Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-19
FALSE REPORT ON
. FUSION IS SPREAD
BY STANDPATT[RS
State Chairman Gipson
Gives Emphatic Denial to
Measurements Made by
Republican Politicians.

sate Chairman Gipson's mall is be-
ir = flooded with letters from Progress
sizes over the state giving an &C
cent of the renewed efforts Of the Re-
I Leans to spread the false report
I Il the Progressive party has gone out
os es silence, or has reached fusion
a.. cement with the standpat Republi-
can organization. Some letters are
], tta,s of inquiry to ascertain If there
cAn POSSIBLY be any truth in reports so
re- sistently spread, but most of them
merely letters giving information
O. the activity of those who are now,
Il state chairman says, trying to lie
out of existence the party that they
cannot defeat in a square fight.
my mornings mail brought me
communications from active party
and two in the north, all bearing upon
the same question" said Mr.. Gipson
today They wanted to know why
the Progressives in Canyon county
had combined with the Republicans.
zone of these letters was from Twin
Falls county, and gave an account of
the sport the boys down there have
been having with the reactionary
bunch. Evidently our Progressives
know something about the cat and
mouse game in Twin Falls county.
The reactionary machine there, de-
spairlng of victory under any condi-
lions with Progressive ticket in the
field. made overtures to the Progress
sives to fuse. They offer to adopt any
platform which might be named by the
Progressives, and permit the Progress
sives to name the big end of the can
didates. Their offers were CURLY re-
jected by the Progressive conference
called to consider the question. The
boys seemed to think it foolish to talk
of compromise when they are able to
win on straight out fight.
Boise Politician Responsible.
Another of the letters came from
Soldier. 1t seems that some Boise poll
tician by the name of Eagleson has
been down there. Eagleson thinks he
is running for state treasurer on the
ticket OF the plunderbund To show
the desperate tactics of the old guard
] quote from my Soldier letter: Mr..
Eagleson told me In the presence OF
Judge Leek and several others that they
held a meeting of the prominent lead
ers of both Republicans and Progress
sives in Canyon county and had agreed
to get together. Also at Twin Falls
on last Friday that the Republican and
Progressive county committees had
formed kind of fusion and that the
act was ratified by both county chair
men,
"Eagleson evidently has not erred in
aligning himself with the standpat Re-
publican party. The great activity oil
that party and its candidates, both in
Idaho and the nation, Is the conduct
ing of the most stupendous campaign
of Misrepresentation, villification anc
actual fraud ever waged in the history
OF American politics. Part of this IL
waged against Wilson and, the Democ-
racy, but the Progressives come in fol
the lions share. That is right an6
proper. This fellow Eagleson may oil
may not get the Republican nomination
for treasurer Personally, l hope he
does. In any event, however, he ha:
qualified himself for life membership
in the Ananias club. No meeting ha:
been held in Canyon county to discuss
fusion. The only fusion that will bt
brought about in this county will be tn,
fusion of the large body of honest Re.
publicans with the Progressiyes. anC
the election of a full Progressiv,
ticket of clean and able men
Another letter from the nortl
brought me a clipping which read.
much like the effusions of that jour