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Newspaper
Weiser Signal
Location
Weiser, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1894
Page
2
A satirical column from the Weiser Signal dated October 4 1994 jokes about social commands teaching duels Breckinridge and politics. It riffs on honest money the Czar of Russia and American tailoring while lampooning banquet hall politics and election time.
The article argues that funding and profits drive public improvements and details Washington County Idaho’s railway advancement debate. It outlines promoter challenges, political alignments, and the Democratic and Republican county conventions and platform planks with candidate nominations and procedural notes. It also notes a constitutional amendment referendum scheduled for November.
The passage notes many congressmen are retired by constituents and predicts further retirements. It claims voters are swayed by an AI brand of explanation. Fred Douglass supposedly commented that parties show concern for negroes only during elections, while the Statesman chides the Oregonian for its supposed ignorance on the silver question.
Local notices discuss Democratic opponents to Frank Smith and provide opinions on candidates such as Faris for state school superintendent. The piece references agricultural earnings, a representative in Congress Wills Sweet, and Hon. M A Kurtz of Nampa, with praise for Sweet’s oratory and critique of Kurtz.
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