The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-22
Press Opinion on Brady.

Already protests are flowing through the press of
the state against the nomination of James H. Brady
the gubernatoria candidate of the Republican par
ty position for which he is self seeker and self
booster. The Twin Falls Times is so much in earn
est that its remarks are worth reproducing:
The deposing of the present state officers and the
placing of others of the stripe in their stead
is not what the people want Brady administra-
ton is not any more acceptable without many prom
ised reforms, than is the present gang ideas of
business government. The chance of lulllng the
people to sleep with soft words passed 1t will be
either clean, honest, intelligent Republicans for the
state else Democratic victory. The latter will
be bitter medicine for the old line Republicans, and
they should to it, that no man of the old crowd
which has controlled affairs in this state, should
hold office.
The Troy News speaks at considerable length,
saying by way of introduction:
The effect on the part of certain Interests" and
politicians to nominate Brady of Pocatella for Gov
ernor should awaken the conscience of the rank and
file of the Republican party. His nomination will
bring certain defeat in November. Brady does not
and never has, represented the people. He is, prac
ticaly speaking, ldahos political representative and
lobbyist for the Oregon Short Line Railroad. The
people of the north may not know what perniciouS
influence the Oregon Short Line has in Idaho. 1t
has always fought any attempt to put equal tax
alton law on Idahos statute books and pays about
one-thrd what it should justly pay 1t maintains the
most excessive freight rates in the United States
and has and is retarding the development of the
southern portion of the state.
The News alleges that Mr.. Brady was the repudi-
ator of the republican platform and assisted in
defeating the direct primary bill, the anpass bill
and the railroad commission bill and was always
found working for "the interests" The News con-
cudes:
This paper, for one will not support Brady, and
there are enough Republican voters in northern
Idaho who prefer any KIND OF democratic, popu-
liStc prohbitionist sociastic Governor to Brady
to defeat him if he is nominated.
The Lewiston Tribune is unable to understand the
apportionment. 1t says
The method of the apportionment adopted by the
Republican State Central Committee at Boise is
hardly clear to the Tribune and perhaps the state
at large is entitled to elucidaon of the subject
The number of delegates to the state convention is
now 303, as against 800 at the preceding election.
Sectionally considered, two years ago the Gentle
counties had 200 of the 300 delegates and the Nor
counties 90 This year the Gentle counties
have only 1872 of the 303 delegates and the Mormon
counties have 121 The Gentiles have lost 18 dele
gates and the Mormons gained 3d. difference of
40 votes IN the state convention. 1t does not
that the vote cast can properly bear out any such
proportionate gains in the Mormon representation
The vote of 1904 which the apportionment of
1906 based comprised 1865 for the Mormon
counties and 26,2O9 for the Gentle The vote of
1906 on which the present apportonment is based
comprised 16,493 for the Mormon counties and 81
1913 for the Gentle The vote shows comparative
Mormon gains, but not such gains have been
allotted to the sect in its present representation.
Under all the circumstances it would seem to have
been the part of wisdom to have kept down the Nor
mon representation rather than have forced it up.
X
If something has occurred to degrade other de-
nominations below the level of the Mormon standard
and to proportonately disfranchise them in Re-
publican counse1s, what is it? Why should six
small and unimportant counties have
two-hfths of the representation and seventeen
ties have threeffths, when the six counties consti
tute less than one-ffth of the state in every