The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-12-24

accomplish a certain thing. There ara
hundreds OF men who can accomplish
these things. No one man has any NAT
ent nor is honesty so scarce and hard
70 ma that only one man possesses if
i have filed all these communica-
tlons away with the chairman of the
democratic state central committee
ana we VIII take them up at some fl-
tnre time and settle them the best wov
we can. There win be disappoint-
ments when they are made. l have
maze no promises or pledges. I win
appoint just as few men as | possibly
can under my administration. When
my term OF office is over people will
little remember whom l Lave appoint-
ed II my administration is not a suc-
cess they will blame me and not INV
appointees. l am going to be corafnl
that my services to the people are in
accordance with the confidence thew
displayed in me when they voted for
me. The people want less offices and
less boards and commissions. 1t isn't
my right to inquire whether thew are
right or wrong My duty as a public
servant is to take my orders from the
people and obey them. That is the wav
look upon public office.
6ame Department Attractive,
up to the present time have prob
ably received applications from 100
men, all told, for all of the offices un-
DER my disposal. Fifty of these are
TOT the game department which seems
10 nave a sort Of attraction and iufat-
uation that no other department has
II the legislature will join with me
mere VIII be but few men appointed to
the game department. 1t looks to me
from the applications that this must
De the sort of place that has good paw
IN 1t and nothing to do.
Inc balance of the so applications
are for the other offices, and cover a
woe range of usefulness. You can see
'here are only 100 men all told in the
state of Idaho out of three hundred
seventy thousand population, who are
all this noise. The balance of
Inc people are attending to their com
mon, ordinary avocations. They are
away to support their families
ana pay their taxes. They are not in
-erested as to who will get these plums
rom my administration.
No Calamity in Sight.
III all of these 100 applicants were
disappointed there still would be no
l have gotten applications
md Endorsements by the armfuls from
some men, from every place in the
tate of Idaho and from nearly every
'ther place in the American union I .
tlll VIII not appoint these same men Z
BECAUSE | don't believe they are com
'etent for the positions they have ap-
lied for. They don't posses the ne
essary qualifications under my ad
ninistration; that is, economy and eff
ciency They have never heard the
fords The voice of the people
The democrats are entitled to every
hing that I can give them, but they
re not all Of the people of the state Of
daho Thousands of good republicans
oted for me and they ask nothing in
eturn except good government, based
pom the highest conception Of honor
nd integrity Their voice sounds to
lie as good as the democrats. shall
eed the voice of all of the people.
Il wan to be understood as saying
lat every man who makes an app)ica-
on Is doing nothing wrong. will pay
.tention to 1t at the proper time. ! 1
Ill not be influenced by any other
but the best services OF
e people in whose behalf have IN
crated the tvs years before me-
A man who is able but won't pay