Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-11-02
BITTER FIGHT
ON GOVERNOR
AND PRIMARY
Race Is Between Alexander
and Moore, with Samuels
Poor Third; Vote Tuesday
Borah's Attitude Causes
Wide Split in Republican
Ranks Throughout Idaho

with the state and county election
set for next Tuesday, all eyes are
turned on the outcome of one OF the
hardest-fought campaigns in Idaho in
recent years. With three parties
struggling for supremacy, but with the
race only between the Democrats and
Republicans, the Progressives run
nlng poor third, interest centers on
whether former Gov. M. Alexander.
Democrat, or 1t. Gov. @. O. Moore, Re-
publican, will be elected chief execu-
tive Of the state.
Governor Alexander has made n v;o-
orous campaign in every county Of
Idaho, starting Immediately after the
state nominating convention, in Au-
gust, and has been on the stump every
week day since. He will close his
campaign in Boise Monday night.
APPEAL TO PEOPLE
Pleading for strictest economy in
state expenditures and reducing the
number OF state employees to a
minimum, consistent with GOOD
administration, Governor Aleyan-
derls campaign has strongly ap-
pealed to the masses Of the
people in period of strenuous times.
He points to his record of four years
as governor of Idaho, during which
time he conducted the state Is business
at cost of 30 percent of what Il has
cost the taxpayers during the two
administrations of Gov. ID. W. Davis.
G. G. Moore, the Republican nominee
Tor governor, is admittedly a cog in
the statewide political machine built
up by Gov. d. w. Davis, through the
cabinet form of government, and his
election is declared by the voters 70
mean really a continuation of the
Davis regime, with Moore presum-
ably at the helm. The Republican
platform declares against a statewide
primary election, which is favored by
the Democrats and, although u. S.
Senator William E. Borah has for sew
eral weeks been campaigning the state
IN the interest of statewide primary,
and has insisted that Moore yield to
Borah' g wishes for a primary, Moore
and the Republican machine so far
have refused to submit to Borah' Is de-
mand. Senator Borah furthermore has
declared that too many officials are on
the state payroll, and the state would
be better governed if third of the
officials were fred.
BORAH STARTS FIGHT
Senator Borah has caused a breach
IN the Republican party which, care
full political observers point out, will
be impossible to close. Senator Borah,
IN his demand for a primary law in
Idaho to supplant the present conven-
tion system, has a following of many
thousands of voters who are identified
with the Republican party. This vote
it is expected, will for the most part
/ go to Alexander, while some will be
cast for Moore, and small part will
! go to IL. F. Samuels, the Progressive
nominee for governor.
The Progressive campaign of radi-
calism is not taken seriously by the
voters of the state, and will draw
support chiefly from Socialists, who
have no ticket in the field.
RACE FOR CONGRESS-
For congress, Congressman Burton
L. French, Republican, is opposed by
George Waters, Democrat, of Weiser,
and the Rev. w. W. Deal, Progressive,
of Nampa. Opposition to Congressman
French is based to a large extent on
his introduction in congress of House
bill No. n, providing for the exchange
of certain government lands in south
Idaho for railroad lands in the national
forest in the north.
So far as the state tickets are con-
cerned, the vote on each is expected
to largely follow the vote on governor.