American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-11-28

Goyernor-elect John M. Haines Set!
forth his wishes in these matters
The statement is as follows:
have just returned from a tril
to California which has extende
over a longer period than / antici.
pated when l left the uay following
election.
AS was to be expected perhaps
was besieged by newspaper re-
/ porters in the various towns l visit
ed, particularly in Portland and Sar
Francisco, who tried in every way
possible to get statements from me
with reference to political conditions
in Idaho. They seemed particularly
anxious to know what my attitude
as governor would be towards the
dlfterent factions of the republican
party, and the policy l would follow
In such state appointments as will
fall within my power. The publish
ed reports of such conversations as
@ "ANH ehSoS lSpOi tSIS nave QOuG
me great injustice, for the reason
that they contain little if any truth.
Il did not say at Portland, for
instance, that the republicans of
idaho will not longer recognize the
so-called progressives as belonging
TO our party or being even an ad-
Junct to our party. The balance of
the country may do as it pleases,
but in Idaho we propose to continue
the republican party. and fight our
battles along the same lines as in
the past
What l did say then and what |
say now is that the republican party
Is the dominant party in Idaho and
that we expect to continue it as
such by bringing about within the
party every reform necessary to kee
the republican party in the future
as t has been in the past the party
OF progress and advancement in this
state.
deslmre to repeat now, having
been elected governor of the state Of
Idaho, what l said in a public state
meent issued after the official can
Vass of the votes cast at the primary
election showed that l had been
nominated by the republican party
as its candidate for this office, that
I shall regard myself as the COVER
nor of the whole people and not as
the governor of a party or faction
within a party.
mo special interests OF any kind
need expect favors at my hands, nor
shall the rights of the hdmblest in
dividual ever fail to command my
careful attention and fullest con-
AS stated at that time also, l
shall insist upon an honest perfor-
nance Of every pledge contained in
the party platform on which 1 was
elected. The legislature being over
republican, I shall take
The ground that members of our
party must not measure and limit |
heir obligations to the people by
he statements contained in the
party platform.
1T is my belief, and l shall so
advise the legislature. that their
,artv p1offorv,, ;e r. ~ ooncidaroj
Is a measure of performance below
which the dominant party must not
all, but that it is in no wise to be
a limit beyond which it
nay not go. In this view of the
natter l shall not hesitate to recon-
mend to the careful consideration
# the Legislature all such matters
# progressive legislation as the
'eople have shown themselves in
hat these matters may not be in
luded within the platform of my
arty.
All legislation which l believe
0 be for the best interests of the
eople of this state l shall unhesi-
atingly recommend and to the best
f my inability insist upon, whether
is promised in the platform of
he. republican, the democratic or
he progressive parties, or whether
may have been overlooked by |
hose who framed the platforms of
II these parties.
81 expect to devote the best en-
rgies of my life toward making my
administration the most economical
he most efficient and the most pro- I
ressive which we have had in the ]
tate, and it Is my purpose, by a I
Use exercise of the appointive pow I
r vested in me, to associate with {
lySelf those members of nv party \