Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-04
IDAHO VITALITY
INTERESTED
CONGRESSMAN FRENCH SEES IN
COMING CAMPAIGN QUESTIONS
OF REAL CONCERN TO IDAHO
OTERS.

x NV ''atc anu Hdtloidi ponies IMAM
lever before and in my opinion more
depends upon the outcome of the
lneNt election for Idaho than has de
pended on any election for over
lcade," said Congressman Burton /.
IFrench today.
| SO far as state politics are con
tesrned there seems to be no reas-
fonable way by which the Democrat.
lis party as it is now organized can
fcarry Idaho. The present conven
jton at Wallace illustrates the he ?
flcssness Of the situation Dubois
has carried on with great ability
1.-THE mos selfish political fight ever
pursued in state politics The lead
ling old line Democrats of the stat
Iare heartily tired of Dubois lead
Iership and do not rest easy undei
the knowledge that but for the
| itrary Use of the machinery OF tho
|party the regular Democrats won e
Ibe in c0mNlete control of their nar
~ politics and state convention
They prove the insinceritv of Du
hois by the words of Dubois him.
self. and they do not care to Ienf
the dignity of the Democratic part,
Cf this state to an issue which the
national Democratic party refused
to entertain.
On national politics it is largely
n question OF pure business for Ida
he whether the state will supper,
the Republican or the Democratic
ticket Local matters will not in
/, fluence the result materially Even
the forest reserve question will not
I'VE shall gradually come into
our rights as we are abe to impress
upon the administration the hard
ships we are laboring under Be-
sides this, the people will not forget
that Dubois. as senator, was espe
cially active in advocating the ex-
Henson of forest reserves.
j.. I might also add that in my con
lversation yesterday did not mean
to say that the forestry department
has acted favorably on my PROPOSE
ton OF exchanging he 1000, 900
acres OF school lands belonging to
: the schools of Idaho and which are
, now included within the forest re
serves, for 100000 acres en- boz
that would be available for use by
q the state for the schools What
: want to say is that my bill is before
the committee on public lands, and
has the approval Of the department
, providing ! amend the bill SO as to
compel the state to maintain the
100000 acres a state forest re-
serve. This do not propose to do
as the state should have the right
4, land ia fully capable OF handling its
lands as It deems best.
THE last few years have meant
much to North Idaho because OF the
large appropriations for opening W
> the Columbia and Snake rivers from
!. Lewiston to the ocean This is In
harmony with the general policy OF
. Improving the navigable streams OF
i, the country, and the people will ap'
prove the expenditure Of public
money for this purpose. Naturally
the Republican party will be the
gamer by this policy. because th'
appropriation have been made by 9
Republican congress. l may a'st
say that the carrying out OF thi'
policy OF river improvement will
mean more for the adjustment O
freight rates than all the laws thai
we can pass by state and fedora
= legislatures. Open navigation from
Lewiston to the sea would unques
tionably save to the people of tn
:. Inland Empire at least $1,0OO.OO'
:. in freight charges every year on thu
:, products which we sell
While Republican administra
tion has done and Is doing so mucl
for North Idaho in this respect, |
y, has also passed such laws and mad
!" such grants touching irrigation
matters in South Idaho as have NOR
~ than doubled the population of tina
norton OF the state during the las
10 years and added millions of dol
lars to our assessed valuation.
> THE next administration viii b
ItI TREMENDOUS IIipp. 'uh'V w ''oHN
because both great parties propose
81 modification of the tariff laws. TIL
Democratic party stands for mod
= ification of schedules downward
. The Republican party stands for
readiustment. Idaho cannot affor
oi modification downward Our in
rs dustries depend upon the tariff. Nj
stanley A. Easton, the manager c
y the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine!
II. told me only a few months ago tina
VI in lis opinion the removal of tn
re tariff of pa cents per pound o
IN lead would close all but two lea
ef mines of the state. | mention tn
~ as an illustration. and the effect {
~ such a policy would he felt by ever
n laborer. every farmer whose produr
I'd IS consumed by miners and mimi
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