The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-03-24
Announcement Made at Club
Smoker Saturday Night
CLUB INDORSES j. w. TANNER FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
Democrats Present From All Portx
OF Twin Falls County-Odd Fellows
Hall Crowded.

| On Saturday night the Jefferson
club of the county held the largest
smoker in the history of the local
club The attraction of the evening
was an address by Ex-Governor James
II. Hawley of Boise A. M. Bowen.
presided at the meeting in the absence
OF the club president, j. w. Tanner Of
Filler. Odd Fellows hall, in which the
smoker was held, was filled with GU
thuslastic Democrats. Many Repub-
llcans also graced the meeting with
their presence. From the standpoint
OF attendance and enthusiasm, the
smoker was the banner meeting since
the organization of the club. While
the crowd was gathering Taylor Cum
Minis played several piano selections.
Just before the introduction of Gov
ernor Hawley, John E. Williams ad-
dressed the meeting and introduced a
resolution declaring in favor of the
candidacy of J. W. Tanner, editor of
the Filler Journal, for the position OF
lieutenant governor, and pledging the
support of the club for his candida ".
rms resolution was enthusiastically
passed
Governor Hawley in his talk dwelt
at some length on the history of wo-
mans suffrage in Idaho, in which
movement the ex-governor was one
OF the enthusiastic workers, and to
whose endeavors it was largely due
that woman's suffrage became an es-
tablished fact in Idaho.
He also went into considerable de-
Tall concerning the great achieve
ments OF Wilson's administration. He
CLAIMED the tariff law was the best
ever enacted in this country, and said
the currency law together with the
rural credit bill now under considera-
ton made up the one greatest piece of
constructive legislation that had been
passed in the history of the United
states. He said that Woodrow Will
son had accomplished more since he
had become president than had been
accomplished by any other president
in the same length of time. His defin-
1tlon OF a Democrat is one who be-
lleves in toto in the policies of Wood
row Wilson, and asserts that any per-
son claiming to be Democrat who
does not so believe is going under ths
wrong name and ought to be thrown
bodily out of the party. He urged unit
cd and persistent action on the part Of
the Democrats to see that Idaho ia
represented by one United States SEN
ator and two congressman in absolute
sympathy with Wilson in order TO
guarantee a continuance of the poll
cles OF the present administration.
Inc latter part of his address was
taken up with an announcement of
his candidacy for the position Of Unit
ed States senator He invited those
present as we'll as all others to go in
to his record of the past and tn iudpa
from that concerning his qualifica-
t1ons. His announcement was receiv-
ed with enthusiasm, and he made many
new friends at the meeting.
After the address refreshments
were served and many new names
were added to the list Of membership.
Governor Hawley spent most of Sat
urday afternoon going about town
meeting old friends and making new
ones. He held meeting at Buhl ON
Friday night at which much enthusi-
asm was displayed and a large attend
ance present