The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-24
DEMOCRACY DEAD.
Stennenberg Wearing Holes In TIE
Knees Of His Brooches Praying For
M0rmeH support 5000 Labor
Votes Against Hlm--Infa-
nous Permit SYs- ".a

Charles Leary, the we'll Known labor
reformer, writing from Lewiston, Ida
no, to the Spokane Freemen's Labor
Journal, comments on Idaho politics
as follows:
"NOw, the old time.honored Demo-
cratic party has been out on a pasture
rich in thistles and bunch grass, and
its great long ears loom up above the
pineboard fence surrounding the bull
pen and its wild braying is something
awful. 1t wants peace. 1t has been
always noted for mistakes. While not
as long engaged in history and law
writing as Moses, it has several thous-
and per cent more mistakes to its Gre
dit, and is proud of it.
Il made fatal mistake when it Sc
lected Frank Steunenberg as its candi-
date for governor. He was Demo-
GRAFT in name only. To catch the Dyed
in-She-wool he talked himself red, black
and green il the face over the ruthless
way Grover Cleveland "sent the SOL
diers of the federal army into sover-
eign state to murder poor workingmen
-trampiing the great constitution in
the dnstw Well, he went into the
trampling business himself in the
Occur d'Alenes. Thus he proved him"
self hypocrite and false to the last
| pledge his party made--to catch votes.
Now Steunenberg is candidate for
United States Senator to succeed Sena"
| tor Shoup. When the Republican par
| ty was in sore straits in Ohio last fall
over the detection of thousands of lab
or votes, Steunenberg was called to
Washington; for Mckinley felt that
he had been made to kick hat with a
brick under it when he ordered the
| troops into Idaho to enforce the in
famous permit system and hold a
thousand men in Jail for months with
out trial and without even charge of
crime against them. Of course, Stsun-
enberg came out in circular which
was sent into every state where doubt
was felt because labor was in arms
stating that Mckinley was not to
blame, nor the Republicans; but he
alone was to blame. Thus he saved
Ohio at least. But now look at hiE
party in Idaho. More than 5000 labor
votes in arms; it is denounced anC
damned for treachery to its only strong
! al 1 inh oil
for it to elect single legislator; thu
governor himself is down on his knees
before the Mormons of the state plead
ing for their help to save him by de
nouncing congress for expelling POlyg
amist Roberts. Going still further, h
has extended the Infamous permit sys
tenn so as to include men who own thei
own claims, and thus drove the voter
from the state; he took away Ed Flana
gan's Office as justice of the peace, mai
who had committed no greater otfens
than to be elected by receiving ever
vote that was cast in his precinct; sim
ply because it was believed he could &c
, ono more vote to help boost him int
! the senatorship.
= The Democratic party in Idaho
- dead, and there never will be agai
y damphools enough on any proposition
= to enable it to get foothold in an
- county. The Labor party and the oil
Republican party are to be the res
things in the great battle of ballot
this fall. The fight will be on lines g
y lofty principle, but we expect to hes
= the bray of the Democratic ass at il
= ter7als. Just watch the Labor part
! move"
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