Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-01
EDITORIAL SENSIBiLiTIES ARE
WOUNDED

we are sorry 10 IlHu tnat the new
Time has dropped back to it's old
practice so Professionally followed un-
der It's former management, of first
Stating falsehood and then be-
rating the statement. I'm reprintne
the article from the Blackfoot Re-
publican which promised that the ac-
ton Of the County Commissioners
i'm letting the county printing to the
HIGHEST bidder, might possibly be
justified on the ground that the one
bidding the lowest represented moth
ing in the way OF circulation and
means of service, we had the perfect
right to STATE what our circulation
was and our means of serice as We
did, even to the calling of attention
to the fact that the commissioners
proceedings as we'll as the major por-
ton of the New Time had been limo
typed at the Republican office, and
We were gentlemanly enough to also
state by this We do not mean to
coney the impression that the COM
position could not be done at the
New Time office, but that the Repub-
lican office was equipped with a
Mergenthaler Linotype which enables
us to do the composition work for
the New Time cheaper than it could
be done by hand composition. But
the New Time, ever anxious since the
last election to pose as a tried and
true Democratic paper seized upon
the article as a pretext for announc-
ing the hoc rors of Democratic ad-
ministration awarding the county
printing TO q Republican paper. The
fact is. the New Time has never
been Democratic paper 1t sailed
as an Independent paper and under
those colors 1t got quite portion of
the Boise Land office business prior
to its being closed by lthe sheriff. In
the last campaign 1t represented to
Democratic Central committee that 1t
was Independent, but that for $500
1t would support the whole Demo-
cratic ticket, which offer was reject
cd by the committee. But now since
the nation and this county went DEM
ocratic 1t wants to get into the
Democratic ranks by publishing a
lot of bombast and WORKOUT sayings,
as, 1t appears to make difference
whose OK is gored,' and pretending
to have "its tender editorial sensibil-
tiles previously wounded" by our re-
marks. II the New Time wants to
go into the Democratic party 1t sure
ly has our consent. We would like
to see 1t In sine party, for the
good Of the community. We never
had, nor have we now, much respect
tor Tree lance with its init out for
everything 1t could get, ready to turn
without minute notice. to anything
and anywhere that seems to offer
the beat opportunity for support.
Wave your Democratic standard like
men If you want to be Democrats,
but don't try to show your Democ-
racy by the fact that you got the
county printing. 1t won't work. And
II you will comply with the postal
rules requiring each paper to pub
fish the names of its owners instead
Of hiding behind a stool-pigeon, the
reason for your getting the county
printing need not be laid to Democ-
racy. And now, just one word as to
the county printing. This paper has
always contended that to the VIC |
tor belongs the legal perQuisites Of
the victory. Not the spoils, for we |
do not believe there should be any |
spoils where the taxpayers money
Is concerned, but there are leHti-t
mate perquisltes. We believe the
paper that has fought for and car
ried its party candidates for county
through to victory Is
entitled to the county printing at
lair price considering the amount of
work to be done. Whenever there
was a Republican Board elected in
this county the Democratas have holl-
cred their heads off in the interest
II economy to let 1t to the lowest
bidder, and have established that
rule. However, we should not have
put in bid for the county printing
I we had not been asked to do so.
Bids We're asked for. The three pa
)ers bid. The Glenns Ferry Gazette,
Demo ratio; Elmore County Repub-
lean, Republican and the New Time,
Free Lance or anything
slse for revenue only, and the Com
nissioners opened all the bids, took
hem under ADJUSTMENT and finally
Iwarded the contract to the New
Time, the highest bidder. We have