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

am very glad of having an emporium
ity OF meeting so many of the good
people of Grangeville and vicinity, and
1t has been a great pleasure upon this
trip which l have had In Idaho county
to meet with so many of the people of
this great county, which is an empire
within itself. 1t has been my pleasure
to visit Grangeville and Cottonwood be-
fore, but never before upon a trip of
this kind have l had the pleasure of
trying to encompass the entire county
and visiting the other portions Of 1t,
and regardless of what may happen in
this county upon the 5th of November,
l shall always be grateful to the people
of Idaho county for the very royal and
generous reception which they have CIV
en- me in all parts OF the county dur
ing my four days stay In the county.
Now. my friends, understand,
think. perfectly the position which
occupy tonight in appearing before this
audience. man who has had the great
honor to represent in part his state
In the senate of the United States
comes before the voters in a different
capacity, In different attitude from
one who has not been In that position.
In other words. one who has attempted
to serve the public necessarily carries
with him before the voters, when he
submits to them his cause again, his
| record either for good or for bad. Those
who are called upon to pass upon his
qualifications for reelection naturally
ask what has he done or what has he
rallied to do. and therefore one occupy
ing the position of public servant
must necessarily submit himself to the
criticism and to the judgment of the
voters of the state. And / recognize
the right of every citizen, of every vot-
er to make inquiry concerning the
public service which I have attempted
to render to the people of the state of
Idaho. | never complain of criticism
and I invite any question concerning
any vote which l have cast or any pol
icy which have advocated or any meas
ure which l have urged in the senate
of the United States as one of your
representatives. And l want this audi
ence to feel free-and 1 say this es-
pecially in view of the fact that this
Is the last appearance i shall make in
the north prior to the election-I want
this audience to feel perfectly free be-
fore / leave the rostrum tonight to
make any inquiry which you may see
fit to make concerning any attitude
which l have taken or any position
which / have occupied or any policy
which l have urged in the senate of
the United States. 1t will not inter-
rupt me nor disturb me to discuss any
matter which any voter may desire to
know, and / want especially If you have
anything in your minds that you give
me an opportunity to reply to 1t be-
fore ] leave the north finally for the
campaign and leave the question en-
tirely to the voters without any fur
ther discussion upon my part. And
want to say this, my friends, in the
beginning, that ] am individually re-
sponsible for any vote which 1 have
cast or any position which I have TAX
en- as your public servant believe
in party and party organization, but
never cast a vote in the senate of
the United States because it was
party measure, and l have never re-
fused to cast a vote In favor of a
measure, when I believed in it, be-
cause it was not a party measure. l
have voted repeatedly for measures
which came from the opposition party
because 1 believed that they were to
the interest of the people of this state,
and of the country, and l have voted
for many measures coming from my
have voted against some. So l have
chosen, during the five and one-half
years in the senate in which have
tried to serve the people, to vote
believed to be to the best interests
of the people of the state of Idaho and
of the country at large, regardless of
the source from which the measure
came, and ] am therefore individually
responsible for any vote which l have
cast and shall bear the responsibility
in case it has not met with your approx
al. l do not want to shirk any part
of 1t and / am not going to.
Now, my friends. l am going to di-
gress tonight from the ordinary line of
talk and discussion which l have been
following generally, and take up an
other line of discussion. ! am not 60
ing to discuss matters which I have
been heretofore discussing to some ex
tent for the reason that / feel that l
am justified, in view of the situation,
in depressing and taking up another
line of discussion. There has been con-
siderable said in your papers and In
private conversation and in the way
of electioneering concerning the things
for which l have stood in this service,
and concerning my position upon certain
questions and my position in this cam
paign. 1t has been said among other
things that / have done nothing for
the people of the state which would
warrant them In casting vote In
favor of my return. And so by rea-
son of this method of campaigning
which is going on l think you will ex-
cuse me tonight If In my last discussion
before the people of the north l dis
cuss some of the matters for which I
have stood and some of the measures
with which I have been connected. II
necessarily involves a personal allusion
which is, I know. distasteful-more dis
tasteful even to the speaker sometimes
than to the audience-but on account of
the kind of campaign which has been
taken up have sought to justify my
self in following this line of discus
sion tonight. So with your permission.
/ am going to answer two questions to-