The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-01
Records Show Up
Samuels' Standing
(Star Mirror, Moscow. }

! (Star Mirror, Moscow.)
The beautiful pastoral ideal, show
ing H. F. Samuels, carefully camou-
f1aged to resemble farmer, proudly
pulling the lines of six horse team
and given such wide publicity in the
Townley paper, was doubtless thus
carefully posed to carry the voters
Of the State an idea that "Neighbor
Samuels" was the Real Thing" in
farmers.
To close observer, however, the
way he holds the lines would indi-
cate that neither he nor the photo
graplier who endeavored to immor-
talize him as an honest husbandman,
were acquainted with the result that
would have inevitably followed had
he started the team with the lines
a-drag, and leads the close observer
to believe that perhaps the pose was
assumed, and that neighbor Samuels
has devoted at least part of his
life to some other line Of endeavor.
Mr.. Samuels has been quite con-
spicuous in North Idaho for a num-
ber of years and his career has been
variegated and interesting.
He came to Idaho in 1894 and
began his legal cayeer in Grangeville,
but soon eased out of that town and
favored Wallace with his presence.
He there fell in with the miners
unions dominated by such men as
Paul Corcoran, Mike Devy and w.
F. Davis, and they doubtless per-
ceiving that he was weak, pliable and
INSCRIPTIONS, nominated him to the
pupulist candidate for County At
torney and succeeded in electing him.
The test came, the great Occur
d'Alene riots occurred, reign of ter
ror was inaugurated, men were MUIR
dered in cold blood, and the great
Bunker Hill Mill was dynamited,
martial law was declared, the mar
tyred Stunenberg, speaking through
his representative Bartlett Sinclair,
demanded that Samuels do his duty.
The records show that he fatty re-
fused. Judge Forley was sent to
Investigate, he informed Judge For
ney that the men accused of the
crime were friends and business as
sociates and were the men who had
elected him to office, and refused to
proceed. H. F. Samuels, then County
Attorney of Shoshone County, now
the l. w. w. officered and promoted
Non-partisan League candidate for
Governor, was in the CRISIS false to
his oath, his trust and the people of
EIdaho; condoned arson, dynamiting
land red murder; and the records
show that he was compelled to dis
qualify himself from his office, and
Borah, James H. Hawley, Judge
orney and General Hays at the re-
quest of Governor Steunenberg made
the dangerous and desperate battle
for civilization, honor and decency
in Idaho in the prosecution of the
false S0muelss friends.
OF his career as the owner and
manager of the once famous Samuels
Hotel, at Wallace, the least said the
better, but in those days "Neighbor
Samuels" was not above snatching
the glittering silver off of the ma
hogany of the famous Samuels Bar,
Of which he was wont to boast as
the finest in all Idaho.>
AS chief owner and actual mana
ger of the Wallace National Bank,
he so successfully guided the destin-
les of that institution for his own
benefit, that on June 10th, 1911, the
liabilities of the bank were deposits
$4,000; borrowed money $4,000;
$52,5OO of the assets of the bank
were notes that Samuels dared not
assert against the makers; $34,500
more would not bear inspection; this
$4,000 Samuels, for reasons best
known to himself and the Bank Ex-
aminer, took up instanter, by giving
mortgage on the famuos samuels
Hotel, including the more famous
Bar. Whereupon the Bank ExaM-
iner levied an assessment Of 100 per
cent in the stock, and Samuels went
out of the banking business. These
records "Neighbor Samuels" wrote
upon the indestructable pages in the
archives of the United States Comp
troller.
In other words, the records at
Washington show that H. F. Sam
uels looted and wrecked the Wallace
National Bank.
His record as Treasurer and Gen.
eral Manager Of the Success Mining
Company, where "he made his money
to buy them acres" which he talks
about, shows that as hardened
millionaire mine owner he was an
exploiter of labor, and that for want
Of safety appliances the Success mine
became q shambles, and furnishes
one Of the darkest pages Of Shoshone
County mining history.
He resigned as Treasurer and Man.
ager of the Success Mining Company
on the oath day Of June, 1915, and
would doubtless have been able to
purchase more acres to clear and
reclaim had not-L. o. Wilson, the
Auditor who was put to work on the
books, discovered that "'Neighbor
Samuels" had neglected to put in
the treasury Of the Success Mining
Company the tidy sum Of $29,997.96.
In other words, the books Of the
Success Mining company show that
H. F. Samuels, Non-partisan~candi-
date for Governor, was $29,997. SO
short IN his account.
That he, on the End day Of July,
paid the sum back, and that his per-
sonal check for such amount was on
the 3rd day of July, 1915, deposited
to the credit Of the company, in the
Fidelity National Bank Of Spokane.
Thus we have H. F. Samuels, az