Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-08
FORMER LEADER
OF PROCRESS|VES
OUT FOR WILSON
Judge Nortoni of Missouri
Speaks to Large Audience
at Pinney Declares
Hughes Is Reactionary.

AuSllSS lS CCdC1AOIlo1y y.
Declaring that he was neither Re-
publican nor a Democrat, but an inde-
pendent voter without q party and.
like many other Progressives of the
nation, could not be delivered body and
soul to any party by any man no mat
ter how big a stick he carried, Judge
Albert ID. Nortoni. former Progressive
candidate for governor of Missouri
who resigned from the court of ap-
peals to speak for Woodrow Wilson
and in behalf. of the progressive meas
ures passed by the Democratic con-
gress. last night stirred an audience
of some 1900 at the Pinney theater. He
pointed out plank after plank OF the
Progressive platform enacted into law
by the Democratic congress under the
leadership of Woodrow Wilson and be-
cause of such legislation, he stated,
and because he believed in looking at
the humanitarian side of legislation,
he stood for Il man for the presidency
who had looked upon that side and
had been back of legislation passed
for the masses of this country. The
address Was given under the auspices
of the Democratic state central COM
mittee and the meeting constituted the
opening Democratic rally of the cam
paign. Judge Nortoni was met at
Nampa by IA delegation of prominent
Democrats and escorted to Boise. Spe-
cial music was furnished by the mu
nicipal band.
MELRoY OPENS MEETING.
Hugh T. McElroy, Progressive cam
didate for governor two years ago,
presided He delivered on introduce
tory address in which he scored the
Republican party for it's failure to
have progressive policies to offer the
Progressives asserting it stood for
1.-THE invisible government" Charles
Evans Hughes was charged with
Haunting the failure of popular gov
eminent in the state of New York in
the face of the people and the speaker
declared he was nominated at Chicago
by the reactionaries of his party to de-
feat the Progressive party, President
Wilson publicly asserted, he said, that
his administration represents the pro-
Gressive sentiment of the country. Mr..
McElroy reviewed the list of construct
i've measures of the Democratic ad
minstration including the child labor
income and inheritance tax. Adamson
eight rural credit bank, and
tariff laws. IFe praised the federal
trade commission and illustrated its
benefi to the growers. The Mexican
situation was touched upon after which
IT. A. Walters. Democratic candidate
for attorney general spoke briefly.
Judge Norton was given an ovation
He opened his address with review
CT the work of the last congress de-
caring that in every instance Presi-
dent Wilson has set the demands OF
humanity above the demands of bust
ness He told of how the Progressive
party in 1912 strongly favored in its
platform Il change in the banking sys-
tenn of this country. a federal trade
commission and a child labor law anC
cited that the Democratic congress UNI
dor the leadership of President Wilson
had seen the wisdom of such plank:
and passed the progressive measure!
and for doing so were entitled to The
support Of the Progressive party.
STANDS FOR INDEPENDENCE.
He declared That if the Progressive
were sincere in their fight, they would
refuge to give up their chattels and b'
delivered over to the standpatters ant
the reactionaries. He said he woul'
prefer to stand independent but as thu
Democrats had stood for Il majority o
their principles and had. passed tn
laws which the Progresslves woul'
nave passed had they been in power. i
was the duty of ProgressiVes as cti
zens Of the highest type, loyal to tn
country and its people. TO supper
Woodrow Wilson at the election il
November
Judge Norton said that the Progress
sives knew that Smoot Pcnrost
Barnes and the standpatters who stol
the Republican convention in 1871
were behind the candidacy of Nj
Hughes and cautioned that If a re
dictionary administration of affairs G
Hughes become president and tn
p country would have even more of tina
kind of government than in TIL
palmy days OF Mr.. Taft.
HUGHES FOR BIG BUSINESS.
The speaker said he wished to ana
1yze Mr. Hughes absolutely upon hi
record governor of New York and
f judge upon the supreme bench. II
declared Hughes to be a typical law
yer who had lived in the environment
of big business and consequently n
matter how honest he was, he saw til
side of big interests rather than til
humanitarian side of all great Dues