The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1906-12-28
is G00DING
AFTER BORAH
Latter BdGk6r OF the
Capital News
INTERESTING FACTS
IN LIBEL SUIT
Senatorial Candidate Alone Benz
ffttfd bu the Attacks on
G00ding and Brddu

The criminal libel charge which Gov
ernor Frank R. Gooding has brought
against R. s Sheridan. Of the Capital
News, may be fraught with great posi-
bilities. If it is Governor Gooding's
purpose to attempt to drive into the
opening the men who inspired the as
saults Of the Capital News upon him
since Mr.. Sheridan drove Mr.. Fisher
from the editorial chair in April, 1905.
then all IS not harmony among the
bosses of the Republican party in Idaho
and there are breakers just ahead.
In the evidence brought ont in the
Sheridian-Brady trial for the control
of the Capital News it was shown that
W. E Borah was the man who deposit
ed the $4,000 or $1,000 Necessary to hold
Sheridan's option on the Fisher-D'Arcy
stock Thus it was fight for control
OF the paper really between Brady and
Borah. and Borah won, Mr.. Sheridan
retaining the management by the help
OF Borah's money. 1t was also brought
out in that trial that Calvin Cobb or
the Statesman held $4,000 Of the 10000
shares of the stock Of the Capital News;
50 that Mr.. Cobb at all times held the
balance Of the power between Sheridan
and the Fisher interests. Mr.. Cobb
could have combined with Mr.. Brady.
holding the Fisher stock and forced
cessation Of the papers attacks upon
Governor Gooding; but this was not
done and the reason Is plain.
The attacks upon Governor Gooding
redounded to the benefit Of w. E
Borah To bring the Brady-Gooding
machine into disrepute was the political
salvation Of Borah 1t rallied to his
standard all those who desired to free
the Republican party from the domina-
ton Of the two men who use it for
their own purposes. So the Capital
News fight on Governor GoodiDS was
not stopped BY either Calvin Cobb, who
could have co-operated with Brady and
controlled majority Of the stock: nor
was it stopped by w E. Borah, whose
money alone made it possible for Mr..
Sheridan to maintain his position.
Thus it viii be seen that the one
man who was benefited BY the attacks
upon Governor Gooding was w. {.
Borah the financial backer Of the paper
Here IS pretty kettle Of fish, And
Mr.. Sheridan pleads in the columns Of
the Capital News that he is and has
been only the business manager Of the
paper and never its editor nor a CON
tributor to ifs columns. Who, then.
wrote the alleged hbelous article that
was only one in practically a daily as
sault upon the governors Is this the
query the governor seeks to have an
severed in the suit? Does he suspect
the author to be the man who hnan-
cially backed the paper and who bene-
fitted by the attacks? If so, there are
breakers just ahead
And what Of Borah, who IS really
struck over Sheridan's head? Il was
a pretty run OF luck that combined 10
weaken the Brady-GOoding machine and
made Borah the beneficiary of the
forces of opposition until he could
make terms with the bosses and leave
l. 0 -
tiiS tattH eiiu nie, ms supporters anu
OacSers noiuIng rfle empty sack
And what of the men who ran the
Pocatello convention and divided its
SnNfis ever, crf,1-7cr g. ~ -, - ,-.,+--, -,
OF the legislature By claiming
the right to have United States sena-
tor, II Republicans were victorious?
Is not all harmony between the bosses
and Il the attack ar, Sheridan hftt a
veiled assault upon Borah? The I'M
mediate future VIII answer