Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-04
GIBSON ACCEPTS
PLACEAT HEAD OF
HUGHES ALLIANCE
Former Progressive State
Chairman Explains His
Position in Working for
Republican Ticket.

: accSpleu lne cHulrfndnSnlp OF the
Hughes Alliance with the Republican
= state central committee and has opened
his headquarters in connection with
the Republican state headquarters, has
issued a statement to Progressives in
the state to join with him to bring
} about the election of Charles Evans
Hughes by carrying Idaho for the Re-
publican presidential nominee. Mr..
Gipson is a busy man with the alli-
lance work and those wishing to con-
J suit him at headquarters may do SO
at any time
1t was announced at headquarters
today that Guy Fl. Martin, Progress
sive candidate for governor four years
ago, who has consented to conduct
speaking campaign in southern Idaho
for the Republican party, will give two
additional days to the work and he
will be given dates in Gooding and
Power counties. The dates have not
as yet been decided upon
NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION.
Mr.. Gipson's letter regarding the
Hughes Alliance work is as follows
Il have accepted, as you have doubt
less seer by the papers, the position of
organizing chairman of the Hughes AL
lance for the state of Idaho. The
! Hughes Alliance is a nation wide or
ganization designed solely to aid in
the election of Charles Z. Hughes. 1t
! has no other mission or function, and
no connection with local partisan poll
| tics. Its membership embraces men of
all parties and any man may enroll
| in it without feeling that he is i'm
pairing or changing his party allie
glance.
In the pre- convention campaign
fought, to the best of my ability, for
the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt
by the Republican and Progressive
conventions. / regarded him, and still
regard him, as so manfestly the man
Of the hour that it seemed to me an
incredible act of folly TO name any
other man, and in this pre- convention
campaign I opposed, to the utmost. the |
nomination Of Governor Hughes, be-
cause he seemed to be the only candi-
date who could possibly beat the |
colonel
Il was present at the two Chicago |
conventions, witnessed the rejection of |
Roosevelt by the Republican bosses. |
and participated in the historic SEES
sions of the Progressive convention, |
probably the most wonderful gather |
ing of its kind ever held in America |
and I returned to Idaho with n heart |
full of bitterness over the death of the |
Progressive party and the humiliation |
of our beloved leader. 1t then seemed |
to me as If no condition could arise
which would justify me in taking an
active part in this campaign-for all |
| could remember about the Chicago
conventions was Roosevelt's defeat.
and as it seemed to me, the irreparable
loss to America at a time when there
was the greatest of needs for the lead
ership of this super American.
SCORES WILSON.
"As for President Wilson, the shock
ing manner in which he had handled
our foreign relations had made support
for him out of the question l believe
that the primary function of govern
ments is the protection of the honor,
lives and property of their citizens. and
was unable to recall any single in
stance where American honor had been
besmirched, where American lives had
been lost through violence, where
American property had been confiscat-
ed or destroyed, in which the presi-
dent had acted effectively to protect
the rights of the citizens OF this great
country.
THE first months Of the campaign
passed. President Wilson called a hun
dred and fifty thousand citizens to
arms. taking them from their peaceful
to camp on the border while
a few gentlemen in silk hats parleyed
with the particular bandit whom the
president has seen fit to place at the
head of the Mexican government, while :
woe and misery held that
N hlnodu 10 |
neglect Of our manifest duty to our
citizens and to Mexico has already cost :
us our prestige in every Latin speaking
country to the south. Our brave SOL
der boys have made great sacrifices :.
to perform their duty to their country :
and to humanity. all apparently to no !
avail. for the president still watchfully d
waits
Il followed with care the utterances
IF Governor Hughes in the campaign,
md the fact became evident to me that
Whatever Objectionable elements
brought about his nomination in Chi "
ago, he owed allegiance to no bosses,
md had no sympathy with half Amer .
canism, and when he took his clean
tut stand in opposition to the Adam
ion wage fixing law. a measure adopt
ID by congress through the insistence :,
II president too proud to fight, not y
lfter due investigation and delibera- "
ion. but under threat and duress, It
vas manifest to me that my duty, and
he duty of every Progressive was to m
i've his candidacy hearty and I'M
Qualified support. Governor Hughes
tand on the Adamson bill marks him =
s great man and a great statesman.
every motive of political expediency II
allied for pussy-footing on this ques-
ion. Hundreds of thousands of votes
we're at stake. but Governor Hughesl
ever hesitated or stammered.
WANTS PRoGREsslvEs TO EN-.
ROLL.
Il hope. fellow Progressive, that YOU
ill enroll with me in this alliance. and .,
nall will nc do | :.