Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-15


will find that It will be the best invest
ment you ever made.-Adv.
circulated apparently by his enemies
for the purpose Of injuring him. these
reports pertaining to the assay office
and the Boise barracks and to the ef-
feet that he proposed to secure re-
venge on those who had bitterly OPP
posed him in Boise by directly strik-
ing at this city by securing the aban-
Comment of the assay office and the
post. He then related that when he
had first heard the reports he had
considered them SO ridiculous as not to
be noticed, but that they had been re-
peatedly brought to him and that he
had finally decided to brand them In
the presence of those at the meeting
as a tissue Of falsehoods. After
labelling the canards in as forceful
language as possible, Senator Borah
said in substances:
Interested in city's Welfare.
you men are interested In the well
fare of the city and state; SO am I,
and IN such matters we ought to get
along. l expect to do by Boise and
her interests and the interests of the
state precisely the same as If no such
fight as has been made on me inside
Of the Republican party here In Boise,
had taken place"
After Senator Borah made his force
full denial Of the absurd reports, es-
pecially absurd in view of the fact that
it was only through the strenuous eff
Il ,o1, nd a
senator, that the assay office was
saved to Boise some months ago when
there was talk of abandoning 1t, those
present sat in silence. This was brok-
en- finally by Joseph Perrault, who
said he believed the senator would be
glad to hear from those present, and
called upon F. r. johnson to speak.
Mr.. Johnson said he was pleased to
hear the denial from the senator, al
though he had not taken stock in the
rumors, but added that he had hoped
the senator would say something
about the party's prospects and the
plans to be inaugurated and followed
out in its Reorganization. State Audi
tor S. d. Taylor was recognized and in
substance stated about the same thing.
Nothing was said about the senatorial
situation.
Must Go Back to People.
In answer to this suggestion Sena-
tor Borah again stated that he had not
looked upon the purpose of the meet
ing as one to discuss politics. He told
his listeners that the election was
over and the results had clearly shown
who had won and who had lost. This
| remark struck home, for there were
but small number of those present
| who had aided In the election of or
| voted for the legislative ticket in this
county pledged to Senator Borah. The
senator added that he had outlined
the course he proposed to follow prior
to the opening Of the campaign and
had followed it during the campaign.
The results. he said, had shown
| whether he was right or wrong. He
declared they had justified his course.
when you talk about building up
the Republican party, you must build
It up from the rank and file of the
party said Senator Borah. you
must do the things which the people
want and ought to have done. You
must go back to the people. the rank
and file Of the party, for they are the
party. This is the only way you can
build up the party. You cannot do 1t
by a few men resolving what they
want done.
"what the future of the party Is !
am not prepared to say. What course
should be taken I believe should wait
upon. future developments. The rule
Of the party must come from the peo-
pie and before it can be reorganized
and strengthened they must act"
| Many Stand Convicted.
The shaft that drove home to many
present was the one shot by the sena-
tor when he declared that he ven-
itured to say that he had voted for more
Republicans on the ticket than the ma
jority Of the men who faced him. Many
there stood convicted on the spot
They had boosted OF their Republi-
canism and had still forgotten to vote
for most Of the Republicans running
"As to my Republicanism," said
Senator Borah, II venture to say that
supported more men on the Repub-
lican ticket than the majority of the
men who are here That is the kind
Of Republican that am. But II IL
not to discuss these matters that we
are here, but to talk over matters that
concern US ioca;fy as citizens
Senator Borah's plain statement had
its effect 1t placed a quictus or
those who had been his bitter enemies
during the campaign. 1t called for
other frank statements and they came
DR.. Bettis. well known as one Of the
hardest workers during the campaign
against Senator Borah, was one of the
| two men willing to make a clean