The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-05-13
TALK BY OLD POLITICIAN.
Matters Concerning Nose and His Edi-
torIai staff Discussed by Writer.
King Hill, Idaho.
May II. 1915.


pass resolutions against you reached
me in time to get here before the meet
ing was pulled off, but there was no
calling them down. and since !. myself,
Witnessed the lack Of Alexander fervor
upon the part OF wilkins and Helfrich,
and was hardly noticed by them. though
they knew / was here and in your in
terest, am scared for fear you will
be buried so deep at the next election
that we will have more difficulty than
you are having with Doc Faik In finding
your figures on the poll sheet. Darn
my hide. Noes, but that meeting here
was something in the nature of brick
bat, and to think that such rock-rib-
bed democrats as wilkins and Hell
frfch would take part In 1t and against
you, Nose. surely. something has hap
pened. There was no doubt about their
earnestness and enthusiams.
Why, every settler under eighty
years OF age was there and doing bust
ness. They appeared to come In droves
off OF the sage brush and but OF the
canyons and not a mothers son OF
them seemed to share In your view
that the state was to be congratulated
upon your election. Before the meeting
got down to business In form proper,
they gathered about in punches and
cussed and re-cussed you. They talked
about how you shed crocodile tears
during the campaign In your distress
over them and the settlers of the
Lost River and the Black Canyon pro-
Jects how you promised the Homedale
people your help In getting their
bridge and then broke your word with
them. how you promised that II the
legislature would amend the state high
way law, you would not make any eff
fort to remove their engineer and how
you agreed not to appoint lawyers to
codify the state irrigation laws, all
of which promises you forgot to keep.
1t sure does look like your goose was
cooked.
Down here among this crowd there
Is a settled conviction that you have
them both at and away from
home, and that until Broxon ceases to
act as governor. we will get neither
nor capital for this state,
and you haven't any prospects here
TO speak Of The general idea is that
you are as slippery as a CREASED pig
At a county fair. This sort of talk
iles me, for II 1t goes on and spreads
see the finish OF the effectiveness Of
your church talks. Everything would
have been better, Nose, II you had
have played the game square. l see
you are over-estimating the influence
If some of your stunts. Talking from
wont always save a man from
ioing things that would shame a pole
,at. / had hoped that north and south
railroad stunt would be the card that
would put the north, alright again, but
our fellows up there say all OF them
know you can't do It, and take 1t as
\ joke. Being as that is the case, Nose
believe l would drop 1t and spring
something else. Now what have you
lone, j would like to know, that folks
wont take You seriously? The laugh
about your saving the state a million
dollars. they laugh about you building
he north and south road and worst
n all. they even laugh about your re-
ceiving that letter threatening your
life and. act like they think II was an
Advertising scheme gotten up In your
,wn office.
By Jimminy Christmas, Nose, but
that fellow Jenness had the goods on
you about your knocking the Long Val
ey country and raising another point
rs to your relationship with the prin-
ciple of truth and just now the fewer
Of these that are raised the better,
for In more places than you can think
Of, you are not placed in George Wash
Ington's class.
The boys say that you have come
TO the conclusion that United States
have been made out of small
er timber than you are, and that you
are going TO enter the race against
Borah when he comes up for re-elec-
ton, and right here is where l am
afraid you are going to get a jolt.
You are not very well acquainted with
Borah, are you, Nose? (Not as well ac-
quainted as you are likely to be.) You
see you and him differ quite a lot and
his crowd laugh when ever the subject
Is mentioned and say: eyes, Nose, who
saved the state million dollars, built
the north and south railroad and had
his hfe threatened aspires to the
senate, bully for the race" and then
laugh. Nobody but yourself. Broxon
and / appear to realize how great you
are. Pshaw, 1t is strange how short
sighted folks are. There is a lot of
trouble ahead though, Nose, for in the
very few places in which they believe
your yarn about saving the state a
million dollars, they don't expect to
have to pay any tax next year. but
think instead that they win have due
bills coming to them signed by you
which they can cash at the state treas
ury. They figure that as 1t costs less
than million dollars to run the state
two years, and you have saved the
state a million that 1t win show up
at tsISn@ying time. and confound the
luck. can't help but think that
right there is where your political flu
ture is going to pass into the hands
of a receiver.
Another thing that gets right under
my hide. Nose. Is the way they are
laughing all over the state over Doc
Falks getting the best OF you. That