The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-06-12
STARTED A BOYCOTT.

Several men, all prominent members
of the Mormon church, started little
hoycott on The Republican a rev Gays
apo because we published an account
of the Democratic State convention
II Is common street talk that similar
moves have been started against oth-
ers who attended the convention as
spectators and singular thing ABOUT
It all is that some OF the men Ihoe'
active in the matter are Republicans
Verify. this is an entering wedge
that opens up a big subject. When men
in business cannot differ politically
without bringing pressure to bear 10
crush individual opinions, the life OF
the republic is threatened. And wnen
a newspaper man is boycotted because
he nrints the news, the boycotters are
open to suspicion.
ona of the boycotters who did not
attend the convention, assigned as MS
reason, that we did not print cor
rect report He said 1t did not cor
respond with the report given by The
EVENING" Capital News, and we regard
that as a compliment, since the CAPT
tai News has a reputation for false-
hoods
Another one Of the boycotters said
he wouldn't read The Republican any
longer because we published the 1ac'
that three Mormons were required &c
get off of the Dubois special and take
the regular train. He thought that
should have been omitted from our re.
mort of the trip. We stated In the
close Of our report that Dubois was
practically in control of the conven
ton and he (the boycotter) consigned
us to oblivion so far as ne was con
cerned. because we did not leave tina
out. He had paid for his paper to thu
first of next March, and said he woult
Just make us present of that much
but we are as generous as he Is, ant
will print his copy each week up u
the first of March and throw 1t undel
the table and the janitor can sweep 1
out.
We expect to visit all the politica
conventions we can get to, and so Ions
as we publish a newspaper we VII
print the facts as we see them, re
gardless of the wishes of men Wh
would like to control all expression
that helps to make the country's opin
ion in total.
The editor OF this paper is a Repub
lican, and If it appears that lot o
Democrats posing as Republicans, seel
to divide their forces to control bot
parties then we are still Republican
and are opposed to the whole bunch o
demagogues-ma without part
Aalr fp
such principle If persisted in, deserve
the appelation, MAN without coun
try"
A Nice Example.
Some club women of Davenport La
after discussing the duties and practi
cal sphere of newspaper, adopted tn
following "Donts" for the information
and guidance of their members:
Don't go to the managing edito
and ask that legitimate news stor
be kept out 1t would be as unreason
able and Just as indicate to go to tn
banker and ask him to give you mon
ey, or to the lawyer and ask him t
give up one of his cases. A newspap
err is a business enterprise. When 70
ask 1t to keep out news you ask 1T t
injure its own business.
Don't say, I can't understand VIII
the papers make so many mistakes
If you had ever been in the bushes
you would say instead, Il think one c
papers can do that amount of wor
under that amount of pressure an
make so few mistakes"