The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-06-02
THE MAN-HUNTER GROWS WEARY

of all the good work that Lincoln Stefens has done
the very best his apology for graft IN the June Amer
can RI would seem almost hopeless to indicate fewer
words with truer insight the real ociaistc evolution
that rising UP out Of the muck and mre OF our decaylng
capitalism SAYS The Public For the real socalstic evou-
ton gives little promise and let us be thankful for that
of struggle Of personal classes 1t phrophetc of
struggle between master class and servant class nor between
labor class and business class even between labor class
and privileged class The real sociastc struggle will be
between the principle Of Labor and the principle of Prv
lege with cobaans aligned not by their class interests
but by their apprehensons Of public Righteousness And
Sefens apology for graft of the pronounced
indications Of quckening perception in the common mind
Mr. stefens had seen vulgar police graft in Minneapolis
and denounced the police He had seen politicians graft
St Louis and denounced the politicians He had per-
ceived business graft back Of both everywhere and de
nounced business But he sees that special
privileges are temptations too great for human nature
to resist and that the desire for them the of
political corruption So he turns from denouncing
the of any class and calls for establishments of con
ditions. His apology for graft an attempt to dol
justice, and therefore appeal for mercy upon men, all
men," We quote the appeal with which Mr.. Steffens
most deeply interesting story Of San Francisco support
of his appeal begins
We Americans have been on a man-hunt Some
Of still at it We crying have some body put
into jail 70 make some individual suffer. and we may
mobilize catch victim day and may w1eak
upon him our hate ! hate this hate and this hunt. !
have bayed my bay in it, and am sick of it am CON
WINGED that if should follow far enough the human trail
was on should catch myself For have gone far enough
already to where to blame how have done or
OF the most intelligent rascal III the United States And
II have not done wrongs great his wshnever again
to forget that have lacked his ability and his temptation
Happening into cleaner business the only temptations
have fallen before those of business But the
whole hunt the hate and the spirit Of vengeance upon
whether of the law of the mob wrong 1t is things
not that hurt us; it is bad conditions i-wll
that make men do wrong,
The expression Of faith with which Mr. Steens closes
shows his faith to be of the kind that in reality move
mountains Il is not the faith Of the Christian pharisee
the optimism o the Fourth Of Iuy patriot it is the !
faith Of the Christian spirit and the sane confidence Of
broad patriotism Man has only tackle problem to i
solve it somehow he writes and it is enough for the !
present. that realizing that it indeed things not
alone men, that we have to deal with that it condtions
not solely the devil III that makes bad bad We .
are coming to that that however good be the
purposes Of their will be determined largely =
by social environments and therefore that the work for 4
all Of to do social environments that will
make it easier for every to act right than for any
to act wrong =
Dubois the Idaho county delegation by the mar n
margin of four and he had all the party mach =
merry at his beck and call And Idaho county gives him -
control of the Twin Falls convention if he has such con =
rol 1t would that the would seek to har-
nonze the factions rather than keep in course 20
where his hold is SO precarious. Sc
1t is waste of time to expostuate or argue with the
actions that contendng for control of the Democratic
arty Idaho Each side has its selfish aims to serve ~
nd the welfare OF the party and the people of secondary
consideration ~
Brady has been slated for governor Of Idaho by the M
GENEROUS and law-defyng Joe Smith, of Utah. and there
lace. What Joe Smith says in Idaho Repubicansn