The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-03

is paid tor much better than the state
pays for it." he said.
Governor Alexander stated that he
could say with all honesty that the
elective public officials at the state
house, while of different political af-
filiation from himself, were sincere,
honest men who were giving their
best endeavor to their various duties.
Governor Does Not Like the Press.
During the course of his remarks
the governor could not conceal his an
imostiy toward the press. "Notwith-
standing what the opposition press
may say about me and what the op-
position press may say about my Re-
publican colleagues at the state house,
| am here to say that you do not want
to believe everything you see in the
newspapers of either side" he said. In
this connection it may be said that
Governor Alexander is very sensitive
to press comment He often SAYS that
he does not read the newspapers. es-
pecially the Boise Statesman, which is
his pet aversion. However, it is very
noticeable that there are few rehec-
tions that he does not see. The max
ing of the editor of the Capital News
his private secretary, whereby he re-
celves publicity through the Capital
News in exchange for Mr.. Broxon's
salary as state official, never set very
well with Calvin Cobb, the editor of
the Statesman, between whom the
Statesman and the Capital News there
has been long standing newspaper
feud.
The Governor cannot see any vio-
lation of the ethics either of journal
ism or state politics in securing pub
licity services from an organ through
paying for it out of state funds. Mr..
Cobb evidently does. Mr.. Cobb is
strong on ethics, especially newspaper
ethics, so the Statesman takes every
opportunity to belabor the Governor
and the Governor takes every oppor-
tunity to express his aversion to
Bosses morning newspaper.
Alexander is an all-day worker in
politics and has the psychology of the
game down pat. AS an illustration:
Ada county gave him very big vote
at the election over Haines and when
the governors probe failed to locate
any warrant for the very strong ac-
cusations made by him and his cohorts
in his campaign, there was feeling of
disgust and his political fortunes eb-
bed away. They resented his failure
to make good upon his promises re-
lative to cutting down taxes and to
find a mares nest in the state house.
Alexander Long on Psychology.
Last spring under the Black Law.
Jerry Robinson, prominent Boise
Democrat, was elected Mavor under
the non-partizian guise which the Re-
publicans have so kindly placed at the
disposal of our Democratic friends.
This fall, an evangelist by the name of
Bulgin came along and held a series
of evangelistic meetings and of course
fought the devil" and professed to
find condition of civic Righteousness
which sadly needed cleaning up May,
or Robinson identified himself more
or less with these meetings and Bulgin
was quite ELUSIVE in his praise of the
mayor as "a fearless official" With
Bulgin's departure the moral wave
took form in a series of raids and seiz-
ures under the direction of the MAYOR.
Two events were evolved from these
raids which aroused a great deal of
local excitement. In one case a citiz-
en- who was employed as spotter
testified in police court that in the
seizure of liquor he had endeavored to
meet a woman for immoral purposes
and that he had been told by the may
or to go as far as he found it neces-
sary to secure his evidence. The
other case was where a raid was made
by two special officers whereby the
persons raided proved to be a man
and woman, and the man a promin
ent member of leading church. No
returns were made upon these war
rants and the name of the prominent
church member was not made of DO
lice record. 1t was then charged that
Mayor Robinson has shielded a
| friend.
The result has been that a great 10
cal political tempest has been raging
and the referendum feature of the
Black Law has been put in operation
to recall Mayor Robinson. Mayor
Robinson's friends have rallied to his
standard and on Sunday afternoon a
meeting was held at the Pinney thea
tire at which it was urged that the
moral people of the city were upon
one side and the immoral people were
upon the other, the latter seeking the
mayors downfall. Governor Alex
at OHNS W
address at this meeting and took ad.
vantage of the situation to arraigr
himself, as he termed. on the side oil
the moral influences of the city. The
opposition to Mayor Robinson ascrib,
ed to themselves the moral issue also
claiming that the Mayor had given his
deputy to understand that he coulC
commit an immoral offense for the
purpose of securing evidence of i'm
morality in another and that the ser
les of raids were holding Boise up tc
the outside world as a bad place t.
live in, whereas it is above the averag,
as a clean and wholesome place to re
side.
But the Governor gets in at thi.
public meeting and arraigns the op
position as immoral, thus placing him
self in the good graces of the churcl
people who would be lead to believt
that the local fight is between tn,
uood and fha had x,aa,, of posca TIL.