Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-06-01
fact ANDNEARFACT
in idaho POLITICS
Democrats Prepare to Follow Suit on
Liquor Question but Candidate
for Governor sticks.

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The game is getting too thick. l
simply cannot help sticking my finger
into it. And it doesn't burn, at th@t.
Only simmering, true, but there are
few things at the bottom of the pot
that will edify Mr.. and Mrs. Vox
Populi upon reaching the surface. l
know lot of things about the Idaho
democrats, but no one seems to want
read anything but republican do
ngs nowadays. It's all Brady and
b'Neil, with once and while some
me saying "Clagstone" and then get
ing cross because the crowd smiles.
I'm going to pry some of this
emocratic dope off my lungs, though,
ven at the risk Of being sent back
gain to the woods. Something strik-
ngly appropriate about those words
lungs" and woods" in dealing with
IDAHO democrats, isn't there? But
hat has nothing whatever to do with
he democratic candidates that have
loomed this spring, ira, Ia. And,
believe me, the democratic leaders
re lot more fused up this season
yer candidates than over platform.
was always easy for a bunch Of
democrats to write a platform. Look:
First take 23 whereases.
Prepare six pointing with prides'
nd 313 "vivewing with alarms"
Add promises to suit the taste and
tx thoroughly.
And there you have it.
This year. though, 1t will not be
alf that much trouble to mix. The
emocratic warriors only want to
now with what the republican war
ors are going to tip their liquor
ank spear. If it's local option, it
III be local option for the Demos.
it's statewide prohibition, state
de goes for the Demos.
The rest of the platform is already
itten. l saw some of the sheets
uttered about the office of Chair
IN Nugent the other day. They
tiled. like so many printers tow
and scorched the linoleum as
pugh PHOSPHORUS had been poured
it. There were references to the
rey act, the act of 1873 and bad
tors. There was denunciation Of
publicanism from Tippicanoe to
TT and from Bum to Brady. There
IRE promises that If the people of
aho would only please fill the state
use with democrats there would be
more high cost of living, late
psts would be abolished and whisky
hdered as harmless as Bulgarian
ttermllk.
Down in a corner of the room was
rrumpled piece of paper. Looked
e prohibition plank.
So there will be no trouble about
torn. It's more a case of stan
rd bearer. The local newspaper
arps have printed some lofty poll
al leaders about Pete Steunenberg
W | know that Peter did not have
bug at least until he returned
IN Denver, where he had been for
health. Certain democrats who
ked upon M. Alexander as having
ked himself out of the race and
regarded Chairman Nugent as
hgerous and Mayor Pence as inn
ssible got hold of Steunenberg at
lg distance and later at earshot.
ey told him he was a combined
ONION and Moses--the wise man
could unite all factions and the
der who could make the wilderness
like the illustrated advertise
pts OF an irrigation project. Peter
have then gotten the bug: but
has not yet broken silence. He
not yet announced his candidacy,
II OF which he Is making a mis-
II he really has an ambition to
the seat once held by his bro
r the late Frank Steunenberg-
nos martyred executive.
is manifestly unfair to put Pete
OF the race without his knowl-
and consent, as some have at
pied. He has gone back to the
yer doctors to get health. Quite
mango from the treatment OF the
no political doctors, which gave
he. well he was not kept as
I as a patient should be. Peters
Jest friends say he will yet an
nee his candidacy.
MS brings me to what / regard
N Interesting chapter in the un-
iished story of Idaho democracy.
gle Steunenberg should become an
We candidate he win undoubtedly
opposed for the nomination by
faction haadad ~ rh.F-,,an No