Show TilE IDAHO OUTKAOE GOVERNOR WILLET Idaho has finally applied to thopresldent for federal troops not to suppress rebellion not to quell an uprising bill to protect against what he fears will be a disturbance of the peace This Is even weaker and worse than the Wyoming governor Tho latter did wait until there was actual disturbance within the state before asking for the interference of government troops His fault his weakness consisted in not trying to suppress sup-press the disordersby the employment of the states resources Hn confessed help eusness and impotency without putting forth an effort and thus lowered the dignity dig-nity of the commonwealth and humiliated the state Not only this but ho put a stain upon the militia virtually charging them with lack oi loyalty Governor WILLET descends lower In the scale of official manhood and humiliates Idaho by supplicating for aid before assistance as-sistance is needed and before attempting toemploy tho power of thoslate This Is positively disgraceful and we are not surprised sur-prised to learn that tho rightthinking men up there are indignant As we understand it the striking miners I lave carefully refrained from acts pf violence vio-lence They hao kept strictly within tho law being cautious to avoid doing anything any-thing which would lay them ltable to prosecution pros-ecution The union as teen well managed man-aged the men bein kept under perfect control We are not going to pass on tho merit of the controversy 1 between the minobwners and the strikers The Dispute Is one for adjustment adjust-ment between the contending parties so long as both keep within the law But up Ito I-to the present time the men have conducted j con-ducted themselves in such a manner as to command praise It is therefore an outrage I out-rage that they should be imposed upon with federal troops The offense of the governors gov-ernors unwarranted call is also against the state of Idaho which ja made to pose beforo the republic as weak and lawless and unworthy the honors which the nation na-tion conferred when granting statehood If the people do not retire Governor WILLET at the next election it will be because be-cause they are incompetent and do not know the meaning of selfrespect and dignity |