Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-07-09

mistaken the effects and the powers of the plat
form Boise City, and also of the legislature itself
We all been presumng that still operating under
the old reactonary political machinery whereby the state
at the mercy Of little caba Of hand picked delegates, who
could what the state must do and not do whereas
that day passed. passing 1t is OF comparatively
little consequence what those platform conventions did,
fused do question The initiative and referen
puts the power of the state to vote question
chooses form DESIRES and for that reason the plat
form commitments Of only negligible True. the
initiative and referendum not yet installed in practical
operation although voted into the constitution by overwem
ing maorte but political party and candidate
regousy pledged the mechanism into effect at the
legislative session. and there doubt this will be done
Whoever thinks the contrary has little faith in his fellow
his and his personality of consequence
and that contingency may be once Tor all as
a human mpossibility.
Thus it makes great difference whether all political
parties committed to the submission of prohibition amend
ment to the constitution whether all committed against
such submission The question would have been submitted
anyhow by the initiative process nothing has been lost
gained by the platform declarations If the democrats had
adopted home rule platform and have elected candidate
to the legislature and to the state house such PLATFORM the
amendment would still have been submitted at the next general
election by the initiative petitions and nothing substantial
would have been gained the democrats by their adherence
such policy except the offices and the glory and the prestige
The policy would still have gone the entire for deter
mnaton Independently of anything the democrats the office
holders and the politicians could do or not do.
Similarly the home rule question still open to the people
of the state for adoption regardless of the fact that handful
of sca politicians had refused to allow the people decide
for themselves whether not they preferred that system
the prohibition system to the county option system The
prohbonares would have submitted their amendment by
the initiative process whether the legislature did and
presumably will the home rulers proceed with their
Something of intervene to make this step
say inexpedenit is impossible to what the future
may hold to ha-but that is the important thing
important thing that those believe they have better
policy than prohibition than prohibition have the
of presenting their to the electors and have been back
ed off the earth by the Juggling and bbery certain
dates who conceive that the prohbonares the only
worth catering to in the state and that the prohbonaries
must take whatever is handed out to them
The Mormon sentiment in Idaho has dominated the action
the two major parties in the state the prohibition question
prevented the adoption plank contrary the
that Sect which for business purposes wet in Utah. its
wealth and its industries concentrated and Idaho
vassal of the church. In Washington and Oregon
the contrary the conventions and legislatures controlled
by the large city delegations and dry proposal affecting
the large municipal units could procure adoption In both
states therefore, the initiative has been resorted
the submission of the prohibition question: just in
this state the enables the an aterna
tive to prohibition We do not know course whether the
home rule policy should win at THE polls but we do
know that those that side of the question feel very much
better for having chance vote their plan instead feel
ing that they had been deprived of their political rights and
business interests without having had their day court or at
the ballot box.-Lewison Tribune.
THE DEAD BEAT
1t has been figured by those economists who rv to tell
the real for the hgh of vng this country