The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-01-25

a quarter of century ago.
Tn looking over The Scimitar's scrap books we
find an interview with him in the Boise Statesman
in 1887, twenty-one years ago, as follows:
OUTLOOK AT WASHINGTON.
Return of John NJ Lamb-WhGt We Mast DO
to Be SaUed.
A renorter of The Statesman interviewed John
M Lamb ESQ., this week, who has just returned
from trip through the Eastern States; He found
the gentleman in talkative humor and the Hollow
ing IS the substance of what was said:
Reporter-Have you been as Tar east as WASH
ington and Boston! - ~,
Mr.. Lamb have and while in Boston | called
on Charles F. Adams president of the y. T. Kali
road Company, and conversed with him as to his
views upon Idaho Mr.. Adams expressed himself
as satisfied that Idaho had great future and that
he believed the increase in population ana wea g,
during the coming year would be much greater than
during any previous year of its settlement lie also
said that what Idaho people want to do is to lay
before foreign capitalists the resources OF ter ter
ritorv and make the cost OF irrigation as cheap as
possible to Settlers thereby inducing the settlement
of her valleys by the tide of immigration now HOW
ing westward. ,, :: uo-o
Renorter-From what you and heard, is there
anv probability of division of Idaho? :,
Mr., Lamb-If the people of Southern Idaho Will
show such energy as they should under the clrcum-
stances and exercise proper udgG en- n au think it
will be done This division trouble has been Drought
about by political chicanery, careleSSy tamPern1g
with the sacred rights OF the people, ana 1t shouu
stand as lesson for all time to come that the sue
cess of political party is not so great as to uSt1y
imperiling the rights of State or territory
Reporter What do you mean by saying t1at 'ne
trouble was brought about by political ch1canery!
Mr. Lamb mean this, that in 1882 L. f. olngserr
went into the northern counties and pledged hirnsen
TO few people who in favor OF Segregation 10
divide the territory if they would carry the nortne
counties for him The people of Southern Idaho
looked upon the matter as more OF Joke than any
thing else and voted their party ticket ana MI
Singiser, Republican, became delegate TO
The Democratic party seeing that Mr. ollglsel
worked the dodge nicely concluded tney Wo :i 10y
it next time, and Mr.. HALEY went north with one
eye partially closed to effect the same opJect anu
defeated Mr. Singiser for Congress for the reason
that Mr. Singiser had not accomplished what the
segregatonists wanted. Mr.. Haley then went TO
Washington, and not only consented but WORKED TOT
Congress to do in the matter but to pass the Dill
setting the northern portion of Idaho over to WASH
ington territory when the delegate from washington
was asking for it and the delegate from ldaho Was
working to give it away? You know the result
the bill did pass and had it not been tor MS gNse
lency Grover Cleveland, President OF the Ohltea
it was wrong to divide State or territory in such
a hurry and without first submitting the question
fairly to the people, the political dodge would nave
severed large and prosperous territory sr TIC
majority of the people were aware OF the Danger.
Reporter-What bills were introduced TINS SESSION
of Congress concerning the division OF Idaho? :;
the Senate bv Turpie of Indiana, to add portion
of North Idaho to Washington; by McCulum, OF
Illinois, to add Beaverhead and Missoula counties IN
Montana, to IDAHO and similar bills will be 1ntro-
duced in the House after the holidays, as well as
bill to attach the Occur dAlene country to Montana
Reporter-Do you think that Mr. Stewart f mas
given up the annexation of Southern Idaho to We
vada? ~ -. ::
Mr.. Lamb-No, by no means. He is waiting, IN
my opinion, for to drop the matter. and when
we think everything is safe he will spring 1t upon
ob+ hear