The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-01-26
A STANDARD FOR EXECUTIVES


honest Democrat, clear and keen in
his reasoning, and at all times anxi-
Gus to see and learn the best and the
true. ltl6H
Speaking of the present chief exec
utive of Idaho a few days ago he said
Governor Hawley is the ablest ex-
ecutive that Idaho has " had. The
greatest statesman that has yet occu-
pied the chair. Our reply was HE
is simply a great criminal lawyer, a
most affable gentleman and friend
and par excellence in presenting inc
side Of a case to a jury so he can
drag the desired verdict out of them.
In his campaign speeches and in his
messages to the legislature he fol-
lows the habits Of a lifetime and ex-
presses himself as il he thought we
were all jurors"
As it was impossible for us to
agree we laughed at our difference
of views and each went his way.
In taking the measure of men it is
always In order to measu them by
some fixed principle or to compare
them with other men who r ac-
knowledged to be standards, and as
Democrats are fond of referring to
Jefferson and Jackson as expounders
of Democracy and statecraft, We
quote some of their messages to con-
gress to show how clean and dig
nified they we're and how bombas-
tic and full of harangue is our gov
ernor, when each of them was deal
ing with a subject on which he had
the most decided opinions.
During Jefferson's administration
when the Barbery States in northern
Africa were playing a semi-piratical
game, preying upon u commerce
and holding American citizens in
prison for ransom, one of u vessels
seized a pirate vessel and its two
prizes entering the harbor of Tripoli,
carrying the flag of Tunis. The Bey
of Tunis Immediately sent an embas-
sador to Washington to demand res
titution under threat of war, and it
was granted. He then demanded a
supply of naval stores for his gov
eminent to secure peace for three
years to come.
Under these eXasperating circum-
stances President Jefferson sem a
message to congress in which he re-
cited the facts, and so far from adj
vising or demanding anything, or
abusing anybody, the only comment
he made was to say, II have thought
it my duty to communicate these
facts for your consideration"
Under similar circumstances Gov
ernor Hawley could not have re-
Trained from abusing the Bey of Tu-
mis- soundly and telling the legisla-
tive body just what ought to be done
to him.
A fitting and timely comparison
between President jackson and Gov
Hawley is afforded by compar-
ison of Jackson's special message rel
alive to the Bank of the United
States and the language he used, and
that of Governor Hawley's recent
message on taxation. Each was deal
ing with the money question, and
each had been opposed by men in
control of the press. Each of them
said the harshest things when he
spoke of the attitude of the newspa-
pers, and we quote their exact Ian
guage asking the reader to note the
dignified statement of one, and the
abuse and bitterness shown in the
other.
Jackson States His Reasons
message of Sept. 1S, 1889
"The fact that the bank controls,
and in some cases owns, and by it's
money supports some of the leading
presses of the country, is now more
clearly established. Editors to whom
it loaned extravagant sums (the peo-
pies money! in 1881 and 1882, on
unusual time, and nominal security,
have since turned out to be insolvent,
and to others apparently in no bet
ter condition, accommodations still
more e~xtravagant, on terms more un-
usual, and some without any security,
have also been heedlessly granted. .
y y (The Bank having from six
to twelve millions Of the public mon
ey to use for nine years without in
t%erest, so manipulated a bill of ex-
change due France for 100000 that
France lost $158,842.77 in discount,
due to the banks representations that
the government was bankrupt and
the bank was carrying it. Is a fiscal
agent of the government which thus
seeks to enrich itself at the expense
of the public, worthy of further