Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-08-19
SENATOR HEPBURN.

caption is remarkable from more view
points than any perhaps we have ever
had the pleasure of reading, no matter
what the subject. The most conspicuous
feature, however, in our opinion, is the
innate manliness which breathes from
every sentence; striking contrast in
deed to the low, ruffianly tone of the
inspired articles attacking the senator.
The contrast which must ever exist be-
tween the feur-de-lis of clean journal
ism and the red rag of the sans-culottes.
Says the journal referred to:
"In the moment that w. B, Hepburn
became the republican caucus nominee
for senator in congress, movement
vas started to accomplish his political
downfall. There was nothing extraor-
iinary about that. Such things always
happen to successful men in every walk
of life. We all envy the man who rises
above US and hate him to destruction if
we happen to want to go up ourselves
and his going up doesn't give us lift.
Mr.. Heyburn's success sounded the
doom of a good many noble aspirations.
We had one. ourself.. and as we brood
ed over its haggard remains our soul
yearned for revenge. But time, the
healer, is gradually patching up the old
sore and it is coming to be with us that
we can look upon that .mangled aspi-
ration with a degree of complacency.
Some of the other boys, though, got hit
harder than we did or else they are en-
lowed with less Christian grace than
we are. Figuratively speaking those
ire still after Senator Heyburn's scalp.
Now they haven't anything in the
world against Hepburn, except that
hey did not play him to win. These
Boys are all right they had a substan-
.ial grievance. The healer will cure
Them in due time. But there is another
lass of Hepburn haters who are striv-
ng against him because they cannot
Use him. On account of these we will
Jury the last vestige of our own disap-
continent in order that we may tell our
eaders just exactly what is the matter
With Senator Hepburn.
in the first place, he is big, brainy,
Independent man. He abhors cant and
demagogy. What he believes, he be-
iieves, and is always ready to justify in
reason and ready to advocate in public.
He may rarely form wrong conclusions,
out never from improper motives. But
whatever his conclusions, he is never
wanting in argument for the faith that
is in him, nor in ability to expound it.
Being physically large and always a
Jealous and powerful advocate, it is
quite natural that his very earnestness
should be taken for arrogancy. In his
way, he is an aristocrat, but before
condemning him for that, you should
know his way. He is the kind of arts
tocrat who would scorn to belittle you
by playing the demagogue to you. He
is the kind of aristocrat who believes
that every man who is good enough fol-
anything is good enough to be treated
like man. Whomsoever he meets al
all, he meets face to face, shoulder tt
shoulder, asking for nothing but what
is mans right, giving everything thai
is mans due.
''They seek to prejudice you by charg
ing that Hepburn is corporation law
yer, the enemy of the common peopl,
and all that kind of Bryanistic stuff
AS a lawyer Mi. Hepburn will take car
t of the interests of his client whethe
corporation or individual, but acting il
any public capacity he will be for tn
right and justice which belongs to tn
people. We have known Senator Hey
=, burn pretty well for 20 years, and ofte
= met him where the interests of tn
classes and the we'll being Of the masse
! clashed; and Notwithstanding that W
are yet in half mourning over mul
> dered aspiration, truth compells us
It admit that nearly always, he was Q
d the side of the masses. We recall
!. particular case. The sheep questic
= was raging before the committee G
resolutions. Some of the sheep king
e were expatiating On the prodigious in
s. portance of the sheep raising industi
t, and explaining what calamitous mistal
r it would be to permit anything to hind
70 OF hamper it. When Dir. Hepburn toe
a turn he said tiat he was favorab
ie disposed toward every legitimate il