Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-10
COL. |NCERSOLL
WILL NOT FOLLOW
C|PSON'SCOURSE
Progressive National Com
mitteeman From Idaho
Declares He Cannot Sup
port Hughes.

Colonel James NJ Ingersoll, Progress
sive national committeeman for Ida
no, has declined an invitation from
James H. GIBSON, acting chairman of
the Hughes Alliance, asking his sup
port in the campaign for the Republi-
can national ticket. In reply to a lettor
from Mr.. Gipson, Colonel Ingersol
wrote a s follows:
Pocatello. Idaho, Oct. 7, 1915.
Hon. j, II. Gipson,
Progressive Party state Chairman,
Boise, Idaho.
My Dear GIBSON:
Answering yours Of the Bird inst I
must say that as came through your
town the other morning on my return
from thu Pacific coast, | felt like stop
ping off between trains long enough to
have a good visit with YOU. but my de-
sire to get home after having been
away so long was too strong to resist.
Now as to campaign matters. I will
hand you herein copy of the Prohibi-
ton platform This platform max es
the Prohibition party the only true
progressive party.
You will see Mr.. Gpson, that this
platform is substantially duplicate OF
the Progressive party platform, before
the Progressive convention struck out
the prohibition plank.
Now as to the Republican party, it is
in the control of men who are abso-
lutely cold blooded and heartless in
every action they take as to all great
moral principles and reforms that will
really benefit humanity.
! In other wore, they have no use for
any principle or reform until after /,
has proven to be popular and a good
vote getter. Hence, they are holding
back as to national suffrage for .wom-
en- and national prohibition.
/ The Republican and Democratic par
4 ties in their national campaign plat =
| form this year are strong for Amer
icanism. preparedness and a tariff
commission.
There being no important issue the
campo sn is narrowed down to a rcck
1 less scramble for votes. regardless OF
how they set them. The incentive be-
ing politicel power and the money that
goes with it.
There being about as many honest
( men in one party as the . her you sec
the promise of one party is worth JUS,
as much as the promise of the other
| Hence there is little or no choice
promises that the party that wins WI
/ hasten to blow in every dollar they get
into their hands. =
/ II Will make very little difference &c
| the general public who pay the taxes
which one of these two parties win al
the polls.
Candidate Hughes has exhausted his
vocal organs finding fault with Presi.
dent Wilson's foreign policy, without
| having the moral courage and the man
hood to tell the American people whaf
! he would have done had he been pres
! ident.
Now Mr.. Gipson, you will readily SEE
from the above that it is impossible
for me to join YOU in supporting Can
, didate Hughes, who will, if elected, b,
a second Taft in the White House
with Penrose, Cannon. Depew. Barnes
Murray Crane. Reed Smoot, Taft anc
( the balance of the old Guard" in tn,
saddle to tell Hughes ha to do Ant
/ Hughes will do it, because he knows
that he must be a good Indian in tn,
camp OF the old Guard" and the in
visible government. to secure their sup
port for his denomination in 1920.
With best wishes for your persona
welfare. ! am.
Very truly yours,
JAMES NJ. INGERSOLL
Progressive National Committeeman