The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-14
STEVENS
STUFFS THE
BLACKF@ooTERS

On Tuesday evening of last week
Mr.. Stevens man, Clark, spoke a
speech in Gooding relative to Stevens
himself who is reputed to be fluent
speaker. On the following day in
the afternoon, Their paper" at
Blackfoot published despatch from
Gooding, informing the people at
home what great and enthusiastic
meeting was held. Two days later
the Gooding Leader published an ac-
count of the meeting, and it was so
different we reprint them both just
to show our readers the difference
in viewpoint. The Evening Courier
of Blackfoot said:
CLARK S. Thomas in his whirl
around the state spoke last night in
the Arcade theater at Gooding. Mr..
Thomas, in speaking of the candi-
dacy of Judge James M. Stevens for
governor, compared the policies of
Judge Stevens with those of England
with her possessions, in particular
mentioning Australia and New Zea-
land. In commenting on the Eu-
ropean war, Mr.. Thomas said that
Englands great strength lies in it's
admirable administration of her COL
onial possessions, that the disposi-
tion of public lands and the coun-
try's resources had been an immense
factor in the progress of England
and her colonies. This plan Judge
Stevens hopes to put into effect in
this state and believes what the sys-
tenn has done for New Zealand and
Australia, it will also do for Idaho.
Mr.. Thomas spoke strongly in favor
of subsidized merchant marine and
Espoke of the benefits such a policy
would be to the United States in the
present crisis. He lauded the Idaho
Statesman for her strong editorial
on this subject and believed with the
Statesman that nothing would benefit
the commerce of the country more.
He urged all present, who had failed
to read the editorial in the States
man, to avail themselves of the op-
portunity of securing a copy of the
Statesman and peruse this able argu-
ment.
There was a large and attentive
crowd present. The interest is night
ly growing in Judge Stevens cam
paign and Mr.. Thomas is having ever
increasing attendance"
The Gooding Leader said:
CLARK s. Thomas delivered a DO
l1t1cal speech at the Arcade Theater,
Tuesday evening in the interest of
Judge ]. M. Stevens, of Blackfoot,
Republican candidate for nomina-
tion for governor. The Goodlng
1and gave concert to assist I'm
bringing out a crowd, but the at
tendance was small Mr.. Thomas
made an interesting talk and ex-
planned how Judge Stevens proposed
to reduce taxes. M. Matson presided
and introduced the speaker"
Fills all out of Doors
On Wednesday evening Mr..
Thomas spoke at Mountain Home
and got out a large audience, he calls
1t crowd, SO large that it filed ALL
out of doors. 1t was considered such
an important event that an account
of it was wired to the Courier and
they printed it on Thursday afternoon
as follows:
Mountain Home, Aug. "a
large crowd greeted Clark s. Thomas
who spoke in the city park here in
behalf of Judge Stevens candidacy
for governor. 1t was the largest
| crowd that has met Mr.. Thomas thus
far in the campaign. Every available
space was taken up by his audience.
Judge Stevens is the taxpayers
favorite today. His platform was
cleanly discussed by Mr.. Thomas and
met with the approval of the crowd.
Thomas made strong plea for the
Republicans and the Progressives to
get together and forget an imaginary
difference. He declared that the next
congress would be Republican. A
loud cheer greeted the speakers re-
marks. In closing Mr.. Thomas laud-
ed the efforts and deeds of the late
Senator Hepburn, who he knew per-
sonally while in Washington"
Hackney Trims the Judge
Charles A. Hackney is the editor
of The Elmore Republican of that
place, and in his paper of the next
day he spoke thusly of the occasion
and the speaker and his candidate:
"A large crowd greeted the repre-
sentative of Judge ]. M. Stevens at
the city park Wednesday evening and
listened to some excellent music by a
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