The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-09-15
TO THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEES

In accordance with law you Wi
meet at the county seat today to OF
ganize for the campaign work an
for the management of party affair
for the coming biennial. You hav
been so tricky in the past that tn
solons made a law compelling 70,
to meet at the same time and at
tend to business, and not permitting
you to play horse as between tn
parties.
The people have gotten you tw,
old parties about where they wan
you. We are speaking of the twt
old parties Of Bingham county. Fol
the first time in many years botl
parties have nominated the best mer
they could get, but unfortunately the
dominant party has not been able
to get SO solid a lineup of good men
as they once did. The time vas when
a cleaner lineup would have been
nominated or the convention would
have stayed in session.
A hard task rests upon the should
ers Of the Republican committee to-
day. They have to select a leader
for a party that has been resting
on its oars, so to speak. For a num-
Der of years the organization has
been without head or tail, but it has
had a strong stomach. Reasoning
outward from itself it has presumed
that the public also would be able
to stomach almost anything, and it
did, for a while. In 1914 it was per-
sistently suggested that the party
clean house, but 1t neglected to do
it. The public did some house clean
ing, but the Republican organization
and attitude remained about the
same. While many officials have done
their duty, the Republican organiza-
ton has sat supinely witnessing, but
not protesting against what was
wrong. The real Republicans of the
county have regretted this and might
have tried to patch the garment had
not the fabric been rotten. A new
committee has been formed, but part
ly from the old material. Much de-
ponds upon who constitutes the head
and the tail, as to how high the kite
will fly.
This is one of the times when the
party ought to write a platform. The
are curious to know what
would be said il it were to write one.
II 1t were to do that, passing, of
course, upon county affairs, 1t would
say, I'VE unanimously endorse
let's see now, what do we endorse?
The present county administration,
made up of all parties? Do we en-
dorse those who have resigned or
been fired after we elected or ap-
them? Do we endorse those
that the other party forcd upon us
and who have made good? Do we
endorse the work that has been con-
demned by everybody? The fact is
r in a deuce Of a fix, and in
that one thing we are unanimous.
Perhaps We had better not write any
platform at all, but just resolve to
do n best we know and go home.
An equally hard task rests upon
the shoulders of the Democratic COM
today. Democracy is fond of
that it has but one leader and
his name is, and they name the best
man in their jurisdiction. Nobody
else can lead them because they have
but one leader. If there is need for
TWO men to attend to two jobs, then /
Of second rate will have to /
be tuned up and showed forward.
has had a taste of sue
cess, and when Democracy gets a
taste it is apt to swell up and bust.
What then, would it do if it got
full meal and saw a pie counter
Democracy has outdone it.
self this year by getting some good
men on their ticket to hold them level
n success or to smile with them in
lefeat. That Is why the public have
two old parties right where it
wants them. While each fears the
1t can make them both do their
,est, and the Invest bunch got busy
irst looking for good men to be
The Democrats are a queer bunch.
Every man thinks he knows. And
he less each n knows, the more
he is. If they should all
ct with intelligence and fall in with
ONE general plan that was clean
nd high and patriotic, what a chase
hey could give the enemy, but they
do it. They won't agree, and
the good old Republican
arty will keep in the lead by being
unanimous rel in their predicament.
{ they were all wrong they would
dept a resolution to endorse it, and
hus make it popular and it would
ut on an air of responsibility and
ct by. But the Democrats would
isagree and bawl one another out. {
the majority should go to the polls ;
lis fall and vote either ticket :
.raight as it stands today, what a
less they would make of it. If they {
lould get to reasoning and ~investi- /
ating and trying to pick one good {
ADMINISTRATION out of the two tickets, !
hat a great time the canvassing {
ldges would have! And after they
ere inaugurated and settled down ,
work, what a time anyone would !
ave trying to decide which partyites t
associate with unless they all wore
,gs to identify them and mark the I
leep from the goats!
Again we remark that the commit !
have a hard job today, and the
,ople of this county have both of
old parties right where they want
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