Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-16
WHAT RIGHT HAVE THEY TO COMMANDO

Senator Borah what the senator to do about the
reorganization and rehabilitation Of the deunc Repub
Gcan party7 Who gave johnson the right to speak
Does he represent himself aone Then let it be known
that he is the johnson who contributed of his
and of his personal bors two to defeat James
H. Brady the regular Republican nominee for governor
and to elect James H. Hawley, the regular Democrato
nominee for the position Be it also known that he
is the johnson who abored night and day and con-
trbuted of his and of his labor to accomplish the
defeat of the legislative ticket in Ada county and ndi
recty in every other county in the state which nom
mated by the Republican party He opposed Brady be-
he too progressive and had begun to fight n
behalf of the people against of the great corporate
interests of the state and he opposed the Republican leg
isative ticket because it stood for Borah who is also
moving rapidly along progressive lines
F. F. johnson does represent himself in his demand
to know what Senator Borah proposes to do along
the line of reorganizng the Republican party he is
estopped from demanding voice beyond that of any
other individual and Senator Borah and his progressive
supporters have far to demand to know what
Mr. johnson proposes to do than has Mr. johnson to de-
mand anything of Senator Borah
Ii Mr. johnson does not represent himself but speaks
for the Guggenhems, the Weyerhausers, the Oregon
Short Line the beet sugar trust and other special inter-
ests in the state then his only right to pretend interest
in the Republican organization is the fact that all these
interests supported Taft But they likewise, along with
Mr. johnson and the others who stood with him. fought
Mr. Brady two years and they fought the legislative
ticket everywhere and Senator Borah this year until they
found they licked to FRAGILE and then of them
did better than Mr. johnson did personally and got in
and supported the legislative tickets in of the
tes but they did that only because they could make
progress toward accomplishing greater desires in any
other way
So even if Mr.. johnson pretends to base his demand
upon this ground he is still estopped the ground of
reguarty in his support of the partys candidates. And
he is all the estopped because it the msmanage
ment of the Republican party in the nation the part
these interests and others like he that has made it
essary to attempt to reOrganze that party.
Moreover is it not most presumptuous that he should
the right to demand from Senator Borah to know
what the senator proposes to do about anythng7 As
humble citizen of the state he has the right to petition
the senator and doubtless the senator will listen to him
just the he would to any other humble citizen
when he to demand he did the other night
the trumpet up gathering gotten together for the purpose
of embarrassing Senator Borah to make demands upon
the senator appears to that his presumption would
strike him entirely out of place. say the least
of it.
Senator Borah did not win his marvellous victory in
this campaign because of the grace Of the special
crowd but rather in spite of it. 1t victory of thu
people and have doubt Senator Borah will see to
that it victory for the people WELL and not ono
to be compromised by the johnson crowd of representa-
tives of the special interests