The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-10-19

but not the .'jayhawkers." Down in
Spokane he said he was told that
Charley Heitman was against him
who is Charley Heitmln?" he asked,
why he added che is a republican;
he was republican when it was as
impossible to elect a republican as 1T
was To pull an automobile with a
Jackrabbit: he Is "A leader Of leaders,
a fighter of fighters. and the man who
questions Heitman's leadership should
hrst prove his own republlcanism." !"
Heitman, he declared, was not against
him; he had been merely opposed To
the plan Of Nominating a senator in
the state convention hut there was
no personal feeling in the matter.
Mr. Borah dwelt at length upon the
splendid achievements of the Roose
welt administration. He paid a
glowing and eloquent tribute to the
great president and recalled how he
had infused new life into the Sher-
man antitrust law and started the
work of compelling the big combines
To loosen their hold upon the govern
ment.
In this connection he spoke Of the
tariff issue. The democratic state
platform declares for tariff revision
hut does not say to what extent 1t
shall be revised. The democrats in
congress have said protective tariff
is robbery. The republicans are for
tariff for protection of American labor
and American industries and under
that policy the nation has prospered.
The democratic platform declares for
tariff revision: they probably favor a
"tarff for revenue only;" but why
did they not say in their platform,
"We are in favor OF a tariff for reve-
nue. only?" That was the principle
on which Cleveland was elected IN
1892; the result was panic, business
crashes and hard times. Hundreds
and thousands of men. out of work,
! went to see the great president who
promised them so much under the
policy of tariff for revenue only, and
got nothing but orders to 'keep off
the grass" Mckinley was elected 10
1896 and under the Dingley tariff law
! conditions were reversed like magic.
Mr.. Borah next took up Senator
Dubois socalled Mormon issue. He
! wanted anyone In the audience who
i had question to ask to asked it,
| that nothing that he could tell on
the subject should he left untold
He said he did not want to leave the
audience. having anyone in it be-
lieve that he had Intentionally
avoided discussing any feature of
this matter. altho he said he had
taken the view that 1t is not a matter
of very great Importance. Dubois, as
senator, can do nothing against poly
gamy in Idaho. There is no national
statute, there is no statute Dubois
can suggest. there is no law which he
can cause to he enacted. which will
deal with 4 crime committed within
the state of Idaho, against poly
gamy. murder. horse stealing or any
other crime in the state. 1t is not a
matter which congress can deal with.
II is a false issue Mr.. Borah per-
sonally said he would not say there
has been no new poygamous marriages
in Idaho since the manifesto. He
did not know. Put 1t is his candid
belief there Is not. But, he said
suppose there Is crime Of this nature
being committed. 1t must then ht
punished like any other crime. 1t Il
simply a violation of law and the only
. thing to do is to punish the violators
, Over two years ago he offered tt
/ prosecute any cases of this crime !
Dubois would furnish them. Dubois
) furnished names Of twenty. lie wa
!, then asked now that he knew of Ger
$ tain cases, would he file the com
plants. lie wonld not, and In
speech in Silver City said 1t was be
meath the dignity Of U. S. senate
TO lie complaints in court. Boral
then asked Heitfeld to do SO. II
would not. They were playing poll
tics. They said Borah refused L
=, prosecute the cases. Borah in repl
asked them to die complaints If the
had the courage. The law is sniff
i cient aud there is sufficient manhoo,
in southern Idaho to punish th
crimes If such exist. Dubois sal,
there was no use as Mormon Judge
preside IN south Idaho. This is no
entirely true. Cassia county, one q