Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-10-03
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pendent newspaper, but there ar.
times when the Interests of the peo-
pie II represents, demands that .
newspaper frankly and fearlesslv
advocate such principles as it can
dldly believes to be- right and inst
Either fortunately or unfortunately
as the case may be, the political sit
uation as it appears in Idaho to-day
IL such a. 10 almost force every Ca
rey Act settler into the rank. of the
democratic party if he would ex-
pect amy reforms in the laws gov
erning Carey Act matters in this
state.
Ii was republican land board
which entered into the contracts
with the construction cnmpanic.
for the building Of the irrigation
works. 1t was also Il republican
board, that as supposed guardians
Of the settlers interests, ratified the
contracts made between these com.
panies and the settlers. 1t is vet
To bc found wherein thi. republican
board attempted To protect the in
tercStS of the settler in any line of
these contracts.
Finding no redress before the
board, settlers sought To have law
enacted creating Carey Act Com
mission, hut this measure WAS al
lowed 10 die in republican Sen
ate. The spectacle Of some Of the
members of these same republican
land boards coming into possession
of valuable lands in and al jacent To
town-itcs on Carey Act projects,
while posing n guardian of the in
terests Of the settlers is one which
has never been quite understood 10y
those not in the deal.
Realizing that they were at the
mercy Of the corporations through a
republican state land board, the
settlers two years ago, upon promi-
ses uf "A reform i'm the methods of
the board, elected Hon. James II
lIawley, democrat, as Governor.
Since this time the most humblest
settler has felt free To go to the
governor with his grievances, being
assured a respectful hearing. 1t Is
also pertinent Ia relate that n far
A. known no member of the present
board under Gov. Hawley has be-
come possessed Of Carey Act lands
in any suspicious mAnipulations.
The people of the North Side
tract have every reason to feel CRATE
ful To Governor IIawley for the in
tercSt he has manifested in their
welfare. We wish we could say as
much of other members of the board. .
The present Secretary of State has
the effrontry to seek support from
North Side settlers after proving a
traitor to their cause, while another
member asks to still be allowed to
sit i'm Judgment over our affairs un-
der the plea that she did not under
stand the situation and was depend
ing upon the advice of another.
So defensclcss did the settlers
feel at the hands of these rebubli-
can members of the board who were
always ready to turn a deaf ear to
their entreaties, that some time ago
redress was asked through the In
terror department at Washington.
These instances have been cited ,
and many more could follow, hut
these alone should he sufficient t.
convince the settler that his best in
terests should he centered in the
elaction of a democratic land board
that would he in harmony with the
lGovcrnor in Carey Act reform meas
ures. and we believe we are honest
Iv advocating the best interts ol
Carey Act settlers throughout South
crn Idaho when we ask them to lay
aside party prejudice long enough
to vote for Governor llawley ano
the four other democratic candi'
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