The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-07
HIS PAPER SAID 1T WAS PART OF
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
WOULD REDUCE TAXES BY
KEEPING UP EXPENSES
Employs Speaker to rehash theories
Borrowed From the State Land
Board and Given out as his own.

North Idaho is solid against
Stevens for governor in consequence
of the statement made in His paper"
The Evening Courier, of Blackfoot,
'on the Gath of June reading as fol-
lows:
IN. E. Lewis, of Moscow, Republi-
can candidate for governor, is in
Blackfoot today getting acquainted
with the natives. This is my first
"trip to this section of the state said
Mr.. Lewis, and necessarily hurried
one, but later will make a thorough
canvass and will spend some time in
this section
"Mr. Lewis is pleasant gentleman
to meet, but can hardly expect much
from southeastern Idaho, coming as
he does from section of the state
that really belongs to Washington.
It is n1t surprising that the people
of north Idaho should treat Mr..
Stevens candidacy with silence or as
a joke when His paper" edited by
his own brother, speaks of their
country as Washington.
We repeat what we published two
weeks ago that Mr.. Stevens is
bothered and hampered by his own
paper.
Wont Make First Base
The Kooskia Mountaineer in COM
menting on Stevens candidacy OBJ
serves that ]. M. Stevens, of Black
foot, is a candidate for the nomina-
tion for governor but will not make
first base.
All Things to all men
In Mr.. Stevens literature and His
paper" he advocates reducing the tax
burden by eliminating the superfuous
and hangers-on, but down
at Albion his speaker threw them a
little sop about keeping their state
institution which has geenrally been
condemned as one of the useless ap-
pendages. Stevens literature says
that Stevens is fluent speaker, but
he arranges to have others make the
speeches. Following Is what The AL
bion Nugget said about 1t:
The Stevens Speech
The first political speech in the
present campaign to be heard In AL
bion was delivered in the Nero hall,
Wednesday evening by one Clark s.
Thomas in the interests Of Judge J.
M. Stevens, aspirant to the Republican
for the office of governor
of Idaho. The local band gave short
concert ON the street before the
speech and succeeded in getting out
a fair-sized crowd.
The talk by Mr.. Thomas was typi-
cal campaign speech. In setting forth
Mr.. Stevens plan for the reduction Of
state taxation and for the betterment
of the farmer he advocated certain
changes in court management and en-
dorsed the ideas advocated for some
time by land board officials to sell the
state timber and to dispose of state
lands on long time payment plans
BY certain declarations he led the
people to believe that Stevens would
be opposed to the removal of the
state normal school from Albion and
also to the shifting of any educational
from the southeastern part
of the state to Boise.--Albion Nugget.
Like Rug-a-Bug's Smoke
Mr.. Stevens campaign talk about
how he will reduce the tax burden
and eliminate the useless commits
sions and hangers-on is just about as
definite and effective as Rug-a-bug's
smoke.
Rug-a-bug was In college and some
fellows went to his room to haze him.
He was such rogue and withal so
smooth and suave personality, that
when they entered the room, the lead
er seeing a dollar lying on the dress
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