The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-02-05
Exulting With Bryan

The editor of the North Side News,
published at Jerome, In the heart of
the great irrigated section Of south
Idaho, sums up the condition Of the
country under the democratic regime
in the following original style;
Recent accounts of Secretary Bry-
ans public utterances say that he Is
exceedingly exultant over the success
Of party measures" A great many
people who believed they knew the
secretary quito well will likely be very
much surprised to learn that he pos
sesses such a wide streak Of humor--
they had no idea that he could be SO
easily tickled.
Being handicapped with an Inherent
modesty that 1t has never been able
to entirely shake Off the News will
not attempt to define It's own political
belief. 1t has always assumed, how
ever, that from any analysis, prefer
ences, beliefs and prejudices. 1t was
and is republican. But some designing
and coarse people. when they set out
to say something real harsh about IT,.
with the doubtless intention Of holding
it up to public scorn and ridicule. call
1t "standpatter." President Tat
and Former Speaker Of the House of
Representatives. Cannon. have been re-
fnr To ri, n,.I,r nd f1V,
with no political campaign in progress.
mind you, Washington. Lincoln and
Grant have been put in the same class.
Surrounded with this sort of company.
the News Is not much peeved about It.
with this brief personal reference,
that subject will therefore be dismiss
cd for the time being.
So the chief spokesman for the dem
ccr3tic party Is this early claiming
great credit for that party for some
thing. Now does anybody else any
where know what it Is?
Perhaps out of number of guessas
land no one is holding a limit over us
we may be able to strike the right one
or ones.
Is it because times generally are any
better, we wonder. Is there any
greater bounding prosperity in this
glorious country as nation. than
there was during the regime of Presi-
dent Taft and Gear" Cannon. both
"standpatters." If so. will some one
please particularize.
Are the rich any poorer and the poor
any richer. or Is the relative difference
between the two about the same or
even "a little more So" Is industry
any buster and is Incidence any scar
old stand?
Is the man who has to buy paying
any less, and Is the man who has to
sell receiving any more? Is the man
looking for work finding 1t any more
plentiful. with the hours any shorter
and the pay any greater. and Is thu
man who does not want work finding
it any easier to live without it?
As "standpatter" the News can
not help wondering little about this.
After all Is said and done, has the
working man any more left out Of his
salary, is the farmer receiving any
more for his crops, and is the manu-
facturer making any greater profit now
that Bryan Is exutant, than he was
when Bryan was detected?
Again the News Is not going to fur
nish the answer.
Are there any fewer commercial and
banking failures during this time of
democratic felicitation than there were
during the times Of standpat, reaction
AIRY, runation, or how about 1t any
how? Is labor fully employed and
does industrial peace generally reign
or is there discomfort, strikes and riot
Is the bread line any shorter and the