The Caldwell tribune., 1920-07-13
Idaho Democrats
Prepare to Wage
War on Harding
(By GUY FLENNER)

Bose, l0a., July 1.-Two Buckeyes,
two .editors-candidates for president
Of the United States!
One state is rarely ever so favored: :
nothing of the kind has ever happen
ed to the tripod.
AS rule newspaper man is a
handy fellow to sit in the game and
help win after the politicians have
adopted the platform and named the
candidates. Beyond that he has rare
ly ever been recognized excepting for
such subordinate positions as it is felt
must be handed out to make a show
ing for the purposes of the ensuing
campaign.
There are two reasons for this. First
of all, the newspaper man is not an
! office seeker. He sits behind the
scene all therp.
scenes and sees all the cant and hy-
pocricy that is presented on the stage.
and he knows lot of the costumes
are phoney. Secondly, politicians do
mot want a newspaper man in office
because they are. too independents.
They have views of their own and re-
fuse to become subservient to trim
mers and time-servers.
So Mr.. Editor is hardly ever known
in elective office. And then--so sud
den-for both the great political par
ties to pock sem! n
Y 1t is possible, however, that in the
excitement of the campaign the puhbic
may become blinded to the cardinal
virtues of these editors and that the
contest will becomesfully as embitter-
ed as though two models had not
been selected.
In Idaho already the Democrats
on MIR. Harding, the Republican candi-.
appeal to labor and the farmers. Yet
knows farm conditions and needs; and
legislation brought before congress,
minimum wage law, the civil service
the industrial cripple law and the wom-
ems bureau of the labor department.
He is in every way progressive in
paredness at time when we were
presidential phrase-making period that
NoAAiC hCdA OClllk ldtdl. liz dlSO pIO-
tested strongly because President Will
son refused to allow Colonel Roose-
welt to participate personally in the
great conflict.
The best political minds on the Re-
publican side, jealous that Idaho, nor
mally Republican, should 60 on rec
ord for Harding, point out the neces-
sity, in view of the hard fight that
ho do l. Al
strongest possible state ticket. Amy
serious weakness there, they point
out, would endanger the national tick
ct in this state.
The union labor of Boise. represent
ed by the local trades and labor coun-
Gil, refused by unanimous vote to have
anything to do with the so-called
Labor League" an off-shoot of the
Non-partisan league. The Labor
league was formed at the state fed
Grafton of labor convention at Po-
catello, which fell for part of the
Kaig-Non-partisan league plan of
politics. Many of the delegates to
the Pocatello meeting opposed it as
being inimcal to the best interests of
labor because of its partisan-politics
aspect. But the political wire workers
in the convention, aided by the non
partisan league leaders. put it across.
When the time came for the union
laborers to act on it, however, as dis
tinguished from their politics -manipu-
lating leaders, they refused to have
anything to do with it generally and
specifically. here in Boise.
This is quite blow to the expec-
tations of McKaig and other N. P. L.
leaders and organizers who had hg-
ured on union labor putting up enough
at $l6 or so per head to make up loss
cs due to farmers Withdrawing from
the league.
Mrs. Lucy E. earns of Central
City, Neb, is visiting at the Levpon