Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-19
Martin SPEAKS
ON THE ISSUES
Former Progressive Leader
Principal Speaker at
Meeting at 'Nampa.

Nampa, Oct. 19.--At Republican
meeting held in this city yesterday aft
ernoon which was attended by over
800 people, Guy H. Martin, OF Sand
point, former nominee of the Progress
sive party in this state for governor,
delivered an address in the interests of
the national and state Republican tick
cts In his address of an hour, Mr..
Martin condemned the present ma
tional administration for what he
termed vacilating foreign policy and
particularly for its course in dealing
with Mexico. He declared that in
stead of maintaining condition of
peace with foreign countries and or
not meddling in affairs the president
had plunged us into a war with Mex
leo which had cost this country more
American lives than were lost In the
entire Spanish American war. He de-
clared that it would have been equal
ly as logical for President Wilson to
have attempted to dictate who the
ruler of one of the European countries
should be as to have intcrfered in the
government of Mexico. He declared
that instead of keeping us out or war
the presidents egotistical policy was
likely to plunge us into war.
The course which the United states
should pursue. Mr.. Martin declared.
was to be respectful but firm in its
dealing with foreign countries and
characterized by on-interference in
their internal affairs. Such course,
he insisted was not as likely to pre-
cipitate war as ill-advised threaten
ing notes and demands from which
humiliating retreat was Immediately
made. He rldiculed the idea of the
president having kept the country out
OF war or OF Mr.. Hughes favorinG war.
However, he declared that II the pres
ent administration continued TO dis
credit and humiliate this country
abroad its disposition to protect its
citizens or itself would be so discount
ed that war would follow.
TALKS OF PROSPERITY.
Special emphasis was placed by Mr..
Martin upon the statement that all the
prosperity which has come TO this
country has been highly artificial
since it resulted through the excessive
demands for war supplies and as in
dicative of this fact he called atten-
ton to the fact that at the beginning
of the European war. the national
States, but that the following year
American exports had increased ST.
100000 in valuation, and he warned
his audience that when the factories
of the warning European countries re-
sumed their industrial activity after
that war has ended and flooded this
country with their products as is pos
sible for them TO do under the pres
ent Democratic free trade system, that
the same industrial machinery and
financial depression which had fol-
lowed other national Democratic adj
ministrations would ensue. No other
state in the Union. he declared was
more largely the beneficiary of n pro-
tective tariff system than this state
1t needs tariff for its farm products
its livestock its wool, its timber and
its minerals. he said, and that in Vot-
ing for Hughes. il would vote for the
elimination of the present free trade
system which would have meant ruin
to the country if war had not deVe-
oped and prevented the same hard
times which the Democrats brought
upon the country in the past, when
they were in control and tinkered with
the tariff laws of the country.
Throughout his address Mr.. Martin
was very enthusiastically applauded.
SPEAKS AT MIDDLETON.
Middleton, Oct. 19.--At the Repub-
iican rally at this place last night more
than $50 Republicans We're in attend
ance. G. H. Martin of Standpoint, for
mer nominee OF the Progressive party
for governor of this state, State Treas
urer John Eagleson of Boise and B. NJ.
Holt Of Caldwell, Republican nominee
for lieutenant governor, were the
speakers of the evening. Mr.. Martins
address was pertaining entirely to ma
tional issues and he severely criticised
the policy of the present adminstra-
ton.
He stated that in the event OF Presi-
dent Wilson's reelection and the close
of the European war hard times would
come to this country as the result of
the present tariff laws. Mr. Eaglesons
address was an outline of the great
savings for the state through the oper-
atoms of his office. Mr.. Hollis re-
marks were largely argumentative, he
spoke of both the national and state
tickets.
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