Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-10-13
LITTLE POLITICS.
"Old Reliable" Tells of COndl-
tons In His Neighborhood.

SsOtio III tlbo ANOs8'Ss'
Ruttabaga Gulch, Oct. 10, 1904
Dear Mister Editor
Well times ar about the same az
when writ the last time, Farmers
at all bizzy hawlin off Their grain
an tride tn pillow sum but the
darned ground wuz tn hard, we
all want some rane around here.
Well az politics is all the go now
days and mite tell you what i no,
Ii wont tell You all / no, but sum
ov it. l seed what that Nuze
man sed about me not haven emmy
edication, and he talked bout my
sociates, now l jist want to say as
I sed before that edication don't
put edication in a fellers he'd, but
sum times make big fool out OF
q TELLER, because he thinks he is
smart but no boldly else thinks so,
now l am q demikrat an hev been
fur q long time, I don't change
every year or two as Avery Moore,
Mr.. Mcdonald, and the Nuze man.
I am a demokrat frum principal,
not fur revenu only or fur offs.
I spect cude sho up about as good
a rekord as the nooze man any
way, don't boast about my an
cesters or degenerated kin folks,
nor am / ashamed NV them.
1t amuses me to see how the
Standard man and Muse man ie
fiten Dubois, they say he is nc
guide, an he is not Q demokrat, an
be is republican, an he is every
thing but guide, now if this il all
90 Gan it must be because it wuz in
the Standard) why in the devil are
they fiten him so hard, tel you
il is because they ar afeard ov him,
an we all no it, they wuz skeard te
deth nearly when Dubois wuz here
in this county, they are afeard ov
the Mormon question, I tell you
Mr.. Reeder, you must take one
side or tother, are you in favor Of
bigimy, poligamy or unlawful CO.
habitation? if you say no then you
are with US, an every man, woman
and child in the state is with us al
heart, An sum of them politithuns
are afrade they will vote against
the Mormon fellers.
hev been reeden q rite smart
lately an I find that the republican
polisy NV this State IL to turn the
State over to the Lumber and
Timber Syndicate. The Clear.
water River Franchise Syndicate,
The Wool Growers Association
Syndicate, and the Singer Beet
Syndicate, an their candidates wont
deny it; wuzent Morrison turned
down because he wouldent gran,
the Clearwater Franchise. You
bet he wuz. Wuzzent Turner
turned down because he woulden,
pay the shugar beet bounty. Jist
go, an you all no it. Haint Good.
en- sheep man, an one of the big
guns in the Wool Growers associa-
ton. Dident Jenkins write a
piece fur the Standard when ht
wuz q candidate sayin that hi
favored turner our River over t.
them Syndicate fellers, I tel You
farmers we ought to git some boldly
On the tiket what would allow ua
bounty ON raisen wheat, oat,
and barley, it is jist as fare an
challenge any Teller to dispute it.
these things is facts staren us ir
the face, an the candidates won
talk about it. Now Mr.. Voter
KUN rite out an ask yourself what
iB best to du, an don't let politikt
lead you astray, but vote for prin'
ciple.
Dident Gooden KUN here an bee,
Bob Jones cause he was a cattle
man, dident the Big Republican
Ring, ov which Ailshy is Captain
take things in their own hands an
run the kunvensh un, and it makes
TELLER laff to read SIGH rot az the
Standard is printin about the ring
when every boldly nos, that the
Republican kunvenshen wuz the
koarsest job ever put nd an carried
through in Idaho county.
The Standard is loosen its griI
10 these parts, it is jist like skult
boy stuff, no body believes any
thing it SEE emmy moor, cause i,
eez to many things what the people
is posted on, an 1t reads jist like
sum kid wuz doin the riten fur it.
We want You to send US speek'
or out here, an we wan him to tel
the people about the way we are
taxed for the Singer bounty and
how everything is going to be turn.
ed over to Syndikates which the
republicans dare not deny, coz il
is shurely true.
II you can send us a speaker let
me no and will get big crowd
out. Yours till next time,
OLD Reliable.
Card of Thanks.