Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-03-13
CAN'T FOOL THE PEOPLE.

I CAN'T FOOL THE PEOPLE.
The editor Of the Clearwater Repub-
lican invites the Orofino Tribune to 60
the limit in its investigation Of P. L.
Orcutt's past record. Go into our pri-
vate life II you want to, Mr.. Grow, and
stand the record up along side Of the
gang Of which you are the measly
mouth piece. One thing certain you
dare not do much digging in the case
Of either Of the Blakes. You dare not
tell why some Of your crowd left south
Idaho, or eastern Washington; you
dare not tell the record Of the Blakes
since these men came to Orofino. You
dare not publish the record Of the
dealings Of the Blakes with the Indians;
you dare not tell a thousand things
that are common knowledge in and
around Orofino; you dare not tell the
facts about the effort to beat old man
Haven out Of his homestead, when
somebody committed perjury, and the
government attorneys dismissed the
case. You dare not tell the story Of
the gang whose tool you evidently are,
Mr.. Crow, and you know it.
More than that you know that the
Orofino Tribune hasn't q single scrap Of
fact 10 substantiate one single insinua-
ton the Tribune has been making to
the effect that P. L. circuit had to
leave Troy, or Moscow, or any other
place In the world, and you know it,
and you lie when you say you and your
paper has it. You dare not publish
one single line or one sentence or one
statement Of your alleged record show
ing anything to the discredlt Of the
editor Of the Republican.
You dare not tell why mob came
near escorting Jim Blake out Of Orc
fino. Yes sir, mob Of good men,
number Of whom still reside in Orofino.
There are thousand things that the
Tribune dare not open its mouth about,
and yet It points the finger Of criticism
It others and pretends to be awfully
shocked over the moral shortcomings
Of others.
The Republican has no desire to wal
low In the mud, and does not propose
to be drawn into any discussion Of i'm
material issues. What we are person
ally has nothing to do with the rela-
ton Of public officials and the taxpay-
ers Of the county. The only reason
the Tribune and the Blake gang at
tempt to beg the question is fear Of ex-
posture and hope to escape by chang
ing the question. Instead Of discussing
road culvert deals and printing graft Of
which the gang are ashamed, they
would have the Republican talk about
the nebular hypothesis, slit skirts and
the tango. Instead Of discussing that
old Jail deal and the spending Of county
funds for bridge plans, the gang would
like to force the Republican to defend
itself against q lot Of unfounded per-
sonal charges Of no more consequence
to the taxpayers Of Clearwater county
than the color Of Julius Caesars eyes.
or the number Of curls in pigs tail.
The question that does interest the
taxpayers il whether or not their pub
Nc business il being and has been con-
Quoted In an honest, efficient manner.
The honesty or dishonesty Of p. L. Or
cult has no more to do with it than the
brand Of coffee we drink or whether
we prefer our eggs scrambled or hard
boiled. Suppose, as Pat Blake has
said, that we starve our family, what
has that to do with the relation Of
Clearwater county officials and the
people who elected these men to serve
them?
The people are not 50 dense as the
gang seem to think. Lincoln was right
when he said ''you can fool all Of the
people some Of the time, and some Of
the people all Of the time, but you
can't fool all Of the people all the time"
Pat Blake proposes to demonstrate that
Abraham Lincoln didn't know what he
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