American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-11-02
THE PE0NS OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Watch Ont for Their Character-Am.
bushes and the Eleventh Hour Ru-
mOrists.


ago TO defend two Democratic state
candidates whom it believed were un-
justly accused. The Press will de-
fend any Democrat, or any member
OF any other party, at any time under
the same circumstances. 1t stands
for square deal and does not estimate
men by their political associations
This paper wishes it could say as
much for all Democrats, and for every
one else.
TWO weeks ago a Blackfoot man
telephoned the writer that there was
some opposition developing to ID. w.
Davis near Springfield because, it was
said, that he had tied up with the
sheep men as against the cattlemen.
When David Burrell came home from
Boise he made trip there and ascer-
tanned that the information came from
American Falls. Tuesday word was
received from Gooding that John F.
Nugent had scattered broadcast
throughout that section the state
ment that Davis, if elected, would re-
peal the two mile limit law. Nugent
had just left American Falls. and he
had not used that story before that
time.
During the primary election a great
effort was made to convince the public
that ID. w. Davis was spending more
Smore money for postage than his en-
tire expense allowance. Some state
ments were that he had sent at least
two letters to every voter in the state.
That would be 80 letters minute for
every minute the Davis headquarters
were open, and one stenographer wrote
all those letters. The information on
which that charge was made came
from American Falls. Mr.. Davis pro-
bably write fewer than 1000 letters
during the primary campaign. The
ID. W. Davis club which worked in
dependently of d. W. Davis and large
~ without consulting him, sent out
considerable mail, but nowhere near
as much as claimed D. w. Davis did
not direct the activities of that club
He did not finance it. He did not
know how much literature was sent
out, nor TO whom. Most of it went
by parcels post, the packages contain
ing from 20 to several hundred pieces
The cost was nowhere near as great
has has been whispered" and ID. w
Davis knew little more of what the
club was doing than Governor Alex
ander knew. Yet there is an Ameri-
can Falls man who is burdened with
neither brains nor conscience, who is
"spellbinding" for as much as an hour
al time about the amount of money
ID. w. Davis spent in securing the
nomination. The man doing the talk
ing is parrot, has no real knowledge
of his own, and repeats what he has
heard.
From Long Valley, about two weeks
ago, came letter stating that an affi-
davit was in circulation there, setting
forth that ID. w. Davis was not straight
In his business affairs. That affidavit
came from American Falls From
preston little later, came word to
the same effect. A copy of the affi-
davit could not be found. II went in
to hiding" when a glimpse of it was
sought. But it came from American
Falls.
In a meeting held in north Idaho by /
Governor Alexander a letter was read
purporting TO come from a business
man of American Falls. saying in sub
stance you do not want ID. w. Davis
1or governor, he is a skinner" The
name of the writer was with'cld.
H. the county campaign the 'h"rga
was made from a Democratic plat
form that the expenses of Sheriff JEFF I
fries and his office for the two years /.
OF his first term were $17,735.35. An
investigation of the records disclosed
that II was less than a third of thar
amount
These Nillista-Carranzista stab-you-
ln-the-back charges have not been made
by Democratic candidates. Neither
nave they been publicly denounced by
them. X. S. Anderson. who is clean
and of good character, refused to have
anything to do with such charges. or
TO indulge in such a campaign Other /
candidates on the Democratic ticket \
may have joined with him. but of this
We do not know. We are censuring
these candidates only for not taking
an open stand against character as
sassination. The Press is not advo-
eating the election of r. S. Anderson.
1t is merely doing him the Justice of
stating that he has shown himself too
clean to be party to such disreputable
methods as some of those whom cir
cumstances have thrown him with
have been guilty Of
The Press accuses no candidate on
them only for not making a public
avowal Of their opposition to such
methods. If any of them have been
guilty of unworthy methods the peo-
pie who vote will know il, and will
rebuke them accordingly.
The Democratic platform states
that during the past three years there
have been collected for county and
state purposes 1861 ,29795. The rec
ords show that the amount was only
s217.s .s66.10.
The platform claimed, also, that
the Indebtedness of the county mad
been increased approximately $4,000
since its organization. The records
1Ihow that it has been reduced nearly
$1,000.
These facts have been called to the
attention OF the Democratic camrai1n- .