Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-06-01

represented in part the men charged
with the real responsibility for that
crime-a crime so foul that the gates
OF hell ne'er swung open to receive
souls blacker than possessed by the
person or persons responsible for It.
Whether Nugent is candidate or
not. he opposes and he win probably
continue to oppose this new steun-
enberg. WIN 1t not raise the law
and order question in the democratic
party If Peter should became q cam
didate? And If Nugent should run
and be nominated would not 1t be an
issue in the general campaign
OF course this is all speculative;
but there's something about it that
the mind can no more shake OF than
a brindle COW can get rid OF cookie
burrs.
My own idea is that the republic
cans would find Nugent easier to de-
1 feat than Steunenberg. Pete should
prove the stronger OF the two. all
though not the most brilliant or the
most aggressive politically III he
should run and have to take a trip
up that celebrated river. suppose the
punsters would say it was case of
salt Peter.
What's the matter with Hawley?
Come to think about it he has not
SHE'D. II anyone should put the
democratic ponies on the board i
would play Hawley for the faEorite
the way the dope" is running.
Chances are after the fever has sub
sided Hawley will be the survivor at
the head of the ticket. McClear of
the north is being groomed by Chair
man Nugent, apparently as an under
study; but McClear is too new. Be
sides he has been a member of the
legislature recently, which is fully as
bad for a prospective candidate as
having been mayor of Boise or stock
holder in brewery. David L. Ev-
ans is also a possibility. He was
speaker of the Idaho house, but that
has been some time back. David
lives in Oneida county and has been
called a Mormon bishop. As mat
ter of fact, am told, he does not
even belong to the Mormon church,
but his associations have naturally
been with the hierarchy" (For def
milton of the word see c. E. Arney
of the Salt Lake Tribune.) What If
he were a Mormon? Could the re-
publicans fight him on that ground
without risking the loss of that dear
old southeast? The answer is on
record in the Office of the secretary of
state. labeled, Election Returns"
There isn't much but remnants on
the republican news shelves up to
date. Nearly everybody knows what
the candidates Of that party for gov
ernor have been doing and saying
n they don't, it's surely not the fault
of the candidates. 1t Is still the
same old three corner fight between
Governor Brady. Chairman o'Neil and
Speaker Clagstone.
They all have titles now, you mo-
tice. There simply seems to be
difference of opinion as to the ad-
visibility of modifying the status quo,
as 1t were.
think one of the strongest cards
Governor Brady has is the fact that
he has given an honest administration
for one term and the further fact that
there dwells in the human breast a
natural inclination to continue a first
termer.
The governor evidently depends
great deal on the so-called reform
forces, but that element has never
yet been solidly united on a candi-
date and may never be.
Mr.. O'Neil has the worst of it to
start with as an outsider, but he has
some advantage in the possibility of
lineup for him of what is called
the wet" vote in view of his in
sistence upon continuation under the
local option plan rather than flying
full tilt to statewide prohibition be-
fore the other has had a chance TO
get on speaking terms with the boys
in the various dry" counties
The chances are the wet" vote
will stay put longer than the other.
although there is no question, not
withstanding the governors personal
prohibition views. that he viii get
share Of the "wets" II 1t shall be
known that he will not run on a
state wide prohibition platform: and