Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-09
THE REAcT1oNARY AND srANDPAT soUTHEAsT

The corporate and special interests which have all
ways controlled the southeastern counties of Idaho havc
through the great Republican majortes given in thoseI
counties at the dictates of these special interests
the beet sugar trust the wool trust the brewery nteress
of Pocateo and the Oregon Short Line grand MASTER
of them ALL also always controlled the politics OF Idaho
Every effort being made this year to repeat all past
performances but never before have the agencies
sentng and dominating this section had such dlcut
task to perform and before have they gone to the
open and notorious extent to accomplish their designs as
they have already gone this year.
Every progressive measure of every character in re-
cent years without single exception has had to be fought
through the legislature against the almost unanimous op
position Of the members Of the counties
The members from those counties have record not alone
of ultra reaconarysm but also Of platform reputation
that has never been exceed in any other state except
New York with Tammany backing the politics Of the state
and Pennsylvania with it's rotten Quay Penrose machine
Among the platform declarations of the Republican
party Of 1906 panks for the direct primary anti
pass law, antitrust law eighhOur law and in ad
dition a railway commission urged by Governor
Gooding, then the head Of the party in Idaho
The members Of the legislature from all the southeast
Counties backed by the mine controlled members of
Shosone county voted against the bills intended carry
into effect every single Of these and they
defeated every platform declaration of that session. the
eight hour law alone excepted.
On the direct primary bill, which was of the hard
est fought presented in Idaho legisla
re fahered by Frank Wyman of Ada county, 13 of the
II votes against in the house of representatives
from southeastern counties of this state and two of the
others from Shoshone county, the home of the min
ing trust in Idaho Only member of the house Of rep
Bingham county, of Ada county, voted for this
Those who voted against it from the southeastern
counties Anderson of Bingham Bennion of Cassa,
Fogg of Fremont, Harris Of Fremont Grmmett of Bear
Lake Johnston of Bingham Jones of Oneida Klpack Of
Fremont, Lovesy of Bannock, Redman of Bear Lake,
Webster of Fremont, Hunt Of Bannock and Staley Of
Bannock
This great reform measure after having been fought
through the house Of representatives by Of
partisan combine of the progressive members from the
north and the southwest smothered in the senate
committee dominated absolutely by the array of reac-
tonary and corporate and special interest senators from
the southeast and the small counties of the state whose
senatorial representation has VIGOROUSLY been easily
cured by the Oregon Short Line at every session Of
idaho legislature
The antipass bill, the eight hour BILL the antitrust
bill and the railroad commission bill of the same session.
were opposed by the array of supporters and all
them the eight hour bill defeated in spite of
their party declarations in favor Of these measures
In 1908 the only worthy of note of reform
nature that the party declared for local option Di
rect primary and many of the others forgotten.
There half declarations in favor of an anti
trust law and an antipass law.
The session following this campaign repetition
of the former The members from the southeastern
advance measures and it only by means Of second
alliance Of the progressive elements Of the north and
southwestern counties along nonpartsan lines that any
Of these measures enacted Even the local option
question: which had the fullest and most hearty
support Of the rank and file Of the people OF the southeast
the members from that county did all that they could to
obey the dictates Of the Oregon Short Line the beet
sugar trust and the wool trust nfneuces