Lewiston daily teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1901, 1900-11-02
Political aud Other Notes.

Considerable amusement was created
in scientific circles when an old Babyl-
oman tablet was translated. The date of
the inscription on the tablet antedated
the Christian era by about two thousand
years and in it an old man was bewail-
ing the degeneracy Of the times. He
made the complaint that when he was
young he had no pleasure because the
boys and young people had to give way
in everything to the old people. He had
therefore anticipated growing old with
considerable pleasure. Behold now he
was old and times had changed. It was
the old people who were on the shelf
and boys in his time were not as polite
and considerate as boys were when he was
young. How like the writings of certain
old meu in this year 1900.
The old fellow went on to complain
about the unjustness of the rich towards
the poor and in this respect he was al.
most alike in his reasoning as in the case
Of the naughty boy complaint. When he
was young and his grandfather was in
business all men stood on an equality.
But now the rich were depressing the
poor and there was no show for a man
except to cut the throat of the rich man.
History shows us that the oppression of
the poor by the rich in those times may
have been true complaint founded on
facts. But to make the same complaint
in these days in free republic like the
United States seems a ridiculous thing.
here we have the ballot exercised by all
and no restrictions except age and ability,
IN some states to read and write the Eng
llsh language, the language of the coun-
try. With full representation of the
people by the people for the people
and with a majority rule such as the
world never before witnessed there are
men who will rise up to rouse all that is
worst in human nature by appealing to
the unfortunate and the idle and vicious
to rise against the men who have made a
success in life. 1t is not asked of them
~ AN 1SSSSA " lASlA OutACS % NAllZCAS,
to take better care of themselves before
the primaries meet; to see that the men
who attend to the nominating of men for
office are truly representative of the vot
ers; to act as intelligent beings and re-
fuse to obey the behests of what is called
the machine" in politics; or to act each
one individually in helping to enforce the
laws. These things are not asked of
them. They are asked unhesitatingly to
OF men like Croker and men like Jones,
VINO III the newspapers this morning are
advising democrats to go to the places
next week where the votes are being
counted and go with clubs in their hands.
1hey are inflamed day after day with ap-
peals to the common people" as they
are SO patronizingly termed, to array
themselves against the moneyed classes.
4hey are told that when one class sue
ceeds another must go down. They are
not told to so conduct themselves that
there shall be no classes in this free re.
public, but they are advised to so act
that they will divide themselves naturally
into classes and then it will be the duty
OF the rich and those who have anything
al stake to combine to protect themselves
against these poor self-abased citizens.
The United States is advancing faster
than any other nation of the world. 1t
mas secured foremost place within a
very few years. There has been an in
crease of over II per cent in
the population of the United States in ten
years past. Bank deposits have increased
In number and amount and the increase
IN individual deposits has been over ten
per cent in the last year alone. The
number of farm mortgages has decreased
When we compare at the same time the
increase in acreage and the number of
men engaged in the industry. There has
peen an average increase in wages of
about IS per cent. There has been
wonderful increase in manufactures and
IN exports to the whole world. In the