The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-09-03
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the Press that the Boise Capital News
had not supported the democratic
ticket since 1t became an evening
daily the News says:
''This statement is simply q lie, so
glaring in its positive statement that
the political turncoat whoS wrote 1t,
only did so because he Is aware that
the circulation of the Capital News Is
limited in North Idaho and that its
position is not generally known there.
As matter Of fact this paper bore
the brunt Of the campaign two years
ago, paying hundreds of dollars for
special telegraphio reports Of cam
paigu meetings, doing all the Adver
tisiug for the state aud county com
mittees free, the state management
quitting about one hundred dollars in
debt of this office for job printing for
which it has not yet ssttled. The
county committee has never yet paid
Que dollar of its big bill. AS to state
printing, the Capital News lost money
on what it received, having humid
reds Of dollars due it Jet on mining
congress printing, when the state
appropriation was insufficient to meet
the expenditures, aud in other ao-
counts that it never expects to see a
cent Of In short, We would be glad
to balance books with the democratic
organization any time that 1t Is ready
for a settlement.
When the News passes the lie as an
argument, it simply shows the extreme
weakness OF its defense. We reiterate
the statement that 1t has rot been loyal
TO the party 1t has in the past given
support to the tickets uOmIt atei,
bat usually had so much criticism to
offer against the candidates, methods
or management and platform that it
did more damage than good. Will
the Capital News publish the facts
regarding the trip Of one Of its
editors to Salt Lake for the pur-
pose OF protesting against church
interference in the politics OF Idaho?
II it will tell tue truth, 1t will say
that its editor vas then one OF the
most rabid and bitter against the
Mormon church AMI favored even dis
franchIsemeut He wanted the demo.
cratic party TO 20 on record so strongly
that it, position could not be mis-
understood. The party has done just
what the Capital News editor wanted
it to do two years age, aud now it has
Topped. The question II, has 1t been
Sc As a matter of fact the paper
bore the braat # the campaign two
years ago. ahIeh il the first logical
reason SO have heard for the defeat Of
the ticket. It uaa las groAl which
1t proceeds 10 -uafl out against the
state and county committees for uu-
paid bills We believe all such
bills should ke rai J as debts OF honor,
bnt have yet t. experience a campaign
where the news paper did get all that
9ss &c a!as - j., sd. 4 oGery Ge%s
paper that failed 10 receive its just
claims in tins respect were to quit
NH5 E4tAHs ##t E8#4 bAAEi NDAlA put
them all gut ii politics. There IA
suspicion fbat IT is the cash, more than
principle. when moves ths Capital
NgSs politically SO far as public
patronage Is concerned, 30 know that
the last democratic administration
vas compelled to turn most of the
state printing over 70 the Capital
News to keep it IN line, aud four
years ago it received for the house
legislative printing, over 81. 600
This did not even satisfy it, rapa-
cious NAV, Jet II is but small portion
Of the amount It received from the
state treasury; still 1t is growing
because the party vas unable to pay
small balauce Of 300.
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