The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-10-27
A VOTE FOR HUGHES IS A
VOTE FOR BORAH.

In the election that is near at hand
the people of Idaho by voting for
Hughes will give substantial support
to Borah. Their vote will strengthen
the hands of the Idaho senator. 1t
will enable him to continue his fight
for Idaho and the west more effec-
lively than in the past. A vote for
Hughes is an endorsement of Borah
Any Republican who may be waver-
ing: any Republican whose mind may
have been befogged by the Fictitious
argument that he kept us out of war;
any Republican who is in doubt about
domestic policy, let us hope there are
none on foreign relations, and yet
who believes in upholding Senator
Borah, can do so effectively only by
casting his vote for Hughes.
Senator Borah would be discredited
at Washington, and throughout the
term Of the Hughes administration,
should Idaho. normally Republican
state by 10000, cast its electoral vote
for Wilson. He would be in no po-
sition in congress or in administration
circles to get for Idaho and the west
quit his campaign in the east for sew
which he has stood and for which
he will stand The congressman of
the east and south, of both parties,
would laugh at Senator Borah as
discredited man. They would say:
"Why you stood for these things
and look what your own constituency
did to you. The people of Idaho are
not with you. Your demands are
unjust; your arguments are false;
your pretenses are hollow. Why
should we grant you favors that your
people do not want"
Idaho industries want protection for
themselves when the new tariff bill is
enacted. Idaho is rich in natural re-
sources. We have timber, mineral
and water power wealth in untold
quantities. Most certainly our dele
cation in congress will want voice.
and an ~authoritive voice, in the legis-
lation touching those natural re-
sources. Idaho has two great recla-
nation projects whose problems will
be solved during the next four years
Behind Senator Borah in his repre-
sentation of Idaho should be the
voice and vote of a great majority of
the people. Realizing the necessity
for support at home Senator Borah
quit his campaign nthe east for sew
eral days in order to ask the people
of his home state to stand behind him
now. In the mind of Senator Borah,
in the mind of every one who has
given the matter consideration, the
vote of Idaho is important to Idaho
Mr.. Hughes will be elected without
the support of the people of this state
That support, desirable as it may be-
is not necessary 1t is important to
Senator Borah and the people of
Idaho.
Every citizen of Idaho should con-
slider his vote before he casts it. He
should keep in mind not only his own
attitude but also the Interpretation
that will be placed on that attitude
without the state. He should try to
see how others will look upon the
vote of this state Senator Borah has
done that and is convinced that the
best interests of the people of Idaho,
in the matters that are Decu1iar 70 this
state, demand that the vote of Idaho
be cast for Hughes.
In the broader and more national
sense the election of Hughes is i'm
rerative. We have not discussed the
broader view for the simple reason
that that view will be taken care of
by the larger states of the east. The
argument that has successfully ap-
pealed to the east should appeal to the
west; to Idaho none the less than to
New York. We are confident that it
will so appeal and that on the plane
of the highest patriotism the vote Of
Idaho will be for Hughes.
In Idaho a vote for Hughes is a vote
for Borah. No state can get away
from its local problems. Idaho can
not do so at this time 1t cannot
afford to do so. When it so happens
that selfish interests combine with the
highest patriotism in favor of one man
the path is clear and straight. That