Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-03
WHICH HAS CHANGED so GREATLY?

WHICH HAS CHANGED so GREATLY?
Either the Republican party of Idaho has changed
very greatly since 1905 else Theodore Roosevelt has
done some lightning change acts since he went out OF
office three years ago.
There can be disputng this point and probably the
people will have their views to which has done the
changing if change has taken place. then the people
will have their opinion of the Republican party
sttuted four years ago in this state well of the Re
publican party now constituted
Four years ago the Republican party of Idaho lauded
Theodore Roosevelt the worlds greatest exponent of
popular government; today that party present
sttuted condemns him DESTROYS of destroying the
constitution and constitutional representative govern
men Then they compared him to Lincoln, they de-
clare such comparisons insult to the memory of tho
great emancipator Then he had awakened the public
conscience; they say he is arousng the irresp
sibe rabble. Then they declared he had given def
milton to the word honesty now they declare him the
most dishonest and disreputable of Then the Re-
publican party demanded approval by the people of
the political party he belonged to- they demand not
alone condemnation of him but also condemnation of
his political party Then they declared that Roosevelt
stands for the very best there is in popular government
they declare that he stands for than
Debs and the Socialists stand for which to them means
very worst that be possible Then they declared
that their candidate for president twill continue in the
to the end that the people of this country may
govern themselves in letter and in spirit and that may
have, intended from the beginning of the
people and by the people, now their candidate de-
cares that Roosevelt trying to destroy the
and to subver the constitution and they appealing to the
people to sustain constitutional representative govern
When was the Republican party honest with the peo
ple when it said those things when it the things
| is saying now7
This is what the Republican platform of the state of
Idaho said only four years ago:
I'VE unite with the
of hope fopm
Of government he has shown them president
science
his ana tho of the
Of the example he ha.
our n.ry eu of
oil people We have right to BE- proud Of hi.
Who is to blame if the people take the Republican
party at its word and Roosevelt at their knowledge of him
rather than to take the dictates of special interest
corporate greedH Who to blame if the people give
proval to the political organization he so highly
honors rather than the political organization which has
deserted him and deserted the principles he advocated
and the principles then so fulsomely praisedq
NATURAL ORDER Is REVERSED.
The telephone monopoly in this city practices the
rankest discrimination, yet those Disseminated against
TONS simply BECAUSE hard and they are they
not hard and would be appeal to the
courts by each individual affected.
Some people required to pay a month, two months
three months in advance for their telephone service
while others required to pay only at the end of the
month after the service has been rendered. and even in
some cases. only at the end of three months.
Those who pay in advance, if their lines get out of
order they frequently d. must await the pleasure of
the autocrats who rule in the Offices of the monopoly be-
fore repairs made but meanwhile they continue to
pay for service they do not receive When the time for
which they have paid in advance expires irrespective Of