The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-09-24
!. Professions and Promises
: Compared with It's
Performances.
hEsI1ABLE CALAMITY PARTY
....ehes the Gospel Of DiscOatent and
Wastes Time In Obstructing Wise
and BenefiCent Republican
Policies.

c,,vressman J. Adam Bede tells Of
..sting typical member of the party
n npmises and calamity hewlers. The
n,moerst had just come out of saloon
han he told Bede he had been buying
ma lining for his underclothes. In
snv to Bede's query as to how he was
,.#ius on, the unfortunate disciple Of
I.fersOn answered:
r,,t bis horse went dead and his mule
a went lame,
,,d he lost six cows In poker game;
Ssu hurricane came: on summers day.
Ia hew the house where he lived, away;
|el,S an earthquake came when that was
s id swallowed the land that the house
n stood OH,
H. the tax collector soon came round
ssd charged him up with the hole In the
3 ground.
Bede said that his friend thought that
\, carrying the single tax too far. But
you could analyZe his case and those
all chronic complainers and kickers
IN would find that, out Of a hundred
them, at least ninety-eight ought to
out and kick themselves.
Short on Performance.
Democrats do not know the meaning
"a he word performance" when ap-
sia to doing anything for the gen.
nal COED, the advancement of the hu-
atn race, or the betterment Of man
IND. As a party it has been trying
b write it for more than a full round
sRtury, and yet it has not succeeded in
iDrmng the first letter. To do anything
obstructive or of permanent benefit
semS utterly beyond it's neral and
pgchic conception, or physical capacity
90 perform. It's normal attitude is with
ID face to the past and it's back to the
iture. 1t never sees an opportunity I'M
y the issue has been permanently set
He'd by the Republican party and public
sentiment Then it will stand up, with
aAblushiRg and inconceivable effrontery,
AAd say: Il did it."
If the question of locomotion, with
depended upon the two limbs Of prom
Pc and performance, it would limp
AFOugh its course loathsome deformity.
me promise leg would reach several
Anes around the earth and then to the
Noon, while the performance member
~ud not be found, intact, with a pow
ftu magnifying glass. 1t has been q
sIpess victim Of promisephobia for a
1ared and one years, and there Is not
single symptom of relief in sight. The
sease is conceded by tine best author
aea to be fatal, but c slow death car
p@ itS own peculiar form Of retributive
PEashment.
Founded ON a Mistake.
Jefferson its father, while a man of
~ learning and consummate diplo-
ley' hated Washington, and early op-
@'u Tue cardinal principles Of the Fed
government. He organized the
Csaseratlc party to aid him in this op-
rau0a' Washington and Hamilton
ll'eu strong protective government,
aeiS0n wanted a weak Government
would govern the least" Founded
~ luea OF resentment, resistance, ne
I'M" SuOVerslon and an academic and
conception Of personal privilege,
parry mas quite naturally been
EAlinst all sane measures directed
'AFd the healthy progress Of the couu-
'uu Tue real advancement of its peo-
,n nt'HE party Of opposition and
m %t'loh It's policy has been to preach
'S ana foster discomfort; to prom
'e''tnlng and actually do nothing.
rarty Odium Under Jackson.
emerson was the founder of De-
% aey; Jackson is it's patron saint. At
II "eAefSonlan period, 18O1-25, came
N. 'a az 1S25-4O. The signiti-
% the jackson era of Democracy
n % sae fact that he was able to build
snea tu,ne from the rabble or the less
llv t ~ classes, that enabled him act
n c NJ assert his claims in conflict with
/ RsW OnsI!tufion and against the idea
bD ba puO'lcanlSm. He assumed a posi-
"S'Ween Congress and the naonIe os
sNe d" sD patriarchal ruler of the re-
Enist,,. Ihe curse of Jacksonis ad-
Met t~., was that it weakened re-
TIA S.. raw The first clear symptom
As tbs eille. OF healthy political spirit
b. to ~" TIion and reelection of Jack
SD Do me Presidency. His admipistra-
taip rNt teu a broad way for the demon
sopS "44HTStIormation Of the American
hlgsri,., Under Jackson, politics were
kved ~, ana American society was de-
aueDt ''S rlghtful influence over gov
n, ARTISANS, Not Patriots.
Ia R"ehty years from the defeat of
bugl.s =; III 1910 to the defeat of
Ter sn5 ~ 1850 brought additional dis
! aistratti.,o ulnm upon Democratic ad-
4 alwoUm The strength Of the party
d the @ ~. rested in the Solid South,
tes, n Hleducated riffraff of eur great
Uthern9 nTrlns the years mentioned the |
tritoria, democracy pursued a policy of |
btoad n~Ap.ahSlon, not out of patriotic |
be Of tnnp o'lVes, but for the sole pup
sates o nnSsre,9asing the number Of slave |
laaee l. thus preserve the sectional !
RaOPsbia me Senate. These wears are |
tsrritoritaIi history for the struggle
b the wa wa. acquisition, the struggle |
e Of 1850 tI Froyiso, the Compro-
aprOmisa the repeal of the Missouri |
for tbe' a 1or the long agony in Kan
ion, and 81 sensational bred Scott de- |
~ On SIT tot The reconstruction Of the
'etly sectional lines
During a az Moral Decay.
Years - eAese weighty history-mak-
FiEps the the Democratic party was