Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-31
POLICIES OF THE
PARTY OUTLINED
J TOPROCRESS|VES
State Chairman Gipson
Speaks at Rousing Meet
ing at Arco-Full County
Ticket to Be Named.
Capital News Special servioe)

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held here last night at Smiths hall,
delivered a powerful address, outlining
the probable policies of the Progress
sive party in this state for the COM
ing campaign. Mr.. Gipson made 1t
clear that neither he nor any one else
is authorized to commit the Progress
sive party to any policy whatever, but
he declared that after conference with
several hundred leading Progressives in
all parts of the state, that he felt con-
ficent that he could outline some of
the policies that the party will adopt
upon which to make its campaign be-
fore the people this fall. His speech
was received with great applause.
1he state chairman was introduced
by Profess f. A. Melton, who pre-
sided at the meeting. which was well
attended. At the conclusion of the pub
lie meeting, a Progressive club was or
ganized with R. r. Duke as chairman
and Q. c. Paisley as secretary. Every
one subscribed to the county organiza-
ton fund, and the club declared in
fe or of the nomination of full county
ticket. 1t was the opinion of those
present that all the settlers under the
] ost River irrigation project will vote
the Progressive ticket and that the
-'rogressives have a most excellent
opportunity of carrying this (Blaine)
county.
Mr.. Gipson's speech, after outlining
the prospects for success as disclosed
by the conditions that he found in
other counties of the state, was as fol-
lcws.
mo one, of course, can say definite
~ that the Progressive platform will
demand this thing or that; but con-
cllsions may be drawn from the ex-
is ing state of the public mind, and
the opinions expressed by workers in
every part of the state. Regarding ma
tional problems, it is the unanimous
IGinion Of those who have been met all
Ter the state that our party will re-
,ffirm the stand taken at Chicago for
tariff board, and point out the fact
that the tariff will never be settled or
adjusted along any right lines until 1t
has been taken out Of politics and han
died with the same exactness and APP
plication of scientific method which has
characterized our interstate commerce
commission in its dealings with the
railroads. The Progressive plank for a
trade commission, with wide scope ard
large powers, dealing with our great
combinations of capital in exactly the
same way, has stood the test of pub
lie opinion and will be indorsed; we
will demand presidential preference pri-
maries, and unlike the present admin
istration, we will not content ourselves
with mentioning this and then pigeon
holing II, but we will write 1t into the
fundamental law of the land when we
are placed in power, and we will be
likely to demand a more simple and
expeditions method of amending our
national constitution. No monetary
system for any country caIt be con-
sidered just unless the fullest provision
is made for ready and cheap loans to
our farmers; the fact that the Idaho
farmer has had to pay 10 and IL per
cent interest on loans in the past is
nothing more nor less than a national
= disgrace, and it seems outrageous to
me that the new currency bill did not
nake ample provision for some chain
OF land banks, to do for our farmers
what almost every civilized nation is
doing for its farmers today. In con-
neetion with the farmer, there seems
to be a very strong demand over the
state for state and national aid in
solving the great question of the mar
keting of the crops he produces the
Progressives generally want the farm
err to get a larger share of the dollar
than he is now getting. They are OPP
posed to class legislation and special
privileges, but they realize, as al
thinking people must realize, that the
future of this state and of this ma
ton depends upon the material well be-
ing of the farmer. No nation with 8
great body of prosperous small land
owners will ever fall into decay. Oul
great leader while president in the
appointment of his country life com
mission, showed his great interest II
the we'll being of the agricultural in
/ terests, but he remained in office toe
short time to mature the plans de-
veloped by this commission, and his
successor in office abandoned this al
he did every other of the great poll.
cies of Theodore Roosevelt. The sen.
timent in this state has not yet devel.
oped any definite proposal for solving
the question of the markets, but II 1:
safe to assume that our platform con.
vention will demand progress alonf
this line. Sentiment with regard t
President Wilson's demand for repea
of the exemption of canal tolls FOL
American shipping is rather divided
Our national platform opposed this re-
peal. and 1t is safe to believe that thu
Progressive party In Idaho will unit'
In support of this plank of our ma
tional program. providing suitable leg
1slation is enacted which will make Ger,
tain that the decreased cost in coas
to coast transportation win be reflected
!. an lower rates to the consumer. Thu
recent bloody events in Colorado hav,
emphasized the demands of the Pro
gressive party for social and industrial
Justice. The lesson to be learned from
Colorado. 1t seems to me. is that tn,
mine owners who import ignorant for
eigners into their workings. >displacini
. their old and reliable American hands