The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-10-06
MOORE ANSWERS THE
SPOKESMAN --.REv|EW
PROMINENT MOSCOW ATTOR-
-NEY REVIEWS ELECTION OF
1918 IN HIS ANSWER.

Senator Nugent was introduced b
Frank L. Moore, prominent Mosco,
attorneys at Eggan's hall Tuesda
night Mr.. Moore has been promi
nently identified with Idaho polite
Tor many years and in his introduc
tory remarks took occasion to repl
to The Spokesman-R Reviews editoria
entitled "Under Which Flag" whicl
appeared in that paper Tuesday MI
Moore said:
Ladies and gentlemen and fellow
citizens: The Spokesman Review O
today, through an editorial, entitled
under which flag, Senator Nugent :?
calls upon the Senator to declare
whether he is a candidate of the
democrats of Idaho or the non-parti
ssan league, in this language: M
man can serve two masters or causes
The question accordingly confronts
the voters of Idaho Does Mr.. Nu-
gent represent democracy? Or does
he represent the Non-partisan lea
Rue?"
The Review does not make this
quest in good faith. I know some
thing about what an endorsement by
the Non-partisan league means in
Idaho. Two years ago had the dis
tinction of being the candidate of the
democratic party Of Idaho, for the Of
lice OF United States Senator, but
the Non n-partisans endorsed my op-
ponent, a republican, before l had
ever thought of being a candidate.
They did not even give me an op-
portunity to write letter to my
campaign manager, as Mr.. Gooding
now Senator's Nugent's opponent
did, telling how I would appreciate
the endorsement of the Non -parti-
sans as a mark of confidence from
the farmers of the state of idaho"
My opponent was elected for six
year term and never at any time has
the Review, either editorially or
otherwise, raised any objection or
made any criticism of my opponents
endorsement by the farmers of the
state of Idaho.
l believed then, and / believe now,
that under our institutions, the in
sdividual, be he republican, non-parti-
san, populist, socialist, or democrat,
has a right to vote his convictions or
choice for any office within the gift
people of Idaho in the upper house
of Congress for nearly three years
now. We know where he stands; we
know what he represents; his record
in the senate is such that he was
nominated by democratic conyen-
tion as candidate for the high office
to which he aspires, without dis
senting vote. He stands squarely and
on all fours upon the greatest pro-
gram for constructive and progress
sive legislation in the interests of the
great masses of the people of these
United States, that the country has
ever witnessed, and which was in
augurated and carried to successful
conclusion by the greatest statesman
the world has ever known-Woodro
Wilson
If, perchance, Mr. Samuels, the
candidate of the Non-partisans for
the office of United States Senator,
through friendship for Mr.. Nugent, +
or through desire to accomplish the
defeat of Mr.. Gooding, Senator Nu-
gents opponent, sees fit to withdraw
from the contest it can be no concern
of any person, other than those who
are interested in Mr.. Gooding's cleo
tion
Senator Nugent will pay no at
tention to such attacks as these. He
owes it to himself and he owes it to
the great democratic party, and to all
people whom he can serve as SEN s
ator, that he follow course of con-
duct that will not ALLEVIATE any vote,
nor antagonize any organization of Ii
men.
Senator Nugent and Senator Hard /,
ing, Republican candidate for presi-
dent, have had some life experiences
in common. Each was quite young :
when born and for some time after
birth neither of them wore shoes.
Each was member of the Senate in :
June, 1919, when President Wilson ,
the treaty and the cove 5
1ant Of the League of Nations to that ;
body for consideration. Each heard
that was said in the Sen !;
ate upon the matter; each had an op-
oortunity to read everything that was
written upon the matter from the =
ime it was presented until Noven- ).
,er 1919, when the resolution for the :,
of the treaty was de- !
eated, and they have arrived at di- :
.ergent conclusions. =
Senator Harding in q recent speech =
n Baltimore, as we are informed by
he press, said: II have formulated :,
10 plan or program to control my r
onduct in the event of all association :,
f the Nations Of the world to pre- 3
eth war" 8
On the contrary, Senator Nugent E
as very fixed and unalterable ideas = -
S to his course of conduct with refer - =
nee to League of Nations for that e,
urpose, and he brings us message
onight that comes from an expert
nee Of the heart. T
Senator Nugent had q son who vol
nteered for his countrys service i'm
1ediately after the declaration of
1ar. He was overseas, and Senator
LUCENT and Mrs. Nugent, during the ct
wful carnage following the month p
f June, 1918, until the armistice was A
igned, like two million other fathers 81
nd mothers who has sons IN that "
one of death and destruction, spe-'t &C
ing sleepless nights and hot, rest 3:
,ss days arose at dawn to scan the 6;
ublished lists of casualties, and in tt
me read that this son had been 2;
assed and was in hospital, and III
,or xuo;tod ond waitod FOR word Of in