Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-01
THE B1PART1TE MACHINE GOVERNMENT.

The pigeon hoing for more than two years of an
porant state communication from the secretary OF the in
terror requesting official action by the state land board
is Illustration of the inability OF the bipartisan
chine that has ruled this state for the past
years to transact the states business and it furnishes
the cearest possible for the organization and
stence of entirely party composed OF member
ship entirely independent of the powerful elements that
have conspred long and successfully to gain control
of both the old party organizations to them not for
the benefit of the whole public but for the benefit of the
few who directly and Indirectly have controlled and do
control politics In this state.
In 1872 under administration of this bipartite
chine the secretary of the interior gave notice to the state
land board that the would refuse to give pat
ent to lands that the state had already been party to
selling to settlers in this state and the land board
requesed to take action to ascertain which of the given
block Of lands should not be patented and which of
tain settlers should be made to give up their holdings be-
the states agents had been negligent Of their
duty and incompetent to perform the trust imposed
upon he to have permitted the sale OF many of
land for which there water.
That branch of the bipartisan alliance with special in
teres failed to take the requested action and the task
bequeathed to the other branch of the bparte agree
ment
Approximately three-fourths of the term of the sec
ond administration has already passed. and the officials
OF that administration already engaged in seeking
election IN contest which is nothing but mimic warfare
less real the part of the immediate participants
but wholly mimic the part of the agencies really at in
teres towit the seekers after special privilege and pro-
lection dsadvantageous to the majority.
After one branch OF this special privilege bipartisan
alliance had sold twice much land there water
TO supply 1t was naturally dsagreeable thing to handle
and much easier thing to do to put the opposing
branch of the special privilege service to face the duty Of
finding way out of the difficulty
1t much easier to let the poor struggling settlers
endure the uncertainties and face unaded and
aged the losses that confronted them than to manuy
meet and solve the problem
Accordingly the unpleasant duty was shirked by in
action and allowed to to their These
successors the present board have found the task no
more pleasant than did the former board. Moreover
action whatever it might be, would show openly the
alliance between the bipartisan machine and the special
interests and these times when the people are in no
mood for such exposures
The result is that this official communication upon
official business to official board of the of Idaho
concerning very important official duty still lies peace
fully reposing in its pigeon hole
Meanwhile each of 400 settlers upon lands in the
state is forced to endure the uncertainty of whether
shall be his loss his and all of the 400 settlers
are forced to endure the uncertainty of whether they shall
all be required to bear proportonatey loss of one-ha
their entire investment in this state.
1t is pretty well understood that there is not water
enough for than onehalf the lands sold on the Sal
mon River project, and claim that there is not
enough for than onethrd of it. Tt has all been sold
however and the state land board of this refuses and
negects to perform the duty devolvng upon it of giving
to the suffering striving and distracted settlers such aid
may be given
Again we inquire:
How long Lord shall this people endure such con-
dltlon when peaceable remedy lies wholly within their
own poWer9
Even Hepburn said Of the people, ssYou may petition
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