The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-06-07

known how many times the
will have to do it to weau then
from their claim. They will d.
it again ii they do not dictate
the whole matter. If defeating
democracy entities them to it!
good old name-let them have it
they won it. No class of mel
ever won il more completely OF
more iguobly. But they are
democrats
Still our State men who were
tinctured with that faint did no
do so badly. They might, pos
sibly, have done it had they mo-
have foreseen that there woulc
be no hope, as a goodly number
of republicans had joined US
later.
But as to the next State cam
paign. THIS little band of Simon
pure, unspotted gentlemen want
ed to join with the wicked popu-
lists. The populists said: come
with us; our platform of princi-
Piles we believe is just, and, il
you believe it, we can join har-
moniously. The first thing they
offered was that they must have
Governor. Personally | could
see no reason for their presump-
ton, unless it should be that, by
atidavits filed, they thought
that they had proved they
were running in the former cam
paign. The populistic democrats
yielded to their arrogant demand
and they took first choice all the
way down. But when they look
ID it over-for shame, not. for
Ialrness-they pledged themSelv-
IS to use all honorable efforts to
secure a Legislature that wonld
give the United States Senator
to those who had been populistic
IN the former campaign. This,
some, even of the joint conven-
ton, faltered in their doing, and
many of their branch failed to
try TO redeem their pledge, But
hey failed To get enough who
we're willing to work their plan;
although quite a per cent of their
class never ceased their unfair
treachery. We carried the state
overwhelmingly; but as soon as
the shouting over our victory
had died away there was a class
Of this branch of good democrats
who could see so clearly that if
their branch of the party should
play a bold stand-''go it alone"
they would be especially vic
torious. They failed to make
that clear to the voters and we
joined again, to victory. But in
the last campaign the office-seek.
and arrogant party by hard
and steadfast urging of their
succeeded in impressing
upon our state convention their
views. 1t is true some of their
candidates on the state ticket
were noble men; l know of none
who were bad. They were all
good enough for me to vote for;
but evidently there was a feeling
abroad that the domineering
branch had come to the conclu-
sion that they desired no part
nership longer.
The result ! Let them tell it.
For my part there is no pride in
such democratic defeats.
A noble statesman and d guar
dian OF us all, as a father, went
down to defeat in our candidate
for governor, and the ticket fol
in his trail. There is al
old saying ''that experience is a
hacd school but fools will learn
IN no other" Let that wing of
the den ocrat party study that
saying Wei. They have found
true. They will find it true.
There is no occasion for the dem
ocracy of Idaho to be defeated;
but just so long as that wing of
the party assumes to dictate and
-go 1t alone-they can, perhaps,
have the honor of nominations
in their conventions; of doing the
hard work of campaigning and
spending their money as if it
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