The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-10-24

these eastern legislatures In those
states where the powerful combines ex-
list will be deprived of the opportuni-
ty and the power to control those VINO
are to control and shape legislation for
ninety millions of people
Are not the people Of Idaho interest
ed In that question? Is 1t subject
which pertains alone to the people OF
south Idaho? Is there a democrat IN
the house tonight who is not In favc.
Of it? Is there republican here To-
night who is not in favor OF it? AND
isn't the entire state? And SO far as
L. am individually concerned. never
experienced and / never expect to ex-
perience keener intellectual dehgnt
than i did in the hour in which that
resolution passed the congress OF the
United States and went to the Ameri-
can people for ratification.
Now, my friends, there is peaui-
iarity about that. AS you know, am
a candidate for United States senator;
am the only candidate before the peo-
pie. There are several other candidates
behind the people daughter and APP
plause.) My record is open to inspec-
ton. How about the other fellows
record? We don't know who he is. Why
don't we know who he is? We had
primary In this state. / know that
the rank and file of the democratic
party is In favor of the popular cleo
ton of senators. / have had hundreds
and hundreds of letters from democrats
in this state during the tendency OF
that bill who are in favor Of the cleo
ton of senators by popular vote; but
they will have no opportunity In this
campaign to pass upon that question.
Their leaders for some reason or other
have not availed themselves Of the pri-
mary law in this state, and for some
reason or other the candidates for the
legislature have not yet informed the
people whom they are going to vote
for for United States senator. and so
you don't know. Now, they told me
over In Latah county that 1t Is Frank
Moore; they tell me over in Wallace
that it is Judge Wood; and they tell
me down in Nee Perez county that 1t
is George Tannahill; and they tell me
down In Ada county that 1t is John Nu-
gent; and then / find 1t creeping out
all around over the state, kind OF ooz-
ing out at the sides, that it is really
Jim Hawley (Laughter.) Now. I don't
complain Of any one of those individual
gentleman; they are all men of stand
ing in the state and In the community
In which they live; but how do you
know that It will be any Of them. and
why are the people of this state under
the primary system and under the sys-
tenn of electing the Legislature depriv-
ed Of the opportunity to know who
their candidate for United States sena-
tor will be. and what his views are ?
1t Is certainly not by reason Of popu-
lar sentiment. 1t is by reason Of the
fact that some people who are candi-
dates for the senate would rather take
somebody else's record and shoot al
his campfire from the bushes than to
come out in the open and debate be-
fore the people the questions in which
the people are interested. If / knew
who my opponent was l might ask
him to share this rostrum with me
but / don't know, and you don't know
When his name comes out of the box
that is the first you will ever know
about it.
Now, was in favor of the election
OF senators by popular vote. and !
have tried to live up to 1t both in the
matter Of actual practice and in the
matter of actual legislation. If my
friend who writes this paper is not ir
favor of that proposition wish hs
would say SO. If the candidates fol
the legislature Of this state on the
opposition are not in favor of It
wish they would say so. If they are
In favor of it l wish they would tel
you people of the state of Idaho who
| their candidate for United States sena-
tor is. like an open fight and I dc
like a fight too. (Applause.)
Now. my friends. one other subjec,
with reference to north Idaho, and or
| this particular matter stood on,
against the democratic party and the
republican party both. Then where an
1? Well. l am right! (Applause)
want to say something to the farmers
who are In this audience and the mer
who are connected with agriculture. A
few years ago. some fifty years ago
the producers and the manufactures O.
this country entered into partnership al
1t were. The manufacturers said 81
you VIII give us protection upon thu
articles which we manufacture agains
the cheap labor Of other countries WI
Will build up great manufacturing cen.
tiers and that will furnish you a HON.
market for your farm products. Tha
Will furnish you better market fol
your wheat, that viii furnish you I
better market for your barley, ant
for your eggs and poultry and sucf
things as you raise. You must hav.
some consumers in this country, ant
II we employ a hundred thousand labor
ers In our manufacturing establishment.
you people who raise the products will
have to feed these hundred Thousand
men," And so the producers and tn,
manufacturers--th east and the west
as 1t were-entered into a partnershi,
as 1t were to build up the home market
for the producers of this country. ant
things went along very well, and tn,
price of farm products raised a littl,
more year by year. l have been In THU
country when / have seen wheat sell a
IL to y cents a bushel. Well. whei
the market for the farmer got prett,
good the eastern manufacturer becam
disposed to deal with somebody will
whom he could deal more cheaply. ant
so they started little propagandy owe
here in Massachusetts--in that dear oil,
New England country where they ar
always looking after everybody's inter
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