The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-05

through the manipulation of the
chairman, to the Bull Moose candi-
date. AS a step in the direction Of
carrying out the conspiracy Mr.. Brox-
on was furnished transportation and
started on his campaign, but Repub-
licans began to make it so hot for
Chairman Day that he was finally
compelled to yield and the call for
the committee meeting was reluct-
antly issued. John w. Eagleson was
nominated to fill the vacancy and paid
his campaign assessment only to find
out at the close of the contest that a
portion of his contribution went to
pay the campaign expenses of his
Bull Moose opponent.
Thus it will be seen that Broxon
rode three mounts in the late cam
paign. He started out astride the
Bull Moose, soon got one foot over
on the Democratic donkey and then
with the assistance of the Republican
state chairman planted his other foot
,squarely on the Republican elephont
This attitude placed him in position
/ to slide over onto either steed he
believed to be the winner, and after
his toe hold on the elephant was jar
red loose he lit behind Moses Alex
lander on the donkey and let the Bull
Moose shift for itself. Yes, Brother
Broxon is some political equestrian,
but the amazing part of it all is that
he would lead the people to believe
he is the embodiment of political
purity and that if it were not for him
the state would go to the demnition
imowwows.
But, you ask, what of the Republic
can state chairman? Well, now, to
be honest with you he had been do
ing for several years what the gov
ernor did when he appointed Broxon
private secretary, he was maintain
ing personal organ. The Capital
News might rail against the members
of the state land board, and roast
Ned Jenness the registrar of the land
department, but it never was known
to say anything against George A..
Day, state land commissioner and
chairman of the Republican state
committee. He is the man more than
anyone else who is responsible for
bad loans if there are any, as he ap-
praises the land (some of it at three
times its actual selling value), yet to
read the Capital News his wings are
just ready to sprout while everybody
else connected with the land depart
ment gets their full censure. He and
BroXon are both tarred with the
same stick, and what the Signal said
of the private secretary applies as
well to the state land commissioner.
They have carried the Jonathan and
David business far enough and it is
time the voters in both the Republi-
can and Progressive parties were put
wise to them.
Statement by Chairman
! When this matter was presented to
Chairman Day at his home yesterday
he entered a general denial of the
charges made by the Signal. He was
emphatic in his denial that he con-
spired to prevent the substitution of
another name for that of o. V. Allen
on the Republican state ticket.
When Allen was arrested" he
said, 81 took the position that he was
an innocent man until he either con-
fessed his guilt or was convicted of
crime. insisted that the state COM
mittee had no right to remove his
name from the ticket. He had been
Endorsed at the primary election by
Is, 900 voters, and | maintained that
he was the regular Republican candi-
date, and that he was entitled to his
place on the ticket until his innocence
or guilt was established | held to
this position against great pressure
until Allen confessed his guilt. Them
of course, there was no longer cause
for delay; | called the executive COM
mittee together and John w. Eagle
son, whose vote was next to that of
Aliens in the primary, was placed on
the ticket"
Chairman Day admitted that he
used his influence to keep the Capital
News from attacking Republican can
didates, but he maintained that the
Broxon candidacy had nothing to do
with this.
THE Weiser Signal is mistaken"
he said, about this whole Broxon
matter. The Republican state COM
mittee furnished Broxon with neither
money nor transportation with which
make canvass of the state, nor
did enter into any kind of an agree
ment with him to promote his candi-
dacy or muzzle the News"
Chairman Day was averse to dis
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