The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-10-24
ADDRESS OF SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH
IGREETED BY LARGE, ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE All

(Reported by c. S. Boren.)
Lewiston, Idaho.

:. ). Boren.)
Idaho
night, If l can. which have been ask
1 ed publicly in this county. First:
, What has Borah done? And, second:
What is his stand, or where does he
stand in this campaign? Those two
propositions will give me text for
the discussion of the matters which l
want to discuss this evening. And /
| Want, to begin with, to ask you to
| beaS in mind. If you will, the kind of
legislation with which l have been con-
nected. / do not decry nor assail the
I man of wealth; / do not attack the
man who has accumulated much of this
worlds goods; but l think 1 can safe
/ ly say to you that in the measures
which ] have put forth in the senate
Of the United States, the line of poll
cies which l have advocated, have been
rather for the men and the people who
have not gathered largely OF this world'r
goods. believe that 1t is the duty Of
the legislator in these days. while not
assailing men Of wealth when they have
honestly and properly gathered 1t and
are honestly using it, that It II never
theless the duty of the legislator to
look to those who have not been SO
/
worlds goods. And ask you to bear
In mind that proposition as we proceed
as a general proposition.
To begin with. l am going to read
q statement from a paper published.
believe. In your city, and 1t is under
date of October II, 1912-somewhat re-
cent, and therefore entitled to consid-
GRAFTON. 1t is headed 'Borah's Three
Year Homestead Bill" How the One
Measure the Senator has Secured for
Northern Idaho in Six Years Aids the
Spectator and Bars the Poor Man
from Homestead" Startling enough
| to engage the attention of any voter.
(Reads) I'm six years In the United
States senate Senator Borah has done
nothing for northern Idaho except Sc
cure the passage OF the three year
homestead bill. 1t is his only claim
| to the support of northern Idaho. and
| If the conditions it imposes and If
the manner in which 1t favors the
speculator and bars the poor man from
a homestead were generally known
Senator Borah would no more dare to
father 1t and come before the people
of Idaho for reelection than he dares
to tell the voters who he will support
for president"
I j
this statement the honor and the JUS
tice to say that he was not familiar
with the facts. / am not willing to
believe that any gentleman would will
fully misstate facts to his readers and
| assume, therefore, as the basis of
my remarks, the fact that the editor
was not familiar with the facts about
which he was writing. You know there
are some editors who are wise, and
| some otherwise. daughter and ap-
plause.) | judge this audience is en-
tirely familiar with which class (call-
| ing attention to paper containing ar
ticle quoted above) daughter and
applause.)
Now, let me tell you about the three
year homestead bill But l want to
call your attention first to the fact of
the partisan or the sectional appeal
of this article | have felt that
have represented the north and the
SOUTH the entire state in so far as
| represented the state at all, and |
do not believe that there is a woman
or man sitting in this audience to-
night that would ever think of rails
ing the question that that which was
| beneficial to the southern part of the
state not also beneficial to the
entire state, including the north, and
that that which was beneficial to the
north was equally beneficial to the
SOUTH because we have one great COM
monwealth-an empire within itself-as
large the thirteen original colonies
upon which the fathers founded the re-
public; and any man who is worthy
of advising the people of his state will
refer to measure as to whether it
hnr itc fha or
to whether it benefits one section of
the state or another; and / therefore
do not think that l am called upon to
discuss a measure solely from the
standpoint of the north. but / am en-
titled to be considered as the repre-
| sentative of the entire state doing the
very best l can for every section of
| the state, knowing that every section
of the state is interested In every
other section of the state You can
not build up the north without build
ing up the south, and you connot build
up the south without building up the
north, SO long as we are one great
state; but. let me tell you something
further about the three year homestead
bill. They have quoted in addition to
this article. a statement from some
good woman at Kalispell Montana, l
believe. and ] want to say that l
agree with practically everything which
this good woman says. Her article
reads very much like a number of let
ters which l have received from home
steaders, and I do not criticize her
position, with the exception that she
is mistaken as to two facts But in
sofar as she describes the situation ]
have no criticism to pass upon her
communication at all, as / will show
you in a few minutes according to
the law II was considered at the
time that the law was on its passage.
Now, ! had the honor to be the author
of the three year homestead bill. Two
and one-half years ago I began to
agitate the question of making the
homestead law easier for the homestead
er. The old homestead law was pass
ed away back in 1850 and bore the
signature OF the sainted Abraham Lin
lcoln but IT was passed at a time
when the homesteader could go upon