The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
VIII Allow the Use of His
Name by Republicans
of Idaho.
MAY BE NAMED FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Committee Which Waited Upon
Him in Boise Is Receiving
Much Praise.
BY @. E. ARNEY.
Special TO The Tribune,

Special to The Tribune,
IDAHO FALLS, July 2.-The Repub-
licans here are sending up sigh of re-
lief that Honorable John T. Morrison
of Boise has consented that his name
may be used as a candidate for the of
fee of attorney general of Idaho. The
committee which waited on him in
Boise and pointed out to him the patri
otic service which he could render to
Idaho and incidentally to the Republi~
can party, is receiving the hearty
praise of the Republicans of this sec
tiou of the state. In his letter to the
committee which waited on him and
urged the primo necessity for him TO
make this sacrifice, for it is a sacrifice
to him. Mr. Morrison says this as to
his administration of the trust:
Mr.. Morrison's s Letter,
''Should T be nominated and elected,
I will administer the affairs of the
office vigorously and without fear or
favor. and with keen sense of my re-
sponsibility to the people, and more
than a theoretical knowledge of the
citizen or officer, will not be sine
cure. and l will not practice by ear.
I will select my own assistants from
the best material available and they
will understand that they are retained
and paid by the state to safeguard all
tho interests of all the people, regard
less of class, ring or faction.
When taken with tho statement OF
the committee of his fellow attorneys
at Boise, who urged Mr.. Morrison to
make this race. this is a very significant
platform and breathes of the spirit OF
hope to the settler out on the desert OF
Idaho under the various projects under
the care and protection of the state
land board, of which the attorney gen
eral is the legal adviser, as well as
among those citizens and taxpayers
affairs of the school fund, of the Carey
act trust fund, of the timber lands,
conducted according to the design of
the trainers of our constitution AID
tho statutes of the state.
Here is the petition which was pre-
sented to Mr., Morrison by committee
consisting of Honorable Edgar Wilson,
Joseph Perrault, Harry S. Kcssler, &. j.
Frawley, C. w. Helser, T. A. Bisby, II.
Blaine:
What Petition Sets Forth.
AS citizens Of Idaho. appreciatlng the
verv Important duties of the office Of
attorney general OF the stale, we nave
been exceedingly anxious 10 have a can
0lQGte possessing special Quannc8IlpUS
the discharge OF these duties and meas
uring up 10 the standard OF citizenship
required OF those who, are TO stand The
moral test OF a conflict IN %nlch ne
sent a large body Of electors OF Ike IN
terest and our common purpose led US
at once to Mr., Morrison to see II. hap
PLY. he might be induced TO accept th+
nomination. His Letter in re iponHe to our
request we new give 20 .lc public.
Guard Peoples Interests.
The office of attorney general. as
Mr. Morrison points out, is second TO
none In the state; He is the legal ad3
sits upon all the important boards. The
duties oil these boards are wide and far
reaching. They demand ability and ex-
peoples interests. These qualities inhere
in Mr.. Morrison, He has been tried and
not found wanting. With the large land
interests and extensive irrigation euter-
prises belonging 10 the people coming di
rectly under the control Of these boards.
and closely correlated with the admin:s
tration OF the attorney generals office.
the people are demanding character ard
ability of high order 10 stand guard
in that office.
Protect States Birth Right.
In view OF the investment Of about
100000. 600 In Irrigation enterprises in
this state, and the fact that the attor-
ney general has more to dc with tbs
administration OF these enterprises, so
far as the interest Of the state and the
people Is concerned. than any other state
official, IL Is important that we have the
right kind OF man for that position at
this time.
The state timber and other land hold
lngs involve large financial transactions
OF great concern to our educational in
terests. we have entered on a period nf
development along these lines when In
our judgment the people. and particu-
1arly the settlers under these irrigation
projects. viii exact Just such official in