Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-26
A DEMAND, AND A RESPONSE.

"Uncertainty is killing business, let congress ad
journ" declared the partisan press anxious for cam
pagn well eager that part OF business
that is dishonest.
busy and enact legislation that is certain responded the
president
And now business that is we mean, dishonest bust
ness wishing it had offered different excuse for get
ting congress to adjourn and congress wishing no ex
at all had been undertaken, but that 1t had adj
journed just the same.
Whether we agree that the proposed by the
president will accomplish what he intends them to accom-
psh or not should all Of agree that there be po
better time to try the remedies he suggests than the pres
en He is bound to give them trial 1t he does not he
is correct promising the country the greatest of
agitation has The people not going to be
content with conditions they
Some of us do not agree with the president that his
measures will accomplish the desired end, which is the
punishment of dishonest business and the driving it out
of business activity without unnecessary hardshps upon
legitimate business. As evidence of the prospective fail
of his measures call attention to the fact that even
before they enacted into law it is found necessary
provide the bills themselves that they shall not be used
to prosecute farmers unions and alliances labor I'M
ions The meaning of this that the proposed law is
drafted to make criminal such organizations these
that it again admits should not be made criminal by the
provision that the law shall not be used to prosecute them
it has such weakness this why is it not likely that
1t will be found to possess the weakness OF making crm
nal certain forms of concentrated wealth that all know
to be necessary and advisable?
But, the president and his advisers do not believe
there such weakness in the law On the contrary they
believe the law will be just the remedy that is required
and believing there be established peace upon
proper foundation until their proposed plan given
trial. nasmuch the president and his advisers in
power.
For that is the heerest folly for congress to
delay action longer than merely necessary to register OPP
position upon the part of those who opposed to the
and who therefore, have right to register their
opposition.
To delay through diatory tactics for the
sake Of embarrassing and annoying the administration
would be criminal the part of congress and such delay
should those responsible for to receive the
for any continued business unrest that should result
One thing is sure, and that is that the presidents
will not make conditions than they
far the unsatisfactory punishment Of criminal
big business concerned The opposition to the president
has not in the main, any remedy to offer substitute
and its opposition will be made chiefly for political pur
poses in order that they their party may benefit
from the distress that they themselves bringing
the people.
We are not in full sympathy with the president meas
ures but in sympathy with his demand for action
and believe the country will hold those responsible for
continued unsatisfactory conditions, who kill time by
endless talk.
The New York papers contain curious, and sup
posedy truthful account OF the Imprisonment of mother
and fouryearold child for threading the grass II
that the little girl had trespassed in the exclusive
of ST. Marys park and had been found there by
policeman, who cited the mother to appear in magis
trate S court The law plain The magistrate did moi
feel enabled to accept the mothers plea of ignorance that
the child doing wrong and imposed fine of g. The
mother unable pay the fine and for eight hours she