The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-04-02

dispatch to the Capital News few
days ago, that up in Lewiston Judge
.Ailshie gave out an interview attacking
Senator Borah, Congressman French,
Senator Brady and probably other pub
lie men of the state. 1t was so differ
ent from the Judges usual discretion
and charity and line of thought, that
only the few who did not know him, OF
who wished to believe the worst, were
taken in by the hoax. For hoax It really
was; a pure fabrication from soup tc
nuts, gotten up by some one who want
ed to see how far and how fast a good
lie would travel. 1t was put out by
some one with about the same mental
outlook as the English suffragette who
recently cut to pieces a $500, 600
picture as protest against the Eng
lish government for imprisoning Mrs.
Pankhurst. Fortunately there are
only few such degenerates in Idaho,
and not many readers believed the
story. 1t would have been a choice
morsel for certain interested parties to
retail---but the truth has overtaken it
before it soaked in too deeply.
From the north comes the information
that the Progressive party will be so
strong as to make it formidable rival
of the democratic party, and both of
them probably much in the lead of the
republican ticket with the present sched-
ule going through. The Recorder editor
gets this assurance from former strong
republican associates in the north, men
who with him made some great fights
for the republican ticket few years
ago, and won some of the NEST spec
tacular victories over long odds that
the history of the state records. This
estimate of the feeling in the north is
given for what it is worth, and not as
hope or prediction.
The recent serious illness of Judge
Stewart---he was stricken by paralysis
at Coeur d'Alene. last week, and is in
dangerous condition. might have some
bearing on the coming campaign. If it
should be that the Judge should find it
necessary to retire, there would be a
vacancy to fill by appointment, and that
would make at least two such appoint
msnts, as Judge Ailshie will resign be-
fore the primaries. If the amendment
should carry, increasing the supreme
court to five members, this would make
four out of the five members of the in
creased court who would be appointed
by the present governor---a record that
has probably never been made by any
other governor in the history of the
United States. The amendment is self
operative, and will become effective i'm
mediately after the vote is canvassed.
However, it is not at all sure that the
amendment will carry; it is SO expen-
sive, and as many believe, SO unneces-
sary an addition to the tax-consuming
brigade. that it is likely to fail. The
one thing that will make it strong is
the hope of so many lawyers that they
may be appointed.
A good deal of interest has been
manifested in seeing just who the Boise
bankers will trot out for state. treasur-
er. 1t is quite certain that the leading
candidate of at least the two leading
old parties will come from Boise. That
has been so fine plum that it is pretty
we'll guarded by those who make it
business to guard perfect plums-
1t might not be fair to even repeat
the report that has been current---that
Congressman French might withdraw
his announced determination to be a
candidate for the senate. He made the
first announcement, after due consider
alton, and will doubtless go on through
the camgaign. However. it is safe
guess that if the announcement had
been deferred until now, or if he had
believed what campaign would be
stirred up against him, he would have
remained in the congressional field,
where he had monopoly
1t seems quite likely that w. T.
Dougherty OF Rlchfield will be strong
candidate for the democratic nomina-
tion for secretary of state. Some of
his friends have been busy in his be-
half, and it is understood that they have
the support of number of their state
party leaders.
There has never before been such
food of subsidized dope coming out of
Washington as that now being poured
into the state through certain subsidiz-
ed news agencies. You'd think the
junior senator was the one of whom
the poet wrote in that thrilling epic of
"The Big Headed Boy"
Whom the whole tree of knowledge
has robbed of its fruit,
And plucked up it's withered old stump
by the root"