The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-11-22
SOME BRAIN LEAKS
A Few ideas Pefnlate thraeh the Brain
0! the fdlta while IN 4 Samnamhu-
hStk State.

III man desires to disgrace his
family he can be most successful In |
his inclination by running for Office.
We had exemplification OF this tru-
ism In the recent campaign. II
man has any secrets In his life which |
he wishes TO keep hidden from the
world he had much better keep at |
bis usual avocatiou and let some one |
Of a spotless character try to save
the country. One advantage OF |
most campaign stories they are gen.
orally so supremacy ridiculous that
there Is not one 10 ten who believe
them and the result is, that they act
as a boomerang.
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The convention which placed him
In nomination considered William L.
Mulkey a very exemplary citizen and
thought him man who would ap-
peal to the better judgment OF the
voters. Many Of Us were not only
surprised but horrifed to learn that
some years ago, when the cattle and
sheep men were having all kinds OF
trouble over grazing privileges that
Mr.. Mulkey dynamited dock Of
sheep. or course Mr.. Mulkey had no
recollection of committing the crime,
or In fact had never heard that such
a catastrophe ever took place. MIR.
Mulkey seems TO be man OF even
temperament, and never even took
the trouble to trace the story to It's
source. but kept right on saving
wood just the same as II 1t was an
every day occurrence to exterminate
few thousand sheep. II Mr.. Null
key did really dynamite that flock Of
sheep there surely must he a whole
lot OF sheep dynamiters at heart In
the county as he made the strongest
race OF any man on the ticket. He
| rar so strong In fact that after the
first Of January next he will enforce
the law as 1t has not been enforced
for years, and II there are any sheep
dynamiters left In the country they
will receive their just rewards.
-.
1t is true we had not been In the
' country long enough when the cam
paing began to know everybody's bus
: mess nor had we been permitted u
: dig among the old bones OF the skele
: tons In the various closets. 1T Is
: trite saying that "murder will out, :
e and when it was whispered arount
: town that DR.. Whitwell cane her
from Utah and was an ex-Morn.ol
> bishop, we surely were excused wheI
g we expressed surprise. DIR. Whitwel
|" tried to laugh the story out OF TIN
u minds Of the people that heard II
o but we presume he was afraid to at
e tempt to trace the story to It's sourc
q for fear that 1t would be proven upo
|. him that he was not only Mormo
bishop, but was strict disciple {
u President Smith with several wive
'r and forty-three children. In face
p the fact, IL reports we're true that b
D was a Mormon bishop DR.. Whitwe
or was elected on an anti-Mormon ticl
y ct, and will be present at the bisl
~ oo's convention In Boise the first
ID the year and no doubt will give I'll
10 ecclesiasts all sorts OF trouble befol
aAi
70 -.
ell The editor of the ether pap
err seems to take his defeat rather scr
n ously. He should not blame The IL
e. lcorder for what he Is In a measu
Ia responsible for. We know just no
,a he feels over the matter, as we ha'
- been there ourselves, and know no
ba to sympathise with him. Mr.. A
vo bott win have to learn that 1t Is n
A adyisable.to carry bis heart ON n
ho sleeve, and come up the next NOR
of ing after an election smiling ev'
q though things do not go as he wan
no them to go. OF course we unde
90 stand that he holds the writer
Is sponsible for the defeat of MAORI
t,s of the republican ticket, but then
a, were not running bis paper or thin
aIy might have resulted differently.
M The election Is now over, and
ac. for ~ Mr.. Abbott's troubles are co
rv- cerned they do not worry us, but
me are disposed to say few things
ole an aftermath which he might b
nts applicable to his case. For the pa
cor four or FIVE years Mr. Abbott \
tes considered that he was a priyiIeg
ST. characterize call democrats thie'
yes and robbers, and especially vent
tut spleen upon a woman, who was q
his fortunately placed 10 a position
the that she could not defend herse
en- At the beginning Of the campaign
IN. started out, from the force OF ba'
,w- we presume, with the same tacti
one He evidently found that he had
the I'D against an obstruction and
II not throwing his slime at won
and or some one who could not ese h
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mes
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