Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-05-02
HARRISON FEEIs PUNISHMENT
Calls IL Unique Way % Gee Votes
for County seat.

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Az recent meeting OF the re-
publican central committee held in
Occur d'Alene. Harrison was a can
didate for the coming county con-
vention and her commercial ciun
wrote a letter TO the various CON-
mitteemen and invited them TO our
town with the convention and several
OF them answered signIfylng their
willingness 20 hold the convention
here even the chairman said that
he was In favor Of holding Il
here. but they had All counted
without their host. and when thsy
met in Occur d'Alene they met
their host IN the person of Mr..
Hoffman. and he Immediately vetoed
their aspirations 70 make good fel-
lows Of themselves and give ua the
little perslmmon. He made the state
ment that Harrison did not stand W
to the rack at the last election. "a
other words, they would not take
the dope that he had dimhed up for
them and therefore they should be
punished a. we would punish the
recalcItrant child. II II OF little uas
for Mr.. Hoffman or hia chief mouth
piece the Journal. 10 deny that Mr..
Hoffman made the statements cred
tied 10 him In that COMMITTEES meet
ing. for he made them. Mr.. Doty,
the Harrison representative, was n
very ardent supporter Of his honae
town an be met Dir. Hoffman. and
then he withdrew his town from the
race, ast he Journal says. for rea-
sons he did not give. and Il Il well
for bis as well ~ Mr.. Heltman'a
political scalp that be aid not. for
be or perhaps both Of them would
have had q lemon handed them when
the votes were counted a. the COM
Ing election. This q unique way
Mr.. Hoffman has Of getting votes
for the republican ticket and for
Rathdrum for the county seat. But
we will say that Il Is distinctly bis
way. and Il viii win "a long ~ the
decent thinking republicans OF the
county take hia aeif-pFescribed dope.
Harrison Is the disobedieHt child and
does rot deny the fact. but We ara
proud 10 say that she has = lot OF
republicans who can do a little think
ing for themselves. and more than
that. they have got the unalloyed
manhood to assert their rights as
American citizens and not be the
puppets Of a seif-appointcd boss. She
Is not eElnging at the feet Of meF-
eiless master like a whipped eur. and
begging hts royal eiemency. She ta
not 10 dsstardiy hungry for pie
that she must have II ~ the HaeFi-
fee OF all that goes TO make up the
ideal American citizen. There Was
At one time a aympathetlc spot Ia
her generous heart for Rathdrum.
but the last straw has now been
added and II will Be doubtful II
that feeling ever returns. Heitman
has made bis boast that Harrison
could have had all that she asked
for al the last nominating convention
II she asked for Il. but nov when she
asks for her first favor. she gets the
club instead OF the bun. A TO the
Journal. Ne viii say that II Mr.. Heit-
man would tell rs editors 20 preach
the doctrine that the moon was made
Of green cheese they would do il
and get mad at the peopie and par
tleularIy the Press. II they dared to
say IL vas not so. We have no
doubt bat that the Occur d'Alene
Noon is no less Opaque than 3 hunk
of green cheese or II would not have
70 great an AFFINITY for the greater
luminAry. tHeitmanl. Cone down
nov Brother Journal and aekDowl-
edge the corn and say that you ala
not print ALL that transpired ct
the recent meeting Of the central
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