The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-10-06
.BORAh FIRES
OPENING. Gun
Senator Discusses National and
State Issues
TARIFF, STATE RIGHTS AND CON.
SERVATION DISCUSSED.
Comments On State Liquor Issue
Shows the Need Of Retaining Repub-
lican Supremacy -Lauds Roosevelt.

An endorsement or protective tar
III, more direct control by the federal
government over corporations, stand
for states control over it's own re-
sources, bare mention of Taft and
a tribute to Roosevelt, were some of
the things done by Senator Borah in
his speech last Thursday evening. The
speech was more taken up with ma
tiOnal than state issues and save for a
bare mention OF the liquor issue in this
state, local issues were unmentioned
The Senator did not take any radical
party side but stated In clear fashion
that he believed that the Republican
party can carry out the reforms that
the progressive wing of the party have
started. He showed where the insur-
gents or progressive element OF the
country is making headway and made
plea for it's extention.
Previous to delivering his prepared
speech, the Senator digressed long
enough to pay his respects to Twin
Falls. He said, 81 wish to congratu-
late Twin Falls on the very remark
able growth you present as a COM
munity. There will never be another
Twin Falls in the history Of the west.
1t is the greatest instance Of develop
ment in the west / used to tell con
servative Senators, like Senator Fry,
of this town only five or six years old,
yet cosmopolitan city, and when
did, then and there lost my reputa-
tion for veracity. New England you
know is conservative and If two or
three people get together they think
that there Is riot. 1t is difficult for
the east to understand the west The
speech that l am to give tonight has
not been submitted to any revision
If it contains anything that is a credit
to the cause of Republicanism, | am
glad to credit to Republicanism. If 1t
contains anything that is detrimental
to its cause, let them credit 1T to the
peculiar notions of the speaker"
Senator Borah in his direct speech,
said:
The beginning of all good govern
ment under our system, is the inter-
est and activity of the common citizen
in matters of public concern. Neither
the benefeence of genius nor the wis
dom of statesmen can supply the abb
sence of this force for clean and eff
cient government. The streams of ma
tional power should have their source
among the real builders of its wealth.
The miner, the mechanic, the mer-
chant, the laborer and the farmer man
ifesting an earnest and sustained in
terest in political organizations con-
stitute the best guarantee we can have
that we are not to be disappointed in
the solution OF the problems with
which it is ours to deal.
Political parties are not only a con-
venience, but Indispensable agencies
in the successful administration of
government Not only do they fix res
possibility. but they are the only agen-
cies through which the people can give
practical effect to their demands By
no other process, it seems, can the i'm
mediate operating forces of govern
ment under representative form of
government be made amendable to the
judgment of the people. How indis-
pensable, therefore, are these agencies
How vital it is that they be kept clean
and wholly responsible to the rank and
file. How important it is that all men
identify themselves with some politi-
cal organization. If it is not what you
would have it to be, seek the co-opera-
tion of others and make it SO, The
pharisee is as contemplate in politics
as he is in religion. The man who
stands aloof from all political organi-
cations, knowing as he does that in
the correct and righteous determina-
tion of these political problems is in
volved the happiness of countless thou
sands, Is moral coward. | count it
the highest evidence of good citizen
ship that men take an interest in poll
tics, that they give their influence to
make their party faithful and efficient
in dealing with these matters, and
vigilant and loyal in guarding the well
fare of those upon whom rest most
heavily the burdens of our Industrial
life.
Need Of Progressive Party.
A political party, if 1t is to be serv-
iceable and constructive, must neces-
sari1y be a constructive party. There
may be place in the political arena
for a party of criticism, there may be
sphere in political life where men
can afford to be content with things as
they are Bat a political marty which
takes upop itself the vast responsible
ity of government, of dealing with the
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