The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-15
oOLlIlelAL BOOMERANG
~ WAteYoea ATTACK

IN Fatner long Time In the news
payer Grind there never has come
under the notice OF the writer more
wantea and venomous personal polit-
tcal attacks than appear from time
70 time In the columns Of the Salmon
Here16 One OF these attacks or rath-
er elimination OF q series Of them
directed against the President OF the
United 6tAtea came NEAR bringing the
offending editor TO the doors OF a
penal institution. for u was so utter
ly rotten and indecent that the whole
community was outraged and wanted
the matter carried TO the federal
court for redress. In this instance
certain representative citizens were
summoned 10 testify. Hundreds of
others whose olfaetory organs and
sense of decency we're offended as
were all the rest stood ready To bear
witness against the offender. for he
had paradcd his nastiness even un--
der the eyes Of school children with
a special edition az his paper sent 10
the school for their edifcation and
had circulated the same indecency
through the mails.
And yet when the time came for
the editors trial. AT the importantly
Of hts political friends and for the
sake of HIS family. the witnesses re-
Tented and expressed the wish In court
or TO It's. officers that he he permitted
10 60 away free man. One of these
witnesses was Fred l.. Well. And now
SEQ the ingratitude Of that editor To.
ward the man who thus saved him
from possible residence AT Fort
Leavenworth. from being the public
spirited. clean.iiving and energetic
business man AS Everybody has
known him all these years In Salmon
10 made out vile creature altogether
unworthy of confidence and trust.
The latest editorial TRADE Of abuse
comes about from Mr.. Wells connec-
tion with the late county fair With
him In that enterprise. which was de-
signed and carried out for the ad-
vanc0ment OF the entire county. were
. score or more OF men like Wei In.
tereated In the county's welfare. In
cludtnG Frank II. Havemann. A. j.
Putnam, q. n. Monk. DIR. Il. l.. Hub.
hard. Arthur Greene. w. T.. Smith. |
Frank BellAmy. II. NJ. Murdoch. DIR. q. !
r. Stratt0n. and many others Of like |
high character. all OF whom advised |
with and endorsed what the president |
of the fair finally decided upop. IL |,
was Arthur Greene. srtinas president
of the Business Mems naDeciation. |
who appointed Mr.. Wei 10 hsad the |
fair management. All these men
and many others are involved In the /
Herald's unjust criticism. II Is n
boomerang. already flying back to i
strike those responsible for it,
II has been called forth not because
of any failure of Wei 10 work hard
for all the county In promoting the
successkOf the fair but because he |
happens 10 be u Democratic candidate |
whom the present sinister influence !
controlling the Republican party can
not hope TO handle II he should be
elected.
II h interesting 10 inquire IL Wells |
opponent In the impending contest at |
the polls endorses this assault upon |
hun.
II Ia perfectly well understood that |,
Boomer a Co. have no strings tied 10 |
vtei and cannot hope to~have any |
control over his official act4ons
What can Wells opponent say for !
himself ON this score
the SANE END GUT
DIFFERENT METHOD.
II Was only few years ago that
the dominant political machine In
Idaho resorted to coarse. plain rob
berry OF the state treasury. That
WAS When Allen got away with more
than hundred thousand dollars of
The peoDlesn money mechanically he