Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-02-16
LEST WE FORGET.

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On September 3, 1914, at Star
Idaho, Nose Alexander, then cam
paigning for the governorship of
Idaho, said:
In the place of levying two million
dollars every two years, | make you
this statement, can and l will give
you a faithful promise, if | am
elected Governor of the State of Idaho
the taxes have got to be reduced just
onehalf, and then, understand, if you
will follow that same thing up two
years more there will be no necessity
OF levying state taxes for any pur-
pose. The State of Idaho is getting
81, 500, 600 every two years indirectly
from the interest and money received
from the State lands given to it by
the Government of the United States,
and on top of that we levy two mill
lion dollars. You know that am
no smarter than anybody else.
There is not a man or woman here
but what can do just as we'll as ! if
you stand up and do your duty. They
wi reduce themselves. You remove
the cause and taxes will be reduced
without the aid of anybody. 1t is an
automatic proposition here, to abolish
all the useless offices in the State of
Idaho.
Il want to tell you who have come
here to hea me tonight, that you may
not be mistaken, that after am
elected Governor next November, and
after | take office on the End. day of
January, then the first thing will do
after that, will go down into the
basement of the State House and
will take the first man | meet and
will yank him out, and keep ii up un-
til the last man in the State of Idaho
is out of office. There won't be a
man left to tell the tale. ZAP
plause).
"And | want to tell you Democrats
another story, and some Democrats
may not vote for me. Don't you
Democrats think you are going to
get all the offices that are being oc-
cupied by the Republicans. Half of
them will be abolished and nobody
will be occupying them, and the other
half will be given to some honest man
that will work at least ten hours a
day and earn his money!" Applause) .
The Clearwater Republican can con-
ceive of nothing quite so embarrassing
to Nose Alexander as to quote his own
campaign twaddle, for twaddle it cer-
tainly is. Is there any necessity OF
levying state taxes for any purpose,
and the people have followed the
same thing up two years more
What about the automatic" abol.
ishment of all useless state offices? ?"
What about "going down into the
basement and yanking out the frs
man meet?" Is there a man left t,
tell the tale?, Not man has beer
yanked; the gang is all on the job
and Nose wants to increase their sal
aries. He has proposed to increas,
the pay of his private secretary $5O'
per annum.
Lastly, what about the democrat
not getting all the Offices? Half o
them will be abolished" promise,
Alexander when running for office
Nose was governor two years and how
much abolishing was done?
Concluding his speech at Star, on tn
evening of September 8, Governo
Alexander said:
AS | look you square in the face
want you to feel that | mean ever
word that l say If any of you hav
any doubt that l will clean out tn
State House from cellar to garrett
come to Boise and investigate m
record. ONE to Boise and ask som
of the men who were yanked out, an
see what occurred to them. Whateve
promise you, will do; not fror
malice toward anybody, but for goo
to the people of the State of Idaho.
There is no one feels proude
: than that was elected Mayor, ar
when l am elected Governor you ca
rest assured that my life labor will t
devoted to the people who have hon
, ored me. Any man that asked to b
) honored by being elected and tina
, would deceive the people who :electe
: him is void and destitute of all mar
hood in him.. If you feel that yo