The Caldwell tribune., 1905-11-18
We Wonder Why.

news OF BOISE, 1oanO, mas Drought
suit against J. H. Brady, chairman
of the Republican State Central
Committee, and a Mr.. Darcy and
a Mr.. Fisher for $4,000 damages ard
also for the return of certain shares
of stock in the Capital News Pub
fishing company. Darcy and
Fisher were and still are part own
ers Of the Capital News, and the.
complaint alleges, among other
matters, that the three defendants
conspired to defraud Sheridan out
of his stock in order to get control
of the paper and make a Repub-
lican paper out of it. If that is
what they wanted it for, the Re-,
publican party of Idaho would
have a very good cause of action
against these individuals it they
had succeeded. The fact of the
matter is Brady is too good Re-
publican to want to injure the Re-
publican party by trying to infiict
upon it the Capital News. -.
The Capital News did not pub
lish anything about the suit being.
filed, although some time ago it
contained an article nearly every
day telling what it was going to
do to Brady. There is certainly
method in the tactics adopted by
the News. There are some queer
allegations in the complaint. For
instance. the complaint alleges
that prior tn this conspiracy being.
entered into, which was about the
first of the year, the Capital News
was a Democratic paper. Well, IS
that so? Our remembrance is that
the Democratic party in Idaho read
the paper out of the party: but
: however that may be, or whatever
effect it might have. no one ever
: seriously contended that the Cap
ital News ever had any politics
since establishing itself in this
state. The allegation in the COM
plant that the paprr was Demo-
: cratic is made for some specific eff
feet it may have in this particular
5 case, because Brady, we presume,
5 was chairman of the Republican,
. State Central Committee, and the
S inference is that he wanted to get
a control. It is mentioned that there
e is another reason why the Capital
i News did net publish the COM
plaint in the action. The News
S has been persistent in trying to
d slur the present state administra-
Ii ton, and has used every opportu-
n nifty to help along the charges that
the state administration has favored
railroads in their valuation, not
withs.anding the present admins
e tration has placed higher valua-
4 tion upon railroads than was ever
n done before, and has been aiding
E and urging Ex-Governor McCon-
" nell in his cruside against the adj
q ministration, and in this complaint
. Mr., Sheridan swears that the value
- of the Capital News is seventy
t. thousand dollars, and it seems that
w the assessment of this property, as
to shown by the polls of Ada county
.v is about three thousand two hun
=. dred dollars, being difference O.
~ onlv sixtv. six thousand eight hun
te dred dollars between what Mr.
in Sheridan thinks it was worth wheI
n the assessor was around and wha
Ill he thinks it was worth when b
:; sues Mr.. Brady.
- The Capital News is hardly in
~ position to talk about favorltlsm Il
lis taxes after this expose, and W
on don't wonder they did not publls
lse this complaint. When it is show
up that Ex-Governor w. J. Nc
ConnelI and his colleague, Bartlett
MS Sinclair, are paying 900, 900 /
,od taxes, and have paid the sam
~ amount for many years, it Wi
no open somebody's eyes.-1daho Fail
en- Register.
in
the J. H. Lowell, president of tn
Water Users Association, says ths
onn practically all the resident Ian
the owners in the Pioneer lrrlgatlo
I'm District have signed Government
ere contracts. There are some moi
Re- residents who have not yet bee
80 reached. He expresses himself
ION being greatly renewed in hopei!u
ade mess and thinks that things at tn