Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-13
HOW THEY DID AND HOW THEY DIDN'T.

Uness clear statute has been violated or is about
to be violated courts will not intervene They should not
deny body of electors the right to vote for candidates
OF their choice questionable doubtful authority
That is what the supreme court of Idaho said What
it did to refuse to permit the voters to do what they
thereby recognized they had right to dovote for cam
didates of their choice.
1t is unfortunate that the court did not fit in it's
written opinion in this to point out the statute which
''has been violated or is about to be violated
AS matter of fact the court holds that there no such
statute and in order declare places construction
upon words which prevents their application to such
provision.
In the of the Republican and Democratic presi-
dentlal electors however, construction is placed upon
provision which the court likewise says does not exist
which will permit the voters of those parties to have the
advantage OF a printed ballot.
In order to explain that presidential electors are not
state officers the court quotes the statute which defines
the Offices OF the state These of course do include
presidential electors But the court apparently forgot
this list in constituting the primary law so as to permit the
democrats and Republicans to have their presidential
electoral candidates printed
Forgetting that the provision here quoted was intend
ed merely to authorize the nomination of consabes and
Justices OF the peace let consider it in the light of the
list OF offices recognized by the statutes 1t says that
the state central committees shall provde for the nom
nation of candidates for offices not required TO he
nominated as herein specified.'
Now, even the supreme court will admit that the 'o
ices here meant must be offices recognized un
der the laws of the state And according to the argument
or the supreme court against the filing of the Roosevelt
electors, these include only Legislative, executive Judi
cia ministerial officers and officers of the courts In
s st nowhere appears the of presidential
Tors Consequently if the argument is good in place.
1T is good the other and neither the Republicans nor the
Democrats can nominate presidential electors
Still the supreme court says they but that the
thousands OF Roosevelt electors of the state cannot And
we are forced to bow to the will of the supreme court be-
cause there is no appeal except to the people, and is to
the people that the Progressves make their appeal
for square deal
We ask the people to reprove the corrupt and malicious
spirit or the Republican state central committee which
prompted the action which resulted in the disfranchise
ent OF all too ignorant too indolent write four or
tive the ballot when they go vote and which
mas imposed upon the intelligent and patriotic voters of
the state the unusual and unfair burden of assuming the
task OF doing this while their associates allied with the
two old political machines working and aborng to per-
petate the rule of the special interests upon the people
have the advantage of printed ballot order to accom-
plish their purposes.
10 those who do not feel like writing in these names
as we'll as those who do appeal to rebuke the spirit
which prompted this dsfranchsement by voting for the
Progressive state ticket which will be printed upon the
ballots By voting that ticket the forces of the
and special interests in this state will be routed
though ldahos vote may not be cast toward the accom-
plishment of the same thing in the nation
WHERE THE TRICK w q TTrpNrn