The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-10-24
.COOD|NG SHES
HAT IN RING
Former Governor Loses No Time
in Announcement
CIRCULAR LETTER TO CONSTITJ.
ENTS ON POSITION.

ENTS ON POSITION.
Will Cause United States Senator.
ial Campaign To Start This
Year.
Dear Sir: l should like to make an
announcement through the columns
OF your paper of my candidacy for the
United States senate in the primaries
or 1914. Ii | am successful in the
primaries in becoming the candidate of
the Republican party | promise to
make vigorous fight for my election
to the United States senate.
1t was my good fortune to come to
Idaho just at the end of my boyhood
days. Thirty-two years ago on the
Goth day of April 1 became a resident
OF ketchum, then mining camp, in
the Wood River country. / have seen
Idaho gro wfrom a sparsely settled
territory until today it ranks as one
of the great states OF the union. From
the first Idaho has been kind to me,
and l love her great mountains and
broad plains, and l love her people. /
have grown up with the state and |
feel that ! am part of this mighty
commonwealth, for in public way l
have had much to do with it's growth
and development. Having served the
people twice as governor and in other
public offices, know it's needs and its
conditions almost as we'll as the boy
knows the old homestead.
7 cannot foil tho poop1a of Idaho
words how much | should appreciate
the great honor Of representing them
in the United States senate. II l am
elected can only promise to give
them all there is in me as public SER
want. For the first time the people
will have an opportunity to choose
their senator by a direct vote, and l
ask the support of all the good citi-
zens OF Idaho who believe me quail
fled to represent them in the United
States senate.
I have been a Progressive in politics
long before there was any division
in the party or any talk about Pro-
gressive party. For years I have been
fighting for the control of all public
service corporations by the people, and
my record as public officer and as
private citizen will bear me out in this
statement.
From boyhood l have had something
to do with the political machinery of
this state. | have represented my
county and state in state and national
conventions. have acted in the capa-
city of county and state chairman for
my party. I know that until few
years ago politics in Idaho were
wholesome, clean and honest. l am
sorry to say that that is not true in
Idaho today. In no state in the union
is there more deplorable condition
politically than can be found in this
state. Beginning with the Brady and
O.Neil campaign many things have
been done that are a stencil in the nos
trils of every man who knows any
thing about the political conditions of
Idaho. For this I hold Mr.. Brady more
responsible than any other individual.
+ 1t Is not strange that men of ordin-
ary means hesitate to enter the poll
tical arena of Idaho on the Republican
side of the issue. For the first time l
find myself hesitating to become a
candidate, for know that through the
extravagant use Of money condition
exists in this state that makes it en-
barrassing for the honest man to be-
come candidate for so high an office
as that of United States senator. In
my expenditures l shall keep well
within the law, for / will not perjure
my soul for any office. will not pay
that price. / am going to try to bring
back clean. decent politics within the
Republican party.
Nor shall 1 change my residence. My
home will always be at Gooding, coun-
ty of GoOding, state of Idaho, for / be-
lieve that l am big enough to repre-
sent Idaho In the United States senate
and reside at Gooding. While I was
governor knew no north or south
Idaho, and the man who knows any
north or south In this state is not big
enough to represent any part Of 1t in
the United States senate or anywhere
else. Idaho II mighty state with
wonderful resources In agriculture,
horticulture. mining, timber and live
as we'll as the north, has all these re-
sources. True the resources Of the
north In mining and timber are larger
can represent the northern part Of this
state we'll without representing the
southern part Of Il well. or tho SOUTH
6rn part without representing the
northern part
7 l haye bsen . farmer al Of my life.
Ny boy 1ayU were 9pe0t updA the
farm II agn1 nj q California I
hare An 13Hething 30 od0 With min
sng = 3AnAo. but my prtnn1pal occu-
pation - beoa thpk of Z farmer and