Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-10-16
CAMPAIGN
OPENED HERE
Senator Brady Greeted With Biz Adj.
fence At Utopia Theater Last
Friday Afternoon
ASKS REELECTION ON RECORD
Takes Several Raps at the Natiosal
Democratic Administration

U. 5. Senator James H. Brady
was given a rousing reception in
Bonners Ferry last Friday after
noon when he came to this city to
open his campaign for re- election
to the Office he now holds.
Owing to the fact that Senator
Brady could not give Boomers Fer
ry night meeting it was planned
that he should spend his limited
time here meeting the citizens of
the community, but upon his ar
rival it was decided to make an
effort to hold a short meeting at
the Utopia theater. All the mer-
chants of the town closed their
places of business in honor of the
Senator and a crowd of over 200
gathered to hear his address. 1t
was an enthusiastic meeting and
Senator Brady was highly elated
over his reception here. He said,
/ never had so fine meeting in
all my career, gotten up in so short
a time
The Senator was accompanied
here by H. V. Williams, chairman
of the republican county central
committee, D. L. Oliver, both of
Standpoint, and State Senator Dav-
is. The meeting at the Utopia was
presided over by Major Walker
who first introduced Senator Davis.
Mr.. Davis gave some wholesome
advice along the lines of securing
county division.
Senator Brady stated that he was
seeking reelection solely upon his
record in congress. He said that
he had and intended to work for
the whole of Idaho and that he
wanted nothing for his home coun-
ty that he could not have for Bon
ner county. Taking up national
issues the Senator said in part:
What is known as the Under
wood tariff bill u a product of
democracy. 1t is not tariff bill
in any true sense of the word. 1t
is neither a tariff for protection nor
tariff for revenue only. The
democratic party has said repeated
ly, and says it now, that it is ip
favor of admitting free to the
United States every article of raw
material produced in the world.
The republican party says that the
farmer and producer of livestock
has just as much right to protec-
ton as the manufacturer, and the
Underwood tariff bill illustrates to
nicely the difference in viewpoint
of the parties. Ninety-hve per
cent of the things produced on the
farm are today on the free list,
while manufactured products of the
east have maintained an average
protection of 263 per cent.
The democratic party told the
people of the country that they
were going to practice economy
and reduce the high cost of living.
The only thing they have reduced
is the revenue of the United States
government. The revenue was
falling off at the rate of as high as
$40, 100000 a month before the
European war commenced and
they were facing a deficit of Sl00,
900, 900 even if there had never
been a war on the other side of the
ocean. Leaders of the democratic
: party commenced to talk war tax,
and the first gun had scarcely been
fred before they proposed rev.
enue bill: they call it a war tax;
they are attempting to saddle an
additional burden of 500, 900, 900
} on the people of this nation under
: the name of war tax. 1t is not q
war tax, it is a democratic def
cheney tax, and these facts will he
shown so plainly to the voters OF
this country that the stamp of dis
approval will be placed upon the
democratic party in November for
their incompetency and extrava-
gance.