Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-15

THE REAcT1oNARY ALLIANCE PERFECTED.


county is representative of the political theory that the
people not be trusted 1t the natural alignment into
party of all the reactonay and conservative element
which fears and hates popular government and which,
sneers at popular rule
We have long felt and argued that there perfectly
natural alignment possible of these elements of the Dem
ocac party and of the Republican party into organ
izaton That alignment has been brought about under
the present Demopublcan combination whereby candi-
dates named upon the Democratic ticket merely for
the purpose of serving blind for the greater and main
purpose Of trying to put over on the people be-
eved by that political element to be too ignorant to gov
ern themselves properly and thus the election of
those candidates of the Demopubican combine bearing
the temporary and misleading designation as Republi-
cans"
With those behind the Demopublican movement there
is allegiance to party and they have politics save
the politics OF gain for themselves those whom they
They would vote for candidate bearing
the brand OF Democracy to vote for bearing the
brand of Republcansm provided only they could see
advantage themselves those they at the
public expense. That is why they organized the Demo
publican movement They feel forced however to desert
the Democratic candidates, with the permission and
derstandng doubtless of such candidates, for the pur
pose of throwing their entire strength to the Republican
candidates
In Justice to them it should be admitted that they
honest in their endeavor They honestly believe that it
best for all the people and best for the entire
nifty that power should be given to few to conduct af
fairs OF government. They actually believe that few,
acting in behalf of the many and spending the money of
the common bring to such common man greater
prosperity than such man could hope to attain acting
They believe that prosperity be brought by taxa
ton SO long the taxes mostly paid by the governed
instead of by those who govern They have always
demned the public for every refusal to vote bonds for pub
lie improvements which approved by them and they
have always cited such refusal the part of the people
examples of the inability of the people to determine what
is best for them Those holding to such beliefs have
honest abiding conviction that if the power taken
away from the people vote bonds and if such power
given into the hands of two three to issue bonds
those should determine tremendous of pros
be plye of
country
In other words they honestly believe that prosperity
is condition depending upon their mental attitude and
not at all upon natural conditions If they squeeze
money from the taxpayers either with without
the taxpayers then their mental attitude is
hat there great prosperity and behold prosperity to
Them. becomes established fact Ii the people, already
grooming under impossible burdens refuse the greater
expenditures that they demand then to them there
prosperity
The issue against the Demopublican organization is
squarey issue to whether not the people in
teligent enough to govern themselves whether they
are the hackers of that organization believe ig
to do However the issues may be presented
this is the real to be determined at the polls
November