The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-09-02

gave out an interview which has rails
ed a storm of protest from the Jews O
that city. A special dispatch to tn,
Boise Statesman gives the followin,
account of the affair:
An interview with Governor Alex.
ander of Idaho in the Monitor, tn,
Christian Science daily, caused a com.
motion at the reception to him al
Fanueil Hall Thursday night. 1t in.
cluded the following statement:
Governor Alexander says that he
will not appoint Jew to any office
during his administration as goyerno,
and did not while he was mayor OF
Chiliicothe and of Boise, the capital OF
Idaho, and he maintains that If 99.s
per cent of those who placed him in
office are Christians he has no right to
place Jew in office.
The Jews are the most priest-rid
den people in the world. They are
bound to ultra priesthood. They have
no other literature or outlook but the
prayer book, he said.
Governor Alexander maintains that
SO long as the Jew makes an issue of
his religion or race, as he did in the
country wide appeal on the Frank
case, just so long will he be open to
prejudice.
lie takes the stand that Frank was
properly convicted by the jury and was
therefore guilty by law, although he
Joined in the appeal for life sentence
instead of capital punishment ON the
ground OF common humanity and JUS
tice that opportunity might be given
subsequently to prove his innocence.
He holds that if a Jew had been on
the jury he must have joined in the
unanimous verdict rendered
He severely arraigns the present
day tendencies and policies of the
Jews
HE takes exception to the Zionist
movement as an idea too ridiculous for
consideration in this twentieth CEN
fury.
The Jew, he says, should look
sharply to himself, frankly acknowl-
edge the evils that beset him and set
about rising above them without more
ado"
Demand Denial; Governor Silent.
Jews at Faneuil hall reception, after
Governor Alexander had addressed
them. uproariously called for denial of
the interview in the Monitor, but the
governor remained seated and declined
to make any statement. However Ma
than Heller, who presided, said:
i want to correct any misunder-
standing about the report circulated in
the newspapers concerning the alleg-
ed statements of our distinguished
guest. Whatever his excellency said
was spoken privately, He granted no
interview and if overheard was de-
liberately misquoted He is as loyal
and upright a Jew as there is in this
hall tonight"
Monitors Offer Rejected.
The Monitor offered it's columns to
Governor Alexander to make a denial
which he did not accept.
In Thursdays Boston Traveller (af-
ternoon paper) Alexander in an inter-
view asserted he was wrongly quot
ed by the Monitor.
Making Explanations.
In a more recently published inter-
view the position of Governor Alexan-
der of Idaho, has been more clearly set
f"rth and some points made in the or
iginal interview with him in this city
have been cleared up to his own sat
isfaction, but not to the liking of the
Jews of this city, who, at a reception
rendered him in Faneuil hall gathered
in large numbers and heckled him in
an effort to make him publicly deny
what 1t was claimed he had said in an
interview In the Christian Science
Monitor.
Taken Down Rear Stairway.
The governor did not deny publicly,
and at the conclusion of his address
there was much excitement that did
not end after he had been taken from
the hall down a rear stairway and
whisked away in an automobile. FIRE.
quently in the course of his address he
was urged to speak out" and deny
the interview" He did not.
n When the crowd was requested to
come forward and shake his hand, less
than $50 responded.
Commenting on the original inter-
view the governor has stated through |
another newspaper that he did not say
he would not appoint a Jew to Office,
but that he never had, as 1t was not
expedient. He denies that he ridiculed
Zionism, saying that he was not a
Zionist. He admitted that he had said |
Jews should acknowledge certain
evils and endeavor to rise above them"
The Jews lack leadership, but he
would not say they sidestepped leader
ship when 1t is offered them. He said !
he is a governor and never had done
1t.
What He Denies.
He denies he ever said the liberal
Christian neighbors are waiting for