Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-05
BY JAMES NELSON FLOYD.

all his mower nd ardor into a camna,pn
address in which he cited the MANY
things he claimed to lave done for
Idaho while q resident of this state and
helittled and hold nm ~ ridicuIa tho of
fetal acts Of governor M A,sxand I
The rally, which was large one, was
preceded by a parade, with two panus
and fife and drum corps, wnicn leo
big crowd to the Pinn y theater.
Many were unable to gain entrance,
but had they remained, they could have
gotten in later as many left while Mr..
Davis was speaking.
The meeting was presided over by
Jess B. Hawley as chairman, who in
troduced Mr.. Davis, not only as the
next governor. but as another citizen
of Boise. Mr. Davis opened his address
by declaring that he was not unmind-
full of the wonderful demonstration
given him and added it was in keeping
with the reception he had received
throughout the campaign, which, he de-
clared showed that the people were
aroused and taking an active interest In
the issues. He declared that he hoped
the people would look the issues
squarely in the face and vote next
Tuesday for the Republican ticket in
both the nation, state and county, de-
claring that the party had ticket it
could recommend and that he could ask
the support of the public with a clean
conscience
THE TAXLESS STATE.
Mr. Davis then took I'm consider,ble
time with an exnlanatio, of his "a v,ess
state svstep, bis nIon az SAILING state
lands. the money from which he stated.
vrisa,v handled unon n bus;rass hasis
would ada To tho wealth and reduoe the
taxes of the state
He hold nm +o c,pten,nt syar,, ya+o
made nv Governor AIexonder aud es-
necialIv cited those he declared 70 he
inst hills and which vetoes he declared
did not constitute a saving to the state
as it simply meant deferring of pay
ments of just bills.
He declared, that IL elected he would
redeem the good name of the state by
paying its just bills.
He next went into the money ques-
ton and cited the amount turned over
by the Haines administration as $780,
900 and then spoke of a deficiency of
$4,000 left for the Haines administra-
ton from the Hawley administration.
He spoke of the great damage done
~ the alfalfa weeviI and clover apnls
and said the vetoes to fight those pests
had cost thousands of dollars to the
farmers of the southeast.
Mr.. Davis then read from some paper,
extracts of a speech reported to he
made by Governor Alexander at Twin
Falls, in which the governor was made
to say that bushels of bills came to his
office and that his secretary told him
he must read them all, but that finding
he could not, he went down the list
and picked out the big ones and put
them in one pile and the thin ones in
another and the vetoed the tat ones,
thinking it would do less harm to sign
The small ones than the big ones.
CONDENSATION Avn
In touching upon the worlxmen's conn.,
pensation law passed by the last ses-
sion Of the legislature he declared that
while it NAV not have been perfect.
that IL was a fair bill which could have
been amended so as to be satisfa ctory.
and vet II was vetoed. He expressed
himself in favor of a satisfactory work.
mems compensation law. He stated in
this campaign that he had read a great
deal about the governors plans. what
a great man the governor was and how
much he had saved the people and add
ed that there was no question about the
governors greatness, as he admitted il.
The prohibition question had been
brought into this campaign, stated Mr..
Davis and he declared that Governor
Alexander said he was the father Of
prohibition and that in his speeches was
quoted as saying that his opponent was
closeted with one of the wet champions
while in the north. Mr. Davis stated he
wished to deny that statement and de-
clared he was dry and always had been
He then went into his early life and told
Of working in the coal mines at IL
years of age and of seeing the effect OF
drinking upon the miners and later
while in the company store visited the
homes of those miners and saw the
want and poverty caused from drink
and with those conditions in his mind
daolarad tha+ he vyas dry and alwa ys