Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-06


The anti Borah club which has as
sumed the title Of the Republican Leag-
ue Of Idaho. fathered by ono c. Cobb
and actively promoted by L. Cobb. q
son Of c. Cobb as we'll as having the
support of other disgruntled Republi-
cans confined principally to this city,
yesterday issued the above notice in
postal card form. hundreds Of which
were distributed about the city. The
| object of the club 10 well known to
precipitate a fight on Idaho's Junior
senator and to awaken interest In the
cause of candidate for the presi-
dency, William Howard Taft, already
defeated due to the disgrace attached
to his nomination by the Chicago con-
vention.
! This self-appointed league. the Of
fcers Of which. IL there are any. have
descreetly kept their names hack, but
which has the hearty support of the
Cobbs, the Cunningham. ct al, has
tried to line UP q tight within the Re-
publican party on Senator Borah and
SO far have miserably failed.
Would Dictate to Voters.
The league has secured the an
nouncement Of three candidates. one
for congressman, second for attor-
ney general and a third for the leg
islature, that they are for President
Taft. This is considered a remark
able piece Of news in view Of the fact
there are over 10 candidates on the
state Ticket. and hundreds on the coun-
ty tickets in the 81 counties in the
| totn CT al, hx, 70.
ceived as such by the average voter
who the club evidently believes is not
up to the times so far as politics and
candidates are concerned and to whom
the club feels 1t is its privileged duty
! to dictate.
I The league Is also said to have the
hearty support Of Captain Davis, sec
rotary OF the Republican state central
committee, who is said to be such all
ardent Taft man that he Is willing to
swallow the Chicago convention steal
without even making wry face re-
| CARELESS OF the fact he was at the time
of the convention and is now in pos
session Of the facts known broadcast
over the country that the nomination
at Chicago was one Of the worst po-
litical steals ever perpetrated on the
American public.
4 Every effort has been made to as
certain who the officers OF the Re
publican League Of Idaho are. They
have never been publicly announced.
1t is currently reported in political cir
cles and has been for some time that
one James r. Stotts is actively en-
| gagged promoting the interests Of the
league. but whether or not he IL an
officer no one seems to know.
Admits lts Anti Borah Move.
L. Cobb. or Cobb. Jr.. the personal
representative Of the Barber Lumber
company. subsidiary Of the Weyer-
hauser Lumber company, one of the
large est timber syndicates in the world
has been busily engaged circulating
the petitions. He stated to those he
asked to sign that the league was
formed for the purpose Of attacking
Senator Borah and the outspoken POSI-
ton he had taken in the present po-
litical controversy. When no made
this statement Republicans absolutely
refused to sign the petition.
II The league has been busily engaged
in hunting for Taft men and 80 far
has found three. Its task is illus
trated by the two men who were com
Ing down the Overland elevator the
other day. One Of them spied a Taft
button on q passenger and when they
stepped from the elevator one Of them
remarked In the greatest surprise
did you see the Taft button on that
fellow" as though the fact was almost
unbelievable. His companion an
swered that he had. "Well." said his
friend. "That 10 the first Taft button
have seen this campaign" His friend
scratched his head for some time in
deep study and finally remarked. "By
Jove, come to think of II, kind OF
have a faint recollection OF seeing one