The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-25
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

home for of the newspapers men whom 1t
is opposing asking for anything more than the
operation of legislation created in sane mood
for the protection of the public and the advancement
of a commonwealth
The striking feature of the argument advanced by
the Grangeve publication is that which asserts that
the advocates of the enforcement of the laws of the
State injurng the reputation of the State in the
estimation of people who would come to the State
and invest their money for the development OF its
resources but for the PRONUNCIATION of what char
acterizes as ISLANDERS"
Yet the champions of that only which is right are
asserting condition that maintains itself in spite of
the courageous efforts of wise law givers to eradi
cate it and thus open the way to the builders OF
homes that would attract the real manhood and the
real womanhood of the nation to the State with
the means and the energy they might contribute
There stands at the head of the councils of the
nation at Washington a strong in his con-
seriousness of right, of powerful mentality of
age and of determination.
He found that conditions had arisen under the
laws and the administration of the laws that were
surely undermining the structure of Government,
that rendering the great country over which he
presdes prey to designing capitalize certain ulti
mate victim of predatory wealth, with all that might
be involved in the destruction of the Democracy
upon which nation had been built
This strong and resourceful champion of the
rights of the masses interposed his authority be-
tween the people and the encroaching money power
and the of abuse that descended upon his head
will perhaps be remembered by the Standard News
of Grangeville, Idaho.
The cry went up from among the powerful de-
voices of wealth that he slandering the coun-
try, that he was disturbing business, that he was
interfering with prosperity, that he frightening
capital that he was endangering future development
and inviting ruin.
In fact, about all the charges that uttered in
criticism of the lawinvokng people of Idaho in their
conflict with another destroying influence were
lodged against the chief magistrate of the nation
the penalty of his adherence to right
Instead of yielding to the camor of self-interest,
he said to the disturbers that country peo-
pie, were ever injured by righteous appeal to JUS
tice and demand for the equal distribution of priv
ileges He said that if the public suffered temporary
through the destruction of niqutous
customs, it better that it should be temporarily
than go forward to certain destruc-
ton under the old methods.
He is seadfasty pursuing his way, fully convinced
that nothing but the knife can remove cancerous
growth and restore health to the body polite
An identical of action must be applied to
existing conditions III ldaho IL, IN the application,
it "disturbs business temporarily, the State must
bear that much in the interest of future growth and
in atonement of the sins of its past Its recovery
will be prompt and permanent and wholesome reac-
ion will ensure development that cannot be at
aimed while the fostering remains evidence
IF internal corruption.
Those people of the Republican faith who critcise
he Democratic party of Idaho account of its
to break down the vice of polygamy
an as consistently take issue with the President