Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-10-29
SATOR BORAH ON ISSUES OF
NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AT
TWIN FALLS.

he following is the full text of
ator Borah's speech:
Ir. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
1; The beginning of all good gov
ment under our system is the in
st and activity of the common cit
in matters of public concern.
Their the benehcence of genius nor |
wisdom of statesmen can supply /
absence of this force for clean and |
Client government. The streams of |
ional power should have their |
rec among the real builders of its /
nth. The miner, the mechanic. the |
reliant, the laborer and the farmer |
nifesting an earnest and sustained |
crest in political organizations con-
ute the best guarantee we can have
I we are not to be disappointed in |
solution of the problems with !
ich il is ours to deal.
20 one would underestimate the
ne of the cultured or the learned
unnecessarily disparage the tend
" of today to seek the knowledge
the expert in the science of govern
mt.
But nothing under our system can
e the place of the wholesome and
fitting influence which comes from
aroused and sustained interest OF
millions of men and women who
lwd the field of industry. Govern
mt deals not with speculative phi
ophy nor with theories but deals
entially with the passions and appe
IS. the wants and necessities, the
mentions and ambitions of men. 1t
Afor this reason that the man who
ngles his thought with his labor is
lispensable at the council board
ere policies are adopted and stat
IS are framed.
Political parties are therefore not
ly a convenience but indispensable
encies in the successful administra-
n of government. Not only do they
responsibility but they are the only
encies through which the people can
Te practical effect to their demands.
no other process, it seems can the
mediate operating forces of govern
mt under a representative form of
vernment be made amenable to the
1gment of the people. How indis-
nsable, therefore, are these agencies
wv vital it is that they be kept clean
wholly responsive to the rank and
2. How important it is that all men
Entity themselves with some politi-
| organization. If it is not what
u would have it to be, seek the CO.
Grafton of others and make it So
lie pharisee is as contemplate in
litics as he is in religion. The man
no stands aloof from all political
CARNATIONS knowing as he does that
the correct and righteous determi-
tion of these political problems is
volved the happiness of countless
ousands is a moral coward. L count
the highest evidence of good citi-
nship that men take an interest in
plitics. that they give their influence
make their party faithful and eff
ent in dealing with these matters and
tgilant and loyal in guarding the well
re of those upon whom rest most
eavily the burdens of our industrial
e.
Progressive But Not Radical.
A political party if it is to be SER
ceable and constructive must neces-
lrily be a progressive party. There
lay be a place in the political arena
" a party of criticism, there may be
sphere in political life where men
IN afford to be content with things
5 they are, but a political party which
likes upon itself the vast responsible
Y of governm ent of dealing with the
)rces of industrial and moral growth
lust be a progressive party. It's ira
itions and past achievements are val
able only as a guide to the footsteps
{ the political pioneer and as an in
piration to men to put forth their
est efforts. The human race has not
eased its march. Mankind is not
ontent to sit down like a profligate
cir and waste the estate-the pres
mt has its obligations, the future its
alls.
l would not want to see our party
irresponsible or radical force, deal
pg in unwise and fanciful expert
%ents of government. But l want to
ee it at all times faithful to the rule
f the greatest good to the greatest
lumber; not the foe of business or
he enemy of industrial growth; not
l., G..
nan or class of mems ambitions: but
great, powerful progressive organi-
alton, sensitive to the demands of
humanity and the necessities of our
Industrial life. meeting in a bold,
hopeful, tolerant, progressive way the
problems of the hour 1 want a party
which believes with an unchanging
'aith in the self governing capacity of
he American people-which recog-
lizes that the American nationality is
made up of all men. rich and poor,
great and small. seeking in divers
ways their industrial betterment and
all alike entitled to the shelter of Just
and equal laws; a party which holds
is first great duty to be the enact
ment of good laws, and secondly to
fearlessly enforce them.
Applied TO New Conditions.
Nowhere is the value of the pro-
tics than in dealing with old and es.
tablished principles and applying then
to new conditions. The Republican
party believes in a protective tariff
1t has no less faith in the worth o.
that policy now than it has had in the
past. 1t will put forth its efforts tC
Fetain it at all times. But that i
may retain and secure it's full benef
to American Industries and American
labor it is important that we neithe
permit its abuse nor shut our eyes t,
changed conditions. The time wa
when ii was not very material as t,
the amount of the duties levied or i'm
posed, so long as it was a protective
duty. When competition was unre
strained the American market plac
was sufficiently safeguarded by tina
great law. 1t was safe to assume tina
however high the duty, competition
at home would bring prices to
proper basis. In many fields of in
dustry monopoly has repealed the Law
of competition. The force whicl
once protected the consumer has bee
eliminated by great combinations il
many places and many ways. Recog
nizing these conditions, the tariff lay
should be written in the light of tn
new facts. There should be an hon
est and continued effort to fix dutie