Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-27
=. C.aton, States His View S

~ small percent of the voters OF
u county. before the primary cleo
lon. | desire to state through the
n@iim of the public press my reaso
or becoming a candidate for state
era or from Elmore County at the
democratic primaries ard the p.inci-
les FOR which | stand,
! CONSENTED to run primarily be-
ause | am deeply interested in the
ubject of the Carey Act lands
1hieh involve such tremendous sums
+ money in this state which have
e2n handled in such a hit-and-miss
.anrer by the State Land Board;
GARD com. o5ed of persons whose
al d are already more than full
18th other state business. 1t is
If such vast economic Importance
should receive, as it were, only sec
ond- hand attention; the success or
ruin of thousands of settlers and the
proper completion and management
Of millions of dollars worth of con-
tracts are matters calling for the
most careful and competent handling
If nominated and elected, shall exert
oil Tn a ttrtno IN l.
providing for Carey Act Commissio
or a General Land Commission, to
be composed of honest and able men
whose whole time and energy vii
be given to this one thing. Furth
ermore, / think that the past ac-
Invites of the Land Board should
be carefully looked into. | have
made an earnest study of this subject
and believe it to be one of the great
est importance to the state.
believe that the present primary
law can be made simpler and more
without in any way i'm
pairing its effectiveness. The purpose
and spirit of the law are fine, but
It is not necessary that it should be
made so difficult to understand.
The evils of political bossism in Sc
Getting candidates should be impossible
Inder this hw-and they will be
when the people understand the law
md take full advantage of it.
| believe in the principle of the In
tiative and Referendum and Recall
provided the machinery for working
out is not too compl Gated and cum
ersome, and | shall give any intelh-
ent effort to forward this principle
ny hearty support.
Now as to the so-called "wet and
ny" controversy: In SO far as some
eople thinke it necessary to label
ach person either one or the other,
am dry" Since such an overwhel-
hing majority of the counties that
oted on the local option issue went
dry" it is practically certain that
III the dry" counties will do their
est to get state wide anti-saloon
wv so that they may not have wet"
omties adjoining them, and the ma
,rity in general sem to be for such
law. Every candidate should state
luarely how he would vote ON such
law; put myself on record as prom
'ing to vote for it. Personally be
eve that it would have been wiser
nd fairer to wait till the other coun-
es had voted for thems elves on the
zeal option question and had thus
wen the law completer test and
lowed each county to Register it.
Elf definitely for or against. While
have no sympathy with some of the
ttreme methods of certain prohibi-
onists, | realize keenly the undeni-
Die injury to the community result
& from the saloon and the conse-
lent drunkenness and disorder.
ave little patience with the attempt
division of mankind into two grou-
J, the good, or those who do not
link, on the one side, and the bad,
those who do drink ON the other, --
u the significant reason that such
classification is not true to the facts.
'ery intelligent person should know
at the vital question is whether a
an is industrious, honest and goo 4
tizen. But we as citizens have to
'pe with the problems resulting froI
e abuse of liquor and the evils of 4
e saloon and the people are de- I
mding that the saloons be abolishe
this state and l am willing to ST. 4
Id definitely committed to vote for 1
eh law. Furthermore. shall |
mve for as simple and enforceable /
law as possible and not one that lis 1
hampered with complications and I
lrdened with "jokers" clauses that
would be at the very outset fmpos- Z
BILE OF enforcement.
(Sfgned) Allen B. Eaton. q