Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-10-29
VIGOROUS ACTION AS TO ALLEN
AFFAIR URGED IN LETTER OF
SEPT. 22-LETTER OF OCT.
s DEFINES HIS POSITION.

The following is the text Of q tele-
gram received from Boise last Wednes.
day evening from State Chairman
Pence:
"Borah has repudiated the Brady
Haines republican machine. His let
ter to Chairman Day Of the Idaho re-
publican committee published in the
Salt Lake Tribune, October 26, shows
that the state committee, also Borah, /,
knew September % Of Irregularities in
the treasurer's department, Borah
says:
e THE proposition of making Cole
man a scapegoat is not palatable to
| me.
Almost as soon as this telegram was
sent out Chairman Day of the republi-
can state central committee sent out a
denial in the following words:
"To the people Of Idaho-I am in
formed that Joseph T. Pence, chairman
of the democratic state central COM
mittee, is sending out a statement to
the effect that Senator Borah had re-
pudiated Haines and Brady. This is a
sample of the despicable campaign be-
ing made by the opposition.
"Tbere is absolutely no truth in the
statement and it is rank distortion of
Senator Borah 3 letters to me about the
appearance of Allen on the ticket;
others were written before Allen 8
arrest.
"We all felt just as Senator Borah
did about Allen being on the ticket,
but it must be remembered that he was
nominated at the direct primary and
we had no power to take him off the
ticket.
"Senator Borah has recently especi-
ally urged the people Of Idaho to elect
Senator Brady and his utterances bear
ing on the Allen case constitute the
strongest kind Of an endorsement for
the republican state administration for
having acted in the interest of clean
government.
"George A. Day,
chairman republican state central
committee
Both kilograms gave little informa-
tion as to the substance of the matter
involved and while Chairman Day
made bold denial he did not quote
Borah IS letter or any part thereof.
Wishing to present the matter in the
true light the Free Press Immediately
took steps to procure the facts and to
present them to the reading public.
Boiled down to the substance of the
matter it reveals that at the time when
the Allen Dummy loan deal was dis
closed and so much discussion was
started around the state, some republi-
can papers even demanding that Allen
be forced to withdraw from the state
ticket at least, that as early as Septem-
Der 22, 1914, Senator Borah added his
voice to the protest and urged prompt
steps were taken by republican state
by repudiating Allen, and his advice
was turned down, the final crash cul-
mlnating in the revelation of Allen g
big steal
At the time this letter Of Borah was
written it will be remembered that no
seps were AIKEN by he republican state
central committee to dislodge Allen,
put that the opposite was the attitude,
Allen refunding the loan and being
aapologised for, even defended, and the
text of Rorah's letters indicate that
the senior Idaho Senator virtually
broke with the committee in the Allen
a1falr, and as the last letter of Sena-
Tor Borah was dated October 5, he had
virtually taken the stand even before
the big steal form the state treasury
lestnd ont
We haye procured and publish
herewith copies of both of the Borah
1etters addressed to Chairman Day by
senator Borah, and If any comfort and
undlcation can be found in either of
mem they are here available. We point
20 90 the fact that the letter of September |
=. 81 Is advisory and Admonitory. On
she other hand the second letter passes
rom an advisory state and he says "I
snaii not bother you (Mr. Day. or the
committee about it, but shall adopt my
own course with reference to dealing
70 such matters Whether this
amounts to repudiation or not the
reader may judge from the text.
Under Washington date line of Oc- |
eober 26 and a special to the Tribune.
oalt Lake, Utah, the story in full is
as follows:
Senator w. E. Borah more than
month ago, when serious charges were
brought against Treasurer o. Y. Allen
,np,. mro1e a letter to George Day of the re-
taIpllcan am state committee, advising that
i;aa ih name be taken from the repub
,,;4I Not' hdtcr OICer the state COM
1aa..ee na has adjusted Aliens shortage,
% wrote Senator Borah advising him
Sao, Ja wnat had been done, and the senator
ueciared that Allen 3 name should be
ie.4 iie1aoved from. the ticket. Tn the second
s..er noa written October s, Senator Borah
o. ofntiudes ~ by saying that it is the duty
H. .ue 1 republican organization to see
r' Allen is defeated at the polls"
Interesting Letters.
m., me two letters Of Senator Borah
fo110s iaake Interesting reading. They are as
Nv September 90, 1914.
chs s Dear Mr.. Day: 1 have just read the
Ma that have been made against
:. M Allen, candidate for state treasur-
ch. nave NO doubt that those in
;ge OF the party at home win deal
;ntsa with this matter, and only my
ms interest sssn in the success of the party and
tI;,,0 Denef that ct the bottom Of all
purrc. IN public service is integrity Of
pose above the party Of public Of