Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-10-20
GOVERNOR HELD
ROUSING MEETING
Voters Travelled Many Miles
to Hear Chief Executive Ex-
plain State Business Trans-
actions.

The large Orpl cum theatre
was filled to overfiowing Tuesday
to hear Governor Alexander,
people having come from fifteen
to twenty miles, and some much
farther, to hear the chief execu-
tive of the state give an account
of his stewardship during the
past two years. The meeting
opened after the Ferdinand band
had played several selections on
the street and in the hall, and
Hon. E. L. Parker of this place,
democratic candidate for lieuten-
ant governor, made a short ad-
dress. Governor Alexander was
then introduced and spoke for
almost two hours, holding the
close attention of the large audi
ence until the end.
The governor opened his speech
with a glowing tribute to Presi-
dent Wilson and spoke of the
many difficulties that have con-
fronted him since he took the
chair in the white house. He
said that the president had kept
US out of war at a time when the
entire world seemed tn be war
mad and in spite of the enormous
pressure brought from all sides
to push our country into war. He
pointed to the great and priceless
peace that we are enjoying and
the prosperity of our nation and
joy and happiness in the most
humble homes in the land, and
said that had any other man than
Woodrow Wilson occupied the
presidential chair during the past
two years our nation would now
be engaged in war and our young
men filling the trenches over in
war-cursed Europe, a condition
that may yet occur unless Presi-
dent Wilson is returned to office
next month.
He spoke of the many acts of
beneficial legislation that have
been enacted into law under
democratic administration, point
ing particularly to the federal re-
serve banking law which pre-
vents all future panics, the child
labor law which prevents child
rem under sixteen years of age
being employed in factory OF
mine, the federal good roads law
which appropriaUes IS millions OF
dollars within the next few years
to build suitable highways
throughout our country, and last
but not least, the rural credits
law. This measure is classed as
one of the greatest acts of con-
structive legislation enacted in
centuries and is the only law
passed that benefits the farmer
alone. 1t is claimed this law,
when once in force, will save the
farmers of the United States one
hundred and fifty millions OF
dollars annually in interest
charges alone.
Coming down to state matters
the governor spoke at length on
how business of the state had
been handled in the past and the
cost of doing business had in.
increased with almost every ad-
ministration. He told of how
the lower house two years age
had passed an appropriation bill
of two million dollars and he haC
succeeded in getting it reduced
by half a million before it was
finally passed, and had made still
further reductions by vetoinq
many unnecessary appropriation
bills. He spoke of the Allen de.
falcations and how the state in.
vestigation had placed the tota.
shortage at some $93, 900 anC
wanted to let it rest at that but
he had gone to the bottom of the
matter and finally caused the
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