Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-22

EVENING CAPT.
they aid one signiAcant thing that I
want to read 70 You: sIhess ats the
achievements that will make tor Theo-
dore Roosevelt HE pl6cs IN hlstosy, but
more than al else. the great things
that he has done WIN b an inspira-
tion to W who have still greater things
to do And that was true then and It
n true today. The great things that
he has done inspire W to make the
fight that we are making today to wrest
from the invisible government the reins
Of government In the United States
which It has usurped from as and take
them back unto ourselves. where they
belong. (Applause).
And In the pre- convention night last
spring. when II became perfectly APP
parent that Mr.. TAFT would be renomi-
mated. practically without opposition.
unless Mr.. Roosevelt became a candi-
date for the Republican nomination.
Mr.. Roosevelt again undertook to re-
form his party. and he made his fight.
and with the help Of the. progressive
Republicans Of the United States, he
won his fight; and then a national COM
mittee and a national convention, alb
solutely dominated and controlled by
that invisible government. stole from
him and from you that nomination, and
stole from him and from you the right
to govern and control your own party.
and denied to him and to you the right
to reform 1t. On the 18th Of Sep
TENDER the national committee excluded
from its membership every member.
six in number. who would not support
President Taft, and in the case Of the
member from California, they refused
to accept his resignation but removed
him for treason to the party. And by
that act, they denied to those six men
the right to continue the efforts which
they had been making for the reforma-
ton Of that party. And here in our
own state, some Of the men who call
themselves Republicans are undertake
publicans who still think they can re-
form that old party the right to do SO.
They are denying It to Senator Borah
(Applause). l make the charge with
out fear Of successful contradiction.
that the Republican state committee of
this state is hostile to him and under
handedly are doing everything they can
to defeat him. And I make the charge
without fear Of successful contradict
ton that there is a clique of men In
the state of Idaho. who call themselves
Republicans who are undertaking to
deny to Senator Borah the right to re-
form his own party and make 1t a pro-
gressive one. He thinks he can;
think he can't; upon that question. we
disagree and upon that question only.
(Applause).
"Those men criticise us because we
left the Republican party and formed
a new party when we believed the Re-
publican party could never be reformed,
and then they undertake to defeat a
man like Senator Borah who still stays
with his party by going over to the
enemy and supporting the enemy and
voting for him. Applause). The can
didate for governor on the Republican
ticket is one of those men. He con-
trolls the Caldwell Tribune, and on the
same day, when John Maynard Harlan,
upon this stage, made his attack upon
Senator Borah, that he did, that paper
said editorially this: Under the cir
cumstances. no Republican need feel
any obligation to give Mr.. Borah his
support; in. fact, Republican is bound
to do just the opposite. Senator Borah
should come out flat footed for Presi-
dent Taft or else get off the ticket
Well, now, my friends, he has right
to treat it as not binding upon any
honest Republican,; he has a right to
mas a.
cumstances his support. and he is do
ing 1t, but he should not be charged
with not being a good Republican, be-
cause OF that. He Is the very best kind
Of Republican and one OF a very few
who are still clinging to the old Re-
publican ship. (Applause).
Not q Republican.
"Now, l am not a Republican. / left
the Republican party within ten min
utes after / heard that President Taft
was renominated. tGreat applause).
am supporting Senator Borah because
he is progressive man and stands for
progressive things. and because he
stands for the creation by legislation In
this country Of the conditions which
will promote the general welfare of the
people OF this country (Applause). and
IL ! am elected governor of the state of
Idaho every influence which l can
legitimately and properly use will be
used by me for the purpose of sending
him back to the senate of the United
States. He Is one Of the greatest liv.
ing Americans and II would be a cal
amity to the state Of Idaho to be de-
prived of his services in the senate OF
the United States. We need more men
there like him.
Il will call your attention a little
later in this speech to some of the
other things that will indicate why the
Republican party In Idaho cannot and
will not be reformed from within.
Democrats No Better.
THE Democratic party isn't in much
better condition nationally than the
Republican. daughter and applause).
1t was just by a fluke that Mr.. Bryan
was able to defeat the invisible gov
eminent in the Baltimore convention
and to nominate Mr.. Wilson. and If he