The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-02-10
SOME P0LIT-
icAL CURSES


Idaho has endured more political
curses than any other struggling COM
monweaIth in all the ciyiIized world.
The republican assassination Of silver
struck down our prosperity with shock
that paralyzed all commercial interest
for years; and it deprived rs of our
greatest natural resource for all time.
Our logical ratio Of progress from silver
alone has made us the wonder OF the
world in the decade that has just ended
The political loss on silver that was pro-
duced in the state last year was nearly
tl0,0OO,0OO. The loss of production,
and with legitimate profit has been more
than 500, ,0O0, 900, in this decade from
one political tragedy. The Mormon-re-
publican Doodle alliance that now dom
mates the political affairs Of the state is
another terrible tragedy. The public
treasury is looted to limit that even
nulifies the constitution. This alliance
| drives away the capital we need to de-
velop our resources Iemhi county lost
a very important commercial enterprise
just at this time Of our dawning boom
because the promoting capitalists took
fright at the shadow OF the prevailing
Mormon-repubIican Doodle alliance that
IL hanging over us like cloud of disas-
ter. 1t has gone forth to the business
world that this unholy alliance provides
inr the aegrandizement Of this fair state
ior political, commercial, and purposes
uf polygamy.
The very deceptive policy Of forest re-
serves is a political curse Tor Idaho.
Under the pretense that the timber i to
be preserved after every tract that the
monopolies wanted had been gObbled
and that the water sources required pro
lection where the water was abundant
and running to waste, very large por.
tion of the state has been confiscated
from the commonwealth by a high
handed republican procedure. Thi.
land is wanted bv growing class o.
aristOcracy, the members Of which vii
require control OF il from the govern
ment The timber will be sold to tn,
monopolies and the grass will be con
-umed by the rich mems sheep. TIL,
common citizen has lost all equity il
the public domain OF Idaho by this pol
iticaI curse.
The sheep men maintain a lobby il
the city OF Washington to influence leg
islation to deprive the common public o
the use OF the natural grass that grow
On the public domain All individual
NhD dit hut WEALTHY cuou-iH ~ btd ~
the privilege Of grazing their milk cow
and work horses on the public lands
viii be deprived by law of natural righ
as sure as the boO,lle retains its infiuencl
in congressional demands. Idaho ha
more millions of prize acres in leopard,
than any other state in the Union
Idaho's sheepmen are headed by tn
governor and the Washington lobby j
headed by the governors brother. Tn
Lemhi reservation is to be made win
ter headquarters for sheep that viii
swarm over the leased state lanGs, AM
the free domain of this country hence
forth. With a law to exclude the poo
mans milk cows and work horses iron
the reservations and state lands. tn
stink of the sheep will do the rest. Tn
ranchers viii be driven from the out ly
ing garden spots by the extension q
state selections, and the public Ian
lease system that is part OF the reput
lican Doodle scheme.