Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-27
ADMITS VlOLAT.
ing THE Law.
O'Neil's Organ Compromises
Candidate Admits
Ito Guilt.

At the risk of raising certain
individuals from the level Of me-
diocsity by attaching undue inn
portance to their activities in
the present campaign and
the events leading up to it
the Republican is going to refer
once more to the manner of cir
culating Mr.. O'Neil's petition for
nomination in Mountain Home.
The sole reason for bringing the
subject once more to the atten-
tion of the voters is to show
that, SO far as Gilmore County is
concerned, the O'Neil "boom"
had it's inception in an infrac-
tion of the direct primary law and
that the manner of procedure
constituted a misdemeanor under
sections "a and % of the law.
This newspaper saw tit to d.
rect attention to the fact that the
O'Neil petition had been circulat-
ed in Mountain Home by James
A. Purtill, and to comment upon
the placing of the petit
ton of republican candi-
date in the hands of life long
democrat. The New Time, in it's
first issue, took up the cudgcls
in defense of Mr.. Purtill as a.
gent with the implied defense Of
the man in whose interest the pc
tition was circulated. From
plentitude Of palaver and plati-
tude, it is necessary to quote but
two paragraphs ,as follows:
Willing at all times, to do
a favor for any man, and
knowing that Mr.. James A.
Purtill had time hanging up
on his hands; that he was a
conscientious and hard-work-
ing gentleman, we put the
matter before him as a
STRICT BUSINESS PROPO.
SlT|ON and as such, he ac-
cepted it, and was and is
conducting the canvass in an
honorable and straightfor-
ward manner, and fulfilling
FOR MIR. O'NEIL, at our
solicitation, duty which the
primary law makes obliga-
tory upon the candidate,
without stating that the
gentleman must be of the
same political faith az the
candidate represented
And:
Mr.. Purtill is working
honestly, FOR HONEST WA
GES, TO BE PAID, we be-
lieve BY AS HONEST AND
UPRIGHT A MAN as Idaho :.
and the Republican party of
the state has produced, and
we trust the loss Of the clerk
ship of the Board of Trustees,
to Mr.. Norell, has proved
blessing instead of a FINAN-
CIAL Handicap
1t is, of course, a pleasure to
learn that only financial gain
prompted Mr.. Purtill to assume
the burden for Mr.. O'Neil and
that no sacrifice of lifetime
principl 5 was involved, but it
now looks as if the New Time
placed moose about the neck
Of its favorite candidate when it
rushed so readily to the defense
of his agent.
Section "a of the Primary r.
lection Law reads:
=" No person shall, in order to
aid or promote his own nomina-
ton to an office under the p.o-
visions Of this law, directly or in
directly, HIMSELF, OR THRO-
UGH ANY OTHER PERSON,
give, pay, expend or contribute,
or promise to give, pay, expend
or contribute, any money or 9th
er valuable thing or service, ex-
cept for personal expenses. The
words Personal Expenses
as used in this law shall include
only expenses directly incurred
and paid by the candidate for
travelling and for purposes pro-
perly incidental to travelling, AMI
FOR writing, printing and prepar-
ing for transmission any letter,
circular or other publication, not
ssued at regular intervals.
Section % of the Law reads.
Continued on page 81