Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-07-04


| dorses the excellent work done by II
senators and representatives in col
gress and commends their unwaive
ing support of republican principle
in spite Of the opposition of the Der
ocratic party in power.
III We congratulate the people of Ida
no on the evident early return of tn
Republican party to the control Q
the national government, which RI
turn will speedily relieve the natio
and state of Idaho of the disastrou
effects of an administration which ha
discredited the American flag abroad
paralyzed the entire commercial an.
financial interests of our country
made a cowardly surrender CT Am
erican principles and rights in repeal
ing Panama Canal to Is exemptions
and has made dismal failure of tr
ing to lower the cost of living, and !
responsible for the present business
and Industrial depression.
BLIGHT OF FREE TRADE
We denounce the Democratic tariff
policy as destructive to American In
dustries, and one which aims at the
farmer, stockmen and miners of Ida
no. We advocate tariff revision ON a
scientific basis by a non partisan ia!
iff commission.
| The Wilson-Bryan watchful waiting
policy In Mexico, which has permit
ted the killing of many of our citizen
and the ravishing of their wives and
children, it's vacillating foreign pol
icy, and its utter failure to carry out
any OF its promised results to the PEG
pie proves the Democratic party unfit
to be in control of government.
EFFORTS FOR HARMONY
| We approve the action of the ma
tional Republican committee in chang
ing the basis of representation and
the method of selection of delegates
to the national Republican convention
Iand we hereby ratify the resolution
adopted at the meeting OF the nation
al Republican committee held Decem-
Der l, 1913, and specially commend
our senior senator William E. Borah,
for his untiring efforts in securing
is one of the many things he has
done towards harmonizing and reunit-
ing the Republican party.
We favor the enactment of a ma
tional law establishing rural credit
system.
We endorse the efficient and bust
ness like administration of the Re-
blican state officials.
We promise the enactment of an
amendment to the present highway
automobile license tax law, whereby
at least rs per cent of the automobile
license tax shall be returned to the |
respective counties wherein the same
is collected, to be usd for road pur-
poses by such counties; provided,
that when counties have voted bonds ,
for road purposes the money shall be
used for interest purposes.
SCORE HIGH TAXES
We hold that the paramount prob :
lem in Idaho today is that of taxa
ton. So burdensome have the high
taxes become that they are handi-
cap to industry and a potent factor
in depressing property values. 1t Is
a problem requiring the most intelli-
gent thought of the whole people, and
far too serious to be made the subject
Of cheap politics. We denounce as
enemies of the people. those who are
going through the state claiming that
Il their political parties be given pow
er, taxes will be reduced one half.
Since those making the claim know
the absolute falsity thereof as taxes
are chiefly legal and wholly within
the hands Of local authorities, no po-
Iitical party can have any voice in
he matter except as to state taxes,
and in a limited way, county taxes.
Az to these taxes which constitute but I
/ small part of the whole, the Repub-
ican party pledges the most rigid
And to the end that relief 4
nay be secured to the people we
pledge ourselves to every effort to-
ward the enactment of a law which
viii fix minimum limit for county, ;
lily and other municipal unit taxes J
ol-curent expenses and maintenance '
purposes such as will prohibit exces-
i've taxation. !
To this end, we purifier pledge the t
of any number of our {
tate departments, and the abolition
# others and we further demand that I
hose accepting office, either elective c
n appoinuye, shall devote their full t
lime to the performance Of the duties T
Incumbent upon them. Q
We are uncompromisingly opposed /