The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-06-04

was so amended as tu make il in-
tolerable to the pepole of the south.
Ii was amended In such way as to
prevent its acceptance by any demo-
erat. There was put upon It what
they call In congress rider which
had no relation TO the real purpose of
the bin, but which was planned
wholly for Its defeat. The rider pro-
vided for an investigation into the
votes Of the negroes of the south and
the proportion that negro votes bear
to southern representation. Ii was
absolutely In no degree pertinent to
the purpose of the bill. What the
question Of the contributions OF the
life insurance companies of New
York, OF the Steel trust and the
Standard Oil trust and the protected
manufacturers throughout the nation
may have to do with the effort of the
southern states to prevent their gov
eminent from being seized by Hitter
ate and Incompetent voters Is not ap-
parent 1t appears that In order to
collect tremendous campaign fund
this year the republican party Is
willing to 60 to the limit against
every issue for which the people
stand. No tariff revision until after
election, but tariff commission to
collect campaign funds from the pro.
tected manufacturers. No financial
legislation or currency legislation um-
TIL after election. but commission
which will sit through the summer
and gather In funds from the bankers
and the financial institutions OF the
United States. No measures provid-
ing for the publicity Of contributions
made until after those contributions
have been paid In, the money ex-
pended and the election settled.
This is the honesty, the integrity
and the patriotism of the present
rules OF the republican party. The
entire session has been devoted to
taking out OF the pockets of the
American people money In taxes,
preventing any reduction In the
drain Of national revenues into the
pockets Of the handful of men who
enjoy republican protection, and now
at the last moment they destroy a bin
which was intended to ADVANCE the
cause OF honest elections -and to pre-
vent any future conferences between
two practical men, one in the White
House and one the most notorious
railroad manipulation of the United
States by which the gentleman In the
White House could secretly get s246,
600 for his own political benefit In
one state.
Once upon time, as the fairy stor.
les used to start, the New York Sun
had certain sense OF humor. That
was before 1t became morganatically
allied with Wall street. There ism I
any humor in Wall street any more.
1t Is dead, cold, hard business intend
ed to take the money out OF the peck
cts Of most Of the people and put into
the pockets of a few.
The Sun Informs US, apropos OF the
johnson campaign, In Alabama.
which resulted In Mr.. Bryar's 1elega-
ton being chosen by vote Of nearly
to 1. that:
The great body OF serious and
substantial and influential men had
abandoned all idea Of lighting largely
because there was no one TO fight for
and they were occupied with other
things
Influential men who are occupied
too much with other things to take
an interest In the government OF
their country, had better be left out
Of the political equation.
1.-THE rabble, especially In the re-
mote hiding places OF the hills, had
heard nothing but Bryan for twelve
years and their mental processes were
at best laborious.
This description from Governor
Johnson's second best newspaper
organ 10 New York of the farmers OF
Alabama, will appeal to the farmers
Of New York, OF Kansas, OF Mime
sofa and Of the Dakotas. They are
the rabble and their mental processes
are laborious according 10 Governor
Johnson's organ and therefore they
are not to be materially considered
10 politics.
But finally this cheerful Wall street
paper, which does not consider the
men who brought on the present
panic as constituting a raoble, says
this.
st is an entirely safe assumption
that less than 40 per cent OF the
voters at last Mondays primaries
had ever beard Of johnson or knew
what his contention meant"
That is exactly the reason, frankly
expressed by a newspaper which
desires to see the democratic party
beaten. Not 40 per cent Of the
voters, not merely In Alabama, but
In the United States, know Governor
johnson, and not per cent of tboss
VITO do know him understand as tht
New York Sun so kindly says, whal