The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-10-08
HAWLEY RESTS CASE WHOLLYUPON
PRESTIGE AND PULL Of WILSON
CLAIMS NOTHING FOR SELF WOODROW
GREETED AUDIENCE WHICH GREW
TOWARD END.

When Ex-Governor Hawlcy begal
his address in the opera house las
Saturday evening he seemed undecid
ed whether to face the auditorium o.
the rear of the stage. The democratic
candidates for county offices formed
semi circle behind him, while in tn,
front there was a scattered audienc,
which in the aggregate did not ap.
pear to outnumber the candidates. TIL,
ex-governor saw the humor Of the sit.
uation and confessed his indecision al
to which crowd to recognize as tht
audience. but finally favored those ir
front BY urging them to concentrate
close In so that he could make himself
heard without great effort. Most OF
those present complied with the speak
er's request, which made 1t easy to gel
at the number present. The actual
number was very little above 100, GER
tainly not over 1876, This estimate Is
based on an actual count of those In
the right section of the parquet which
tOtaled 35. 1t was an awful frost fol-
the democratic senatorial candidate
but having probably become accus-
toned to such receptions In other parts
Of the state he spoke with fairly good
grace, but not with a spirit that arous-
ed the least enthusiasm.
Democracy Does Not Draw.
For days the local democratic organ
had heralded the coming of Hawley
as the big attraction at the opening
rally of Shoshone county democrats
Long before the hour the band made
its appearance and continued to play
until after the arrival Of trains from
Canyon creek and Mullan, first on Ce-
dar street, then on Bank, and flnall,
in front Of the opera house, but the
crowd failed to respond. 1t was Sat-
urday evening and the usual crowd
was on the streets, but 1t was a crowt
that showed little interest In demo
cratic oratory 1t is true the weather
was inclement, but that could not be
accepted as a reason for the small at
tendance, for there were throngs OF
people on the street within two blocks
of the opera house. The people die
not go simply because they know from
experience what democracy means
are having the experience right now
and were not in a mood to be told
that the country's ailment Is merely
psychological.
Nothing But Woodrow Wilson.
If Ex-Governor Hawley, who aspires
to represent the people of Idaho In the
United States senate, has a definite
opinion or a conviction on any subject
that might or should come before con-
gress for legislative action that has
not received the sanction Of Woodrow
Wilson, he carefully refrained from
mentioning it. He announced in the
beginning that the platform he pro-
posed to discuss was Woodrow Will
son. and he stuck to his subject with
tenacity that put some of the candi-
dates on the stage to sleep and wore
out the patience Of many Of his small
number of hearers. considerable
number of whom withdrew before the
finish. Even to democrats who are
disposed to give the highest credit to
the president, Mr.. Hawley's excessive
eulogy and reiterated praise Of Wood
row Wilson become most wearisome,
and worse STILL 1t was disappointing
to see man aspiring to the senator
ship who had simply nothing to offer
the people for their support except his
endorsement of everything Woodrow
Wilson had done and his promise to
support Woodrow Wilson in every
thing he might undertake to do. AS a
prospective senator, he claimed no
right to Independent thought and ac-
tion, and If he had any ideas Of his
own with reference to legislation Of
interest to the people Of this state, he
did not venture to make them known
until they had been censored by
woodrow wilson.
Tangled on War Tax.
Although a fluent speaker, Governor
Hawley certainly got badly balled up
when he undertook to explain the war
tax in time Of peace which is being
levied by democratic administra-
tion. He chewed his words, backed up
and took fresh start several times,
gave an explanation that didn't ex-
plain. and finally closed the subject by
stating the only thing he could say.
and which Is not true, namely. that
the shortage of revenue is caused
solely by the war in Europe. The gov
ernor seemed In hurry to drop the
war tax, which is not surprising. see-
ing that the more 1t Is discussed the
better the people understand It, and
understanding always means loss Of
democratic votes. He pronounced
Woodrow Wilson the greatest presi-
dent the country has ever had, pre-
dicted his reelection in 1915 which
would give us six more years Of Wood
row, and as this climax to his praise
of woodrow Wilson failed to draw out
the least response In the way Of ap-
plause, he suddenly dropped from the