The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-04-07

be headed toward another; and the
third should be led to an entirely dit
ferent one. That is the way it is done
down here. Mr.. Crum should be let
alone in his gubernatorial fight; Mr..
Taylor should be sent to Congress;
Mr.. Corners should become justice
of the supreme court. These sugges-
tons are mere illustrations. They are
not meant to be taken literally. In
this way north Idaho will probably
get all that is coming to her.
Let us illustrate. Boise usually gets
her share, but you rarely find three or
four or even two Boise candidates for
the same Office. They realize the flu!
tility of such happy-go-lucky methods.
You will find a Boise candidate for
every position on the ticket and usual
" two or three of them land in safety
The politicians of Boise know that
there are other Offices and that one
is about as good as the other. The
glamor of the governorship; the tenure
Of the senatorship; neither the one nor
the other; blind the patriots of Boise
to the attractions of other Offices.
This tip is given north Idaho in
hopes that she will profit by it. We
don't like amateur politicians. We
like to see politics carried out with
finish, polish, eclat. There is nothing
so disgusting as to see the uncouth
practicing fine art. A bobble in poll
tics actually CRATES on the sensibilities
of good workman.
>French-Burton L. French, for ten
years representative in Congress, has
returned to his home at Moscow. Mr..
French was very sick at the close of
the last Congress of which he was a
member. He spent several months in
the east resting up and receiving med
ical treatment. His many friends
throughout the state will be pleased
to know that he returns to Idaho fully
restored to health.
Since his return Mr.. French has TAX
en- occasion to say that he will be a
candidate for representative in Con-
gress. He will be candidate at the
primary election and is fully convinced
that he will be nominated and elected.
He will have as his opponent from the
north Senator E. E. Elliott of Bonner
Boundary counties In the south Rep
resentative Addison T. Smith will be
candidate for reelection. II is pre-
sumed that the other Idaho represent
alive will be in the primary campaign
but there is little likelihood of him
getting far. The nominees of the Re-
publican party, in our judgment, will
be Mr.. Smith and Mr.. French. 1t is
stated that Mr.. Elliott is very strong
in north Idaho. He is an unknown
quantity in southern Idaho. II the |
state were divided into two congress
sional districts as it should be. Mr.. |
Elliott might stand a chance. Under |
the present plan he can hardly expect
to overcome Mr.. French's southern
Idaho popularity. and of course he
does not expect to win over Addison
T. Smith.
The North-North Idaho seems to
be doing fairly we'll this year in the |
production of candidates. There are
Mr.. Crum and Mr.. TAYLOR for govern
or; Mr.. French and Mr.. Elliott for |
congressman; Mr.. Guy H. Martin for |
attorney general; Mr.. George R. Bar
ert N. Dunn for justice of the supreme
court; and four or FIVE precincts that
have not been heard from at this writ
ing. We have hopes that the panhan-
die will bring forth a state auditor, a |
state treasurer, a superintendent of |
SCHOOLS and state mining engineer.
The advice given earlier in this col |
umn is good advice but there is such |
a thing as OVERRIDING it. Besides there
is no haste. Other elections are COM
ing.
Instructions-The Republican state
convention will be held at Twin Falls |
April 10th. This convention will elect
delegates to the national convention |
to be held at Chicago June 9th. We
presume that every delegate to the |
Twin Falls convention would like to |
see Senator Borah nominated for the |
presidency at Chicago. There is no |
hope OF such a thing happening. New
ertheless it is just as we'll to send
to the Chicago convention men who
are personally and politically favorable
to the ambitions of Senator Borah.
Lightning might strike and the light
ming rods may as we'll be up. 1t don't
cost cent; can do no harm: and
might do some good.
We advise the Twin Falls conven-
ton to send unpledged Borah men TO
Chicago. This does not mean that
these men will follow the Senator ali
over hell in his vagaries but will sup
port him for the nomination should
circumstances permit. In case there
is no hope of nominating Mr.. Borah
the delegates should be free to support
the man whose commanding position
in the public mind entities him to the
nomination. With presidential pri-
maries in some states and favorite SON
movements in other states there is a
real danger in tying the hands of too
many delegates. A few uninstructed
delegates in the Chicago convention
might leaven the lump and nominate
a candidate who will appeal to the en-
tire party. Idaho occupied a very nm
enviable position in the last Republi-
can national convention. Hon. Charles
l" Hoffman was the only man on the
delegation who was thoroughly con-
WINGED all of the time that he was elect
ed as Republican to attend a Repub-
hcan convention. The others fiddled
and fiirted and didn't knox,, ,,,h.-. AZ -,