Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-08-05
G0OO|NG
AMBITIOUS
Ex-Governor Wants to see his
Namesake Made a County
Seat of New County.
LINCOLN CO. NOTHING TO GAIN
By the Proposed Division but big Ex-
pense Bill Would be Created for the
Taxpayers to Settle

aqpayers to oettic-
The latest ambition of EX-Gove-
rnor Goouing, the Supreme Politi-
elan Of the state Of ldahO, the po-
litical and financial wizard Of the
Northwest. is to obtain County Seat
hood for his town name-sake. We
would remind the voters Of Lin
coin county TO beware lest the
Governors zeal to tree all the
coons in he Gooding tree should
lead them astray from sound pub
lie policies; beware lest the Gov
ernor's belligerent lieutenants eX-
cite jealousy and discord among the
various towns of the county and by
preymg upon the prediudice of the
voters lead them to believe that
division of Lincoln county Is an
absolute necessity.
We read from he fiery pens OF
the Editors of the Rupert Pioneer
Record and The Richfield Recorder
OF the gross misGeeCs and puerlle
weakness Of Shoshone, we are NOV
ed to real sympathy for ourselves
by such Nilid portrayal Of our
lamentable condition. We never
before imagined we were half 50
bad as we must be for being the
County seat Of Lincoln County
Shoshone Will forgive you for all
this bitterness, knowing as she does
that your are driven to such desper
ate straiehts in search for some val
id claim to support division Of the
county. We would, as father tot
an erring child, fold all of You un-
der our wing and looking Up to the
great directing mind of all, say;
with all their faults, here they
are. Ohll Father take them: they
are ours. Wen not forske them,
forgive them for they know not
what they do
We regret that the Editor of
the Richtield Recorder suffers such
heroic grief because some OF the
voters Of ShuShone refuse TO blindlSl
support representative timber Sc
lected from the Richfield Political
Forest without asking questions
as to its Kind an quality. So bad /
that they should think proposed /
law-maker should express his o.
pinicn so That The voters. would /
know whether they wanted him or
not. TCo lad that they cid not
still aGhere to The belief that The
King can Go no wrong. Sorry
We were not more trustful and con
fiding and gone right on, voted for
the gentleman permitting him to
keep locked in his sacred bosom
any ideas which he may have there
until his arrival at the halls of leg
islation, to Go as lac pleased. The
Recorder would have the public
believe that some sacred personal {
freedom were violated when this
were asked as to his
political views The question was
prolally somewhat direct if the
gentlemanhad not had political am
litions. We claim that when
man offers himself for public SER
vice. every rag-tag and bobtail 4
voter in the land has perfect righ
10 ask him what he stands for and
10 erilicise him if he does not suit
The voters views. tell him that he
ioes net meet with his approval
and that if he does moi conform
with his views ne will work against
him. How else could we run the {
lffairs Of this representative gov
'rnment. We might apply 70 Rich
'ield Recorder. Any other course
han that pursued by Shoshone in /
'egard 10 the candidacy of the (
gentleman from Richfield would Ger {
ainly show us derelict in our duty ]
ls citizen Of great. free and :
'lr-sove rnirg country Would indi- T
ate that W. we're losing the fun :
lamental priueinles upon which {
his government is founded. That is i
O have cur legislators 10 make (
avs according TO our Instructions b
instead of heing governed like fhe 5
bSoIuie rulers of The world, by the n