Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-29
ALEXANDER
WANTS GLORY
Would Take The Credit For the Good
State Administra alton of the
Past Two Years
REPUBLICANS ARE in MAJORITY
Savings Can Only Be Credited To
Republican Officials

BOISE, Sept. 26.-The democratic
faction that was done up at the Pc
catello convention were growing
about the victory they won the other
day at the meeting of the state
committee here did Ne get event."
they asked. "Well, rather" they re-
piled. The lineup was much the
same as at Pocatello, but the results
were vastly different. The van
quished at the committee meeting
had charged that Governor Alexan-
der had double crossed them at Po-
catello, so the exhuberance here the
other day naturally ran itself under
the ribs of the governor. He could
not be seen to get his version, as he
has honored Boise with his pres
ence only on a few occasions during
the past two years, having been too
busy playing politics over, the state
and trying to explain during the
past few months why he had not
made good on his lavish promises
made the people during the. 1914
campaign. Now that the faction
that claimed to have been double
crossed by the governor has. won
the organization the particular brand
of democratic harmony that is evil
denced here is purely modification
of the Kilkenny affair. DR.. Hamll-
ton of Weiser, most worthy gentle
man, was named chairman of the
democratic committet, and James
Hawley, Jr., was named secretary.
James is the son of the ex-governor,
and the ex-governor is not noticably
tearing his shirt for Nose. Perhaps
that is enough said.
At the republican state committee
Chairman Evan Evans was unani-
mously re-elected-a fitting tribute
to an earnest man who gets results
without raving, or pounding the
desk or waving CORY locks or being
unfair. w. c. Gregory was named
secretary and Charles A. Elmer pub
licity secretary.
1t will be noticed that, in harmony
with the spirit of the committee,
liberal recognition was accorded the
progressive wing as formerly con-
stituted but now solidly united with
the old party. Mr. Gipson has been
chairman of the progressives since
the organization of the party in
1912. He has his coat off now for
Hughes and Davis and the entire
republican ticket. "There is no fur
Their cause for difference between
what were known as cold line" and
progressive republicans, said Mr..
Gibson. 1--WE are reunited again and
present a solid front against the
common enemy. We. believe the
people are with US in our contention
for national administrative policies
that will inspire greater degree
of confidence at home and larger
respect abroad, that will produce
lasting prosperity in this country as
contrasted with the ephemeral vari-
ety that has grown out of the Eu-
ropean war and that make the cost
of living wholly out of proportion
to the earning capacity Of the aver
age citizen"
There are several other progress
ives in the organization and it has
been arranged that Guy Martin, the
progressive candidate for governor
in 1912, but now republican candi-
date for state senator from Bonner
county, shall take the stump for the
state organization.
In this part of Idaho the people
know that Governor Alexander has
been indulging in a lot of false pre-
tense, and as the truth comes out
the people generally will become
familiar with his tactics. One indi-
cation of it is that the other day a
democrat who is prominent locally
came to Boise and made the state
ment that the governor had made a
big saving in the office of State
Treasurer Eagleson. Those about
him, including local democrats,
laughed so heartily that he was ra-
Their angered and blurted out: "Well,
Alexander said that in a speech
down cur way the other day." He
was not satisfied until he went per-
sonally to the state house and got
l. from the governors office, the
governor himself being absent, that
the governor had nc more to do
with .he affairs of the state treas
urer's office than the sultan of Zulu.
There has been a big saving there,
but the credit is due entirely to a
republican state treasurer. Idaho
government is handled largely by
boards. These boards have all been
republican during the past two years,
with the exception of the governor.
Those republicans have given a busi-
ness-like administration and the gov
ernOr is now trying to claim credit
for il Just as he has undertaken
10 take credit for the splendid show
ing made by State Treasurer Eagle
son.