Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

INJECTING POLITICS INTO NATIONAL GUARD AFFAIR
At the time when the bill which contemplated the fedora
zaon of the national guard before of the
loudest in denouncng the measure was Senator William
Boah of Idaho His stated being that would
subject guard and its administration to the evil influence
Of politics that might be injected into IT. How true the sena
tors proved has forcb proven the
of the for the liberalization of the guard
and the time the guard sent to the border and during the
presidential and state campaign just passed. and the senator
figured in the matter
1t will be remembered and can be verified certainty
that Senator Boah his speechmakng campaign this fall
the state when he out for Hughes and travelling with D.
Davis made every point the state from which of
the Idaho National Guard sent including the city of Grange
vile.
Whether a coincidence, a matter of direction or
suggestion the part of Borat matters little
medatey following his speecmakng at the different points
above Indicated there instituted by politicians
working among mothers sisters and other relatives of guards
to organize them to join protest about the guard remain
ing being further kept the Mexican border The next
step telegraph Candidate Davis and mpore him
his influence to bring back the boys.
Governor Alexander not favored bothered the
might have 1t long before Davis
broke into publicity and announced vigorous effort spent
influence the particularly the senator's including
Boah and the representatives from daho well the War
Department at Washington to send back the boys. Not that
Davis had influence standing in the state than
other honest citizen of the state that he could hope usurp
exercise the duties of Governor Alexander but because he
candidate and in the hope that it would influence votes
for Davis and against Alexander.
The scheme served the purpose of dverng votes and
less despcabe if it the fertile
brain of great statesman like Borah he had leant the
dignity and respect of his honored position to the 1t
politics.
The knew that the guardsmen the border
under the direction and control of the department He
knew that the department would direct their when
they longer needed the border Perhaps he also
had information CLEANED from his high position that it
probably intended to send them back He also should be
credited with knowing that Davis had power than any
other private citizen securing their return He also
that he could act WELL should be willing to
well on the appeal private citizen mother
sister, wife other relative of guardman of Idaho and to
appeal to the department send them back But instead
the appeal made to Davis and then Davis appealed to
BOrah Would not have been better to have appealed to
Borah direct while he around in the home Of guards
instead of using intermediary like Davis? That how
ever, would not have been politics.
There is criticism for the relatives of guardsmen All
know they want the boys back So does every and
The boys however the border for good pur-
pose When they longer needed the department will
send them home The boys themselves do want to leave
long they needed there, and they stating
their letters home The department and the officers in
command the border should be credited with knowing whe
Their there need of guardsmen down there
back when they longer required for the purposes intend
ed.
There should be great satisfaction knowing that the
of this whether should and send
the boys into Mexico in the interest of few American CAPT
as supported by Hughes and opposed by President
Wilson, has been decided in favor of the presidents attitude
the matter 1t regreabe that politics allowed
enter into national guard affairs for momenay benefit be
derived to d. w. Davis. Such will react against the
parties The Mexican question has complex
and less understandable of Misrepresentation and
activity of INSCRIPTIONS politicians The of the
the border approval of President Wilson, and of the guards
Themselves speaks much for President Wilson's attitude
toward Mexico the campaign is over let us hope
that there will be further political interference and that
troubles will have chance to readjust themselves
WHY WILSON WON