Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-23
DEMOCRATIC HYPoCRACy.

Two years ago the democrats Of
Clearwater county were party 70 one
Of the most damnable outrages that q
gang Of low down mongrols ever pull
ea CT. Under the leadership Of Pat
Blake. democratic county chairman.
the gang went over the county slander-
ing every ma who looked Hike re-
public2r. It was charged that the
republicans were unworthy Of conf
dence; that they were lot Of rascals
who had lost e%ery sense # monhood,
and were even en in league with the
timber compani, 10 bctray the peo-
pie; that the ele, IN Of republicans,
citizens Of known tegrity ard honor,
men that you woul1 rust IN ordinary
business dealings, n Mt that timber
corporations would escape taxation.
And FIVE days otter the election Frank
2elenka, who had howled this kind Of
rot all over the county, admitted to
his brother-in-law, Frank nolosa,
chat there was nothing to ii" Here
was this man, set up as tie only man
in The county who can BE trusted to
protect the interests Of the taxpayers,
resorting to the most contemplate
methods known to ward politics in or
der 10 deceive the voters and gain an
Office. His conduct, therefore, shows
that he is unworthy of respect, unre-
liable, q man who has no regard for
the truth, one who would wrong fell
low citizen to gain petty county job.
IL another column we publish the
statement Of Ir Kolosa. Read it.
The republicans were not timber
tools then, any more than they are
timber tools today, and had the people
elected the republicans certain timber
companies that Frank Zelenka favored
when it came to equalizing their tax
es, would have been assessed just like
George Kubeiue or the Northern Paci-
fic or any other timber holder was as
sessed. 1t was Blake gang lie,
bred in the fertile brain of the gang,
and peddled for votes by gang tools of
which Frank Zelenka was one.
We know that we are not even in
sympathy with timber corporations;
that we have fought them all our life;
that we have for fifteen years worked
for equal taxation for the people; that
we have for years worked to the end
that the railroads of Idaho might be-,
honestly taxed, and yet Frank Zelen-
ka, once more seeking office, attempts
to deceive the voters by charging that
the Clearwater Republican is a timber
tool; that it is subsidized by timber
interests. We defed him to produce
any proof, and he can't do it. He
stands guilty of malicious libel, a
falsifier, an Office seeker whose stand
ard of ethics is base and dangerous.
The republican is informed that the
foul tongue of SANDER is even now at
work quietly against Mr.. Harlan
that he is being quietly assailed from
cover. The Zelenka forces are at
their old gone once more, and we
do not doubt it. But will they de-
ceive the people?
Here is lie No. one:
Jack Harlan is in favor Of cutting
down the timber company assessments,
and raising the taxes of the farmer
and the little fellow It is a lie.
Jack Harlan never said it. He is ir
favor of doing nothing of the sort.
We have his word that he will see
that timber companies pay their tax.
es, and that he will also see that af.
ter the timber companies are taxed
that the money will not be wasted.
The democrats, in order to ge,
back into power, pulled off a shan
battle, and some of the rankest Blak'
tools the county ever saw are out to
day cussing the .Blakes. Remembe
that just before the last election
Frank Zelenka was against tn
Blakes. And he got all over it tn,
day after he was elected, didn't he
When appointing deputies he deliv
cred whatever goods the gang dishe,
up. He voted for Pats candidate TO
the cruise, and has never cast on
vote against the interests of tn
Blakes. In the mater of county
printing he stood with ne Blake gan
and against the taxpayers of Clear
water county. He tried to stop tn
Clearwater Republican in its figh
aginst Blake gang rule; he tried t
boycott this paper and is reported t
have suggested that mob run tn
editor out of the county. He did al
he could to keep the Republican fror
fighting for the people against gan
rule, and stood by without a protes
when one of his gang made a persona
assault on the editor of the Republi