Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-10-14
one MORE GIVES
HIS PROMISE TO
SUPPORT TICKET
John n. Haines Takes the
Pledge Required for Mem
bership in the Idaho Re-
publican League.

publican League.
The Idaho Republican league, de-
fender. champion and bulwark of the
rapidly dwindling reactionaries, stand
patters and self-appointed minority en-
deavoring to dictate to the majority Of
the party and to pass Judgment on their
Republicanism, boasts of another can
didate who has officially decided to
place his stamp of approval on the
Chicago steal by declaring himself for
william Howard Taft for president.
That candidate is John M. Haines. who
is being sacrificed, 1t is claimed, at
the Republican altar for gubernatorial
honors. He Is the fourth candidate out
of total of several hundred over the
state who IL willing to 60 before the
people and champion the cause Of a
theft in nomination for the high Of
fee of president of the United States.
10 Anti. eerah Organization.
The Idaho Republican league is well
known as an anti Borah organization.
It's main object Is to defeat Senator
william e. Borah for reelection to
the United States senate, and irrespec-
tive to the private denials made to
this charge, this 10 we'll known to he
an established fact through the adj
mission Of L. Cobb, son OF c. Cobb. a
local publisher. l.. Cobb Is the per-
sonal representative Of the Barber
Lumber company, q subsidiary of the
Weyerhauser Lumber syndicate. the
largest timber corporation in the world.
When circulating the petitions for
membership for the Idaho Republican
league he admitted that the main OBJ
ject Of the organization was to attack
Senator Borah.
Have Binding Pledge.
The pledge contained in the consti-
tuition of this league binds those who
sign its membership roll to vote against
any candidate for Office on the Repub-
lican ticket who refuses to give his
stamp of approval to the theft Of the
century-the one pulled Off at Chicago
when a standpat national committee
deliberately stole enough delegates to
nominate President Taft as the party S
candidate for a second term, with his
sanction, irrespective Of the fact that
these candidates believe that the only
way the party can purge itself of dis
honest politics is to voice their con-
victiohs against such acts.
The pledge in the constitution is In
full as follows:
I'VE indorse the wise and patriotic
administration Of william Howard
Taft as president Of the United States.
believing 1t to be a faithful example
of the principles of the Republican
party, emitting him to reelection to
the office Of president.
"We pledge him our support for re-
election; and further. we oppose the
election Of any candidate as Repub-
lican who does not work to that end"
Haines Takes Pledge.
Those Republicans. whose names are
upon the mailing list of the league win
within short time receive postal
cards informing them Of the somewhat
remarkable fact that a fourth candi-
date. out Of several hundred in the
state. has decided to take it's sacred
pledge. This candidate will be Mr..
Haines. 1t is nov generally conceded
that the purpose Of the league was
not only to knife Senator Borah but
to strike at every other candidate who
is in sympathy with his cause or who
proposes to work for his reelection.
That Mr. Haines has decided to abide
by the iron bound pledge Of the club
ito oppose the election of any candi-
date as a Republican who does not
work to that end" the reelection of
President Taft. and will speak for and
support the reactionary cause. is evi-
dent from an interview and address
he gave in Pocatello Thursday, in which
he said:
AT the November election the Gem
state will roll up a splendid majority
for the Taft electors and for the en-
tire state ticket"
Use Membership A. Club.
The Idaho Republican league claims
a membership of 600 and over, but
those who have been seen and have
after the closest questioning admitted
they have signed the roll, although
they are reluctant to do so, declare
they do not propose to be bound by
any such a pledge as the constitution
contains and they will vote for whom
they please. 1t is asserted that the
reason given to claim this membership
is for the sole purpose of using 1t as a
cluD on CdHuiudteSs ana tndt IN realty
the membership Is more like $50, con-
fined to the disgruntled Republicans
known to be anti Borah.
The headquarters Of the club are still
maintained on the second floor OF the
Boise City National bank building. in
which are many chairs for the purpose
Of accommodating those in the conf
dence of the league officials who re-
fuse to permit the publication OF their
names. L. Cobb. General George H.
Roberts. James r. Stotts and other
are usually to be found
at the anti Borah headquarters.
Suit for s76l7.25 for coffee and tea
said to have been sold to Duncan
Johnson and Julius Raabe was
brought in the district court today by