The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-13
Not Necessarily Democratic.

democratic party" The Nampa paper comedies that
the Troy News has right to go over to the demo-
cratic party but it its concession with sting
by assuming that it has not Topped matter of
principle but because it objects to some of the in
dividuals of the (republcan) party"
But to the unbiased onlooker it appears that the
matter of principle" deeply considered before
the Troy News concluded to assert itself apos-
tate against the republican machine not the party.
For there be found conspcuousy printed in its
columns list of eight important promises in the
publican state platform of 1906 five of which
dishonored and repudiated through the influence Git
believes) of the control of the party
The News desgnates the five repudiated panks
Of the republican platform, as follows:
Economy in the administration of the affairs of
the state is of the first essentials of government
and declare in favor of its rigid enforcement,
We believe in the assessment of the property of all
citizens, whether individual corporate at a fair
valuation, that the burdens of government may be
equalized.
We are in favor of a comprehensive and effective
state antitrust law and pledge legislative and
other candidates to support the enactment of such
law
We are opposed to the issuance of passes by trans
portation companies to state and other officials and
promise the enactment of legislation which will bring
about such reform.
We favor the enactment of primary election law
in order that elections may be brought nearer the
people.
We realize that the families of worIngmen are not
afforded deserved protection because of the absence
of employers liability law from the statutes of
Idaho and demand the enactment of such a
measure modelled after the national legislation on
this subject.
These solemn pledges, the Troy paper says, were
ignored by the party that secured new lease of
power the strength of what it had promised to do
for the people 1t would as though party that
held out such assurances and then ignored them
entitled the reprobaon of least one of its news
papers and that the paper ought to be permitted to
complain without being charged with abandonment
of party 1t may hope that its party, under dsci-
p1ine will attain the standard it fixed for itself and
then away from in a way that appeared to be
cowardly to the complaining paper Almost any
unbiased court of opinion would hold that a news
paper that bases its criticism of party on the broad
ground indicated by the specifications of the Troy
News was actuated by principle, rather than OBJ
lection to individuals within the defautng party.
It can be presumed, in the light of the crcum-
stances, with which the public is familiar, that there
are persons within the republican party who caused
and it be conceived that the newspaper would in
dcate its objections to such individuals
But the objections need not necessarily be attrb-
1ted to personal motives. They be charged,
rather to the fact that what these individuals have
done is damaging to the party than to the
person of the Troy News, and that the paper in
assuming the of the party seeks punish the
actual offenders for sin against their political
associates. In this it would represent principle
With an indescribab1e halo about it.
It will have to be admitted that the Troy News,
With all its excellent traits, is human enough to