Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-08-10
MAKING POLITICAL ISSUES FROM FALSE STATE
MENTS

politics and political origin OF some who hard put to find
political issues
In 1898 at the time of the Spanish American war # t
two months to get the first two regiments ready for service
In 1916 three weeks from the time the CALL $4,000 men wo
either the border the way. This in itself some i'm
provemen the efforts of 1898. There of courso
delay in recruiting up to strength, furnishing equipment
and the like and also the training of the did every
show to the best But these things involved no
political fault and if anything faults in the guard system
which be corrected in the future in view Of fact that
the liberalization of the national guard has been decision
of the majority in the for preparedness the way
providing protection to the county by land.
The criticism however, in it's entirety has been for any
other purpose than for political effect The truth has been
handled careess for other than to place blame
Congress- the president and the department itself
Stories printed that guardsmen starved not
provided with proper medical attendance and that they no
equipment, and scores of other like assertions.
Republican papers have made wholly unfair presenmen
of the for political purposes. The mobilization of the
guard attained with smoothness and dispatch notwth
standing obstacles and difficulties Take New York state for
example being farther from home and furnishing the great
est number of men of of the states General
New York national guard asserted that the department
Washington made good to the limit in the mobilization Of
New York state troops Here in the west and especially the
northwest the different states point with considerable pride
the smoohness and dispatch of the mobilization and prepare
ton OF the troops for the border The only delay occasion
led by recruiting up to strength AS for the conditions
themselves have the statements of the boys who have writ
ten home and have failed to verify the msstaemen
starving, want of medical attendance and the like.
Furthermore the campaign of misstaement has provoked
regular officers to take definite stand against the cir
cuaton OF untruth the part OF correspondents General
Funston recently sent telegram to the department at
Washington announcing his intention rid the various guards
men camps OF correspondents who send out false
accounts OF conditions in the camps The general asserted
1.-The great mass OF the guardsmen standing the hard
ships OF camp very we'll said General Funston land have
for complaint 1t is only moycoddes and ssse who
kick These the that tell tales to special correspo
dents.''
The generals telegram, which was sent to the aduan
general said:
81 wish to call attention of the department to the
hyyT of
dents who accompanied the troops border have
never heard of anything that approaches for sheer
righteousness and shamefuness
'Whle there honorable exceptions, many OF these
correspondents no Judgment or balance have
little experience of the world that they have sense
OF balance or proportion Ordinary inconvenience that
man with real soldery instincts merely subjects for JOKES
are magnfled by them into the most distressing stores
not the fact that the general purpose of the campaign
to send forth broadcast lies and mssatements political a
vantage otherwise largely for political use make
oespaoe but 1t is the fact that such campaign OF lies M
bad in its effect the guard orgn
hon and the officers charge Any group belief
hard put for issues this the sort of material sou
for and used
1t having been definitely established that hand shaking
spreads germs all the more proud of our pn
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Perhaps the 100 per cent increase in bank deposits
okahoma since l92 also is due to the European war u
business. Perhaps!
Britain will win the in few months says ho.
George This will be to Russia and Franee-bos"'
Transcript.
Ford has climbed down to nomination for Governor %
would make an ideal highways commssioner-Wal o'e'
Journal.
included in the cargo of the Deutschland goat
properly OF >. Bul-Baltimore American
The nations liquor bill last year was certainly ass
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