The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-26
BORAH To HELP
La TOILETTE
VIII Make Twelve Speeches for
Him in Wisconsin Con-
stituencies.
LA TOILETTE is POPULAR
AMONG IDAHO VOTERS
Idaho Newspaper Men Are Not
in Favor of the Primary
Law.
BY @. E, ARNEY.
Special to The Tribune

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 25.-William F.
borah, ldaho's senior senator, vii
leave here on August 26th for Wiscon
SIN, where he will make twelve speeche,
Tor Senator Robert La Toilette, who i:
making his race for denomination anG
reelection to the United States senate
Senator La Toilette is i'll and conse
quently his appeal TO Senator Boraf
comes with double force.
Senator La Toilette is popular in this
state. He has made his dramatic an
peal for reform legislation to three au.
dIences IN southern Idaho during the
past four years. Boise, Caldwell and
f Pocatello In Pocatello last fall he
tore the Aldrich tariff bill to shreds
enthusiastic audience; in Caldwell three
years ago he talked under the auspices
Of the Young Men IS club of Caldwell
from eight O'Clock until midnight. and
IN BOISE four vears since he addressed
the y. NJ. c, a. in the opera house,
where 500 people sat for nearly FIVE
hours and listened to his great appeal
trodden ''by our fathers
Senator Borah further emphasizes his
spirit of insurgency by going to Wis
consin TO aid his colleague in his po,
!Itlcal battle. The Aldrich combination
IN the senate would be pleased if the
Wisconsin senator should fail of cleo
ton. They will exert themselves to pre-.
vent his return, and La Toilette could
have procured the aid OF no more force
full champion in this emergency than
Senator Borah,
He will stir the voters of the Wolver.
inc state with his eloquent logic. His
attitude Is appreciated by his friends
al home.
The going of Borah TO La Toilette S
aid reminds one of the widening OF the
breach between Idaho IS two senator's
Rorah and Hepburn Hepburn is one
ol the strongest types of stand pattcrs.
Mr.. Hepburn does not approve of the
La Toilette idea. Neither does he ap-
prove the direct primary law. Borah
agrees with the La Toilette plan Of gov.
crnment, and is an ardent advocate of
the direct primary idea.
Associated Press Clubs
The Associated Press club of Idaho
met In Boise Monday last and formed
N association. The meeting was rep
resentative of the four organizations OF
tho press in the stale, tbc Boise Press
club. the North Idaho Press club, the
Southwestern Idaho Press club and the
Southeastern Idaho Press club.
This BOISE meeting WAS altogether u
successful affair. IL was attended by
about sevcni five of the newspaper men
of Idaho. The meeting was held IN the
assembly hall of the house of repre-
scutatives, Jim. Wallis of the South
eastern association presided over the
"a sessions
The governor, tho. ..-vor's representa-
tive and the president OF the Boise
.ln Ig
city to the scribes Of Idaho. The Com
mercial club Of the capital cit-' exh'b-
tied its usual degree Of easy grace by
extending every possible courtesy.
Primary Law Tscussed.
Probably the most interesting topic
discussed WAS the direct primary law
following very able address bv Mr.
Bnrber nf American Falls The discus.
sion took - rather wide scope II was
origin, its passage b. the legislature
aud lis construction by the court.
During the argument ! WAS aston
shed at the statement of Professor
RroNon. editor of tho Boise Evening
Capital News, wherein he remarked
that one of thc members OF the supreme
court WIS The author Of The bill in its
entirety: that it was passed without
amendment, aud that later he sal in
Judgment and aided i'm constituting IT.
] turned To three newspaper men aud
asked them collectively to which mem
ber of the supreme court the speaker
referred. Ono of them answered:
Why, AiIslee Ia bc surc.' and the
other two nodded their assent.
The paper of Mr.. Barber and the
argument which followed branded the
second choice feature of the bill as the
most unpopular one of all the provisions
Of the measure. The nomination by pc
tition WAS attacked. The requirement.
of signer Of petition To vote for the
person whose petition he signed was
condemned The limitations Of the OK
pcnses Of some Of the candidates. cspe.
rially the lieutenant governor and the