American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-02-17

81 states 90 sighted had more votes
! than were necessary to elect a prest-
TENT and 1t required no p~erspicacity
to see that they would elect n this
year.
Tariff q Failure.
The Underwood tariff. like all Dem
~ocratic tariffs, had proved a failure.
1t had increased the cost OF living
and produced a huge national def
cheney which tn, juggling OF accounts
by the secretary of the treasury could
not conceal.
Platform pledges meant nothing to
the administration. Civil service had
been broken down Notwithstanding
the specious promises of Democracy.
No Democratic president had ever
appointed a Republican to the su-
preme Court bench, but many a Demo
GRAFT had been so honored by a Repub-
licap president
Thomas on Taxation.
Senator L. r. Thomas OF Blackfoot,
spoke on Equitable Taxation" He
apologize for his subject, saying
that he took II as a punishment for
his stand on the dry" question. With
a few sentences he showed the fallacy
of the save a million" pledge OF the
governor. He was pleased to find out
that Democrats sometimes tod the
truth for many OF the Democratic
leaders now admitted the absurdiJy
OF the governors claim.
In national affairs, said the Senator,
~l"deficiency" should be substituted for
"war." The national failure to de-
liver was as pronounced as that in the
state OF Idaho.
Tax Problems.
Property should be assessed at Its
real value. Spectators should not BIZ
allowed to retard progress and take
the profits created by communities
without paying for the privilege. II
had been urged that because the out
put of the mine and not the mine was
taxed, the output OF the farm and no
the farm should be taxed. This was
! one OF the problems to be dealt with
! Another was the predicament Of thu
! poor man who might hold only
lomall piece OF property and who hat
TO pay all the taxes upon y, Will
the man who held a mortgage on tn
I major portion OF the property escapes
: Taxation. The last legislature ha'
. considered the lowering of the lega
4 interest rate but had not done so be
t cause II was feared that capital Nigh
Q avoid the state and those who needle
4 money could moi get 1t.
There we're many angles to the tax
Q alton question, said Senator Thomas
too many to take up In the time
d his disposal.
Told In One Word.
Justice ID. T. Miller Of Boise. was II
N |troduced by Colonel Hamer as the oil
Republican war horse of Boise Basi
+ Mr.. Miller said he attained his m
n jority In Georgia where he held
d musket In one hand and a ballot Il
a Lincoln In the other. He wished
n speak to the young Republicans.
l. they scanned the history OF the Dem,
u cratic party they would find but Oh
word ON a page. failure"
Ii Democracy neither protected o,
flag on the high seas o our cit
zenship abroad. A munition factor
d received u huge order for war m
terial from a belligerent nation al
d Democracy said. Behold our pro
o perity." The groundwork was falls
and 1t would be swept out in Noven
Der by q flood of Republican votes.
Judicial Reform.
y judicial Reform" M the subje'
assigne to Jesse r.. s. Bulge
n P~ocatello, who compressed
o vast amount OF food for thought in
a few words. Regarding the method
/ choosing judges, he said there perhal
i would always be sharp differences
opinion. He would not undertake
say whether they should be seleott
l. by the governor and thus be exeml
a from the temptation to cater to u
whims and caprice OF the public. {
whether they should be selected I
d the people In order to avoid h ev
b possibility that they might feel TOO Il
% dependent OF the people.
,eI judicial reform. like every other +
10 form, must come us the result OF d
a Hibernate consideration by those
10 broad experience. No reform In u
ID true sense could BIO worked out
striking at some particular feature
,f our present system. The symmetry
{ the system should be preserved. E
r pediency was 30 be desired. but not
DO the expense OF careful considerable
Is The courts wore crowded.
vi Courts Crowded.
n When the Idaho supreme court w
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