Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-05-27
EX-COV. BRADY
in WASHINGTON
President Taft Presents Ex.Cov.
With Photograph and At
taches Autograph.

while in the East looking after private
business affails. and it is related
that he accepted an invitation from
President Taft to call at the White
Hous2. The President presented him
with his photograph and i'm response
to the request of Governor Brady
that Mr.. Taft add his autograph to
the photo, the President inscribed
these words on the picture; ITO my
old friend Governor Brady who was
dumped over the fence" 1T has been
suggested that the time may come
when Governor Brady may be i'm a
position to send his own photo to the
Presid MT with an autograph inscribed
thereon somewhat similar 10 that
above. OF course if such am occasion
should arise, Governor Brady would
hardly fail to turn the tables on his
distinguished friend of the White
Housei
Frequent references have been made
in this correspondence of the work
of Senator Borah in connection
with the great fight he has been car
rying on to bring about the change
i'm the manner of electing UNITED
States Senators. The number of OBJ
staeles that it has been necessary to
overcome cam hardly be realized amy
where outside of the Capitol itself.
a prominent Senator i'm discussing the
matter with your correspondent, ex-
pressed the opinion that there we're
not a half dozen Senators in the
whole country but who would have
been glad at any time, to see the
measure buried so deep that lit never
could be dug up again. While of
course III cannot be said that SO
small a number of Members of the
upper House do not believe in the
reform, yet it is perhaps true that
Washington is about the only place
on the map where the self lf-interest
of public men is conspicuously dis
played, and there has been no con-
cealment i'm the inner circles of Wash
ington Of the displeasure felt by Sem
ators who have preferred the old
manner of securing their election thrO
the legislatures rather than by an
appeal to the voters. The Suther-
land amendment has been creating
quite general discussion, but Senator
Borah states that this amendment
could not possibly restore to the
Southern negroes the right of vote
and the right to be protected under
it by Federal power. Direct election
of Senators will admittedly be brough
about by the persistent efforts of one
man, and the gentleman who has
accomplished this great task is the
Idaho Senator.
Senator Hepburn has gone into the
discussion of the race question i'm a
practical manner, and i'm an address
recently delivered before a large au,
dience of colored people, he advised
the members of that race to Scatter
themselves, to locate in other places,
and to take a firm hold ON the bust
ness and industrial affairs of the
nation" The Senator asserted that
"unselfishness is the chief aid to
success" and in taking UP a PROPOSE
tion made to him that he use his
position as a. Senator to secure an
appropriation for the maintenance OF
an industrial school for negroes. the
Senator gave his views to the effect
that in order to make an industrial
school a success, a large amount OF
preliminary work would be necessary
and that this part of the movement
should be in the hands of skaled ar
tisans who would be in position to
give free instruction to their pupils.
Continuing his remarks the Senator
gave the colored race some valuable
advice, saying among other things:
you must first look toward the pre-
sryaton of your lives, then toward
your own success. But you must
leave a margin for ye1r feIlowman,
When | see a little heap of unselfhsh-
ness, | win cover it with a heap OF
gold. Also, do not be ashamed oil
labor. The man who digs with pick
and shovel is as honorable as the
man i'm the pulpit If you give up
your race for success, as near as you
are to the goal, you win have thrown
1t away. Spread yourselves in the
fields, remove to the farms, where
you are needed most. Washington is
great city, but there are too many
Of you here. am interested In see
ing your race In the fields OF farm