The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
EPISTLE TO SCRIBES.

EPISILE III SUM BEES.
20! Foolish Galatians, Who Hath
Bewiched You?"
To j. w. Jones, editor of the Rigby
Star; w. e. Wheeler of The Idaho
Register; L. e. Dillingham; of The
Mackay Miner; Truxton Talbot Of
The Pocatello Advance; 7. Bush
Livermore of The Pocatello Fri
bune.
Each of you being honorable in his
calling, and having responded to the
call to publish paper that shall at
once reflect your own views and the
concnsus of opinions of your locality
except SO far as you may differ from
them and state your differences, each
having done us the honor to respond
to our statement that from now on
until the nominations were made we
would seek to impartially analyze
candidates for nomination with a
view of determining their fitness for
the positions sought, and that when
nominations we're made we would
support the choice of the party on the
principle that out of impartial analy-
sis by all, comes the best available
to you we wish to address few lines
collectively and separately.
Each of you having taken excep-
lions to what we have said, and re-
piled to the same in such manner as
your respective characters influenced
you to do, or voiced what others said
by copying their articles, we take
pleasure in responding and doing you
so much honor as your own selected
station in your work entities you.
j. w. Jones.
In recent issue of your paper you
have devoted much space to discus
sions of the merits and dement's Of
the centralized school as applied to
your locality, and followed the logical
method of submitting the whole ques-
tion to the people and out of the
discussion, both in your paper and
out of It, getting general, popular
conclusions on this matter of public
concern
We commend you and the other
writers who have analyzed this mat
ter on plane that was at once
broad, far-reaching, patriotic and
business-like. You show how the
centralized school will affect not only
the present and future generations in
all ways that schools can affect them,
but show how it will develop good
roads, good stock, good farms, and
everything that means more glor-
ious country. You even do us the
honor to copy considerable matter
from the annual School Edition of
The Idaho Republican to help illus
trate some practical points as they
apply to our beet-raising population,
yet on another page you criticise us
for carrying this same principle into
the political arena, and discussing the
merits and dement's of the only can
didate now in the field for nomina-
ton. We had said more substantial
things in his favor than The Star had,
and had said more to call his qualifi-
cations and character into question.
Your criticism was that Byrd Ire
go had started in to see how much Of
spectacle he could make of himself,
and had already reached the 32nd
degree of assaninity by opposing the
nomination of Mr.. Brady for COVER
nor. The reason you give for your
conclusion is that he will be nominal
ed and elected by the greatest ma
jority ever given to any candidate
for the position in Idaho. Your next
conclusion is that because we dis
cussed the fitness of candidate we
must be. as you say, 'sore," and you
advise that we click our personal
sores behind the curtains" thus low
ering your reasoning to the level Of
the dog. IF this uncouth language
is good to follow, why did not you
follow its precepV in the last cam
paign? Why did you periodically
bolt the party and oppose party can
didates between nj ination and cleo
ton? II 1t is best % openly discuss
school matters, vi Y not carry the