The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-02-02
Tuesday Feb. 2, 1915
InterpOsIng More Obstacles
Capital News


if he still has any pride in the
fruit industry of his state, or in
the horticultural association, and
if he has any desire whatever
that the state horticultural board
may be of service to the fruit
growers of the state, he will re-
sign as a member of the horti-
cultural board, and he will do if
quickly.
His refusal to resign should be
accepted as conclusive evidence
Of his greater desire TO continue
serving the personal and special
purposes which he desires to
serve than to serve the public
good, or to regard his own per-
sonal pride.
No man, with fitting sense of |
the proprieties, would continue |
to force himself into an attitude |
of holding onto a little job under
q superior who does not desire
his services, unless he did so for
some purpose which he does not
believe the public understands.
No man, who would make the
public utterances that Dorman
has made of the chief executive
of the state, makes them merely
because of personal or political
diff rences of opinion. No man
with any respectable degree of
personal pride, would desire to
serve under a chief executive of
his state concerning whom he
could so far forget himself as to
speak as DOrman has spoken of
Governor Alexander both i'm pub
lie print and in the sessions of
the horticultural association.
Having started the fight, by his
over-anxiety to serve a personal
purpose, for the accomplishment
Of which he himself injected pol
tiles, not only into the hOrticul-
tural association, but into the
horticultural board, he has been
the loudest in his attempt to es-
cape the odium by placing upon
the governor the odium he him
self so richly deserves. And
yet, he continues to force himself
upon the governor as a member
of a board the control of which
he has already lost, greatly to
his chagrin.
Under his management and
dictation, the affairs of the hor-
ticultural board have been bad
ly managed and there has been
such incompetence and inenicien-
cy as to bring the board into dis
repute such that very many of the
best horticulturalists of the state
have concluded that it would be
better to withhold any appropri-
alton whatever than to permit the
old conditions to exist
Mr.. Dorman's vitriolic and UNI
justified attacks upon Governor
Alexander are in line with the
whole purpose and intent of GER
tain officials to resist and an
tagonize every effort of the gov
ernor to give the state a good
clean, economical and competent
administration, and it is largely
because he fears the results OF
permitting the governor to ge
full control of another depart
ment of the state that he hangs
onto the job in spite of the fac
which should be apparent to him
that he is not wanted
The strongest possible vindi.
cation of Governor Alexander il
his attitude against the DormaI
crowd is the utterances of Dor
man. If we wished to condemn
him we would ask nothing bette
to do it than to let the peopl
read what he says.
We shall eagerly await his &C
ton to see whether Mr.. Donna
will think enough of himself t
tender his resignation of whethe
he will continue to hang on i
order to serve out his own pun
poses and those he is serving
If he wishes to do so with som
credit, he will see to it that hi
resignation reaches the governC
before the decision Of the 81
preme court is rendered in tn
pending case.
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