The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-13
IDAHO POLITICS ARE MIXED
SAYS STATE CORRESPONDENT
state Auditor fuFaer Wants ofl"i"" VI
Attorney General sagisy h"Tsh Is not
Classified Coz srRor Morrison Watch
tn,t the Political " heel 10 Round

situation appears III the Sait i-aA'
Herald
Pocatello, idaho, Jan. 80. The
particular brand of political dope
that is being handed the republicans
Of Idaho by what is locally known as
the Federal crowd, is seeming to
have uauseating effect on the rank
and file OF the party IN the state. The
Federal crowd includes such stauneh
and tried republicans as Judge d. ".
Standrod. born and bred Kentucky
democrat and present national repub
liean committeeman for Idaho; Ssna
tor w. b. Hepburn, and the federal
office holders under the patronage OF
these two. All who are not here
catalogued call themselves the repab
lican party Of Idaho, and they don't
like the way things are being run.
The Federal crowd does not ia
clude the governor, nor ths editor or
the proprietor OF the Statesman, nor
those who have always been republi
cans for the sake Of party principles,
but il does include the gentleman
from Bear Lake county who Is now
the attorney general Of the state, and
in speaking Of him there is a good
story out that has escaped the CON
ment Of the entire press " the state,
except that OF the extreme northwest.
The story goes like this Theodore
Turner Ia his official capacity a.
state auditor asked the attorney
general, whose name d, bagIry. Tor
an opinion ou tho con-titutioualtty
Of the payment Of tho sugar bouutte.
passed by tho Seventh legislature
The query was innoeeutly propoundsd
and was beyond doubt Ia line aith
the duties Of the auditor The li4h o
Falls sugar plant had been pat Into
successful operation and on ia initial
run had earned a bounty " $500
under the Law passed by tho last lsgts
laturs. Mr.. Turner simply asked the
attorney general for an opinion a. o.
the constitutionality Of tho Law, bat
at the time Mr. Baglsy was on a
ianketing tour through bingham and
Fremont counties IL l. irrsysntly
said, in the interest Of the brsthrsu
and To see that they got all that VIA.
coming 10 them. including sugar
bpuutIaaH and Ia . .ra..h g.. ..t5Et..t
speech, be deridsd the state auditor
for raising the question A. 10 III,
legality Of paying the bouutiss anc
made speech in support Of bis con
tention. What the decent people %
the state are asking is When th.
legality Of the matter Of paying III.
sugar boudtiss comes before Mr.
Bagiey "a attorney general, will b,
decide 1t as a iurist or a. a politician
aud an advocate II has been sug
gested that Mr Bagley IL religious
ly' aud personally interested in hav
ing these bouuties paid. He ha
publicly derided the auditor fo
asking the question a. 10 their legal
ity, and now the people want TO So.
what he does a. attorney general
What will BaRley do, VIII he aaseu
20 the payment OF the sugar bountis
because he is 'rsligiously" in favn
OF them, or will he give an opinion
a. a jurist ht 10 Ill the high otfic,
the people Of the state have honors,
him with? It might be- said tina
Turner, the auditor, doesn't give
continental which way the gentleman
from Bear Lake decides He simpl
wants to be advised "a 10 his duties
But there are many assertions that
in spite Of recent decisions aRains
the payment Of bounties and IN
strong question in this state "A to tn
; constitItionality of the matter, Mr.
Bagley will order the payment of th
bounties, because the brethren nss
the money; not to mention the nee
essities Of the sugar trust.
1t should be mentioned here this
W. +. Borah, who so unsucceszfuII
contended with Hepburn for m
senatorship, does not belong to tn
Federal crowd. " At present MI
Borah Is uncIassifsd. The couadenc
game he sprung on the last repuhlica
convention when the Incorporated N
Iowa free trade idea in the Idah
platform has resulted in sort ,
ostracism for Mr.. Borah. He
liked and admired by the democrat
and it would not be the least aurprii
ing If coalition should he sffscte
between himself and Senator Duboi
Stranger things have happened
Idaho politics.
Governor Morrison, whose Or
decessor kindly cleaned up the sta
for him and left him no dirty vol
|. to do, naturally besitates a. 10 whis
faction ION the sugar bounty que
tom he should take sides with. III
. Governor ardsntly desires to succes
himself and he is not sure yet, viii,