The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-02-05
AS TO U. 8. SENATOR

The senatorial fight that has been
begun this early before the primar.
les. by the announcement of Ex-Goy.
ernor Gooding, in his broadside d.
rected against Senator Brady, and
the reply of the Senator thereto pro-
misses to be hum-dinger.
Just how far these gentlemen will
go in their charges and counter
charges is a matter of conjecture.
But If the opening guns are any indi-
cation, there is every prospect of a
fight that will stir the blood of the
most dormant patriot.
AS rule the general elections in
this state furnish some amusement
for the non-participant, and a large
amount of comedy of doubtful quality
is developed during state campaign;
we hardly looked for these situations
to show this early, but the circus Is
on and the first acts of the clowns un.
der this canvas, is being staged.
A few days ago it was announced
that the celebrated gentleman of an.
cient history. A. R. Cruzen, was to
become = candidate for the office of
United States Senator, for the pur-
pose of "vindicating himself before
the people"
On the hearing Of the contempt
case year ago, this party said,
That If he told anybody that he was
in control Of the political policy Of
the Capital News, it was a lie and
done for~the purpose of getting votes
for the wet side of the election. .
There were called as witnesses against
MIN some twenty persons, ard it
was stipulated that if they were called
TO the stand and sworn, they would
testify that he did tell them that he
controlled the politics of that paper.
He testified that when he went into
a fight that he would tell anything
that would "get water over his wheel"
and of course a matter of some
twenty lies didn't matter
Wouldn't you be proud to have this
self-convicted liar represent you in
the highest law making body in the
government? Wouldn't he be a credit
,o this state and to the nation?
A liar is not serviceable person
to any state or nation, for the reason
That they may not be depended upon,
and. in this case, 1t has been proven
that Cruzen will deliberately lie to
further the saloon interests of Ada
County, would he not be tempted to
the same procedure to secure his
election to this high Office.
And now, he wants to be "vindi-
Gated before the people, We Gods.
INDICATED for what? Did he not
admit that he was a liar? Was it not
80 proven, not once but twenty times?
After making such admissions as he
made. it strikes the average mind.
unused to politics. that the less said
the better. INDICATED, yea verify; but
1t will take more than six months of
gum-shOe work, to convince the good
people of Idaho that they should
elect professcd liar to the highest
office within their gift.
But the candidacy of Cruzen is,
like himself liable to be taken too
SERIOUSLY; the fact is that as a poll
ti4An, Cruzen, like his candidacy, is
hnse joke.
he next act is the grand entrance
OF ANrton L. French. Look close coed
peohle and see the glittcring trap
pit s of my record
he second of the wise men from
thEsnorth, who together with Apostle
Pa4 (Clagstone) accomplished the
deSat of Ailshie
there was ever lucky office
hotter in the state, it has been this
same French Without more than
Ordinary ability, never committing him
se4aon any subject faithfully distrib-
utiHk his free seeds, and writing
fraaked letters by the hundred. he has
be4M able to hold on by virtue of
hi record" which as far as can
be BIsccrned by the naked eye from
thildistance is about zero.
Fnpy, dishrag politics. have from
TIM immemorial been the policy of
thd who felt that thcy were not
ab1&to cope with the situations that
'codA up, where there has to be
figl better get along without trou-
BILE Ind be reelected, than to fight
for What is best for the state" is
thd policy of Congressman French.
Thu may be alright for Burton but
WIN about the state? Our affairs
ned strong men in the national
legp Nature, men that are not afraid
to kht-whea fight is -aecessaFyy--
N 1.-THE Carey Act Farmer"
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