Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-15

trast to the vocal element"
Il am especially glad to see you be-
cause there are some things which
perhaps Pennsylvanians are more
qualified to tell about than any other
people in the United States" the pres
ident began.
They are better qualified to testify
as to the subtle and intricate means
by which the purposes of the people
are sometimes defested by their gov
eminent, because l know how true It
Is that the people of Pennsylvania have
again and again attempted to demon
strate to the rest of the union that
! they believed that we had come into
new age. that they believed that this
new age required new elements of pol
icy; that they desired men to lead
| them who would lead them to the light.
and not again drag them into the sub
terranean passages of private in
fluence.
Upon the surface the present cam
paign seems to grow more and more
complex, If you are to judge by the
number of contradictory and divergent
things that are being said. 1t becomes
| daily more and more incomprehensible.
Aot uitci oii' uioClHCdtn Tie SuIldCt,
behind the noise of the vacant talk,
all the elements of the campaign are,
being infinitely simplifed. 1t Is one of
the simplest campaigns you ever saw"
MAKES COMPARISON.
The president then said he would
compare the experience of Pennsyl-
vania with the experience of New Jer-
sey He reviewed the conditions of
affairs in New Jersey when he ran for
governor. declaring that affairs were
controlled by group Of Republican
| leaders, who did not dare offer them
selves for election but who controlled
the fortunes of the state through those
who were elected. He said he pointed
out that men in both parties were Co
| operating to divide the spoils and ex-
ercise the corrupt influences which
were dominant in the state" He asked
the Pennsylvanians If that didn't
sound like a familiar story.
What has the Democratic party in
the nation In the last three years and
half done, II you summed 1t up?" the
president continued. 1T has redeemed
the promises OF both parties, promises
which on one side, I venture to say
were made without the slightest ex-
pectation that any one would ever be
rash enough to attempt to fulfill them.
a grand game OF deception, contempt
ible attempt to deceive the people Of
the United States in order to get power
for which they would render no ac-
count whatever That is what hap
pened in New Jersey. We dislodged
those gentlemen. And now, with what
confidence, with what impudence, they
are going to try to come back. They
are trying to put in the saddle in the
state of New Jersey, influences which
came out of one of the most lawless
communities in this state. And now
they are nominating for office the men
| who have for years together been in
the confidence of the very men who
defied the authorities of the state in
the matter of obedience to the law.
The thing Is open. the thing is obvious.
the thing is impudent. But. my
/ friends it can't be done after the light
| is turned on.
THE only places where such coun
sells thrive are in darkness and con-
cealment. And now the light is begin
ming to burn into these places a light
which not only Eliminates, but which
cleans and light which not only dis
plays the elements of corruption. but
disperses the elements of corruption.
And exactly the same thing that is
happening in Pennsylvania, the same
thing that they are attempting in New
Jersey. is being attempted in the ma
ton at large. I wonder il they sup
pose that anybody is deceived. They
know that the elements that are now
behind the candidates of the opposi-
ton party, are extremely varied, but
they are easy of analysis. The most
| interesting element is that which is
most vocal The representatives of
that element are confidently telling us.
though none of them is candidate
for office. what the party will do II it
lie given the power to do anything.
But those who are nominated for office
are carefully avoiding saying anything
about whether they will do what the
! local element proposes.
VOICE AND NOTHING MORE.
"In other wards they are putting up
as their spokesman of policy those