The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-11-03
Senator Borah and His Arrangement Of
President Wilson
How the President Provoked Condition of War with
Mexico "Details of His Broken Promises.


cussion, is largely the record as it
exists in the archives at Washington.
| shall make some statements to you
which would possibly upon their face
seem exaggerated, and. therefore, 1
have taken the precaution to bring
with me in this campaign either the
record or the reference to the record
of any statement of facts which l shall
make. l would not want to make the
criticism which l may make upon
/ some of these matters upon a mere
assertion of my own, and I say to you,
therefore, that l shall not discuss these
matters other than upon the actual
happening and the record as recorded
in the archives of your capital.
BROKEN PROMISES.
| The President some time ago in his
acceptance speech, stated that the is
sue in this campaign was that of the
faithful performance of the pledges
upon the part of the party in power.
Perhaps 1 might read his exact words:
Boosting is always an empty bust
ness, which appeals to nobody but the
boaster. but 1 have no doubt of what
the Democratic party has accomplish
ed. 1t has merely fulfilled the prom
years ago. The Republican party"
says our honored President, was put
| out of power because of failure-fail-
ure, practical failure and moral fail
1 ure."
| Now, my friends, that presents the
issue which / am going to call to your
attention for few minutes. 1t is a
fair presentation of 1t, and the Presi-
dent was entirely correct in submitting
the proposition as he did, and am
sure that my Democratic friends will
expect the Republican who presents
the other side to present the record
concerning which our President was
lit nrl
my text for this evening an extract
from the most famous work of modern
fiction, the Democratic platform
adopted at Baltimore four years ago.
(Laughter)
/ am not going to refer, as you
, might suppose. to the one-term plank
, in the platform. On the question of
keeping that pledge we haven't cared
much about the one-term plank, for Il
always felt that in all probability the
Republicans would see that 1t was
kept. (Applause.)
Neither am going to refer to what
is known as the free tolls plank. You
remember that we built a canal for
FIVE hundred millions dollars, and we
had supposed in building 1t that we
were providing a competitive trans
portation system as against land trans
portation. 1t was, therefore, the opin-
ion, both of the Republicans and DEM
free canal. And our honored Presi-
dent in the campaign four years ago
said that 1t was free canal and
should be a free canal, because the
farmers of the country should have
system of transportation for the
their places of residence in compe-
tition with the land transportation of
R the country. However, that plank was
4 afterwards, I might say disregarded
: and the free-tolls law was repealed
: But these are not the matters about
4 which 1 am going to dwell, because
q there are one or two planks about
which I want to speak which are in
v this campaign more important
4 GUISE OF THE CAUCUS.
First, 1 will read this one, as fol-
lows: 1.-THE Democratic party offers
O itself to the country as an agency
4 through which the complete overthrow
q and extirpation of corruption, fraud
II and machine rule in American politics
n can be affected" Our President in
i speaking upon this plank four years
II days conduct 1t is not conducted in
3 the open; it Is not threshed out in
o open debate upon the floors of our
: assemblies. 1t is on the contrary
e formed. digested and concluded in
d committee rooms" Observe the fol-
4 rooms that the legislation not desired
q by the interests die. 1t is in the COM
n mittee rooms that legislation desired
i, by the interests is framed and brough,
O forth" and then he proceeds In his
r. own way, with his remarkable capacity
g for stating a proposition. to explain
h the great fault of secret legislation;
"a that It Is a system by which corrup-
v ton is maintained and sustained in the
+ capital, and he proceeds to say thai
n no matter could be of greater concern
= to the people of this country than tha,
4 in the open, after thorough debate
n and in the full gaze Of the hundred
l. millions of people.
0, want to say to you in refer
,fl ence to that plank that there has
n not been a single measure OF any
l. importance whatever which has
l. actually been framed and shaped
IT by the Congress OF the United
- States since the fourth day of
Isl March. 1918.
l. Our fathers, when they framed THU
re government, framed Congress tina
operated In the open and all laws wer'
IS supposed to be, framed in the opeI
re after amendments had been offered
1T and adopted. after full discussion, ant
re repeat without fear of successful
ID contradiction that not a single impor
as tant measure has been enacted or hai
TX been framed and shaped by the Cong
re ress itself as a Congress since tn
In fourth day of March. 1913. Well
1t then, you say where has 1t been form
r. ed. It has been framed In secre
re caucus. behind closed doors, from
to which the press is excluded. from
err which the public Is shut out, and tn
t, record of which no man knows no
We can know. II you were interested a
ic constituency in knowing who offere,
I'd an amendment to the Underwood bill
I'd and how It was voted upon; how
s. was shaped or framed: II you wer
interested in knowing how the Fedora
ne Reserve Act was shaped or formed
ne you would have no means in the worl
ut of acquiring that knowledge, becaus
ms It was framed exclusively in secret
b. That is to say, II could not be change
IS, without the approval of the caucus.
al For fear that you may suppose tina
e. am exaggerating that statement,
LII will read you a statement from a dis
ns ttupuiahed Dem ocratic Senator. a ma