The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-05-09
FAITHFUL AND CONSISTENT.

some OF the state editors that
there is to be an attempt made
on the part of the reactionary
leaders of Idaho to defeat Senate
Borah and Congressman French
for reelection; not but there are
some individuals who may have
that feeling, but that the sensible
level headed ones of that element
realize the utter foolishness OF
such course. They think more
of their party as a whole and
the principles for which it stands
than they do the peculiar, divis-
i've views which mark the differ
ences of the two elements and
tend to cause the present "cism. .
The following from the Moscow
Post has very sensible ring, and
shows that the two gentlemen re-
ferred to have ever been dilligent
and faithful in their work for
the common good, and are there
fore entitled to the support of
their entire party, even though
there are some minor differences
of opinion existing:
Just now certain of the re-
dictionary Taft boosters in Idaho
are trying to pick out flaws in
the progressive records of Senator
Borah and Representative French.
They say that Borah and French
are inconsistent. They say that
Borah voted for the Payne-Al-
drich tariff law in 1909; that in
the extra session last year he vot-
ed with the democrats and pro-
gressive republicans in favor of
the resolution calling upon the
finance committee of the senate
to make an early report upon the
Underwood bill modifying SEIZED
ule X; that he voted for the
first La Toilette amendment cut
ting down the duty on wool to
40 per cent advalorem, but that
he broke from the progressive
republicans and democrats and
voted against the second La Fol
lette amendment cutting the duty
to IS per cent, and also voted
against the bill on final passage
which carried 20 per cent. They
point out that the record of Mr..
French is much the same; that
while he tried to amend the I'm
derwOOd bill in the extra session
and being unsuccessful he then
voted to send the Underwood bill
to the senate, but like Senator
Borah, when it came to final pas
sage he voted against the bill
that carried 80 per cent advalo-
rem duty, and that in the pres
ent congress he has voted against
the Underwood bill and has adj
vocated bill based upon re-
port of the tariff board.
The Post holds no commission
for either Borah or French, but
1T likes fair play, and it has
scant patience with these reaction
airy critics who are working tooth
and nail for the nomination of
Taft, and by statements that are
tantamount to falsehoods, try to
mIslead the people.
Borah and French a year ago
labored faithfully to accomplish
a modification of schedule X.
They both condemned schedule
K as wrong. French in the house
voted to send the Underwood bill
to the senate. We have copy
of his speech made at the time, in
which Mr.. French strongly dis
of the Underwood bill,
and declared that it had gone too
far, but that the constitution re-
CURED that revenue bills shall |
in the house and that |
he would vote to send the bill |
to the senate that a republican
senate might have a basis for
tariff modification. On the SEN
ate side Borah voted to instruct
the finance committee of the SEN
ate to report out the Underwood
dill within the shortest reasonable
lime, and he followed this up by
voting for the amendment of Sen
ltor La Toilette, substituting a
iuty of 40 per cent ON wool in
leu of the provisions of the I'm
ierwood bill. The amendment
'ailed. Senator La Toilette pro-
posed 35 per cent, and Borah vot-
ID against this; and he voted
against the compromise bill which
carried 20 per cent.
On the house side French also
'oted against the second La Fol-
cite amendment and against the
'ill as finally submitted.
The reactionaries condemned
senator Borah and Representative
french at that time because these l