Of
acres of belligerent territory;
Bartlett is flying around like
creased lightning, and Arney is
in the dumps. 1t is a desperate
state Of affairs, either Flenner or
Horn must be detailed TO squelch
the Wood River rebels. 2sjs '5s "
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
The Necessary Link.

+ ~ As
Perhaps we were rash in buy.
ing the wagon, and perhaps we
ought not to have bought the
horse; but having made those In
vestments for better or for verse,
let US not now hesitate about buy
ing q set of harness. The way
to justify expansion Is to make
the most effective possible use of
what we have acquired. Our al.
tered position in both oceans.
coupled with the enormous recent
increase of our foreign trade,
must require larger and more
expensive navy henceforth than
we have maintained in the past.
a canal On Our owh soil, making
it possible for US to use the Gulf
of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
as great naval centers from which
our ships can have a quick and
safe passage to the Pacific, will
almost double the efficiency fer.
defensive purposes Of q givens
number of war vessels, and will
accordingly save us enough ON
our yearly naval billsito rneet all
interest and sinking fund charges
on the cost of the canal. Viewed
from the material standpoint and
tested as a bus mess. propositions.
the Nicaragua Canal is just as
necessary to the completion Of
our new territorial, commercial,
and strategical policies as the
harness is necessary tosthe utili~
zation of the horse and wagon
The indirect opposition. that has
made itself felt so powerfully at
Washington comes, of course, in
large part from transcontinentaI
railroad interests. This is nat-
ural enough, and it is merelywell
that the public should know it.
We have good reasons for going
ahead, and in the end these trans-
continental railroads themselves.
will be the richer for all the busi.
ness developments that may. fol.
low from the construction of
the interoceanic canal--From
"The Progress of the. World, !" in
the american monthly ReUitw OF
Rez1ews for February. eass
MONEY TO LOAN-InQulrS os
Frank J. Smith, Caldwell. Idaho.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03
A NISNoMER.

The Statesman recently had an
editorial on the Democratic. At
titude." (" 1t was misnomer.
There is no such thing as a Dem :
ocratic attitude. You might as
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03

the contrary, prides himself on
his will power. If somebody viii
clandestineiy mix q little Of that
serum with our victuals, it will be
all right.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-03

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The evening times., 1900-05-18
FUNERAL OF R. s. PosTEN.
The Body Cremated at n Local Tn.
dertaking Embellishments


The funeral services over the remains of
the late Robert s Posten took place yes
terday at Lees undertaking parlors. on
Pennsylvania Avenue. After the services
the body was cremated.
Mr.. Posten, who had been connected with
the Globe Publishing Company. died sud-
denly on Tuesday at his home, 1924 EIev-
enth Street northwest, from the results OF
an abscess Of the brain. The end came
very suddenly. He had been in good
health up to about week before his demise
and even after he grew i'll his condition
was not considered serious. On Tuesday.
however. the abscess from which he was
suffering permeated the brain tissues. and
death resulted almost at once.
Mr.. POsten was born in Kansas thirty
six years ago. He was q college graduate.
With his wife he had travelled over nearly
the entire earth for business and pleasure.
He was a man of amiable qualities who
commanded the respect and the esteem of
those who met him His family consists
OF the widow, Mrs Posten- There are no
children
The evening times., 1900-05-18
4 NOTED BURGLAR CAUGHT.
Wanted for Crimes Committed In
virginia and Tennessee.

NEW YORK. May 1s.-Charles McCabe,
alias Ed. Carney, alias Whitley" one of
the most notorious burglars and bank rob-
bers IN the South and West, is under ar
rest at police headquarters The police Of
at least two Southern cities want him
very badly. In Strasburg. Va. he is
charged with being one of a gang Of burg
lars, who blew up the vaults of the Mas
ssQutten Bank, In broad daylight, and he
is also wanted in Nashville, Tenn, where
he broke out Of jail in August, 1898, while
he was serving sentence Of seventeen
years for burglary Sheriff Spiker, of
Suasburg, is already in town with requi-
sition papers for the criminal McCabe.
however has demanded a hearing, and he
will have one Saturday in the criminal
branch OF the Supreme Court.
Captain McCluskey said that 1t was a
very good catch. ''McCabe." he said lis
one Of the most daring burglars in the
country. We have him identified ali right.
II he does not go back to Strasburg he
will go to Nashville. where he broke Jail.
So he is in for it sure"
The evening times., 1900-05-18
CHARLES L. MUM SENTENCED.
To BE Hanged July - for the Murder
Of Robert r. Turner

Charles l. McUin, convicted Of the nur-
der Of Robert E. Turner. on December 29
last. was today sentenced by Justice CIa-
baugh to be hanged in the District jail on
July % next, between the hours Of noon
at 2 p. m.
A motion for new trial and arrest of
Judgment was argued before Justice CIa-
baugh last Friday. but the opinion of the
court was not announced until this morn
ing.
The evening times., 1900-05-18
PRoPOsALs ZOE CoNsTRUCTING ARCH OvE

PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING ARCH OVER
TIE NOCTH OF BROAD BRANCiI-OFFICE
OF THE COMMISSIONERS D. C.. Washington. ID.
c.. May =, I9D0.-SEALED PROPOSALS viii be
received ar this ofice Until = O'CLOCK NOON
on SATURDAY, JUNE 9. IOO0- for cOnstrDcting
arch over the north Of Broad Branch. AT neces-
say information VIII be furnished on application
to tie Ezgiaeer Commissioner D. c. together
With specifications ard blank forms Of proposal
T. B. F. MCFARLAND. JOHN ". ROSS. Ian
SING H. BEACH, Commissioners d. c.
uiyI7-6t-exSu
The evening times., 1900-05-18
muscular Rneuma1Ism curea

For the relief and cure Of muscular rheumatism
Chamberlain's Pain Balm has become famous
One application relieves the pain. Mr. r. Wheeler
Of Northwood. n. y. in speaking Of this, SAYS:
During the winter Of 1885 was so lame in INV
joints in fact all over my body, that I couId
hardly hobble around. when / bought a bottle Of
Chsmberlain's Pain Balm From the first applica-
tion ! began to get well. and was cured and
have worked steadily all the year" Pain Balm
is for sale by Henry Evans, wholesale and retail.
and all dTuEgistA
The evening times., 1900-05-18
On to vfew the sun,s EcI,nxe

PRINCETON. n. J., May 1S.-The party
of Princeton professors who will view the
suns eclipse at Wadesboro. n. c., left
Princeton yesterday morning. Professors
Young, Reed, Magic. and Libbey, and
Messrs. McClenahan and Russell made up
the narty
The evening times., 1900-05-18
Portrait of IN. O. Hoffman.

The artistic and iifelEke portrait nf R. O. Holsz-
man, which was recently presented to the St. Vim
cent Orphan Asyf t-' his wife. hes been ap-
propriately placed. All who desire 20 see the
painting will be welcomed at the asylum The
portrait is considered remarkable likeness
The evening times., 1900-05-18
Miles view OF THE ARMY
The General Commanding Approves
the Reorganization Plans.

I'm N Letter to Secretary Root He
Urges the Benefits Of the Bill Now
Before ConGress-The Danger in
Delay-NOIuntcers Must of NeceS-
sity Re Mustered Out in July. 1901.