The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-08-26
LET'S PLAY FAIR.

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islation and The cnforc men. of tenn
perance laws. Two years ago when
the first Republican con .allion VIZ.
held in this county it fell to our lOg
to be the one to offer the first re-
solution placing The Republican par
ty in this county on record as faY-
oring a local option law. Ever
since that time the Republican par
ty in the county and state has been
consistent in it's attitude toward the
temperance people. Tho party has
given the state all the effective tenn
peranco legislation it has ever re-
ceived and is still ready and anxious
to champion the cause of the people
During this time the Independent
consistently worked for the passage
of the local option law, for the vot-
ing of Canyon county dry, and TO:
the strict enforcement of the law.
We are in favor of a dry county.
Yea, we are in favor of the saloons
and their kindred evils being voted
out of our state from border to Dor
der. Not one black spot would we
leave to mar the beauty of our COM
monwealth. This slight reference to
our record of the past and our faith
in the success of the temperance
cause in the future is made to show
that we are entitled to speak as a
temperance advocate to the temper
ance people in this county.
Time worn is the statement that
the weakness of the temperance
cause has been in the past and now
is the impracticability of the leaders.
There is much truth in the charge,
and if the present methods being
pursued by the leaders in this coun-
ty are continued the cause will suf-
fer here as it has suffered in the
past elsewhere. A definite end can
be reached only by following con-
sistent line of policy. And this ques-
ton should be dealt with on the
same high plane of honesty, straight
lOI WdIuHSoo, anu ldll uColllSs OllS
with another, as each upright citi-
zen conducts his business affairs.
But the temperance leaders in this
county, in their zeal to accomplish
their purpose, are slipping from this
high plane of fair dealing down to
the level of the much despised ward
politician who also considers that
the end justifies the means.
AS sincere men and women tenn
perance peoples attitude toward the
Republican party should at least be
one of fair dealing. That party has
played fair with the temperance peo-
pie. 1t gave them all that they ask
ed for, and in this county it was by
a Republican vote, which has a large
majority, that the county was. placed
il the dry column. The Republican
officials elected have been consistent
and energetic in their efforts e.
make the law effective here. From
first to last the Republican parry
has been fair and honest with the
temperance people. If business
man treats the temperance people as
fairly and as honestly as the RepuD-
lican party has treated them they
assume at least that he is honest
and deserves honest treatment at
their hands If this business man
should seek to purchase a tract of
land would anyone approve of his
secret enemy going to him as wolf
in sleeps clothing, and extol the
virtues of the land above their real
value and persuade the business
man to pay a greater price than the
land was worth? Or If you should
go to this man and ask the favor Of
using his team, which he granted
you, and then you listened to the
advice of his enemy and so abused
the team that it was greatly injured,
would anyone consider that he was
treating the man fairly and honest
ly?
The Republican party has played
fair with the temperance people in
this county but what are the tenn
perance people, working through the
medium of the Law and Order
League, doing In return? They have
= aca6 at the head of the League a
man who is a candidate for a state
office on the ticket which represents
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This man, who is o. V. Bailey, pres
ent county recorder, has more infiu-
ence, by virtue of his position at the
head of the League, in directing the
actions of the League than any other
man. Every action taken by the
League at his suggestion must be in
furtherance of his personal ambi-
ton whether 1t would directly seem
so or not. This man, who repre-