Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-15


At the meeting of the Republican state central committee
Boise last week Senator Borah addressing the members
sembled there had the following to say:
Il regret to tendency in politics toward
personal abuse and the disposition fight issues
OF great concern to the people purely upon personal
grounds. The people interested in questions in
politics. The newspapers and the magazines go to
their homes, and who in public life is constantly
surprised at the able and exceptional way in which
men in the most ordinary walks of life discuss these
public questions. The higher the plane upon which
we place the politics of this state and certainly
will we command the respect and the support of the
voters of the state.
''Much has been said Of late about Governor Alex
ander going about the state discussing these
tiers before the people. The people not to
hearing their governor whoever he may be, and it
not just subject of criticism that the chief magistrate
OF the state discusses these matters before the people,
The thing for to do in order to insure
carry policies direct to the people, discuss them,
and In the way meet the issues presented by the oppos
ton Let us determine to get away from purely per-
sonal politics, show that respect the people and
their judgment by presenting live issues and then give
to the people in the coming campaign ticket the cha
racter of which no man question, and VIM
Now in the Senators remarks he cevery slap
the and INDUCES practically the method and
tactics which he Processes advises against In
effect he the of maintaining personal
pagn of vituperaon in his visits throughout the
example the senator very modesty very politely makes the
following dignified expression
"The people not to hearing their
governor whoever he may be, and it is not just sub
Ject of criticism that the chief magistrate of state
discusses these matters before the people,
The casual reader almost hear the infection Bora
voice he remarked ther governor whoever he may
would be well if the Senator would take his remarks
seriously Perhaps he not crticisng the governor
stead rebung Republicans and Republican papers through
out the state in carefully concealed for their campaign
OF vuperaton and torrent of abuse and dcue which
they have poured forth Governor Alexander head
political campaign commenced.
We refer to those particularly abusive expressions which
used referring to the racial characteristics
To the expressed with reference matters of
preston The obstacles thrown in the Governors
attempted clean house down at Boise and his campaign
to reduce the tax burden of overtaxed Idaho
The politician be creature of beauty and joy
ever There honest politicians who hones-but
not all who protest that they The corrupt political thief
and his political associates in grating also be things
beauty and joy from external appearances
The honest way is to call spade spade And take it
that the people not to hearing something
about the rckey which has been pulled off at Boise It is
only short time since they had inside information of corrup
ton in the state capital And there why gov
ernor should not tell them all he knows about it.
OF the fact that what the has authentic
and takes because 1t everang rue and the other hand
Just because what these Republican and ers
had to about the has taken because
founded in either dignity TRUTH that the
governor should des having the best of the campaign Mr.
Borah Notwithstanding.
Nor is this admission that Governor Alexander ever
INDUCED IN personal abuse In fact information of ut
ery wanting and is not supplied the Senator's remarks
The Senator's remarks the bleat of scared calf