Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-04

W. Simmons. bookkeeper for the COM
pany; William McDougall, superin-
tendest, and r. f. Jones, foreman, have
always taken care of municipal and
school affairs Of the district, Mr.. Nc
Dougall being at present in control of
the school board. Other employees of
the same company are candidates up
on the Republican ticket while still re-
tanning their positions with the COM
pany.
No one believes that Mr.. castor 5
dismissal of Larson came from any
such lofty motives as those declared
by himself, because every body here
knows that the Republican party is
kept in power in this county and Re
publican members are usually sent to
the legislature because of the dom
nation of the great mining companies
in this coUnty's politics.
The Democratic party in the county
is in no better position because of the
domination and lossism of Democratic
super.ntendents and managers for
companies. so that the people have be-
gun u cry out in their distress for
some avenue of relief. This they had
begun to feel might come through the
Progressive party and because of the
definite and specific promises of the
Progressive platform to afford some
badly needed legislative relief in this
section, Mr. Larson has consented to
be candidate for the legislature
Miners Want Protection.
The specific planks in the Progressive
platform which appealed to the miners
a
act law for the protection of Ameri-
can men working in mines requiring
that men engaged in the operation of
swift-runnins machinery should be re-
quired to speak and read the English
language sc that they might be able to
understand signals and warming cries
Of their fellow laborers This relief
has become necessary because Of the
prevalence of the employment of ig-
norant and non English speaking men
to operate such machinery rsulting in
frquent injury and death to American
men required to work with them.
Another relief measure promised by
the Progressive platform was law
requiring the payment of wages at in
tervals not exceeding semi monthly
periods, the justice of which will an
peal to all
The Progressive platform also pro-
missed specific relief in an employers
liability law modelled after the law now
in force in the state OF Washington.
These platform declarations together
with the knowledge of their immense
popularity among all classes of citi-
zens here not under the direct dictation
of the political mine bosses. are be-
lieved to have rendered Superintendent
Easton frantic with rage so that when
the information was carried to him
that one of his employees had con-
scented to become a candidate upon
any ticket other than the Republican
ticket where subserviency is always
rendered to the great corporations of
this county, he demanded that his en-
ploye pay, the full penalty for his
lack of subervience
The old times of such domination.
however, lave passed in this district
and it is believed that Easton has in
this instance at any rate, overstepped
himself and that the result will be such
a reaction in sentiment against his at
tempt to force the election Of tie Re
publican ticket that the entire Pro-
gressive ticket will be triumphantly
elected.
The fact remains, however. that men
employed by Bunker Hill & Sullivan no
longer feel free to declare their politics
except they happen to be Republicans
in which event they know they are per-
fectly safe.