Show IDAHO ALL RIGHr There was a big meeting of Silver Republicans at Welscr Ida last week which was addressed by Judge Henson Hens-on and Hon W E Borah The account ac-count says that 90 per cent of tho Silver Republicans of the county arc back irto tho ranks of the old party The Statesman has a review of Mr Borahs speech which is splendid lie declared that every Issue which sop arated Silver Republicans from the old parly has been practically eliminated rom this campaign that expansion was the issue and cited Mr Bryan r authority for the assertion Then ho devoted little space to a legal argument argu-ment on that subject and quoted the recent speech of Senator Teller and referred to the position of Lincoln to tho Republican platform of I860 to the decisions of Chief Justice Marshall and other authorities One brief extract extrct from the speech reads as follows Fou years ago the controlling Issue was the rehabilitation of controlnJ slor all remember re-member tho conditions under which that battle was fought Wo were experiencing fearful ilnmclal depression Industry was sluggish lylces weru low and conj slunlly and steadily falling labor was unemployed lestless and disconcerted capital was in hldng and from the highest high-est to the lowest business courage had departed and business energy was dead Never In our whole history hail our In duatrlil life gono to so lowjm ebb There TICro was an honest belief that the remedy for IncBo thlngx was to bo found In the restoration resto-ration of silver But tlmo and events have removed Iho Inane from he I campaign and removed time fear tho awful Industrial strain also I IB not a question of the free colnato of sliver now not a question of lifeless marts and stagnated Industry not a question of 1 labor hunting employment and capital hunting seclusion It Us a question of whether we are able to nupproxs Insurrec lon within our territories give lo those within a Just and efficient form of government gov-ernment a question whether this Nation has liniclont honor and siilllclont strength to shield from the adventurers rovengd those who came to UH under a treaty 1 question whether this Nation has suril dent honor and sufficient strength to up hold and enforce our treaties solemnly made and ratified or whether we shall yield to tho conspirators of Luzon hnl Again he spoke as follows Think or I those of WB who nrc Repub licans by birth training and Instinct are naked to fight altlo by side with Stevenson Crokpr Cockran Hill Schurz and Atklnl son for an Issue which vas forced upon thorn they say 1i by tho halfcivilized 1non nnkns of the Sandwich Islands Islnnll But there Is another chapter Mr Towne staled weeks ago that silver was not and I could not b an Issue in Ihe campaign furthermore that If I the geld standard stnncrd brought prosperity that would end tho contest Gen Warner ono of the volcr ins of the cause has said that It Is the merest subterfuge to say It Is a question to Jin determined In this campaign qucslon Mnl1 Bryan In writing to n friend In vTerscy In n letter l made public tolls publc lol him that while whlo It would not be ncccssarx to openly abandon silver It would not bo one of the l88u o uoon which the cam paign would bo fought and even thin day ho states that ns silver was the para slcr tle pam mount issue four joara ago HO J3 expan sion to be In this campaign I take him at his word Ihero lu no higher authority In tho Democratic party No silver In not lie question upon which this campaign will be fought thero are even broader deeper moro absorbing questions He closed the speech with these ring Ing words Loyal men may dlcro upon matters of civil concern matters which affect illonc the finances of our oconlo but those sC trained in tho school of Lincoln and Grant those who have Mt the Inspiration of tha restless loyalty ° < John A Locan of thQ splendid Americanism of James G Blaine Will nnt ilosort thin old party whnn Ihore is forced upon I Q contest which Involves the orc dignity and Integrity ot the Nation Na-tion itself I tho floe Is to bo hauled down from nay part of our possessions If our soldiers sol-diers are to bo called back from tho lands dedicated by their own valor and the blood of their comrades to tho higher calls of freedom and progress i 1C territory purchased and paid for and tltlo to which was approved by the Scnato ot the United States Is to b turned over to the Inquisition In-quisition of an adventurer and the thousands thou-sands who have crowded to our flag for mnd Ing protection aro t 0 abandoned to tho hell j 1 of chance and tribal war If it la I to be confessed before all nation that tho own I orshlp of u foxv islands will corrupt thin common neoplu Into monarchist and i wreck our InstitutionIf such mlnorihlo I faith Is to 0 the faith of these people let It be known now that tho1 who como I from tho school of Llncnln Logan nnd I Blalno will not participate In thin shame fnl I compromise of our dignity and honor as nC nation rISO The best consensus of opinion in Idaho Ida-ho Is that the Republicans have an oven show to win and this without counting the great numbers of Democrats Demo-crats who give every indication now of taking the same poslllon lhat was outlined in the letter of Hon Allen G Campbell published in yesterdays Tribune Mr Campbell was born a I Democrat a democratcst kind of Dcmocral Missouri Democrat I Through all the mutations of the years he has held fast to his ancient faith I but the showing this year Is 1 loo tough I for him I there Is anything 0 MIssourian MIs-sourian particularly hates It Is a coward I cow-ard and Mr Campbell is too much of n I MIssourian to endorse any party that depends upon success through appeals I I to the cowardice and to the lawless elements of tho American people And there Is many n Democrat In Idaho In I Utah and all over lila Intermountain country that takes the same view of I the subjocL |