The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1906-11-03

An Open Letter by all Old Idaho kepuf,-
lican.
Boise. Idaho, Oct. -, 1905.
TO The Pubic -
The conspirstv "a ioist criminal all
ministrstion upon the state goes on.
The name of l.ans,ion must remain mp
on the Republican ticket ss the candi-
late for Secretary OF State. He whom
the Governor fondly selected AS 1.-THE
man Of his choice" has been held to an
swer to the District Court for felony,
one Of the worst crimes that public
officer can commit. The facts of LanS-
don's case were known to the Governor
before Lansdon's y name was placed OH
the ticket but Goo,iing insiste'i and the
Pocatello convention insulted the peoplc
Of the entire stat. wiIiuIly and drliber-
ately to placate the wishes of the
head of the ticket for congeniai associ-
ate.
Now, after an aroused public indigna
tion has made it Impossible for him
longer to remain silent, now, when it II
too late for resignation to bc effective,
now, VIXEN lie is Oh record charged witt.
feIonious conduct, this man makes :,
pretense Of wanting to resign and in thc
same moment over his own signature in
the columns OF the Statesman has the
effrontery to ask the voters OF the state
to support him in the coming election
Com .nenting on the actions of this
shameless seit-seeker the Statesman
says:-"Mr. Lansdon came in Boise tu
tender his resignation. II has been felt
for some time that it Was his duty ~
the party and to the other candidates t.
take such step" How long anu
| hitcfc iiou tti.'t iCciihk c1tStcN4 Nts
tainly neither the Statesman nor an,
other member. active or silent, OF the
Republican, Machine had ever given il
utterance. Judge Smith ielt that way
and SO did many other respectable re-
publicans aud they not only felt SO, but
they expressed their feelings and CAV,
their re.,sons for the faith that was III
them before the machine forced the Po-
catello convention to disgrace itself b,
placing Lansdon's name before the p-o-
pie for the position of secretary oi
state.
The feeling referred to by the States.
uan did not exist in the councils oil
Gooding. Brady and the rest of that
delectable crew until the wrath of AN in.
suited and outraged community forced
the facts upon public attention through
machine knew the facts from tn.
start but it had hoped to keep the pub
lie in ignorance until the closing Of tn,
polls on November 9Th would render il
impossible for the people TO prevent
Gooding's having ''the man of hi:
choice" rs secretary Of state, AMI rs co
worker in the manipulation of the fund,
Of the state. A more brazen attempt t,
place the destinies OF state in til,
hands OF dishonesty could not be i'm
agined.
The Statesman declares lit is with
! in the intimate knowledge Of the States
man that the party managers and can
didatesr from the governor down hav'
hoped Mr.. Lansdon would see his wa,
clear to resign from the ticket"
that statement is true why did th'
ottbS5than &ccR vic utaetct 4htct ti<s
"by operation vi law" it was too lat
to get rid of Lsnsdon? Not word czu
from the Statesman or from Brady o
from Cooling sntil the name Of the dis
} reputable candidate WAS fastened upo
the ticket too firmly to be removed b
Operation Of law" or otherwise. Tha
intimate knowledge" of the Statesina
is suggestive. The Statesman is in .
the deal and as Hawthorne says :-'Thi
very burden il Was that gave him syn
pathies 50 intimate with the sinful brotl
erhood." Discussing the alleged desir
vf the governor and others To have Lani
don resign, the Statesman says:-"Bu
the subject was n highly delicate one.
Certainly it WAS. Those auxi US mem
bers of the ''sinful brotherhood" dare
not take energetic steps to purge tn
ticket Of the disgusting name The
were afraid of Lansdon whose deal
with Gooding might he known ii ex
treme measures were taken to get rid o
"the man of his choice" whom Goodin
| forced on tl,e ticket (fOodi nv and II,