Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-26
PULSE OF THE PRESS,


less than skillfully manipulated games
at which everything of Importance is
arranged long before hand by the
''bosses" and their tools and no more
represent the desires or wishes of the
whole people than if they had no right
to voice in them at all, remarks the
Grangeville Standard-News. You can
frequently hear '1eader" say, we do
not want a smart man for certain
offices, the legislature in particular, we
want some one we can handle.
Speaking of Mr.. Borah, Idaho's new
senator, the Boise Statesman says:"We
who know him will always know he is
acting from the highest motives; that
his feet are fixed firmly upon the great
principles of justice and truth, and that
the triumph will come which belongs to
those, who with steadfast determine
ton, work for the right with courage,
ability and faithfulness.
AS matter of fact the burden to the
entire people of the state could be les
sened much better by an equitable rail
way assessment, power for which is al
ready in the hands of the governor and
the board he is upon, than can be
granted by any railway commission, and
the former would cost the state abso-
lutely nothing, remarks the Capital
News.
The North Idaho News remarks that
watching the proceedings of the state
machine from distance one can not
but admire the smoothness with which
Governor Gooding and the Mormon
church work everything. The paper
fears the machine has made many dem
ocrats out of heretofore republicans.
The Salt Lake Herald believes the
hyphenated /. Bryan merger
should be reversed. ''In all the com
parsons that can be produced, Bryan
was first in the field and has continued
true to his convictions"
The man who stands on the side of
truth and good character is the coming
public man in this country, is the opin-
ion of the Lewiston Tribune. The
Tribune notes general and growing
movement in favor of better morals,
and even the man in politics is not 60
ing to be permitted to stand in the way
of such movement with impunity. The
time has come for general elevation
to higher ideals along all lines.
Speaking of the election of senator
the Moscow Journal observes that the
members of the legislature, with COM
mendable fidelity, faithfully carried out
the desire expressed in the republican
state convention. Time was saved.
There was no trading and dickering and
scheming for votes to control the caucus
nomination.
In congratulating Senator Borah upon
his accession to the high place to which
the people of the state have called him,
the Lewiston Tribune also congratu-
lates the state. "Mr. Borah has won
his honors fairly and openly, the whole
state passed judgment upon his candi-
dacy and approved it, and popular gov
eminent has received distinct vindica-
ton in the outcome"
Tillman was up against mighty hare
proposition in the Brownville incident,
is the opinion of the Capital News. He
either had to stand by Roosevelt or de-
fend the negro soldiers. He chose the
negroes.
Telegraph editors of daily papers
nearly died from heart failure wher
they read a dispatch to release the
presidents dam message" The Capt.
tai News assures its readers that the
scribes recovered, however, upon assur
ance that no disrespect to the president
was intended, but that the message haC
reference to the dam in the Colorado
river to prevent it's waters from flowing
into the Salton sink
Ellen Terry, the great emotional act
ress, has sailed from Southampton, Eng.
land, for America. Before leaving she
said: 81 will star in all the civiiizec
portion of America, which is that por
ton east of Chicago and north of Wash
ington." This leads the Idaho Post tx
say that Miss Terry may be clever
woman-she may be almost as great a.
a legion of shrewd and well paid adver
Using agents have made her appear
But in the face of these things the Pos