Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-01-29

Nothing shows the lengths to which
the old Clearwater gang went in an
effort to bolster up their prestige, and
deceive the people, than the matter
of getting N. P. scrip and lieu lands
surveyed and placed on the assessment
rolls of Clearwater county. It was
alleged that the republicans were in
league with the railroad company in
an attempt to block this movement;
that all the credit was due to the Oro-
fino Tribune and its gang, and the
gang had the unadulterated nerve and
gall to claim all the credit. We are
mentioning this to show the hypocracy
and nonsense of such rot; to show the
people how silly it is for few men
to take unto themselves all the credit
for all the good there is in this old
world. AS matter of fact the dem
ocrats and the republicans and the
socialists and men of no party favored
the movement to force railroad grant
lands to patent and thus make them
subject to taxation.
John P. Harlan, now chairman of
the Clearwater county board, favored
the movement, and so did practically
every other citizen in the county.
The movement was supported by dem
ocratic state officials, and by republi
can senators and congressman.
The editor of the Clearwater Republic
can can 1T remember time when he
was not in favor of this thing, and
was glad when gentleman named
Compton took hold of the movement
and met with success. But the Oro-
fno Tribune came out and said that
we were in league with the Northern
Pacific railroad in movement to skin
the people out of this tax money.
Why do we mention this at this
time? To show the hypocracy of a
paper, the Orofino Tribune, that has
and is posing as the friend and saw
Jour of the people. And the Clear
water Republican would emphasize
one fact, that the Orofno Tribune
lied, and knew it was Icing, when it
branded the Republican with such a
contemplate motive The most bias
ed citizen in the county ought to see
through it now. The gang wanted tc
keep on fooling the people; wanted
to go on indefinitely deceiving the
citizens into supporting the gang and
keeping the gnag in Office and ir
power under the delusion that all who
opposed the gang were corporation
tools, in league with timber companies
or the railroad, to rob and skin the
people. And the strange part of il
is that many well-meaning people al
lowed themselves to be fooled by such
''bunc.
We hope we may never become Sc
lost to all that is decent that we will
permit such nonsense to appear in {
paper we have anything to do with
we hope we may never sink so low
that we will print false and foolish
things to win temporary power OF
hold temporary business.
As matter of fact there is moth
ing of political nature about the
movement lead by Mr.. Compton that
has finally ended in success. There is
no reason why railroad grant lands
should not pay taxes, and we have
never met anybody, democrat or re-
publican, who had so little sense as
to argue that they should.
Tic sarNe motive prompted tht
same gang to howl that all repubii
cans are timber tools, and that timber
company property will escape taxa
ton unless an extravagant gang Of
tax eaters is kept in control Of the
county.
If the Orofino Tribune will deceive
the people in the matter of railroad
grant lands, and will lie about men
who differ politically, will the same
gang not lie about other matters
Then how much dependence can the
people ever place in anything the
Tribune says? 1t is principle in
law: False in one thing, false in
all" 1t is equally good in the news
paper business.