The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-11-13
At NATIONAL CAPITAL
PARAGRAPHS on Important Coy-
ernment Affairs.
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES
Threats of Law That Usually Come
to Naught.
The Tribune Bureau.
BY j. E. JONES

BIZ y. Hs JONGo
Washington, D. C.-Not Like The
O.den Days.-The Republican con.
vresslonal committee went through
its campaign and dspent about $24, 900
1t is the leanest year known in the
history of the party organization
It used to cost several hundred thou
sand dollars to carry on a congress
slonal election. but this year the
republican organization had great
difficulty In securing mere $25, 900,
although eleven persons gave 81, ,000
Do You Know It?-One Of the
suffrage speakers who appears daily
on Pennsylvania Avenue In Washing.
ton has been making a regular offer
OF $l.00 to any man In the audience
who could recite the preamble to the
constitution. For weeks no one took
away the dollar, but finally an
American citizen answered the chal
lenge and carried away paper bill.
Lots or Money For Everybody
The banks will have $500, 900, 900
additional money to put in circula
ton when the new currency goes into
operation on November l6. Perhaps
now the newspaper man will be able
to get loan from his national hank.
since this great reserve which has
heretofore been held for the protec-
tlon Of the depositors is to be free for
circulation.
Talking Candidates. Since the
election the Republicans have been
taking heart and are suggesting who
should be the standard bearer at the
head OF the national ticket IN 1915.
Among the names are those OF Elihu
Root. Mr.. Justice Hughes, Senator
Lodge, Samuel w: Mccall. James II.
Mann, former Vice President Fair
banks. Senator Burton, former Cover
nGr Hadley, and Senator Borah OF
Idaho. There Is not one of the
names that has elicited the slightest
amount Of enthusiasm, and Washing
ton, which Is usually practical about
such things, will likely find the way
OF suggesting another gentleman,-or
several OF them.
Now there either has been price
fixing and boosting, or there has not.
In any event the "f1nger Of scorn'
has been kept pointed 10 the direction
OF the beet sugar producers. 1t may
be all right to invoke the threat OF
the law against lawbreakers, but IL
Is equally an injustice to brand people
as such, and threaten to Jail them
when the Investigations all disclose
that the charge was unwarranted in
the beginning. In private life such
an accuser apologies; In public affairs
the people are expected to remember
only the sensational threat and forget
the f1asco that follows.
:. The Threat OF The Law.-Prose
cutting attorneys have a very bad
habit OF making announcements
ahead of their Investigations, and
this applies to them all, from the
county attorney to the department oil
justice of the United States. II the
attorney generals Of the past dozen
years had all the people 10 Jail they
have threatened to put there, then
the jails would need to be great
deal larger than they are now, and
there would be a surplus OF ONCE
rooms 10 many OF our principal cities.
Every time any extraordinary con'
dition of business affects some phase
OF trade the Washington headlines
startie the country with the news
that ''some one is going to jail"
After that the investigation is started
and In the long run the matter
usually dies out. me1iately upon
the breaking out o! the European war
1t was announced that the United
States government would send a lot
OF people to Jail for boosting iood
prices. After this sensation nao
i'eeu worked to the limit to SATISFY
the public clamor against Increased