The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-10-23
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES


Republican state and congressional
candidates are we'll known. Never |
| before probably in the history OF the
! state has any party presented to vot-
| ers nance Thich are better known
to the p1oI g Of the state.
Senator B:,aiy no received tiue
endorsement in lie primary vo'e ..
| ms party, has fcen both governor
and senator. He has acquired an
acquaintance which extends into cv-
cry precinct in the state, and OF lhen
who consider themselves personal
friends Then years ago Senator
Brady became Republican state
chairman, and since that time he has
been steadily marching on until he
now occupies one of the highest po-
! litical positions in the gift OF the state,
and occupies it so we'll and with dis
tinction Senator Brady has made a
record for doing things, and the cam
paign slogan adopted by his friends is
HE has made good" Every voter in
the state has been made aware of his
record in the United States senate,
important committees he has been
appointed on, the good that he has
accomplished and the good that he
in a position to accomplish with
his reelection.
Congressional Candidates.
Not a voter in the state needs to
be told of the record made by Con-
gresham Addison T. Smith in his
two years term. Armed with an ex
perience of 20 years in Washington,
as private secretary to Senator Shoup,
and later to Senator Hepburn, his
knowledge of departmental matters
in Washington has made his services
of in calculable value to the state He
is we'll acquainted with procedure in
the general land office in Washing
| ton, and his activities in the inter-
ests of Idaho settlers have had he
suits. A student of the land laws, he
has introduced u number of bills in
the interest of the entrymen. He is an
interchangeable worker, and no man
stands higher in Washington, or is in
/ a position to be of greater service
to his constituency.
| Robert Nj. McCracken, congress
sional nominee, has been active in the
support of good legislation. He made
record for himself in the Ninth and
Tenth sessions, when as a member of
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later from Ada county, he introduced
and secured the passage of the state
child labor law, and the state proba-
ton law. He proposed a workman's
compensation law at both the Ninth
and Tenth sessions. He was elected
prosecuting attorney of Bingham coun-
ty in 1904 and successfully prosecut-
ed at nest of horsethieves and saved
II in emit inv Alvin c
the illegal issuance of county warrants
During the practice of his profession
as an attorney, he has made a special
ty of public land and irrigation laws
and is conversant with practice before
the Department of the Interior.
Attorney General.
They used to call General Hooker
Little Joe, and they call Attorne.
u General Peterson Joe" without tn,
= qualifying adjective. Joe" is tai
enough to be called "Big joe" i
he keeps on with the record he i!
making at the state house, and viii
thicken out little physically, he il
= going to be known, with few years
{ more on his shoulders as big Joe.
l. Peterson. But it is just Joe" now
S Everybody knows Joe and likes him
II and they like him by the nam'
n by which he is known in every pre-
l. cinct in the state. Some men carr.
ID the affectionate diminutive hadle t
lie their name without losing their digni
B ty, and Joe has the secret of that sue
lie cess. Dynamic in action, an orato
s. who nows horse sense, as well a
4, peroration, a lawyer who brings
I, full and energetic mind to his task
ol Attorney General Peterson has wol
at his spurs in the arena of state poll
Gu tics, and he is one of the best know
at men within the boundaries of tn
10 state. His two eyars' Administrative
3, has been noted for it's activities fo
u the people of the state before tn
new public utilities commission an
u the question growing out of case
IN in which the attorney generals offic
&c has sought protection to the interest
II. of the citizens as against encroacl
OF ments from the public utility corpol
ar atoms, with fairness to the claims {
p both state and vested interests.
Secretary Of State.
lat George R. Barker, of Sand Poin
er, Bonner county, made announcemel
III of his candidacy for this postic
lty early in the primary campaign, al
w. up to the last week of filing had I
ne opposition in the Republican pr
ne maries. Mr.. Barker has been pu
ne Usher and editor of the Pei
nc d'Oreille Review at Sand Point fl
sh' 10 years, and the paper is wide
~ known in the state as Republics
I'LL organ and a model weekly. In 49,
-, member of the board of regents
IL the state university, found that M
~ Barker, although a strong partisa
III enjoyed the respect and confiden
o. of such eminent Democrats as JUDI
Woods and Judge Flynn, of t
!. northern districts, and, largely upt
their recommendation, appointed hi
ion to the vacancy made by the resign
ne ton from the board of M. e. Lew