Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-26
DAVIS CONFESSION.

Mr. Davis by his utterances at Star in relation to the
challenge of the Capital News to tell how he did it. adj
ms that he cannot give straightforward and truthful
which he is willing to have go to the people,
He says in substances Il did it by going before the
people of the state and by getting the votes.''
TO be sure. But why admit guilt by begging the ques-
ton? The question was never how Mr.. Davis got the
votesanybody with the money and the machine back of
him that Davis had could get votesbut it was how did
he make the campaign he made and keep within the pr
mary law regulating the expenditure of money.
Mr. Davis thoroughly understood the question: bv beg
gng that question he confeses the accusation first made
News.
Perhaps he knew at Star when he brought the subject
up that his statement of expenses full of adj
missions of its ncompeteness and therefore, of its
own inaccuracies and suppressons of expenditures.
We now charge that Mr. Davis is afraid to be specific
In his explanation for fear that the Capital News has the
evidence to catch him up upon important omissions to
count for his tremendous expenditures of money
The taclt admission of guilt made by Mr. Davis in his
Star speech condemns him to untness for the exalted DO
siton OF governor OF this any other state in this union
No be trusted who spends tremendous SIMS i'm
order to get nomination for office much less can one
be trusted who tacity admits and against whom the
dence seems conclusive that he failed to obey the law
curing accurate report of such expenditures
Why should any man who violates so important a law
as That regulating the sanctty of the election be made
the chief official of state to enforce the laws of such
state?
Is not Captain Davis right when he argues that such
man is dangerous and that his election would be
a dangerous thing to the state?
1sh himself in order to merely nomination to such
an ofce Is it not right to infer that there is something
more back OF his candidacy than his personal amb
ton for political prefennent?
What is there back of Mr. Davis?
lie himself admits that he is trustee and confidential
agent OF James H. Brady and his great electric power
terests III southern Idaho 81 would rather be the trusted
representative of the vast interests of Senator Brady in
Idaho, SAID Mr. Davis at Standpoint ethan to have made
my money selling overalls and socks''
There is nothing dishonest degrading in the sale of
overas and socks unless should be considered low and
degrading to wear overals and socks. But WHY should
MI DAVIS goat the superiority of himself as repre-
sentative OF the great interests of Senator Brady to the
man who sells, or wears overalls and socks? Does he
mean II more honorable more arstocrat to be thus
chosen representative of great wealth than to be allied
with the lowly overalls and common socks?
But even that is not the main question affecting the
proper qualifications of Mr. Davis to be elected governor
of this state the thing is Has he shown that honesty that
fankness that squareness with the people that any man
should show who IS entitled to become governor of this
state?
How did you do it, Mr. Davis?