Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26
RECORD AS GOVERNOR.

self that he is as strong a Progressive
as ever he was
RECORD AS GOVERNOR.
While the speaker confined himself
largely to a presentation of Hughes
record of progressive legislation as
governor of New York. he dealt elo-
quently, too. with the broader and more
paramount issues of the campaign.
The meeting last night had quite a !
Progressive flavor Arthur l. Moulton, |
Progressive candidate for congress
here two years ago, introduced the !
speaker. Thomas B. Neuhausen, Pro-
gressive state chairman Ralph E. Will
lianis, Republican national committee
man, and others, met Mr.. Pinchot at
the North Bank station, where he ar
rived at 7:45.
MULTORPORS AND BAND ESCORT.
Escorted by the Multorpor club and
a band they went directly to the the
ater which had been filled for nearly
a hour. Every seat was occupied. The
police had difficulty in keeping people
from filing the aisles. Outside hun
dreds were turned away
Mr.. Pinchot Is no stranger in Port
land. AS head of the forestry bureau
for many years he visited this city fire.
quently. He referred to this fact
pleasantly when he was introduced
and reminded his hearers that Port
lands very water supply comes from
national forest"
TARIFFS EFFECT SHOWN.
He denounced the Underwood tariff
law, particularly as it applies to local
conditions and called attention to the
fact that under it's malevolent provi-
sions shingles are admitted into the
country from British Columbia to the
threatened ruination of the local shin
gle industry.
AS the Democratic tariff has ruined
the single industry SD the repeal of
the Panama canal free tolls law will
harm the lumber industry, he predicted.
In discussing Governor Hughes rec
ord as an exponent of progressive pol
icies, he said, briefly, from a series of
editorials appearing In the New York
World, Democratic paper, at various
times during and following his incum-
bency as governor of New York.
WILSON SLOGAN ANSWERED.
| This sums up the situation much
| better than / could tell it," he pro-
ceeded. What more convincing evil
dence could you want"
He gave ample attention to the hys-
terical Democratic cry that Wilson
has kept us out of war"
The chief argument for Wilson's re-
election" he asserted, appears to be
that we have not been at war during
his administration"
1T is true that we have spent be-
tween $1,000, 900 and $4,000, 900 in war
II like expeditions into Mexico; that more
of our citizens have been killed in Mex
leo than were killed during the Spanish
war, and that during Wilson's term in
the White House we have been always
on the verge of trouble and have
skidded from one war scare or crisis
into the next.
LOSS OF WORLD RESPECT.
1T is true that our citizens have
been murdered with impunity and that
we have been bluffed into eating our
words in the sight of the whole world.
1T is true that we have lost the
respect of all the great nations of
Europe and that we are left to face the
coming readjustment Of international
relations without the friendship of a
single one of the countries which will
control.
at is true that all this happened to
us because the Wilson administration
played the coward and did not mean
what it said.
ut is true that Cleveland kept us
out of war and saved pur self respect
in the Venezuela incident and that
Roosevelt did the same when the Ger
mans threatened the Monroe Doctrine
in Central America.
st is true that an administration
with courage and common sense and
the habit of meaning what it said
would have kept us put of war far
more than Wilson for we have
actually been at war with Mexico
and would not have lost the place of
influence and consideration which
Cleveland and Roosev cit maintained
, All this is true, but still they say:
Thank God for Wilson: he kept us out
of war.
CONTEMPT FOR WILSON.
Mr.. Plnchot clearly showed the fall
acy of the contention made by Balm
bridge Colby's recent speech that the
United States under the Wilson admin
istration has maintained the admira-
ton and respect of the European ma
tons.
Il have been in France, England
Holland and Belgium since the war be-
gan, ne SAID II was win shame and
modification that realized. both from
what was said to me and what was not
; said, that the respect and affection with
which the United States was once re-
garded have disappeared. and that few
I or none among the statesmen of Europe
have anything but contempt and dislike
for the American president, who Meth
er stands by his word nor means what
he says. 1t was bitter thing to real
ze. 1t is a bitter thing to have to say
!, But it is true.
"Colby's 6efenae of the presidept',