The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-16
Busy Politics All Over Idaho
Senatorial Fight Warns Up and Promises Big Interest
---Gov. Haines Break and Lewis Growing Pop
ularity---Other Offices and Candidates.


until the primaries, on Septembel
Island that isn't such very lone
time when one counts on covering
this whole state
Senator Brady is making the
most frantic efforts to land the re
publican nomination for the senate
1t is estimated that not less thar
hundred thousand letters, eacf
one purporting to bear his own
signature, have been sent out to
Idaho people-to men, to women
to school children-anybody who
has a name that can be secured for
his busy letter-writers. 1t would
take him two months to sign ur
these letters, let alone to write
them; that would take years and
years, if each one were a personal
individual letter as it purports tc
be. The senator has host OF
boosters telling the people how he
is staying in Washington on the lid
Of the government, while his com
petitors are chasing all over the
state and getting the start Of him
but he doesn't say anything about
these months and months spent in
letter-writing!
Frank r. Gooding is making a
busy campaign. He is talking
mostly from thenational republican
standpoint, for the protective tar
iff, the American rights in the Pan
anna canal, the steal that is being
put over in paying Colombia $25,-
100000, and other such matters /;
with of course proper admixture
of argument to show that it would
not be so if he were sent to the
senate. 1t is quite probable that
he is gaining strength, mostly from
the Brady supporters.
Judge Ailshie will be free from
the supreme court, next week; at
which time he will begin an active
personal campaign. Those who
have known the Judge as digni-
fled, reserved man on the bench,
will awaken to see one of the finest
little fighters the state has ever
known, in action. Blackguards
who have assailed him on the bench
because they thought he wouldn't
hit back, are likely to find out lot
of things by the time they have
come to. The Judge is going to
make vigorous personal campaign
with an especial appeal to the peo-
pie who don't usually take much to
politics-to the man who thinks,
and votes, but says mighty little
about it in public.
The state treasurership is bring
ing out several candidates on the
ticket. O. V. Allen will
try for it the third time, Drawing al,
that have defeated every
third-termer in the history of the
state. John w. Eagleson is out for
he nomination, and Byron Defen-
zach, former state senator from
Bonner county, is also in the field |
Defenbach is probably the liveliest
,anpaigner, though Allen has many |
over the state.
There are four chances for con-
yress on the republican ticket
Miles Johnson of Lewiston, Add
on T. Smith, Thomas T. Kerl Of
Occur d'Alene, and Robert 0.
Tones of Kellogg. Smith is assured
# winning; the race is probably
,retty even between the others
or the second place being left va
ant by Congressman French.
ohnson might be considered as the
most likely winner; though all are
-ood men, and whoever wins will
10 his best by the state.
Miss Grace Shepherd, for the
ast four years state superintend-
mt of instruction, will not again
e candidate. 1t is quite likely
hat the coming legislature will
resent a constitutional amendment
> abolish this office, as the COM
missioner of education is charged
nth most of the educational Gu
es, and is given far more power
ian the superintendent ever had.
Iowever, the latter is still con- (
titutional office, and has a vital
lace in some of the board work of |
le state notably the state land
oard. Miss Bernice Mccoy, who
as been Miss Shepherds assistant
Or four years, offers to become a ]
andidate with the understanding |
lat her work will be voluntarily (,
lerged with and subordinated to |
lie general educational plan of the