Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-02
NOSE ALEXANDER is SOME
: TALKER, Y UNDERSTA AND
But He Fails to Give the People any Definite
Plan by which He Proposes to Save Them
That Million Dollars Year.

The democratic campaign in Bear
Lake county was opened last Satur-
day night with an address in the
opera house by Moses Alexander, !
democratic candidate for governor,
and the light of the Jeffersonians in
this campaign. Despite the fact
that the local democratic leaders
did all within their power to adver-
tise the meeting, less than 800 vot-
ers listened to Nose expound his
issues in this campaign.
Nose is really an entertaining
talker as he INDUCES n'considerable
native hnmor, which keeps his au-
dience in happy frame of mind.
He has pet expression " under
stand" which he uses so frequently
that it becomes somewhat monoto-
nous. In fact, the expression COM
poses fully Is per cent of his speech.
Mr.. Alexander opened his address
with glowing tribute to President
Wilson and the national administra-
ton. He then delved into state
politics and in a somewhat random
way told how he would cut down
expenses if elected governor.
In referring to the increased ap-
preparations by each administration
from the time of Governor Morris
son down to the present, he laid all
the blame on the shoulders of the
governors, until he came to the
Hawley administration, when he
threw the blame onto the legislature.
1t was an amusing attempt at white
washing a democratic governor for
doing the same things for which he
denounced the republican governors.
He dealt entirely in generalities
in discussing the question of taxa
ton and did not not give single
concrete illustration as to how HI
would reduce taxes. He gave thC
impression that the state officer
were consuming all the revenue ant
raising the taxes, all of which wa
amusing to the man who under
stands anything about the manne
in which our state government
conducted.
Here is a sample of the cheal
clap-trap dope which he hands on
to his audience:
Il want to tell you who hav
come here to hear me tonight, ths
you may not be mistaken, that afte
| am elected governor next Noven
Der, and after l take Office on tn
second of January, and then tt
first thing | will do after that,
will go down into the basement I
4 the State House and will take ii
first man meet and yank him ou
and keep it up until the last man
the State of Idaho is out of offic
There won't be. man left to t
the tale"
Now that is a nice line of
gument, isn't it, for man who
aspiring to the Office of govern
Mr.. Alexander knows, as does eve
other intelligent person, that th'
is not an employe or officer in
state house that the governor COZ
'yank out" except those in the g
ernor's Office.
By inference he denounced
last legislature for passing the p
lie d ''ilities bill. He didn't tell
aud Ance that for the last Ell
years he has been advocating
enactment of public utilities
He didn't tell them that during
session of the last legislature he
- peared before the committee
railroads and other public corp
tons and spoke for nearly an
in favor of the passage Of the I
ties bill which was then before
committee. With possibly one
ception Mr.. Alexander made
strongest talk for a public utiI
law of any one of the half dozel
more men who were permitte'
speak before that committee.
his speech Saturday night he d
say whether he was in favor Of
law as whole or in part; he
not say whether he was in fave
repeating those provisions of
law which prohibits legitimate