Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-05-04

We are of the opinion that this
country is on the eve of a political
revolution. Great changes are going
on continually, The people are
studying the conditions and will
have but little use for the stump
speaker or the professional poll
tician. The trusts are forcing the
people to study their own best in
terests, and they begin to realige
that strikes and force will not ac
complish the object sought. The
more they study the situation the
more apparent it becomes that the
ballot is the only weapon to use,
and that it will speedily right the
wrong9 and regulate al matters
political. The judicious use Of the
ballot is the only, safeguard Of
liberty, and when freed from par
tisan bias will quickly accomplish
all that the people crave.
Don't you think you ought to
help the poor fellows who are
forced (?) to combine into pools
and trusts to get few more mil
lions SO that their wives and
daughters can wear more diamonds
and make great European catches
and lord it over the foreigners,
don't you know? The American
yoter-king ought to put up with a
dug-out for a hahItation, and any
kind of swill or hog feed is good
enough for him to feast on. But
the poor fellows who work so hard
to get UP the trusts and combines,
and the promoters of the deleetable
gold standard should be supported.
Now when you find what ticket is
supporting and backing these hard !
working fellows, be sure to shout
and vote for them, and we'll show
these burned furriners that we have
richer and better men than they
have. Sabe?
F, Holden and r. T Goldsmith
came in from Fillmore county,
Minnesota, yesterday morning. Ye
editor, when a small boy, knew
many of the friends and relatives
of these gentlemen, and it seemed
like old times to chat with them
about "Auld Lang Syne." They
are seeking homes where the air
and water are pure, the soil rich
and many opportunities for ad-
vancement, and where the festive
storm or cyclone cannot get start.
This great western empire is now
beginning to attract many thou
sands of homeseekers who dispose
of theii homes in the east and cut
| loose from all their old associations
because of the many pests and
natural disadvantages that they
have to contend with, and settle
down in this much favored land
where bugs are very scarce, horse
flies almost unknown and fynets a
curiosity. Where the rotation of
crops has never failed, and a soil
to produce them that has no su-
perior. Where the fruits are un-
excelled for size and flavor and the
troublesome appleworm has no
, habitation. Where hogs thrive on
native grasses and hog cholera un-
heard of. Where breeding and the
branding iron are the only requi-
sites in raising horses. Where the
nights are cool and sleep is refresh
ing IN thu warmest weather. Where
the winters are short and mild and
the gentle zephyred chinook plays
the deuce with 'the beautiful and
starts off nature with bright
green garb. Where the people are
wide awake and intelligent and the
school their pride and glory Where
there are many old bachelors and
few old maids. Where health is
the rule and doctors do not way
rich. Where pennies do not cir
culate and zwei glass bottled beer
costs two bits.