The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-08-14
Democratic Candidate
For Governor Here
HAS STRONG ASSURANCE OF VICTORY
So Saws Moses Alexander, BOiSe'S Brilliant ASpiT-
ant for the GOVeFnShip
,anonr of Boise. cau- Ocrats.

"As the taxes are high,as we
all know, and as the Republican
Platform declares, why did they
make them so high? They have
had undisputed sway in the State
Of Idaho for twelve years. Why
didn't they reduce them two years
ago? Why is it necessary to boil
ish useless offices and commits
sions, when they were put in
operation and instituted by the
present administration The
promise to reform from an admin
istratiOn which has gone from
bad To worse is like taking the
word of someone who has never
fulfilled a promise heretofore
made.
"The Democratic Platform for
years declared for lower taxes,
the doing away with all useless
commissions and unnecessary
Offices, and when given power
this fall will faithfully carry
those pledges into execution and
eive the people the relief, not by
promises, but by actual perfOT-
nance in the letter and spirit as
the Platform sets forth. Moth
ing i'm the State is of such impOr-
lance as lower taxes and eff
cienl Government and a relief on
those lines, and bringing these
things about, and | am pledged,
if elected Governor on these lines
that shall faithfully carry them
out to the letter.
"lf there is any douht in the
minds Of anyone whether l am
capable Of doing this or not, they
are requested 80 write to every
man, busines man and banker, in
Boise, Idaho, where l have re-
sided for twenty-thre years and
where my record as mayor of said
city for two terms of two years
each is known to everyone.
"In order to bring the State oi
Idaho to its own, as its natura
resources entitle it to stand iT
the Mountain States, a change il
its taxation and administration is
necessary. No business whether
it be farming, merchandising Ol
banking can prosper if con
tinual handicap and burden o
extravagant taxation is laid upOI
il. Bushes must be as free al
, possible in order to be success.
full.
The two most active indus,
tries in the State are the tax col
lector and the tax eater. Higl
taxes retard the growth of com
munity. 1t drives out capita
q that SEEKS investment and depriv
p us. on the younger generation o
men and women who would settl
p with us, if it wasn't for the hig
l taxes and bad administration o
{ our State affairs. When that i
= corrected a new era will agai
o dawn upon the State. In place O
Q lethargy and doubt, again wi
I come activity and confidenec'
p and every community will agai
n awaken to the realization ths
p there is no better State to live i
I and to prosper in than Idaho. l
% this regard we Democrats are nc
- alone, but we have with us tn
T independent voters of the Stat
n who vii help US to swell the Del
~ ocratic vote this fall, until it wi
II be overwhelmingly in favor {
N good government.
IL This present administratio
- will cost the people of Idaho, fC
L. the years 1913 and 1914, near
j. six hundred thousand dollar
IL more than any other administr;
IL ton that we have had since Sta
l. hood. The people know it al
= that is the reason haven't al
le doubt of my election and the ell
lr ton of the whole State Tick
So from top to bottom. There
s. another great factor this fall
r favor of the Democratic part
ie For the first time in sixteen yea
10 we have a Democratic Nation
lc Party, which is headed by that
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