The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-10-22
Junior Senator in Splendid
Speech Criticises Men
and Measures.
.RIDICULES WAR TAX
Points Out Weaknesses in Ma.
tional Administrations-"Har-
mony" Plea Shattered.


1914 campaign. both in point of attend
snce and enthusiasm. was held at the
opera house Saturday evening when Jas.
H. Brady. United States senator from
Idaho, and D. w. Davis, state senator
| from American Falls, delivered ad-
| dresses to a good sized audience of vot-
ers. Despite the inclement weather and
the fact that all the stores and shops
downtown were open for the Saturday
evening trade, the crowd was much
larger than had been anticipated and
the speakers were listened to with rapt
attention throughout the evening.
Senator Brady has developed, during
his term of service in the senate halls
at Washington, into an exceptionally in
teresting and forceful speaker. There
is no tawdry finery to his remarks, no
political buncombe and false state
ments theories; just plain, old fash
ioned truths told simply and with only
the elements of emphasis and oratory
necessary to cinch the argument.
By his splendid speech Saturday eve
ming, the junior senator increased his
wide circle of friends and admirers here
and also left behind a world of unan-
swerable arguments showing the weak
spots in the national administration as
conducted by Woodrow Wilson and othel
disciples of Thomas Jefferson"
Points Out Democratic Weakness.
Senator Brady's speech sparkled with
potent, powerful facts and witticisms,
most all of which were aimed at-and
hit-the myriad flaws in the Democratic
national administration. He showed up
the false promises of economy and
pointed our irrefutably the Instances OF
extravaganza in contrast; he branded in
plain words the rank deceit OF the
500, 100000 war tax" of the Democrat
ic party, declaring 1t a Democratic de-
ficiency bill passed for the sole purpose
of covering up the deficit caused by
mismanagement of governmental affairs
and the passage of laws by the Demo-
cratic congress which have tended to
embarrass and retard national prosper
ity; he referred to the misapplied sobri-
quet, 1.-THE Prince of Peace" which
blinded followers of a false lead have
applied to the president. who has pro-
ceeded to prove the inappropriatenes:
of the title itself by calling upon the
nation for "war tax
Imagine If you can," said Senate
Brady, "a Prince of Peace asking for
and actually insisting upon, wa
tax +"
And he continued, ''here is tn
United States, a neutral nation, at peac
with the world. Whoever heard of
war tax in times of peace?'
Blocks Harmony Talk
Near the close of his address Sena
tor Brady made direct answer to tn
'harmony' plea as advocated by his pc
litical opponent, James II. Hawley,
the race for the United States senator
ship stating that Mr., Hawley in h
campaign had sought Hawley votes up'
the contention that to elect Hawley
the senate would add support and pov
| er to the national administration al
1dahos prestige alike by virtue of Il
fact that Hawley Is democrat al
claims to be In enthusiastic accord wi
the policies of President Wilson al
his cabinet.
To meet this plea Senator Bra
pointed out the certain return to po'
er Of Republican president and a
ministration in 1916, which would lea
Mr.. Hawley, in case Of his election, W
four years yet to serve under Repu
lican rule, certainly a most "inharmo
ious' condition. This point in Senat
Brady's Speech like all the other ILL
trations and comparisons made a
plause from the audience. Sena
Brady closed with few words of (
probation of the reception accort
MIN here and frankly asked for the 81
port of the voters in the coming el
ton
Davis Answers Alexander.
Prior to Senator Brady's talk, Sc
Tor Davis, 'the builder of Power co
q ~ made brief address in which
Iioicnled, as many other speakers h
uone, the utter absurdity OF the ella
y Moses Alexander along the lines
economy In the handling of the ST
n soVernment. Senator Davis has
Il years been identified with state aft
eha Is In position to disclose the
solute falsity of the Democratic gul
Il na.prial aspirant's theories In this @.
palsn which Ire did most effectively
roiiowing the speaking the audie
sa'ne forward and met Senator d
nu senator Brady Informally.
speakers left on Sundays train
Il sou.h Idaho where Senator Brady
'0htinue his campaign until election