The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-03-05
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Story of Weiser Editor. Statement
Indicating Unusual Partnership In
Idaho Politics.

George A. Day, chairman of the
Republican state committee, and
Charles o. Broxon, private secretary
to Governor Alexander, and editor OF
the Capital Evening News, and erst-
while candidate for state treasurer
on the Progressive ticket, are figur-
ing prominently in sensational stories
that have been going about over the
state since the fall election.
The purport of these stories is
that at the time o. ", Allen was ar
rested on the charge Of embezzling
state funds, Broxon and Day came
together for the double purpose OF
securing the support of the Republi-
can state organization for Broxon's
candidacy for treasurer, and to Sc
cure immunity from the Capital
News for the other Republican can
didates.
1t is positively asserted on the best
authority that Broxon on his part
agreed to let up in his attacks in
the columns of the News on the Re-
publican candidates if he were in
dorsed by the Republican state or
ganization, and to deliver the Pro-
gressive party into the Republican
camp two years later If here were
elected treasurer. On the other hand
Day, according to the same reports,
was to arrange to leave the treasur-
er's place on the state ticket vacant
and to do all in his power to swing
the Republican vote to Broxon.
This agreement went so far that
no mention of o. " Aliens defalca-
ton was made in the Capital News
until the story was spread broadcast
by The Statesman and other papers
It is alleged in this connection, that
Broxon had been furnished money
with which to purchase Transports
tion over the state by Day. The
amount of the transportation pur.
chased for Broxon by Chairman Day
is placed at 5000 miles valued al
$50.
In this same connection it is
charged by prominent Republicans
that Chairman Day declined to call
the Republican executive committee
together for the purpose of choosing
a candidate to take the place of o. "
Allen on the Republican state ticket
and that he maintained this attitude
until forced by other members of the
committee and by other prominent
Republicans not on the committee to
issue the call that resulted in the
naming of John w. Eagleson, the
present state treasurer
Weiser Editors Statesment
Various phases of this sensational
story have been floating about since
the election. 1t found definite express
sion in the Weiser Signal in it's issue
of February II.
Since then the Signal editorial has
been copied by other papers in differ
ent parts of the state and has given
rise to extensive comment. Here is
the way the matter was given to the
public for the first time through the
columns of the Signal.
Some time since the Signal was
taken to task by one of our Progress
sive friends for referring to C. O.
Broxon, private secretary to Cover
nor Alexander, and editor of the Cap
ital News, as a political traitor, and
we then promised our misguided
friend that we would in due time
give good and sufficient reasons for
stating what we did.
1t will be remembered that Mr..
Broxon was candidate on the Pro-
gressive ticket for state treasurer,
and no doubt every Bull Mooser in
the state drought he was the bitter
political foe Of every Republican and
that he would spurn even the
thought of compromising himself in
any way with those he was condemn
ing in such scathing language, partic-
ularly with ony one connected with
the state land department, but we
are going to let our critic, and all
other readers of the Signal, in on a
secret which was revealed to us some
time after the campaign was over.
All observing readers knew the
Capital News did not support Paul
Clagstone for United States senator,
and the appointment of Broxon as
private secretary to Governor Alex
ander proves conclusively that an I'M
had been reached with at
least one Democratic candidate, but
few people know that Mr.. Broxon
made his canvass over the state, for
state treasurer on the Bull Moose
ticket, on railroad transportation fur
nished by George A. Day, chairman
of the Republican state committee.
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