Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-09-18

hold until defeat stares them in the face
and then it viii snap ike a SPIDERS
thread. We must snap the thread and
then the Drcongruous combine will dis
appear like ehaf before the wind.
Then, too, we have an obstacle to
contend with which was wholly absent
from our former victorious campaigns
the check to our wonderful prosperity
the late panic. That is all over"
you say; yes, unless Bryan with this
rabble behind him should be elected and
IN that egent-may God have mercy on
US! The panic is over-thanks to the
heroic measures of the republican party;
but there are scars and sores vet I'M
healed, and these scars and sores will
be charged to Us. The American peo-
pie believe so thoroughly and sincerely
IN our form of government that they
charge every evil which occurs to bad
administration and hold the party in
power at the time responsible for them.
The history of the republic from the
very beginning down to the close of
Cleveland's administration is ample
proof OF this. There is no escaping it
and no getting away from it. and for
one rejoice in it, because there is no
stronger evidence, no greater assurance
Of the perpetuation of our government
than this belief in its perfection. The
socialist may rave and fume, the das-
tardly and cowardly anarchist may
sneak upon his victim in the darkness
of night, but so long as this belief
this sentiment continues in the hearts
Of the American people, the great re-
public with its free institutions and
magnificent liberties is safe.
Now, do not misunderstood me.
have no fear of the future of the repub- I.
lean party. Time and erosion, the .
wind, the rain, the expanding force of !
the congeling waters and the carrying
power of these flowing rivers will re-
move and deposit these rock-ribbed
hills in the bosom of the ocean, and the
place that knows them now will know
them no more forever. But so long as
God reigns, so long as truth and right
eouness prevail upon this earth, so long
as hnman love and human sympathy
continue to stir mems souls, Just so
long will the republican party continue
to tighten the burdens and brighten the
lives Of the children of men. The pas
sions of men may rage and obscure the
splendor of her light: demogagues may
barter away her principles and her
policies in exchange for place and
power; opaque may obtrude themselves
between the toilers and her light and,
like the sun, she may suffer an eclipse;
but, like the sun, she will emerge from
the shadows more refulgent than be-
fore. /
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again.
The eternal years of God are hers" {
These principles are tower of /
strength in themselves. They were the ;
principles of Washington, of Lincoln, /;
Of Mckinley and Of Roosevelt They
are oursl With these principles aback
Of us, a good, clean ticket afront of us,
With honest Bill Taft at its head and Z
;talwart republican work from this day [
% November next, we will once more /
,rown the grand old party with the lau-
els of victory and start our unparal !
eled prosperity on its onward marth. 9
| claim your pardon, gentlemen. l g
ear have been out of order all this L
line. got on my feet to name for '
rour consideration candidate for as t
ocate justice of the supreme court a
md have not even mentioned his name o
nee. | know the committee on rules a
md order of business will extenuate if h
hey do not pardon my offense, because t
hey know that am more anxious to f
ecure the election of the ticket you "
will nominate than | am to make a e