Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-23

Will bring. Never has democracy IN
America stood in greater peril. never
was the cali for a supersnan to guide
our destinies more urgent.
Nation Demands Leadership.
You Know. even In the dull piping
times or sseace, nation Of a hundred
millions OF free people demands leader
ship and executive ability raised to the
nth degree. but when all the titanic
forces of modern civilizatla ha We been
turned INTO instruments Of destruction
snd the gods are hurting thunderboltsI
and mountains. the innocent aystander
can we'll fray for an iron m &c at tn
held, directed by nerves of steel
'Whg ever our ideas twelvemonth
age Americas peril has chaaReti them
T-y as We might we couid ct make
the issues OF 1912 the issues IL 1916. WIS
believe as thoroughly in the rule Of
the rcoI!e; we stand as firmly in ac-
cord with those humanitariar demands
Witch W. Incorporated in orr great
platform under the heading of social
and industrial justice. These matters,
'trcEgh CT vital Importance Ia the flu
silre Of our country. cannot be made to
figure strongly in the approaching con-
test
The only issues In 1915 will be
whether american citizenship is to be
worth pinch of snuff when a man or
woman steps out of the borders of the
United states, and whether we are
going to prepare ourselves to make that
citizenship worth while-it should be
the dearest possession of any man--so
that If persuasion fails when the rights
of fola a.
in a position to vindicate these rights
even with the mailed fist!
My friends, / shall not eneroach fur
Their upon the time of the convention.
You have selected as temporary chair
man of this gathering the leader
whose whole hearted efforts for the
movement in 1914 further endeared him
to us ALL and now have the pleasure
of introducing to you that courageous
fighter for I. righteous cause.-the
Hiram Johnson of Idaho--Hugh Il. Me-
Elroy.
MeEIroy Enthuses Delegates.
Mr.. McEiroy spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Convention: IT Is
great honor to be a member OF n
Progressive state convention, No no.
llttcal party ever accomplished so much
in so short time as has the Progress
slve party. Four years ago, it changed
the national administration. Two years
ago it gave President Wilson a Demo-
cratic congress. BY declaring for state
prohibition in this state we forced
both Of the old parties to do likewise
and thus insured state prohibition by
legislative enactment and the submits
sion of a constitutional amendment.
while we have not secured public
office, we have demonstrated that a
political organization can have an act
| i've, potential existence without political
patronage. In fact, we are confirmed
in the belief that no political party
can long withstand the demoraIizing
| influence of q political system under
which the public service is shamelessIy
prostituted for political purposes We
| have seen President Wilson forced by
his party to tolerate the system OF
| pork barrel legislation We have
seen an appropriation of $4,000 for a
post office in an Alabama village of
500 persons, for the benefit of Dem
oeratic congressman, offset in the same
bill by an appropriation of S107, 900 for
the same purpose in a Utah town of
$500 people, for the benefit of Repub-
lican politician. These and other
eases of like character represent a BIZ
| partisan political system, which
threatens the very integrity of our ma
ton. OF course. we are all for pre-
paredness; but we can hardly hell
wondering how much of the enormous
sums we are about to appropriate fol-
the army and navy will be shamelessiy