Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-25

Wherein have the people whom you
have sent into these great bodies OF the
government betrayed you?
"roorHAcHE" PANIC LAST FALL
| Last fall there was financial panic
Of small extent; one of those sharp
| what | call "toothache" panics. Most
| excruciating pain, with plain remedy
in sight. as there is always of the dent
lists forceps to cure a tootache So
and it was at the hand of the Republican
party and they applied it and it disap-
peared and it is only what you might
call a long distance telephone panic.
had man in the last few weeks tell
me the panic is not past yet Where
is the center Of the panicf Why, in Los
Angeles they are having hard times. |
You meet man from Los Angeles; no,
they are not having hard times there,
but they are over in Galveston. 1t is
always somewhere elsa long distance I
panic'-for today there is no panic
Go out and look at those fields, those
trees loaded with fruit, and those trains
OF cars taxed to their Utmost capacity to
carry II to market such as the world
has never known. Yesterday, | stood in
an orchard between Payette and
Plymouth which the owner told me
would yield him a thousand dollars per
acre profit, and he was trying to get men,
boys and women to pick the fruit for
market
HARD rIMEsS NOT AT PRESENT
Hard times2 With wheat at the price
II is selling now? Hard times? With
from sixty to thirty bushels per acre in
the state OF IdahoY Hard times? With
a crop of 100000 bushels of wheat on
the fields OF Idaho. Hard times? With
a clip of 25,000,000 pounds of wool this |
Year, (Applause.)
| do not want to point you out as a |
person for criticism, but a man in the I
gigor of his youth who talks hard times /
in the state of Idaho has certainly made ,
mistake in the direction of his cndeavor
prolonged applause)
have seen some evidence OF the
anne bird to which referred. The
'tate convention has been held, and :
las performed what it believed to be its 2
luty, and it is the duty OF the Republi-
ans of the state to accept its work !
whether they approve of it entirely or !
lot Bear in mind that this world is ;
me Of averages; that is all you can get
n business; that is all you can get in d
hose legal principles or declarations !
70 man can have everything he wants 7
Zach man under government such as :
urs comedies something in order that 3
e may derive some benefit from others
EPUBIIcAN TICKET REPRESENTS PRINCIPLE {.
That principle is behind the candidates !,
1 the Republican party in this state =
hey represent principle. If their names !,
'ere changed they would still represent i
rinciple, and it makes no difference to =
on whether their names are John Jones Il
r John Smith. They are Republican :,
ominees standing upon the Republican Il
latforn, representing Republican prin- n
piles, and you cannot cut them out of =,
without substituting for them the op- =,
osition whether it be Dubois Democ- +
lcy or some other Democracy. Stand ~
y the Republican party and its ticket :,
nd vote it straight That-is the advice e
give and the advice of good citizenship -,
You have all received some share in u
presentation on this ticket Some =.
diculous charges have been made for :,
le purpose of diverting the attention of u
lie Republican party from those great
sues. They are false, but are being
'read over the land. | saw one in a
swspaper in regard to myself; as false 81
; it is possible for it to be. 1t says, to
Senator Hepburn comes out in opposi- SC
on to platform pledges of any kind" sa
was almost tempted TO use harsh lam tn
iage in discussing that statement. Oh at
'urse, it is not true. No man stands m
ore firmly for the pledges of the party OF
ian myself, but | want to know they yo
e the pledges of the party, not some a
ody's statement as to them | should ac
, the last man in this state, or among &c
ose, who would for moment coun-