The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-06

and politicians would be treated as busi-
ness men. That space i'll the. papers
would be sold to these at the same price
az ii was sold to merchants and adver-
Users and that personalities and mud
singing would not be INDUCED in.
The newspapermen made good.
They carried out their program. They
positively refused to accept anything of
personal nature, requiring political adj
vertisers TO coHfine themselves to the
facts and the issues. The politicians and
candidates liked this method 1t was a
change and it appealed to them and to
the people.
| A leading politician, Who had done
much political work in Latah county, in
discussing this changed program, said ::
Il am delighted with it. | think it means
change in political work / believe it
means the end of speaking campaigns
and that the newspapers will be used in
the future instead of the rostrum. Peo-
pie read the newspapers The candi-
dates can make their statements and it
appears in print. 1t can be read and
understood. 1t has cost less than half
as much to conduct this campaign as
leve that we have had better results.
am enthusiastically in favor of using the
newspapers instead of speaking cam
paign."
each other and fighting each others
friends We believe the better class of
people approve Of the changed methods.
This is only one of many advantages
the people get from newspapers working
in harmony rather than trying to injure
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La Toilette, Pullman's congressman,
who opposed President Wilson's war
measures and declared we. entered the
war only for commercial purposes, and
who was retired as congressman from
the fourth district Of Washington at the
primary election in September, can sym
pathize with Dill, the democratic con-
gresham of Spokane. who was retired |
This has been a mighty bad
year for disloyalists, whether they be
democrats or republicans. The people
are playing no favorites.
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The Star Mirror has BEEN comp1i-
nented for its expose of the Townley
scheme to start stores i'll Idaho with
money extorted from the farmers. The
,aper had this information in its posses
ion for week prior to the election, but
withheld it for the reason that had it !
ce1l used prior to election many would
ave thought it political buncomb" and
would not have given it credence. The !
My object in publishing it was to warn /
nocent people from investing in such
wildcat scheme.
Towneyisln has been defeated in S
1aho. The people have declared against v
Now watch Townley, McKaig, q
cholz, Waters and others who collected .
10 each from the farmers of Idaho a
they claim to have secured 10000 mem Z
ars at that price, making total. of \
100000 sneak back to North Dakota
I'd leave the Idaho farmers to work out P
cir own salvation.
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Dill, who opposed the United States o,
tering the war and declared if we de- Of
ared war on Germany it would only Il
for the purpose of making money out ~
the war, will not go back to congress. a
e has been retired by the fifth district Sc
Washington, of which Spokane is the
inter- Dill was like the parrot that .
alked too ID much"
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Now that the election is over and the W
If seems about to end, we have only "
e influenza epidemic to disturb us and h.
at is being conquered, thanks to the w
ficient and untiring work Of almost
cry one in Moscow, led by the univer- n
y authorities and the army men.
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James Hamilton Lewis pink whiskers
II be missed from the United States m
late.