Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-02
IDAHOREPUBL|CANS
ABANDON HOPE
Of HUGHES
STATE ORGANIZATION NOW MAX
ING SUPREME EFFORT TO DE-
FEAT GOV. ALEXANDER.
DAVIS IS HARD PRESSED
Backed by Brady Machine and As q
Result Borah People Only
Luke Warm.

state headquarters hope for Hughes has
been abandoned and leaders quietly
admit among themselves and among
their friends that the State will 60 for
Wilson. They have, however, renewed
their efforts to save Davis and to de-
feat Alexander and in the accomplish
ment of this purpose no stone is being
left unturned, no dollar of expense is
being saved, and no falsehood is too
preposterous to be told.
| With all of its strenuous campaigns,
Boise has never seen such a campaign
for disregard of truth as that now be-
ing conducted in order to accomplish the
defeat of Governor Alexander and the
election of D. w. Davis. Headquarters
realize the weakness of their candi
date because of his alliance with Brady,
the Brady interests and the BRADY
machine and because of the weakness,
dishonesty and impracticability of his
"taxless State' scheme and because of
the evidence which has been produced
to convict him of classifying the record
of his expenditures in the primary cam
paign.
Davis admits his connection with the
Brady interests in SO many wo DIS Il
would rather be selected as a represen-
tative of the vast interests of Senator
Brady in Idaho" says Mr.. Davis in his
speeches, ethan to have made money
by selling overalls and socks.'
The chief value of the Brady inter
ests in Idaho is represented through his
holding of electric power stock of the
great electric power combine that con-
trolls all the hydro-electric holdings of
southern Idaho.
Mr.. Davis is one of the trustees of
the Brady interests and therefore is
directly connected with this great
power combine. Through Brady and the
Brady machine he is closely allied with
various big interests, among them the
sheep industry of the state which is
DESTROYS of gaining control of the vast
millions of acres of grazing land
through southern Idaho which they hope
to do through his place of speedy sale
of all the state lands under his "tax-
less stateo scheme. He is also con-
nected in the same way with the great
syndicate interests of the state which
hope by the same means to get control
of the remaining timber holdings of the
state
That is the financial side of the aues-
tion. The political side is equally sig
nificant. There is not Brady hacker
consequently not Davis hacker in this
campaign who is not a political enemy
of Senator Borah. Davis is given full
benefit of the great political machine
built up two and four years ago by
Senator Brady through the election of
Davis with the powerful State House
machine, which he could and would
build up around him and which would
be attached to the Brady personal
machine, political organization would
be affected which would be powerful
enough and which would be used to
crush out the political prominence and
out of political office in the State of
Idaho, the Republican idol, Senator
William E. Borah. In Boise, the poll.
tica opponents of .Borah no longer con
ceal their hope to accomplish his ulti-
mate defeat and humiliation. The cleo
ton of Brady as United States Sen tor
and the building up of his machine was
the first step in that direction; the
election of Davis and the building up of
his state house machine will be the final
act necessary to crush out the senior
senator
Announcement was made some months
ago that E. Fl. Dewey of Nampa had
secured political control of the Capital
News, the Evening paper of Boise.
Dewey is lifelong Republican and was
delegate to former as well as to the
last National Republican conventions
and has been accredited with political
ambitions for himself.
It was the expectation of all the
Republicans that the Capital News
would be made a straight Republican
paper, and announcement to that eff.
feet was made by other republican
papers and Republican politicians i'm
mediately upon the fact becoming
known that Mr.. Dewey had secured
such control.
| While the Capital News is support
ing Hughes for president, it is fighting
with all the old time energy Of that
paper the election of D. w. Davis for
governor and giving support to his ON.
ponent M. Alexander. Dewey is one Of
the closest personal and political friends
that Senator Borah has in the State of
Idaho.
1t is understood at Boise that the at.
titude OF the Capital News in opposi.
ton to Davis has been taken largely
through friendship to Senator Borah
and for the purpose of preventing the
consummation of plans outlined by his
enemies to accomplish his defeat and
humiliation. In other words, it is clear
to the Democrats Of Boise that it is the
desire of the friends of Senator Borah
through H. Dewey of Nampa, and the
Capital News of Boise, that the Brady
plan be annulled through the defeat ~
y; W. Davis, the only way through
expectation here that the renewed an.
ergies at the Brady headquarters in ne.
half of Davis will accomplish their do.
sire and it is freely predicted tbat
Governor Alexander will run meek and
neck with Wilson throughout the State
and will be elected.