The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-04-23
Officials Winked at the Lie

Officials Winked at the Lie
There was room for doubt and differences of opinion
whether there graft but there room for dit
fernces of opinion among those who attended the council meeting
as whether one of the newspapers gave false report the
mee report and the discussions of the evidence on the subject
The public being the meeng could not know which OF the
newspaper reports false but plain that of them
The council therefore, the only body that could tell the
public which paper playing false its report of the council
meeting It their duty let the public know to that and
they held the by which they could have forced
acknowledgment of the faehoods administered pun
ment They should have demanded of the asfer that he
what false and make the correction the next issue
If he failed do this fully and promptly they should have cut
him off from the city patronage the ground that paper that
msnfomed the public entitled any of the public bust
until it repented and promised to be true in the future 1t
the council had been composed of who loved the truth for
truth sake they would have taken such action though it
ecd dscd themselves by showing they had been ouwitted
or careless regarding the shes bills The credit due them
standing by the truth when reflected upon themselves would
have been the very best proof of their bgness and nobility of
character and the whole public would have apauded that and
overlooked the mistake careessness in the bushes transaction
whereby the city lost small of money The public would
have regarded the integrity of its officials worth than any
money considerations and the council could have squared them
selves with all true honest citizens stroke besides bukng
and furnishing the fer and character assassin at the time
Another passed. and the council remained silent leaving the
public guessing which paper the community was dishonest
its report If the report The Republican prevailed it cast
reproach upon the sheriff and the council especially the sheriff
If the report The Opms prevailed exoneated the sheriff
and the council indicated that The Republican the falsfer
and character besides The passed along quietly
for ten days. and their meeting the council adopted motion
that line with what The Optms had reported and in
adcion what The Republican had reported 1t exonerated
the sheriff and council and if their action right and true the
council should have demanded that The Republican false
report of the previous which, under those conditions must
have been beous against the council and the sheriff They had
good opportunity punish Editor Trego and his paper for the
upendous wrong done if wrong If The Republican
right they would be drop the matter quietly pos
be and allow The Optms publish whatever wanted to,
long as it whtewahng them They would have the
nerve demand reacton of The Republican when right
and when the editor had material prove his and would
probably take into if they became all aggressive The
council simply dropped the matter the easiest way possible and
NAMED silent the subject the of reversing their
action regard other bills which they first said they
would hold up and examine before paving Both bills slipped
through as quietly possible and without comparison.
We repeat what have said before that the council have
been following fixed policy of playing paper against the
other advance their selfish interests Furnishing honesty
and square dealing and ignoring their opportunities buke and
punish fraud and fasehood.
Does anyone think that if The Republican, the official paper
for the council had beed them the way The Opmst says
did, that the council would sit back and suffer the humiliation for
months and off and appoint the other paper place
When they up the claim that betrayed them the city
campaign they together take righteous action right
away punish what they will tell you Serving the political
enemy but what the records the will Show protect
ing advertiser in his rights
How long would it take for this bunch get doing things
so raw that they would disregard the rights of the people
did political boss of St Louis when he answered the appeal of
the citizens committee asking that the lights be turned on, by
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