The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
SOME GENERAL REFLECTIONS.


tion in this county to the renomiua
ton of Governor Morrison. 1t coulc
hardly be otherwise. This opposition
is based primarily on personal an
tagonisms growing out of differences
of temperament. 1t is understood
that Mr.. M. B. Gwinn is a conspi
cuous leader of the opposition.
Nothing is more natural than that
Mr.. Gwinn should be at cross pur.
poses with Mr.. Morrison. 1t is an
old feud, having its origin in san.
culinary contests over political con"
troll IN the municipality of Cald.
well. Those two men never could
be united on anything. They are
natural antagonists, and, moreover,
Mr.. Gwinn- no doubt feels that Mr..
Morrison has, in a sense, usurped
the place which of right Mr.. Gwinn
should occupy. When the opposi-
ton to Governor Morrison is ana
lyzed it will be found that personal
dislike is at the root of it. This
dislike is not thing to be condem-
ed. Men cannot control their SEN
timents towards each other. and it
is only fair to say that Governor
Morrison is just as much response
BILE for them as anybody else.
Men do not candidly avow that
their opposition to public officers is
based on mere personal dislike.
Few of us are entirely willing to
confess 1t to ourselves, so we in
tuitively seek a nobler excuse.
Hence we find Governor Morrison's
opponents justifying their conten-
ton upon broader grounds. First,
the devoted friends of Mr.. Borah
charge that Mr.. Morrison, as
Governor, did not do all that he
might have done to secure the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Borah to the United
States Senate, and, therefore, Gov
ernor Morrison was unfaithful to
his obligations. There is a good
deal of assumption AMI misrep re-
sentation about that matter. We
do not think that Mr.. Borah has
ever pretended that Governor Nor
rlson was under any obligations to
employ the power of the Governor S |
office to assist any one to a seat in |
the Senate. On the other hand, it
was conceded and understood on all |
sides that the Governor should en-
phatically keep hands off. Mr.. |
Borah's friends either misunder-
stand the situation or wilfully mis-
represent it. All candid men will |
admit that if Governor Morrison
had been treacherous to Mr.. Borah.
the Boise Statesman would have
taken up the cudgel, but it will be
observed that that devoted admirer
and friend of Mr.. Borah has never
once as much as limited anything
OF the kind. The Statesman knew,
and so did every one who cared to,
that the Governor was urged by all
sides in the Senatorial contest, to
keep hands off. Nevertheless, Gov
ernor Morrison did not hesitate to
tell any one who inquired, that on
account of locality and the senti-
ment Of the people of this county,
1t was natural that he should per-
sonally favor Mr.. Borah. Senator
friends were frank TO
acknowledge that they expected as
much, and considered it as a mat
ter of course. The writer of this
talked with a number of Senator
Heyburn's friends, and they were
all tree to say that they expected
to find the people of this locality
Tor Borah. The most they asked
was that the contest should be ac-
companied by as little acrimony as
possible. Altogether it is unjust
to base opposition to Governor
Morrison on what he did or did not
10 in connection with the Senator
al fight unless it can be shown that
ne broke the neutrality understand
ng to assist in the defeat of Mr.
8orah, and that cannot be done.
Another ground upon which the /
opponents base their contention Is