Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-18
FORMER LEADER
OF PROCRESS|VES
GIVES ADDRESS
Guy H. Martin of Standpoint
Is Principal Speaker at
Republican Rally at the
Pinney Theater.

Guy H. Martin, four years ago Pro-
gressive party candidate for governor.
was the principal speaker at Repub-
lican rally held last night at the Pin
ney theater and for two hours dis
cussed national and state issues, prin-
cipally the former in which he scored
President Wilson for being on "all
sides of all questions" and the Demo-
cratic administration for blowing hot
and cold in the same breath" The
tariff. the Adamson bill and the Mexi-
can situation were handled in detail
by Mr.. Martin, who did not resort to
oratorical effect but instead made
plain statement OF the issues involved
in the present campaign as he saw
them He was so deeply in earnest
and his time limited to such an extent
that he requested his audience to re-
frain from interruption by applause. In
spite of this his listeners forgot them
selves and vigorously applauded. State
Treasurer John w. Eagleson gave an
account of his stewardship as state
treasurer and B. M. Holt, candidate
for lieutenant governor, closed the pro-
gram with u short but spirited talk on
the needs of Idaho. The audience in
attendance was small. Music was fur
nished by the Boise municipal band and
the Boise male quartet w. c. Dun
bar presided
GIVES REPUBLICANS CREDIT.
State Treasurer Eagleson spoke for
an hour. He reviewed the state candi-
dates and Endorsed the Republican
county ticket after which he criticised
the advertised claims of Governor Alex
hnder of savings during his administra-
ton. State Treasurer Eagleson argued
that the Republican party was entitled
to the credit for the saving because on
all boards that transact state business
Republican officials are in the majority.
He also said that while the state tax
levy had been reduced there was not
a motion that could pass the state
board of equalization unless it had a
majority of Republican votes. He told
of the savings made in the treasurer's
office including $4,000 in capitol build
ing maintenance. He is custodian of
the building
WOULD TIE CAN TO BooBs.
In his short address Mr.. Holt de-
clared that this country was drunk
with a jag of war prosperity" and
would have rude awakening the
the wabbly policy of President Wilson
md mistakes he made in the handling
of international problems he said If
| had been president l would have tied
can to these peac boobs and by so
doing surrounded myself with advisors
who stood for the protection of Ameri-
can citizens and American property"
He said he was against short sighted
1.,1;,
tons of general benefit to the state
should have been approved by the gov
ernor. Referring to the havoc worked
by aphis in the Glove? fields of southern
Idaho he said that after this seed is
threshed it is packed as hard as ce-
ment and he wanted to know If the
governor could crack that problem.
The speaker said he read in the paper
the governor told the people of Lewis
ton he would have seven governors at
the Northwest livestock show and
would pay all their expenses. Holt said
he wondered in which class they would
have the governors exhibited, in the
bull pens" or otherwise.
DISCUSSES ADAMSON BILL.
Mr.. Martin spent much of his time
calling to the attention of his audience
the Importance of the tariff issue and
quoted many statistics showing the
great losses to this nation because of
the Underwood bill. He explained he
had joined the Republicans because of
his desire TO save the nations honor in
the defeat Of President Wilson and the
election of Charles Evans Hughes
Figures and statistics were quoted re-
garding Democratic extravaganza and
I.
failure to protect American citizenship
when Germany persisted in sinking
ships resulting in the death of Ameri-
cans. He proved the record of Hughes
as consistently Favorable to labor while
he was governor and while on the su-