Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-12-12
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actly as legislators did who elected
United States senator. So the supreme
court of the nation said that they are
not national officials, and the supreme
court of Idaho said that they are not
state officials.
~ defy any honest and intelligent
man to read that subscription OF the
supreme court of Idaho and compare
the laxity of construction by which
they construed statute, which did not
make any provision for electors at all,
to permit the republican and demo-
cratic parties to vote on the electors
and the quibbling and the technically
of construction by which they con-
strued the statute to prohibit the pro-
gressive party from getting electors.
~ defy any man to read that decis-
ion without feeling the keenest indig
nation at the reactionary court, which,
following out the action taken by the
reactionary republican machine in Ida
no, prevented what would undoubtedly
have been large plurality of the citi-
zens of Idaho from having ticket to
vote for president.
'The progressives Of Idaho had to
write in on the election ballot the
names of the presidential electors, and
the extraordinary thing is that more
than $4,000 men did SO write them in.
More than $4,000 men and women, l
should have said.
II am not stating it strong enough.
More than $4,000 wrote them in cor
rectly and enough additional thousands
wrote them in with mistakes SO that if
their purpose had received recognition,
Idaho would have cast its electoral vote
for the progressive party.
"Now, the Capital News Of Boise,
the leading progressive paper, criticized
that decision. 1 hold that it would have
been a mark OF low servility not to
have. criticized such an outrageous de-
cisiOn. The most offensive criticism
they make is to include telegram from
me in which l spoke of the decision
with guarded moderation, but still with
the frankness of an open nature. / did
not speak of it half strongly enough
THAT was far worse than ordinary
bad decisions could be.
''That was decision denying to the
largest body of three bodies of voters
the right to exercise their highest priv
ilege under our form of government;
the right to exercise their privilege by
saying whom they believed should ex-
ercise the power of president of the
United States for the next four years
Il hold that that decision was an
outrageous decision. | hold that it was
the duty of every honest citizen to pro-
test against it and to 1enouncs it III
the strongest erms
q hold that it would have Justified
any lawful action taken under the pro-
posals that we progressives advocated
for the recall of the judges
And now the court, continuing to
serve the cause of reaction, has sum.
moned Mr.. Sheridan, the editor of that
paper, and others before it fo- con
tempt. | don't want to laugh at this
1t Is a matter for bitter laughter that
there should be the chance of perpetrat-
ing such an outrage but they have it in
their power now by the infliction of
sufficiently heavy fine to ruin the only
progressive paper, the only paper to
stand up against monstrous pervprsion
of justice IN Idaho.
As Tar as | am Concerned, i Will
advocate most heartily that the pro.
gresslye party make good any fine,
and | hope that we will send out the
ablest lawyers we can to fight that case
through and that we give the widest
publicity to our Reproduction of the con.
duct of the court.
mind you what it is, the court is
doing all it can to prevent the establish.
ment in Idaho of the only party that
stands for the genuine right of the
people to rule themselves and the action
taken is an action against the people
OF the United States, not only against
the people of Idaho, but against the
people of the United States.
1.-The people of the United States
should, with one voice, join in condemn.
ing what has been done and should
prevent the consumation of this out
rage
Mr.. Roosevelt IS discussion of the Ida.
no ease was received with cheering
that continued for several minutes.
Mr.. Perkins, in his speech, preAicts
a brilliant future for the marty ana
then proceeded to answer his critics