The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-09-19

CldfeuCe van DeuSeu, ueulO-
cratic candidate for state audit
or, delivered an address at the
Grand Theatre Friday evening
in which he heavily scored the
republican oflceholders of this
state. Mr.. Van Deusen spoke
in part as follows:
Il am going to ask you ladies
and gentlemen tonight to forget
for the time being your party
politics, and am going to try and
discuss the condition which ex-
lists in Idaho at the present time
from a nOn-partisan basis.
THE republican party in the
State of Idaho is divided, in my
judgment, in two parts; one part,
representing the rank and file,
numbers about 90 per cent of the
party. The active machine pol
iticians represent the remaining
, per cent, and it is the twO-per-
cent-machine-pOliticians, who,
in my judgment, for the past ~
years have been misrepresenting
the State of Idaho, that l am go
ing to discuss this evening.
This machine two years ago
took the position, led by the Ida
no Daily Statesman of Boise, and
reproduced in nearly every re-
publican newspaper in the State,
that the republican party, of
which they were the representa-
tives, had acted in the case Of
o. V. Allen, State Treasurer. AS
soon as they became aware that
he was a thief, for fifteen days
previous to election, they pub
hshed very strong articles, which
! am going to read to you this
evening, to prove their conten-
ton. AS a matter of fact, this
position was wholly false and
dishonest as l am going to show
you.
During the campaign of 1912
which was tH'o years prior to the
time that o. V. Allen confessed
that he was thief, made
speeches all over southern Ida
no, showing how Allen had man.
euvered the changing of speci-
fications of the State Capitol
building whereby he and Fred
Coleman had robbed the State of
nearly a quarter million dollars,
and this information was placed
in the hands of every member OF
the legislature, which was in ses-
sion in February, 1913, nearly 20
months prior to the confession
of Mr.. Allen. This information
was placed in the hands of John
NJ. Haines, Republican Govern
or; J. H. Peterson, Republican
Attorney General; G. R. Barker,
Republican Secretary of State /;
and every member of the Capitol
Building Commission; and in
formation sealed and marked
personal was mailed to Calvin
Cobb, the owner of the Idaho
Daily Statesman, and the mouth
piece of this republican reign.
Instead of acting as they should
have done at that time, they sat
tight upon the lid and prevented
the public from knowing at that
time that Mr.. Allen was a thief.
If they had acted in the interest
of the State instead of the inter
est of the party organization, Mr.
Allen would have been unable to
have stolen Si5O,OOO, which he
did, after this information had
been given them.
''At the present time they are
asking you voters of Idaho 10
elect them again TO Office, while
as matter of fact, they are not
entitled TO the vote of any hon.
est man. or woman in the State
Is it reasonable to suppose thai
this bunch of highbinders will
il reelected, go into the State
House and conduct a genuin,
housecleaning, knowing as the,
do that such an investigation
will be more than liable TO lanC
large number of prominent ma.