The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-09-30

CATION IN congress were endorsed
One of the members of the delegation
had just been repudiated by the peo-
pie. They evidently had not heard
from the platform committee. The
commanding ability "of our delega-
ton in Congress seems to be more
strongly recognized throughout the
country and by the committee than
with the voters of Idaho. The OBJ
ject here was to get in a figure of
speech or two. The object was &c
complished and that is about all you
can say for it. The next thing 70
engage the attention of the commit
tee was the Cary act projects. All
of sudden it has become a helm
Gus offense for state official to get
a piece of Cary act land. 1t is too
bad the law cannot be made ex post
facto. If that were done. practically
every state official Idaho has had
during the past fifteen years would
be candidate for the pen. An Gle
giant opportunity here presented it
self to lineup with the reformer and
of course the opportunity was not to
be sneezed at The Cary act plank IS
followed by an elaborate definition of
conservation. One would thinh that
the committee imagined it was COM
piling a dictionary rather than writ
100 ~ TIL committed
Conservation does not mean non-use
or acknowledgements. 1t does not
mean the tying up of the natural re
sources of the state. 1t means the
utilization of these resources under
such regulations and control as viii
prevent waste, extravaganza and
monopoly and at the time time not
merely permit but encourage such use
and development as will serve the uses
of the people generally" 1t could
have said in place of this plank see
Webster's International Dictionary,
page 478, third column. Or perhaps
Webster and the committee don't
agree. In that case it is all the worse
for Webster. He is not up-todate
any how. The committee is in favor
of temperance and sobriety but not
for two years and then by two
third vote of the people. 1t demands
the election of United States SEN
ators by direct vove of the people
notwithstanding the fact Idaho now
has a delegation in Congress" equal
in ability and character to any in the
Union" 1t is the intention of the
committee to improve upon that
delegation by electing it by direct
vote of the people. This is new
theory of reformation. 1t ought to
be tried. The platfrom upholds the
direct primary. The direct primary
is badly in need of supports. It's
supports are now badly rent. The
committees endorses the direct pri-
mary. It also wants a railroad COM
mission. 1t does nor explain what
we will do with a commission when
once we get it, but it is demanded
on general principles. The commits
sion will be non-partisan and its
members will probably not know a
freight tariff from a round house.
The Idaho platform is a great
thing. It's verbiage is intricate, amaz-
ing and wonderful 1t tells us what
is what and when. 1t would have
the rights and powers belonging to
the national government exercised by
the national government and the
rights and powers belonging to the
state government exercised by the
state government Could any
be fairer and more meaningless?
That will suit Theodore and his new
nationalism without in any way of
tending the most rancid states rights
man in the country. 1t advocates a
protective tariff but not so that you
would confound the committee and
Hon. Serene Elisha Payne 1t en-
dorses Governor Brady and his ad-
ministration and yet would make
some of the members of the admin
istration criminals. It endorse, Sen
ators Borah and Hepburn but objects
to the methods by which we got those
eminent gentlemen into the Senate.
In short it endorses everything under
the sun that could be thought of. 1t
overlooked the aurora horeaIis apd
Judge Flenner, but they Will be taken
care of later.