The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-15

l VI Va ecu ehVfh " ~, wi
in the last couple of days before tn
time expired for filing nominations
many telephone communications be
i tween Blackfoot and Aberdeen wer'
devoted to finding a suitable
man who was willing to enter thu
. race for office to represent the lowel
end of the county. A canvass of tn,
situation showed that nobody wanted
to enter the race. Members of thu
Organization and others suggested J
M. Latimer, but he declined, M. d
Fugate was asked to serve and he re-
luctantly consented, and then turned
it down. P. A. Fugate was solicited
and he also declined the honor. Alb
erdeen was urged to select somebody
and were assured that the organiza.
ton would support anybody the PEG.
pie of Aberdeen recommended There
was nobody in the race for state rep
resentative nor county commissioner
from the south end of the county and
nobody from Bingham county aspir-
ing to the state senate. Nobody be-
tween Thomas and the southern line
of the county was asking for any
place on the Republican county tick.
ct. p. G. Johnston had filed for
representative, and in the evening Of
the last day for filing nominations, A.
s. Dickinson of Blackfoot filed for the
other representative, after seeking in
vain for somebody else to take the
place.
In the midst of all this, another
plan developed in the county which
subsequently proved to be fatal one
for Aberdeen. Local Democrats
wishing to develop a Democratic press
in the county and knowing full we'll
the ease with which money can be
hopelessly lost in newspaper ventures
made arrangements by which the
Aberdeen Times was to support the
Democratic cause and Democracy pre-
vailed upon j. G. Hurt to become
candidate for county commissioner on
the Democratic ticket. Republicans
and Democrats alike in that COM
munity promised to support him, and
they made the mistake of supposing
that the whole county would do the
same.
But the Republican party is not
much disposed to mix political medi-
cine with others. It is made up of
people who believe in the survival of
the fittest, and who belive that the
fittest is within the ranks of the Re-
publican party. They may make some
exceptions in certain cases where such
good men as ]. G. Hurt are in the
running for good purpose, but they
also had good man on their own
ticket seeking the same place, and,
as might be expected on election day
they went down the lane of Republi-
can candidates, only giving Mr.. Hurt
a complimentary vote besides that of
his party.
But Aberdeen ought to have been
supporting the Republican ticket.
They live on Carey tract, the first
one ever opened to settlement. The
Carey act was fathered by a Republi-
can, Senator Carey of Wyoming. Part
of these settlers live on homesteads
and the Homestead Act was a Re-
measure, a part of the noted
constructive legislation" wrought
during the Civil War.
The enlarged Homestead Act by
which many of these Aberdeen set
tiers are acquiring large landed es-
tates, was fathered and hammered
through the United States Senate by
W. E. Borah, now seeking reelection
at the hands of these same settlers. |
It was pushed through the house of
by Burton L. French,
also seeking reelection at their hands
IN the Republican ticket. The bill
was signed by a Republican presi-
lent who has been a consistent friend
If the west and the western settlers.
When the homeseekers came to
hese lands they settled in Republi-
IAN county and Republican state
hat had for long period kept up a
'olid front to fight Democratic poll
lies on one hand and push construc-
i've Republican legislation and prac-
ices on the other, maintaining pro-
ective tariff on certain things such
IS wool, lead, beet sugar, not only for
he sake of those industries but be-
ause of the indirect benefits distri-
'uted to all the other industries of (
he state by making markets and
for all.
The avowed policy of Democracy
$ to reverse all this, and the people j