The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-26

/ upon election day that they are not for |
getful of the lessons of the past, and are
intelligent enough to comprehend the (
lessons of today and the dangers which
confront them,s'
VOTERS WERE WARNED IN 1892.
In the 1892 we were living under
prosperity resulting from the application
of the Mckinley tariff bill. 1t was per-
haps the best planned tariff measure
that ever was enacted by any party. 1t
had not only been enacted and was Just
being applied, and the prosperity Incl
dent to it was being enjoyed by the
people when the American people voted
the Republican party out of power.
When they placed the stamp of their
condemnation upon this splendid legis-
lation known as the Mckinley Bill, they
voted away the prosperity and happi-
ness of their homes We warned you on
that day that you dare not tamper with
that question; and when l say 1--WE" I
mean those who spoke for the Republi-
can party-warned them that the tariff
bill, the protective tariff policy of the
Republican party, was the foundation
and shett anchor of their prosperity.
But you looked at us in the face and
smiled. why" they said, "the Amerf-
can people are so established that
nothing can disturb their PROSPERITY
for it rests upon general principles out
side of legislation; they would be pros
porous in the absence of the Mckinley
tariff bill or of the protective tariff
policy of the Republican party"
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED
We warned them that they were mis-
taken, but there had grown up genera
ton of young voters in the country
since the time when the Democratic
party had been last in power who were
carried away by the promises of Demoe,
racy that if they were returned to power
the prosperity of the country would not
be disturbed. They had seen partial
Democratic administration in 1884 when
Mr.. Cleveland was first elected; there
was a Republican congress that prevent
ed the application of the doctrines of the
Democracy to the affairs of this country !;
and they reminded us there was no panic
when Mr.. Cleveland was elected in 1884,
2 and they cited that as reason for deny
ing the correctness of our prophecy
E when we told them that in the year
6 1892 conditions were different, and that
democratic congress and democratic
> plCSlQGD WOulu nave Tic pONGI "
out the pledges that were written in the
3 democratic platform, and that if they did
carry them out that it would mean the
destruction of the prosperity of our
4 country.
/ Idaho in that hour went crazy. When
:. | recall the theories and doctrines ad-
j vanced in that administration, am
!. stricken with amazement and wonder
that any people should go SO far astray
In 1892 we had just been made state
A republican congress had created the
state of Idaho, then the territory Of
II Idaho They had placed us among the
It sovereign states of the union, and we
o professed pride becoming our posi-
e ton. We strutted for a few month:
k upon the stage in the light of the prom
e Use of our greatness We boosted o.
is the great position we assumed to occup,
lie among the states; girded ourselves witt
d intelligence and patriotism and ther
d went to the polls i'll 1892 and cast the
l. vote of Idaho for whom?
n IDAHO FALLS IN IT'S INFANCY.
2 Did you ever hear of a man by tn,
IL name of Weaver? do not believe man,
: of you know who he was; and he i
ST the man to whom Idaho's vote went
The first time they came to the poll
they cast their vote for Weaver o
Iowa | am justified in almost stammer
E ing over the state from which he came
l. because he has not been heard of since
} and | do not suppose ever will be again
D What kind of political sanity was that
m II was done under the unholy combina
'r ton between the Populist and Democrat
,r ic parties with the hope of defeating tn
l. | ranuhI,can arf1 aud hr0,,nbt
as upon the heads of the people o
Idaho and the heads of the people O
ie this nation, from one end of it to tn
ie other, disaster and ruin, to which tn
E ruins of the temple pulled down by Samp
Is son was slight. AS soon as it wa
W known that the people had shown symp
&c toms of being no longer capable of sci
government as soon as the election re
al turns advised the people of the Unite
~ States that the Democratic party wa
~ placed in absolute power IN both house
e, of congress, and in the Whitehouse,
ne tremor of paralysis passed through tn
n frame of this nation which laid in ruin
81 at your feet your hopes, your fortunes
~ your prosperity. and your dreams of hap
he piness. Many before me who remembe
IL it wildly, and to those of you who
cd not, and some of you were small chile
m rem in that day-and it was only siS
mt teen years ago-I can refer you to til
gn older members of the community and I
ey the written records of every communit
of in the land.
ey PROSPERITY PROCEEDED THE PANIC
on Both parties, all parties, in their pla
,e- forms in 1892, boosted of the prosperi
or of the country. The Republican par
or in justification of the wisdom of its col
l troll; the Democratic party, for the pu
* pose of demonstrating that the ice W;
OF thin and unfit to skate on; the populi
DIV party for the purpose of laying foun