The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-05-19
SOME FACTS FOR REPUBLICANS

Here is the hot shot that the Troy News fires into the
Brady ring in its current issue:
About years ago the great Republican party of
the great of Idaho with James H Brady the party
leader met the convention and among other things wrote
an anaroad pass plank and placed 1t IN the platform
Then the party with Mr. Brady leader went the
state and before the people, and pledged that the Repub
can party were elected that solemn and binding pledge
would be carried The people voted the Republican
ticket and the anti-pass bill presented And then
every of the Brady gang comprising majority of the
Republican members of the house. voted to repudate that
pledge But there we're some honest Republicans and they
combined with the Democratic members and did pass the
bill in opposition to the determined and bitter opposition
of the Republican machine gang and the present staunch
boosters of lin Brady Then the antpass BILL Republi-
can platform pledge, went up to the senate The senate
like the house. Republican And these Republicans
had pledged people that they would support this den
tcal But what did they do? The Brady gang
tried to kill it. and succeeded Senator Hart, Mormon
and very enthusiastic Brady supporter this time
then now Republican leader in Idaho. And he had
pledged himself to the people to support the antpass
measure And now it was up to him. What did he do?
Arose the Republican leader in the senate of the state of
Idaho and appealed his fellow Republicans to kill the
bill Asked the Republicans to repudiate Republican
platform pledge and in his fury and to show his contempt
for that BILL (soeny given by the Republican party OF
Idaho under the leadership of Brady) tore it to shreds
before the eyes of his fellow senator's Think of t He
paraded his dovaltv before eyes Of the entire
and goried that treachery And after the bill dead
and years have rolled around the Republicans of Idaho
with Mr. Brady still the leader of the party, with power
enough nominate himself governor meet in Wallace and
hold another convention They select SIX OF the leading
Republicans of the delegates to the next Republican
national convention select the Republican candidate
for president And who these SIX Republicans worthy
to represent our state? We will just His
lis Hart He is called Senator Hart And review the
record to discover what worthy and distinguished
Senator Hart has done that he worthy in the eyes of
lanes Brady the next Republican nominee for governor
of Idaho represent state and find that he betrayed
sacred trust draced his party the eyes of every honest
man and glored in it. This ought to prove that Jim
Brady the head of the Republican machine doesn't believe
in reputation and insisted that every plank the the
Republican platform be carried out Brady must believe
he nOtSO
platform repudiator in the entire state
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The Troy News Republican, proposes to keep right
on crtcsng the disgusting dishonesty of Republican plat
form repdators regardless of whether pleases oends
some OF our readers The Republican who would insist
that paper stand up and defend all the cussedness
of an unprinciped dishonest political machine with al
record as rotten ancient hen fruit can't stop his paper
to suit
The Democrats have the advantage of the Republicans
in that they did all in their power during the last legislature
to carry platform and redeem their party pledges
They stood by the people and now between gang OF
epudiatng Republicans and the Democrats the honest
voter ought to be able to vote right.
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The Republican party under the leadership of Brady
did repudate least half its pledges The party deber
atey lied year the people Brady dare not deny It,
No Republican the dare stand up and dispute It,
It is a cold fact and being without single reasonabel
excuse in justification of the dsgracefu shameful betrayal
of the people, how any seespectng Republican con-
done it? How can any honest citizen overlook it, and
endorse it? The Troy News is Republican paper Its
ranks of the party cannot be questioned But never
while we retain spark of manhood and have any inter
est in good government will condone, endorse sup
port those who have betrayed the people and brought
disgrace upon the grand old party.