The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-07-25

effective the performance Of those i,t-
ties which are an essential contingent
to the position. Others still, depend
On power Of politicians to support witt
their combined strength the man who
in return can give them an equivalent
in turn at = time when it becomes
necessary for him to to do 80.
John M. .Haines offers the voters
Of idaho and to every man and woman
of reasonable mind real issue to de-
eide one that Is within the reach
and grasp Of all; one that SO closely
thouches the home interests Of all that
1t cannot be overlooked and allowed
to pass unnoticed. He is making no
effort to form vote catching trap. It
is no emt tional issue of social reforms,
or party strength, or the promise OF
good 70 one faction or the other. It
is u desire 10 bring about a condition
o: good. formal, healthy and reason
ebla situation in the public business at
fairs just as the truly successful man
tries to have endure through all his
private and business life. Mr.. Haines
has !or l,is NJ the conduc ting Of .',n
states s:'alr* on the broad busine ss
plans which vii govern the affairs Of
individual :ueil ess He believes tn Il
X the aflsirs Of {. man, corporation
~ o,!:-r forms u: civilized governing "
expenditures san be successfully con
Quoted, SO, also, can the interests of
the people be guarded and protected
Mr.. Haines is not man who deals in
theories of what we ought to do, but
he is a man who has demonstrated by
his own efforts what can be done and
has been done by him in his own bus
'iness career. Mr.. Haines has none of
the spirit of the plutocrat or of the
demagogue who would use the power
given him by the people to rule them
with their own authority. Rather he,
is of the class Of men, who realizing
the trust imposed in him, would make
the effort of a conscientious and ap-
preciative man to serve them in the
most efficient manner were it possible
for him to do. Yet he would do this
in a manner which would mean for
the good Of the greatest number whose
interests were involved, and within
the rights of the position, regardless
Of whom or what may be the sacrifice
to duty and the people SO long as it
was reasonably evident fact that it
was good business course to pursue
for their benefit.
eve trust our physician. our bank
er, our lawyer and our merchant. Is
it less to our credit to have the bus
mess of our country conducted in the
same careful manner or that we choose
for governor a man who Is capable of
conducting it, and who is making that
issue upon which he stands before you
''In concluding this letter, l wish to
say that it is not written by suggestion
of either Mr.. Haines nor the agency
of a political nature. It comes from
me as an individual tribute to the man
as l know him. Having both social
and business relations with him and
his associates in the business which
they conduct, and having known him
through the years in which have !
judged of his capabilities and strength
of mind and character, feel it is not
any who may know me,
and am not guilty of endeavoring to
influence the. acts of any person by
of facts, nor am !
seeking office at the hands of the peo-
pie. It is with very warmhearted