The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-04-16

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so much discussed as the election in
New Jersey, where republican con-
gressman was elected by a big plurality,
almost a majority over all the other
three tickets. Nothing is more certain
than that the early solidarity of the
Wilson administration is disitegrating
among the people who elected him. The
Panama tolls question is propably the
most potent factor in the wave of dis
illusionment 1.-The Canal for Amer
ica' seems to have been the thought of
the country from the moment the canal
was first proposed; and while it is even
yet debatabe whether it is policy to
give all the direct benefits to the ship
ping interests, and trust to national
benefits to dribble down through their
bands to the lowly worker who pays
his share of the cost of the canal, the
idea of having this canal distinctly and
solely for America was always para
mount. Otherwise, the canal wouldn' t
have been built in a thousand years
The general fear, or belief, that the
president listened to the siren song of
the transcontinental railroads that feardd
the lower freight rates of the canal,
will change thousands if not millions of
votes when they get chance to speak
on national issues. 1t is true that the
president has had exceptionally hopeful
and courteous treatment from the po
litical opposition; but lot of these are
preparing to raise row when they
feel that they have been abueed, as
they believe they have in this denial of
the democratic national platform in
which the whole nation believed
Some have wondered just wherein the
alleged interview" which was saddled
IN to the Judge up at Lewiston, would
nave hurt him or Borah. AS matter
of fact, it didn't hurt him, because it
wasn't true; and the source was so ap-
parent that it will help instead. The
object seems to have been to get up
a fight between him and Borah, in the
interest of others-like the old story of
Jack and Jill, where they all fell in the
water, started general fight, and
then
''An eel slipped in, as sly as sin,
And carried off the plunder.
w. G. Hews, publisher of the Glenns
Ferry Gazette, has just been nominated
as receiver of the Haley land Office,
while John E. Williams of Twin Falls
is named for register. Hews is Nu-
gent man, and Williams is Hawley
champion. Likewise, C. E. Harris of
Montpelier, Nugent supporter, and
Henry Heitfeld of Lewiston, Hawley
champion, have been named for the
Blackfoot and Lewiston land offices re-
spectively. 1t seems to be "get-to-
gether" move all around. Harris is a
former newspaper man, and Heltteld
was the populist-democratic senator
through one term at Washington. He
failed to make other than an avoirdu-
pois impression on the national admin
istration.
1t is given out from Boise that if any
one goes down to the dedication of the
Idaho building at the San Francisco
exposition, he will pay his own fare
from Idaho. The governor might be in
cluded in the free ligt, but he will be
the only one, except the commissioner.
The "take your tax receipt to the
polls'' campaign will not fit in with a
bill for a thousand or fifteen hundred
dollars worth of gold lace to San Fran
cisco-and probably not even the gov
ernor will risk state transportation.
Geel but it's tough to be a governor
and not be able to have any fun out of it
Herman H. Taylor, lieutenant gov
ernor, has been serving as the real gov
ernor for the past week, while Gov.
Haines attended the big irrigation
meeting in Colorado. Gov. Taylor has
had his attention called to something |
that would make him hero all over
the state, in these days of high taxes
and of question whether government
was worth what it cost. This is, the
matter Of running the state house and
state departments. He stood at the
door and watched stream of clerks
file in at 1:30 p. M, clerks who are sup
posed to work eight hours, but whose
eight bours include the dinner hour
from to is the outside limit. And
then so many drift calmly in at from
9:15 to $50, and again come in at 1:15
to 1:30, that the nominal eight-hour
day is shattered into fragments. Some
one with a vertical spine and little
political judgment could make real
killing in that state house, and produce
a brand of economy that would not be
spurious and brassy, if he were to issue
an edict reaffirming the law that Eight