The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-30
ALLEN, HAINES, PETERSON
AND REPUBLICAN PARTY

A great crisis has been reached in Idaho politics.
Political turmoil high, and time has for calm
reflection.
In the Allen embezzemen the state saved itself from loss
only by having good security bonds but had the bonds
In the excitement following the shock of exposure and the
swift administration of punishment there is tendency to 60 to
and risk nfcng greater than have just
escaped from.
Americans have fine sense of Justice but they
ing and generous they usually allow themselves be outraged
before they action and then they slash themselves by mis-
take in their excitement.
When great crisis has been reached tand the public mind
wrought up the point of action they throw aside restraint
and undertake task in surgery with ceaver hand and the
knife in the distance.
Idaho has reached such crisis and the greatest which
people can perform this time for their future good think
calmly and aney and be guided by the light of experience
governor now serving who was elected upon tax redu
ton PLATFORM and with slogan Of "Take your tax receipts to
the polls In the midst of the great task and when the light OF
lower with high efficiency and strong state credit was spread
ing its aurora there burst the bubble of the ebezzer and citizens
stand agast blaming the embezze and others not Implicated
Turning past for clearer vision find four conspicuous
examples:
Washington and the Conway Caba.
Lincoln and the Copperhead days.
Grant and the battle of Shiloh
President Arthur and the star route frauds
These great in American history worthy OF review
at this time.
In the arkest days of the Revolution when Washngtons
army was naked and half starved Valley Forge when his
was ouAaned and beaten the Brandne when Robert Nor
putting up his money by cart loads to buy food for
the soldiers when public credit dead and people turning
from their leaders, Thomas Conway of Washngons gen
erals started great hue and cry and conspiracy recall Wash
ngton and appoint General Gates in his place For weeks the
cry rang the full length of the colonies but the camer counsel
patriots determined stand by the great leader but to give
Gates command of the Army of the Caronas Gates went south
promising everything through his bunders the Army of the
Carolina was amhiated and Washington and the homey
Lafayette closed the great drama at Yorktown
When the Civil War at its height, when being
drafted to fight when The Chicago Tribune which had camoed
for the war and had become sick of that it
Washington ask that Chicago might be spared just from
the draft because the whole city in mourning the result
of deaths battle when starving southern prons
when Lincoln was saying that if he reelected the would
90 all its horrors and rgor when Mcclellan saying that
he elected president he would give the south blank sheet
of paper which write their terms of peace the American
people did calm thinking and held eadast their purpose
finish their original task and they reelected the great emancpa
tor.
Following the battle of Shiloh when the death lists of
armies were sweled something ghf when the harvest of
death the greatest known the world when
said and much disputed that General Grant drunk
ride when the battle opened when being calculated that
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