The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-01-12
POLITICAL BOSSES OBSOLETE.

POLITICAL BOSSES OBSOLETE.
A political boss cuts about as much
figure nowadays as Costa RIGA will
cut in a meeting of the league of ma
tions Bosses wild soon be as extinct
a the five toed horse. The people
have learned that they can get
along better without them, jus as the
horse learned that he did not need
five toes. President Wilson is strik-
ing example of what the people do 10
self-appointed political bosses.
Over in Whitman county there has
just been another striking illustra-
ton of how independent voters are Of
the bosses in these times when party
whips do not drive men to do he will
of party bosses. There was Il va
cancy in the senatorship. The sena-
tor-elect resigned less than two weeks
before the opening of the legislative
session. The central committee of
Committees are generally composed
of men who think themselves party
BOSSES We suppose it was 30 in the
Ninth senatorial ditrict.
The name of f. j. Wilmer, promi-
nent lifelong republican, with an
enviable record as a citizen of Whit
man county for 35 years, was present.
ed to the meeting of the committee.
Mr.. Wilmer was persona non grata"
with some of the would-be bosses of
the Ninth district. He had not al
ways been regular He had not
taken his orders from the bosses. He
had always been a republican, but he
was, first of all, a loyal, American
citizen. He had never been driven by
the bosses. They did not want him. |
So the bosses nominated fine,
clean, able young man as their can
didate and told the people to yote for
him. Did the voters deliver the
goods? Well the returns say NO,
with both letters capitalized The
ticket was printed containing the
name of the nice, clean young man Sc
lected by the bosses. But the people
did not want the boss-named candi-
date. They wanted Wilmer and they
got stickers and gave Mr.. Wilmer
just little more than twice as many
votes as the republican nominee and
the democratic nominee both got. In
ono 1,rocipct Thornton M UUiy,,o~I
got every vote cast-145-and neither |
the republican nor democratic nomi- |
nee got a single vote. In another
precinct Wilmer got all but two each !
Of his opponents getting one vote. In
he entire district Mr. Wilmer got t
more than double the vote cast for the
wo opposing regular" candidates
There had been no campaign. There :
we're but 4 few days between the cen a
raj committee meeting and the cleo O
ion, but the people arose and re- q
Hked the bosses and elected the man s
hey deemed best fitted for the place
he habit of doing this is growing A
Is spreading The voters are
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tudying men and conditions and =
rinciples and platforms and they re- T
use to accept as gospel what the o
arty leaders tell them The Mis- n
ouri' demand of show me" is be- =
oming national disease tc
"a - ~ m
The report of the Moscow Fire q
rick Company is a pleasing one. 1t a,
lows steady increase in business be
Id that Moscow products are being
'ed in a large territory. The i'm %
'ovements recently made by the ~
will increase the output and sa
ing more money, furnish more en- pc
oyment and make more business su
r Moscow. No sood citizen Of NJ Is. 10
w will oppose or try to hinder the TIL
Owth of any Moscow business en-. m;
rprise. All should work for The adj un
ncement of every business interest g.,
re. tir
e "a - sa
That is good report made by the 70
,scow Permanent Home Building -,
ISOLATION It shows that four more me
niles will own their homes in Mos ties
" as a result of this organization ate
nr, att
: ~ on4v :, is
a strictly home" concern in all {
It the name implies. 1t is owned for
! managed by home people and or
object is to provided homes for py
r. : "a, lea
sco~ ci'iAenS ICY = - ~ COY
immunity as prosperous as that in mr.