Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-12-12
Well /! Well Hear Judas Spout.

The Orofino Republican has now
come out with announcement that
the republican party must be controlled
by she group of statesmen headed by
La Toilette, Cummings, BOrah Hadley
and Works in the future.
LaFollette declared during the cam
paign that he wonld not vote for Taft,
Wilson nor Roosevelt; Cummings re-
fused to join the progressives but voted
for Roosevelt; Borah would not etany-
body know what he thought or planned
or proposed on any matter OF import
ance and no one knows how he voted;
Hadley stayed at home and sulked;
Works campaigned for Wilson.
The Republican was too cowardly to
declare its principles during the cam
Iagn and published republican tick
ct" which did not bear tae names of
the republican presidential electors. 1t
contented itself with weak, tactless
futile attempt to carry water on both
shoulders.
Oil and water won't mix; no repub-
lcan will ever follow or support rem
egade, an apostate or traitor; their
leaders in the future must come from
those who in time of stress proved to
be faithful, honest and true-to be men
not towards or cads.
The Republican during the campaign
was neither fish, flesh nor fowl; it
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tinel.
The above effusion from a re
publican" newspaper, comes as
sort of an explanation of it's atti-
tude during the entire campaign
just closed and clears the atmos-
phere in regard to it's non-sup-
port Of the republican county tick
ct. Before the campaign opened
the Sentinel had the "Blakes,"
for breakfast every morning, fig
ureatively speaking, and the
things that were going to happen
to them and the democratic con-
troll of Clearwater county through
the columns of the Sentinel were
something dreadful to contem-
plate. But, "Oh What a Difference
in The Morning." as the old song
goes. The Sentinel management
was decidedly hungry and the
ever watchful democracy started
the feed it's way. They patted
it on the head and it licked their
hands. Thus was the union born
whose ultimate object was the
election of the democratic county
ticket Immediately democrats
and republicans on the county
ticket looked alike to Editor
Duerselen and his chief of staff,
who now viewed things political,
through the golden spectacles fur
nished by the county democracy.
Patrick and James Blake began to
assume human form and the
Clearwater bridge at Orofino was
almost necessity, if the state
could be induced to pay for it.
The Sentinel, then to prove it's
undying affection for the repub-
lican party commenced a vicious
attack on Senator Borah, the on
ly man around whom the repub-
licans of Idaho and Clearwater
county could rally with any hopes
OF winning anything, and threat
ened his utter destruction as far
as the Sentinel and the Elk
River precinct were concerned.
Later, through other influences,
the paper, in a wabbly manner,
supported the republican legisla-
tive ticket, but steadfastly re-
fused to break the alliance made
with the democratic-powers-that-
be on the county ticket deal. That
there were any republicans
elected at all in Clearwater coun-
ty was due to the casting aside of
the presidential end of the ticket,
which never had a show, and en-