Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05
.REPUBuCANNON|NEE SPEAKS TO
BIG AUDIENCE AT P|NNEY
D. w. Davis Outlines His Policies, Denies Charges
Made Against Him and Attacks the
State Administration


declared that if such a condition ex-
listed and a Republican held office, that
great deal would be heard in the
campaign about the governor appoint
ing such a secretary to promote the
interests of his office and further his
candidacy. He then criticised the gov
ernor for being away from the state
house so much and stated that in re-
ply to his criticisms, the governor had
stated he was paying his own expenses,
yet he stated, such expenses did not
show up in the expense account filed
covering the costs of the primary cam
paign.
Among the campaign speeches made
by M. Alexander, he stated. was one at
Camas, a little town of rs people.
where he addressed big audience and
promised them that if elected gov
ernor, he would see that Camas got
federal reserve bank. Mr.. Davis stated
he had heard that report and asked
about 1t when he spoke there and some
parties told him the promise had been
made. He stated he then asked if the
governor had not said a farm loan
bank, and they replied, he had not, but
said a federal reserve bank, and he
told them that Seattle, Spokane and
Butte had tried to get such a bank
and could not and that the only fed
eral. reserve bank in the west was at
San Francisco.
show DID YOU DO ITr
Speaking of the Capital News, he
says, that paper was continually ask
ing, How did you do it, Mr.. Davis?"
He replied that he went out into the
primary campaign and held as many
meetings as he could, wherever he
could and that he got the votes and
that was how he happened to be there
tonight.
He also stated that he was being
charged with being a candidate of the
special interests and that if elected he
would sell all the timber lands to the
Weyerhausers and all the other lands
to the politicians and added that IL the
Democrats wanted to go into the tim
Der sales, the Republicans would most
gladly welcome it, as it was under a
Democratic administration that large
amounts of white pine timber was sold
at 20 cents per thousand.
Mr.. Davis next told of how he was
accused Of being linked up with Brady
bank did business for Brady and he
was appointed as trustee to act for
him. He stated he was recognized as
being able to act in that capacity and
in other lines of business and then
asked the people, II they would not
rather have a governor who had grown
up into business systems of various
kinds than one only trained to be a
clothing merchant.
DENIES CHARGES.
He declared that it had been charged
that IL he was elected governor he
would urge the repeal of the two-mile
limit law and he made a denial of that
, charge. Further he said, it was re-
ported that he intended to appoint
Shad Hodgin state engineer, which he
declared was another misrepresenta-
ton.
1T is also being charged" said Mr..
Davis, that l have said I would dis
| pense with the services of Mr.. Scholtz
! director of the state farm markets bu-
real, If am elected governor I chal-
lenge any man to say that have ever
made any such statement, or that ]
have ever mentioned Mr.. Scholtz in
any OF my speeches during the cam
paign."
He then declared that he was a
farmer and had done more than any
man in the state for the farmers, hav-
ing loaned them money on their ability
I to work in his own territory when they
did not have title to the lands and had
got credit for the bank to loan them
money and he further declared that
not single solitary promise had beer
made by him to give an office to any,
one and neither had he paid any news
paper to support him.
Mr. Davis then went into nationa
issues on which he grew eloquent
charged extravaganza and incompe
, tency in the Democratic administration
and alleged failure to protect Ameri-
can citizens across the border and
after they had crossed the three mile
limit point. He dwelt to some extent
upon the failure to protect American
lives and insults to the flag.
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