The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-19
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

to incorporate such plank in its platform has weak
ened the ticket he is telling the truth French takes
a position which is along the lines OF modern pol1t-
ca science and one which would return to the peo-
pie the right to nominate their own candidates and
avoid the dsgraceful of both the democratic
convention Wallace and the republican convention
at Boise neither of which any credit to the state
The people of the opinion as our congress
man and will follow his advice when it comes to
voting for candidates on direct primary election
platform The voters becoming independent,
and further agree with French in his opposition to
Senator Heyburns position that the people have no
right to instruct their representatives in congress
or other public officials but recommend only such
things as they should desire
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Salmon Recorder Dem): Burton L. French is
in truth, "The product of Idahos soil" When it
comes to his standing in congress he is by all odds
at the tail end of the delegation in the western states
He has been the subservient tool of the Mormon
hierarchy. He convicted himself when he gave his
evidence in the Smoot case and admitted in substance
that no man could be elected in Idaho who did not
have the backing of the Salt Lake twenty-six. So
far as legislation is concerned which have been bene
fetal to the west any other section of the country
Idaho might well have been represented by
wooden man.
Brady who came in for such rich endorsement
is the personihcaon of all that is disreputabe in
machine politics. When the revolt came in the leg
iSlature two years ago in effort to carry out the
pledges of the republican party Brady the first
man on the ground and tried to whip the insurgents
into line The Mormon bishops had decreed that
the party pledges should not be enacted into law,
and seventeen republican members revolted from the
machine control 1t is safe to judge what Brady will
do if he elected governor by what he has done in
the past. Two years ago the party pledges hung
lightly upon >his shoulders In place of trying to
whip the Mormon bishops into line for the platform
declarations he sided with the Mormon bishops and
against the men who were opposed to stultifying
themselves
Standpoint Review Rep): Briefly stated Burton
L, French the pride of the north and the greatest
lie of tate
placed upon their ticket, was cruelty and wantonly
led out to slaughter at the state convention at Boise
to satisfy the political aspirations of others.
The sudden change in the line of expected events
SO far as the state ticket concerned resulted in
the final 'jobbing" of c. L. Hoffman, his failure to
secure. the state Craftsmanship for which he had
plotted, and the turning over of his carefully ar
ranged plot to Johnny Gray of Wallace for final
twist. In the absence Of Hoffman and during the
closing three minutes of the political intriguing a
final slap was given Mr.. Heitman when Shoshone
county dictated the nomination of S. D. Taylor for
state auditor
1t sorry day all round for the north which
was sacrificed, done up and thrown out by the
scheming politicians of Shoshone aided and abetted
by the Rathdrum attorney who for some reason
seemed to have delivered himself into their power.
Idaho Falls Register Rep): 1t was good move
on the part of the republican convention to eliminate
the direct primary law from the platform We be-
lleve this to be bad and vicious law.
Same paper: On another page of this issue of the
Register Will be found the speech made by Senator
Hepburn before the republican convention at Boise
City last week Every reader of the Register should
read this 1t not really in the of political
speech, but contains large amount of information
He gives some good reasons for his opposition to
the election of senator's by direct vote and regard
ing the direct primary law. 1t is certainly good
reading.
Pocatello Tribune (Rep.) Some of the delegates
to the Boise convention will be compelled to work
their exPaIners over time when they get back home
Many Of them entirely disregarded the instructions