The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-11-04


.ders, United States Senator William
E. Borah in an able two-hour address
told a crowd of 1,50O last night in
Eggans hall that whatever accident
happens on next Tuesday, we will
have a direct primary and then l will
be entirely regular He predicted
that the time will come when the
people will vote for the nomination
of president direct.
"This is a very peculiar campaign
and seems to be growing more so,'
he said cit is interesting and very
important I am not unaware OF the
peculiar circumstances under which l
am speaking here tonight Some
rather severe things have been said
and I regret exceedingly to find my
self in disagreement with any of my
political friends. The criticism lodged
against me has left no resentment
with me- l speak without any feel
ing of resentment against anyone. |
speak with candor, but I am wholly
free from personal feeling"
Importance Of Campaign.
The senator then assured his audi
ence that the questions OF the pre-
sent campaign are as important as
any preS1dent1al campaign.
"The world war has LETT us with
problems never before confronted by
the American people-both foreign
and domestic I may be in error but
I consider our problems at the pre-
sent time as serious as when we were
in the great conflict. If anything, our
problems are more complicated. Our
forefathers had their problems to
solve. The wisdom of their decisions
have been born out in history. we
are fully equal to the task provided
we realize our task and set ourselves
for the solution I call attention to
the seriousness of the situatlon-one
that challenges our best thought and
consideration"
Governmental Expenditures.
He referred to governmental expen-
ditures as a fundamental problem OF
free government and cited instances
of taxation as the cause of the great
revolutions of the world. He warned
that nothing was so destructive OF
free government as excessive TAX
alton.
"Great as a people, incalculable as
is our wealth, virile as nation we
are. still answerable to the rule OF
rise and fall, growth and decay II
has been necessary for me - speak
an I now do because there are people
who think that silence is virtue on
affairs. Apparently,
silence is a virtue at political con-
vention.
Millions Now Obsolete.
"Our present national indebtedness
of 22 billion dollars is the greatest
debt in the history of the world we
now discuss billions as our forefathers
discussed millions. In fact millions
is an almost obsolete term in Con-
gress. At the close of the Civil war
our naional debt was two and one
half billion dollars and if we extln-
guish our present debt by the mea-
sure of payment of the Civil war III
debtedness we will be LOO years IN
paying up.
1--WE now have an annual expenda-
ture of four billion dollars. we
gasped when a few years ago we rea-
lized that we were a billion doliar
nation and now four years after the
war we are a four billion dollar
nation"
Relief for Disabled Soldiers.
In speaking Of relief measures for
wounded and disabled former service
men Senator Borah said that II the
nation had cone solemn duty /" 1T was
a the taking care of those who were
injured in the great conflict"
"What | am seeking to do is to
show that the governmental expend1-
ture is a national question, national
disease. overflowing party lines and
calling upon the collective mind OF
the entire people for solution" SEN
ator Borah said before quoting figures
on the increase in the cost OF govern
mental operation, which he oescrlpeu
as a "riotous increase in taxation.
High taxation will continue, the Sen
ator said, until " the people make this
question of taxation and expenditure
their problem Everybody is repre-
sented at Washington except the tax
payer.
Opposes Governmental Bureaus.
"The way to economize in public
is to economlze. we
have changed form of government
unconsciously but nevertheless we
nave changed it to bureaucratic form
If government. We are building
bureaus so fast that we can hardly
build the buildings fast enough to
house them There is not an activity
Of the human mind or the human
body that is not directed by COM
mission of officials at Washington
( there is anything more destructive
% good government than a bureau
cratic form of government God in His
infinite wisdom has not seen ut to
plague the minds of the people with
t.
Regardless Of party the creation
If bureaus is a pastime. We can
hardly pass law without the creation
If a bureau of seven men. II we
would abolish one-third of the depart
nents and send home one-third OF the
officials we would have great deal
,etter government and we would save
he people dollars in taxation. And
hat applies to the capital at Boise
ust as it does to the capital at Wash
ngton.
Some Other Party VIII. j.
" Because I say that, l am not
,peaking under the auspices of my
,wn party. And I have said to my