The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-09-26
PETERSON REPLIES TO-
CHALLENGE
Charges Bull Moose Party
With Being Democratic
Adjunct


son, state chairman OF the Pre-
sress.ye party In Idaho. In reply I
the latter's challenge ito the can
didates running for office on tn
Republican ticket" from William I
Borah for senator TO Robert Bel
for mine inspector, to state whethe
they are for Taft or Roosevelt.
Mr.. Peterson says that he Il
for every candidate on the Re
publican Ticket" He is for Tai
and Borah and Haines and all
the others en- that ticket. Mr.
Peterson goes on with most scare
ing expose OF the faisity OF the
claims OF the Bull Moose party
10 being progressive" and reviews
the actual accomplishments OF the
Republican party In Idaho In the
line CT progressive legislation and
charges that the Bull Moose party
is simply an adjunct OF the reaction
AIRY Democratic organization IN
this state and is aiding in the cleo
tion of its stand pat" state tic
ket Extraost from the letter fol-
low:
Hen. j. II. GIBSON, state chair
man. Progressive party. Boise, Ida
no, My dear Mr. Gipson: notice
i'm the Sunday morning papers OF
this city challenge from you
10 all candidates running for Of
ifce on the Republican state tic
ket TO declare publicly and un
equivocally" their position with !
reference TO President Taft, and |
you warn them 10 get away from
SHAN and mock pretense and stand
for the people in their true
eolors."
have the honor TO be the Re-
publican nominee for attorney gem
eral. having pissed through
primary campaign and received
majority of votes cast for Republic
cans by Republicans for that Of
flee, and /. therefore. ecnstrue my
your challenge. aud II affords me
more pleasure than you know TO
state thus, publicly and unequivo- }
rally." that ! am for every can !
didate on the Republican ticket.
My dear MIR. Gipson. do not $
your right TO ask this ques- Il
ion, and ] sincerely challenge Z
'our right to stand before the peo- 4
Die OF the state on q pedestal of
eur own making as a champion of v
he rights OF the common people of $,
his state. IN
You claim for yourself and your h
nDd-made ticket that II is progress X
I've and l challenge you to briag c,
crth fruits that would justify the
eople OF the state In supporting 9,
GU on this platfoi m OF your own !,
ollow promises. ;,
How do the people of the sta,e .,
now you are progressive? a.
What has your candidate for gov =,
NOR or attorney general done in ~,
le past that would justify the good -,
eople of this state in believing ~.
'at they are progressive or that Ia
icy stand for the rights Of the
'ople against the interests. /.
OF
On the other hand, every Re- 10
lblican running upon the tic
I has a right TO point TO the
cord his party has made in pro- p,'
essiye legislation and TO ask va
e people 10 judge them by the '"'
cord their party has made and i''
e pledges II has fulfilled.
Perhaps ,ou are not as well ac- ."
ainted as you should be with the e''
publican party of this state and
lat Il has done, and beg your yer
iulGenee TO state briefly his iu'
y e. the Republican party OF
IS state. pri
Gave women suffrage; direct 49, a.,
mary Ian local option law; Q ~
ID roads district Law; resolu ~"
n submitting 10 the voters an ~
endment providing for ini-
tive and recall; the pure food
Z; state board OF health irri- i
Jon laws that are modes; Jon
commission: Black laS giving carl
omission government 10 .'.t.s: ner
uvenile delinquent law: the last Wa.
publican legislature made large and
'ropriatious fer agricultural ex- tire
iment work TO be conducted Chi,
oughUut the state fer the benefit Pacl
the farmers in the state. and est
their education along lines fe
progressive agricultural work: this
leach them advanced methods OF SO I
iculture and give them the bene- Jons
OF the most recent investiga- HAT,
and study by the greatest Was
DIS in the country. This work and
hindered in great measure, worl
It's complete fruition prevent cons
~ false idea of economy exist ship,
in the mind of the chief execu- men
sxwhd vetoed large part of price
ppropriatioIs. The Republi- less