The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-04-14

siuCeTe pubic servants are ueHbuHceu
as demagoges and self-seekers. A
Root peurose or Loriuier II talked Of .
As statesman while La Toilette, /
Bryan or wilson is pictured as dan .
ger0us. II there is such thing AS .
an orthodox haydes and our corrupt /
editors do not 20 through the bottom
on their way downward there Will he
no such thing as lifs after deatII.
Direct legislation viii put the seeds
of intelligent self-respeet Ia tile mass
by she wing them the nature OF legis.
Iatiou itself. No one really knows
anything until he attempts 10 apply
It aud through the application he
viii develop the questioning attitude
Of mind concerning qualities.
Handling the colonel is like toying
With a high explosive uomb, with the
fuse lighted, for regular Republican
leaders. They wish tn hold him In
their hands long enough 70 brighten
timid aud excitable people away from
Woodrow Wilson but do not wish him
10 go off in their hands by coping
tie Republican nomination through
stampede from the rank and file
Republicanism To Teddy Is like an
hammer to blacksmith---he will use
1T ~ long as 1t gives service His in
terest does not reach beyond It's abili-
~ To deliver personal rewards. When
he. was Toss NJ Washington he treated
his leadership with cold contempt,
which il not forgotten by his victims.
He can still prevent Republican
victory II he chooses to do 50. His
vehement buncomhe against The Viii
son administration Is not taken serl.
ousIy where sanity reigns but, with
/ heady advertising during a heated
campaign, that great multitude Of
! tile ever ripe may he swept oil
] their feet. This IL what is dreaded
by the stand-pats. They would rath.
ca 20 down into supreme disaster at
| the polls than sen Roosevelt reelected
I to the position of President because
/ he never was tractable to gumshUe
political interests. Roosevelt was
| forced to make concessions to fnan-
cerTs as was shown IN the panic Of
1907, but he really has no intention
of putting himself in position
/ where he would be permanently die
I tated to by them. Give Roosevelt
/ absolute power to act and he would
have used tie whole of his pTesiden-
/ Hal power In Vindictive punishment
/ toward many Of then simply through
the increased popularity he could
gain hg with tue general public
but his sort OF dictatorial reform of
great abuses the people do not need or
want because 1t would only nave for
It's purpose the usnrpation of another
1 power Just as dangerous The people
will rise aud acclaim with JOY pres
ldeut who will punish our bandits of
commerce and industry but il must
he for a purpose Of increasing the
spread Of democracy to the field of
/ industry, Theodore Rooseyelt Is dan
Rerous because his desire far autocra-
tie power Is accompanied by an i'm
pulslyeuess which often deveIopes a
| deyil-mny-cai recklessness and coarse
brutality.
The unhappy victim Of taxes might
| have reason In get undnly hiliaruus
over u. W, Davis proposed scheme
/ for turning Idaho into "A Paradise
/ win his state land scheme, ii 1t were
not for the obvious fact that his par
tS aud he would come immediately
/ into conflict over disposal OF funds
which would pour into the treasury.
/ He might want TO reduce tnxss but
they would certainly care nothing
about doing 50 A majority member
ship In our legislature care no more
about reducing taxation than they dc
about the disposition OF Russian pris-
oners in Germany, Under the com.
| paratlvely small temptations to which
they are subject nov there is posi-.
I NAFN4S itb NlftN 0hAhtlA tltSHl III u Ie-
gart Tor public ~ellare. A general
survey Of what ldahO,s legislatures
nave accomplished In the past is
/ enough to make any one die a-laugh-
/ ing II II were not So pathetic Thes
1 lave had about AZ high conception
of representative dutG To the people
as that of band of pirates toward
captured victlms.
/ Before Mr. Davis plan can he safe
IY attempted there must he respunsi
bllity and efficiency In government
and application OF business principles
10 government Il Mr.. Davis is hon,
est, and | believe he is, lie will hay,
a much better prospect OF getttQg his
plan considered In the future than at
present because the people ct ldah,
will certainly reject the idea Of nut
ting a great temptation in the wa, al