The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-11-09
LET THE PEOPLE RULE.

Election Is over. The voters have
registered their choice and under the
rule Of the majority the people OF
The county. state and nation abide by
the decree. To thousands, even mill
lions. the results are Disappointing
Their choice was other than that IN
dicated by the returns. Not particular
~ for personal feeling but for the
belief that the affairs Of the country
womb he better administered by other
hands. Each individual had his own
viewpoint and the majority has writ
ten the decision. AS Americans, as
citizens of the greatest commonwealth
on the face of the globe, every man.
woman and child will abide by that
decision and whether called to prob
lens of peace or problems of war, will
respond with heartiest goodwill and
loyalty that is unquestioned
The future stands an unsolved mys-
terry. To many 1t portends naught
but dismal and dark days. The great
est nations of the old world are doing
each other to the death by countless
thousands 1t Is a day of disaster,
poverty and war famine on one side
of the sea, and fools paradise of
prosperity on the other, where the
blood money of the battle fields of
Europe seeks for more of the necessi-
ties of war.
But It is not this view so much that
alarms. What of the readjustment to
follow. Will those in charge of the
nations affairs be able to stem the
tide meet the critical emergencies that
arise and save America and her peo-
pie from the onslaughts of the hordes
across the sea who are to be re-
leased from military duty and pushed
into the ranks of the commercial war
that is bound to come in the reestab-
lishment of bankrupt nations?
Cost of living is steadily rising and
has reached a point never before
known to the people of this country.
Commodities have advanced by leaps
and bounds. Three dollars is prac-
tically needed now to do the work per-
formed by one a short time ago Where
will ii end? That is the question up
permost in the minds of those who
depend upon their daily labor to meet
the demands of the home.
Greater problems never faced ma
ton or it's leaders entrusted with pow
err than now confronts America. Keen
wisdom is needed. Aristocracy or any
feeling out of sympathy with the hum
blest toiler who provides for his child
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find Judgment in the hearts or man
ners of those whom the one hundred
million American citizens look for
guidance and protection in the days
yet to come.
The majority have spoken. BY their
ballots on last Tuesday they announc-
ed their choice for leadership, They
exercised the right of suffrage secured
to them as citizens of the common
wealth. The majority and the minor
ity must abide the results. We hope
for the best. Let the battle cries of
the campaign now be put to the test.
Gold tried in fire comes out pure.
Party pledges must either stand the
test or be repudiated, along with those
who stood sponsor for their existence
The future prosperity of the Occur
d'Alene district, when the war ends
our laws. The mining industry stands
without protection on statute books
save the protection now afforded by
the European war. When that is re-
moved something must take its place
or direfui results will follow. 1t is
not pleasant to anticipate the con-
ditions that might arise and it is hoped
and trusted that they never will arise
and that this greatest silver-lead- zinc