The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-31
THE FUSION WITH HEARST.


station who should be heard from as
promptly as possible regarding the
disgraceiul deal the republican coun-
1 y chairman has carried through
With Mr.. Hearst. First, because be
Is nearest. Mr.. Hughes; next, so soon
as he can learn. In the swamps Of
Louisiana, OF What Is going on In his
own state, Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Hughes need not speak as gov
ernor OF the state. AS governor, the
matter does not officially concern
him. AS a citizen, as a republican,
as leader, necessarily, Of his own
/ party, as the accredited represent
alive OF the moral sense OF that party
and OF the large number OF democrats
who voted for him last year, II does
most closely and weightily concern
him. He was elected to his present
Office openly and cOnspicuously TO re-
buke base bargain made by the
democratic organization with the
| very man with whom the republican
organization has now made deal
just as base. He owes his election
solely to the desire of the voters OF
| the state TO administer that rebuke
In the plainest and sternest fashion.
On the eve Of the action Of the dem
ocratic convention. Mr.. Hughes
party was so discredited and demon
allied that its nomination went beg
ging and It's candidate seemed doomed
to certain defeat. The coalition
with the Hearst faction made an is
sue on which 10 became possible to
secure the support of decent men.
The issue was made by the nomina-
tlon OF Mr.. Hughes. He accepted
1t In the spirit In which it was made.
He made his contest on the issue his
name presented. He was elected be-
cause. and only because, he stood for
unqualified, consistent, persistent
hostility to Hearst, Hearstism, and
all direct or Indirect compromise or
/ paitering with Hearst. A political
Offense as corrupt, corrupting and
shocking as the one which led to his
election has been committed by the
manager Of his own party In the city
Of bis home. It has been committed,
moreover, after conference of the
manager with the governor After
that conference IL was given out that
the governor had declined to express
any decisive opinion on the plot that
has since been carried out, on the
ground that his duties as governor
did not leave him time TO master the
local situation. We shall not insult
Mr.. Hughes by discussing such a
shallow and irrelevant proposition.
We point cut to him that 1t will not
take him an hour OF inquiry to mas.
terssthe situation as 1t Is, and to see
that 1t demands his instant condem-
nation of what his party manager
and the convention under his control
have done. This demand Is not
made on the governor, It Is made on
the honest republican and the honest
man.
A responsibility less direct but
equally imperative rests upon Mr.
Roosevelt. He also took his stand
openly In regard to Hearst last year.
He is, moreover, the particular spon-
scr for Mr.. Parsons, to whom he has
given repeated proofs of confidence
and support. He has held numerous
conferences ut the White House upon
the conduct OF his party In this
county. His particular and intimate
connection with local politics, added
to the promptings OF his conscience
as adviser general In matters OF NOR.
Ials, imposes on him plain duty.
He should condemn the revolving act.
Neither his condemnation nor that
OF Mr.. Hughes Is needed to insure it's
overw helming defeat. Both are need
ed to preserve the respect of the
people Of New York for their presi-
dent and governor. New York
Times.