Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1916-09-01
FACTS.

By a fluke Jim Blake is the head of
the democratic party in Clearwater
county at this time. The respon, ible
democrats recognize this, and insist
there is no democratic county ticket
in the field. The mess is too ohnox-
ious. The republican party took the
county, cleaned up the mess, paid off
the debts, enforced the law against
bootlegging, and stopped graft and
waste. Up bobs one T. B. West,
republican com .litteeman from Ken
drick, Latah county, fops into Jim
Blake IS political mud puddle, ard pre-
sents himself for election to the office
of county attorney. After his first
swim in the Blake mire he comes out.
looks himself over and is surprised
that his garments are soiled with the
Blake mud. He now Fuckers up his
mouth and in fearful voice exclams
81 am ashamed of the record! | con-
denim the Nease cruise. | rea ize it
was shame to run the county in debt
$l36, 900, and the blame rests on the
democratic county board. -
Condemning the record of his own
crowd, record that right minded
democrats deplore and refuse to sup
port, T. B. West joins ian with
Jim Blake and the Crofino Tribune
and appeals to the people to put the
Blake crowd back into power. Where
decent democrats refuse to tr ad, we
find rep lhlican plunging in all over.
When t. Q Clearwater Republican re.
fers to this redi, u Gus position of Mr..
West, we are told he shuts his eyes
and with clinche | fis.s exclaims
circuit was democrat in Latah
county Which leaves the origi, al
question standing unanswer ID. Mr..
West is candidate for public office.
He is now an issue. Proving circuit
thief or rogue will not change the
fact that jim Blake is ri ming the
democrs tic party in Clei rwater
county, that Mr.. West is a han d.
picked candidate on hand picked
ticket, and that Slippery, Discred ted
Jim Blake did .nsiderab'e of the
picking
If, however, there are those who
think it material to go into personal
records, it is agreeable to us. On
your way to Troy to look up Oicntt,
who never was a democrat, take time
to stop at Kendrick and ask a.o1t T.
r. West.
TIE &c I'd at Trey will show that
circuit. IS IA republican, condemned
platform reputation by the republi-
can party. and carried that protest to
the polls, more than 400 other repub-
leans joining in that protest, result
ing in the defeat of the republicans.
We have always insisted tn 1t cam
paign promises are binding and
sacred. ard have refused to overlook
the bet 'ayal of the people when the
resp visibility rests Oh our own party.
We have never had whitewash brush
arourd any printing office we have
edited. We have never been so party
hlind that we could see only good in
republicans and only bad in democrats.
We are glad Mr. West has called
attention to one of the finest things
we ever did in our life place citizen
ship above partizanship, and trans-
lated that sentiment int consuming
fire that purged the republican party.
We stood for the bes in county and
state government; We opposed betrayal
of public trust. 7. B. West is TAX
ing contrary course. loaning himself
To the re-estabisnment of Blake gaug
control in Clearwater county, and
squirms when public attention is
directed his way Do you wonder he
is ashamed of the company he deliber-
atey chooses for himsef? A republi-