Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-08-15
JUDGE B0RAA
AGAINST CRAFT
Mis- Speech at the Bar Association
Meeting a, Portland
is Vigorous.

Portland, Aug. 11.-A gathering of
the leaders of the bars Of the states
a, the Pacific northwest and the coast
took place last night at the American
incident of the convention of law
yers now in progress here.
The speakers last night were Judge
N. ]. Gordon. of Spokane, Attorney
General Carson of Pennsylvania Judge
stiles of Seattle. w. E. Borah of Boise
and others Mr.. Borah said in part:
Since the reconstruction period fol-
lowing the civil war, those three men
in yonder caucus room have ruled the
government. and complacently the peo-
ple have abdicated in their favor. By
the time the ides Of November roofs
around the people have come out en-
masse to ratify the act Of the three
men in caucus, but the reins OF power
are still in the hands of the three
men. You cannot secure a hearing up-
on a measure in congress. you dare
not touch the sacred schedules of the
Dingley bill, viscious as some Of them
have grown to be, until you consult
those three men-they are the outposts
Of the organization. The people have
gone away. the merchant is at his
counter. the banker at his desk, the
lawyer with his brief, and they three
are the government.
To-day We are passing as a nation
through a period ow shame and cha
grin. In 26 states of the Union fraud
and corruption have been uncovered in
high political circles, and investiga-
tion is actually in progress. At least
four Of the great departments at
washington are honeycombed with
rottenness. Twelve United States SEN
ators are under a cloud. The great
names OF finance those who count
their wealth in millions or tire and
cease to count at all, are associa ted
IN organized pilfering from the widows
and orphans of the land. The guilty
and the innocent are in the cesspool
people are paying the forfeit of their
crime-indifference to the obligations
OF citizenship. For 30 years the mass
OF people-busy in getting wealth and
TOO happy and contented to be easily
called into the street-have forgotten
that we have form of government
which calls for the vigilance Of all the
people all the time. The siren voice
OF partisanship has talked Of LOYALTY
and the business world has talked OF
conservatism until we have a saturn
ala Of crime and shame which reaches
from one end Of the land to the other
Loyalty has too often meant the pro
lection Of peculators. and conserva
fism, OF which the laughing fraud 0,
New York was the most noted dis.
ciple. has been the cover for his paltry
theft Of $4,000 a year
Theodore Roosevelt's public If,
mas been marvellous one: crowded
with stirring incidents and brillian
achievements: fate and genius hav,
combined to make his career the mos
striking and eventful Of the age Or
sanizations against which able me,
nave fought in vain have yielded t,
the sway Of his hypnotic power. Pc
htical bodies strong in their rights an
,eaious Of their power and dignit
nave surrendered to his broad an
FEARLESS views. Vast corporate in
nuences intrenched and protected h
time and custom have acceded to hi
plans. The dead letter Of the statut
mas felt the vitalizing touch Of hi
restless and searching energy.
But when all the fruits Of hi
matchless endeavors have been gath
cred, none will be richer In benefit t
the people at large than his words an
acts' putting behind him the falls
party standard which has obtained fe
~ years-that the party man can d
no wrong-and giving. instead. tha
party loyalty is no less than citizen
ship with all its high obligations an
duties.
No organization, no false theor
ABOUT party loyalty can relieve me
rom the full obligations Of citizenshi
or excuse them for inefficiency. Fro,
nose who opposed and cynically sco
red' he appealed to the hosts outsid
ana winning. proved again that II
people are not only capable but sour
and loyal"