Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-19


Idaho Review recently born in Boise, has sought in
it's first and by reasserons in later numbers to
the impression that its purpose mainly advancement of the
welfare and prosperity of the State of Idaho and that it
to be medium Of publicity in such work.
glimpse number of the periodical will disalusion
any unsuspecng reader of msmpression which exist
in his mind that such is the magnannous purpose OF the
Review and its publishers
Sample it and you will find that its principal editorial
pressons of the viewed small cabre paper pellet
variety the which follows and which recently appeared
in the paper:
Zone striking characteristic of Governor NJ.
Alexander his absolute contempt for the intelligence
of the people, He has said that in Campaigning ''you
must tell the people what they want to know
tIn his stump speeches last fall he insisted every
where that if elected he would save them million dol
lars the first year and that he would clean out the state
house-that he would yank'' every man there.
Wha is the result?
''The only money he has ssaved thus far has
been saved by repudiating the honest obligations of
the state by beggaring of the educational inst
tutons and by securing free passes from the railroads
for state officials, thus shifting portion of the
pense of supporting the state upon these corpora
Thus the editorial and bit will be omitted to
get down particularly offensive part by the editor of
Review as follows:
"He is dangling north and south railroad before
their eyes just
"Frst he was going build the road before
''snow flies'
'Then he going to take up a 25-cent sub
scription to pay the cost of construction.
Then he going to call the legislature in spe-
cal session to provide state bond issue to meet the
cost.
''Then he was going east to raise the needed cash
among friends in New York and Boston
'Now he is going to build the grade for the road
with convict labor and have wagon road anyhow.
1t is worthy Of note that he is anxious to hold
meetings along the right of way than about any
other part of the work.
''Tn the light of all this the people of Idaho have
right to be skeptica. They have right to believe
that the governor is after an issue for the next
paign and not after railroad at all.
''Here is what will happen:
Governor Alexander will continue his agitation
for his north and south railroad He will keep his pub
licity mill going to beat the band. He will damn any
who doubts his scheme. He will have flamboy-
ant reports scattered far and wide.
.sThen he will go east BY sort of legerde-
main he will induce somebody to send somebody else
out to look over the proposition. This will bring
more agitation and more publicity. Then these wise
from the east will go back and prepare a long
winoed report.
''All this will take time In the meantime the
next campaign rolls up and the governor appeals for
time to put through his pet project The
loyalty, the gratitude and public spirit of the voters
will be expected to do the rest.
sAfter the election the governor will wink the
other eye, and who shall blame him.
The above matter shows little anxiety of the Review tt
work for progress improvements in Idaho The effor
places the journal the plane of the political wind
tanners 1t indicates great personal grief gnawing
the vta of the writer of the edoriathe result of
agined The matter is not political in nature
is personal
Now if the writer of the Review spasm would treat himself
to scenic trip north from Boise the Rome of Idaho
along the line of the proposed north and south railroad h
would have opportunity to of the people Cover
Alexander has met and of asceranng the extent of the
termed deusons practced by the governor alleged by thu
Review 1t would be possible also garner the sentiment
the people of the section regard to the highway The wond
ers OF the trip would be appreciated we'll its magncen
possibilities all awaiting development
1t would also be possible somewhere the journey, if hi
gave the high sgn to find few individuals who's
principal business politics and who would