The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1915-05-13

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and, in order to maintain it's mo-
ton, must swing just as far in
the other. Ii swung to one ex-
treme during the last state adj
ministration; it is swinging the
lother way now. We believe that
the Leader Herald is working, as
is the Parma Herald, for the
golden mean-the state OF equl-
llibrium. And it seems far off
yet. Still, we must keep our
heads and work to the end that
justice, or approximate justice,
may prevail A private citizen
or a public official may plead
moral weakness. ignorance, in
tolerance or partisan prejudice;
the public aud the editor of a
newspaper may not.
Governor Alexander had no
moral or civic right to veto any
bill for expenses incurred by the
previous administration Neither
had that administration the
right to pledge future admins
trations to a policy or an ex-
pense that the people OF the state
repudiated at the polls. Each
administration is sovereign. The
bill of the Leader Herald, con-
rracted by law. and, as we can
testify, correct both as to ser.
vices performed and the require
ments OF "a law demanded by the
people OF the state, should have
been paid-and it will be paid.
Other bills contracted by the out
gong administration and vetoed
by the present governor, should
be, aud will be paid In those
matters Alexander was wrong.
Whatever OF merit or odium rests
upon those expenditures. or
those responsible for them, be-
longs absolutely to the previous
republican administration, some.
thing with which we do not be-
lieve the Leader Herald would be
willing to charge democrat.
When all those expenses incurred
previously TO the present ad.
miniStration are paid. as they
will and should be, will the Lead
er Herald be fair enough TO
charge them 10 the Haines ad-
lniniptration, to which they be-
long?
But no administration has the
right 70 pledge a succeeding gov
eminent to follow policy in
augurnted and carried out ac-
cording TO the ideas and whims
oil the whilom ofiiceholders. Else
why would it he necessary to call
an election? II "a policy inaug
urated by one set ot officials must
be followed by all successors,
why go to the expense of submit
ting matters to the vote of the
people2 And il the people, after
the matter is submitted to them,
say they want a change, why
kick ii they order it changed?
All that is based on the assump.
ton that the people, right or
wrong, have a say coming. We
are not arguing that the people
are right in their deductions as
to what is best for their political
welfare. To do that would ar
que ourself wrong n good portion
OF IA lifetime, aud il there Is one
thing OF which we are absolutely
certain, il ia that we are always
right politically.
When you back a man up into
"a corner you can hardly blame
him il he grabs a stick with a few
knots on it 20 hit you with. He
probably doesn't have time to
choose one that would pass your
inspection. The republican par
ty had the people OF Idaho back
ed into a corner; the people hit
you with Alexander. Alex may
have n few knots on him that
will tear the skin little. but he
is fighting for the people with all
the brains that God gave him;
and IT he is "a little deficient in
brains don't blame us. The peo-
pie asked for this, and they ask
ed for whole lot more that they
got without aid or encourage
ment from the Leader Herald or
the Parma Herald. Neither of
us believe they were right; but
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