American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-07-06
GOVERNOR HAWLEY SCORED.
BlackfOOt Editor Makes Comparison
Between Campaign Promises
and Official Performances.


To Governor Hawley: You have
months now, and in practically all
the speeches you have made since
you became governor and in most of
those you made during the campaign
you took occasion to condem the
press of the state in the most un-
qualified terms In making your
recent tour of southern and eastern
Idaho you led the people to believe
that because of the unfairness of
the newspapers it had become neces-
sary for you to go about telling the
people with your own lips just what
you wished to communicate to them,
the inference being that the express
SlOnS of the press were SO garbled
or that the newspaper men So per-
sistently suppressed you expressions
in regard to taxes that you had to
leave your office work and go back
to first principles to get things un-
derstood
During the campaign you persist
entity denounced the press and the
Mackay dam, and the people took
your promise being that you would
state business and see that such
mistakes were not made under your
administration as had been under
that of your predecessor. You would
personally inspect the building OF
the great irrigation works; you
would personally examine all vouch-
ers for state expenditures before al
lowing them to be paid and you
would not spend your time going
about the state and at expositions
when you could be at the executive
office at work.
And in all these thinge we have
slowly. After all that was said about
the Mackay dam land your cam.
observed that you are making good
paign managers took up your cry an
used such of the press as you coulC
command) you went back to Chicag
and agreed to everything about the
completion of the Mackay dam OF
the original plans and specification!
with only some slight modification
or reinforcement of what everybod.
agreed was weak.
You are still going about the stat
in your so-called campaign of educa
ton and abuse of the press, but IL
your speech at this place as well al
in all other places where reports o
your speeches have been made, yO,
said nothing but what you had pre-
viously said at Boise and what tn
newspapers had very kindly an
very fairly passed on to practicall.
all the people of the state. What
then, is your purpose in going abou
the state? If it is to see the people
we concede that it is very well an
proper, for the people are alway
glad to meet the chief executive
, but why don't you say frankly tha
this is the object of your tour?
Last fall you stood before a Blac
foot audience and berated Governo
|, Brady for going into north Idaho o
: swing round the circle tou
when matters on Lost river. accord
n ing to the Mackay Miner. were az
:. preaching crisis and demand1n
: the attention of the governor an
: the land board, it being "crimins
- negligence" for him to let thing
: take their course at that time. bu
= only a few days ago Senator Macbe
. hurried over to Boise to explain I
yourself and others of the Ian
/. board that a crisis had been reache
in regard to water for about SKI
families under thhe Mackay dan
q and that unless the most speedy q
Ition were taken to rush the constr,
ton Of the "bifurcation works''