Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-10-13
BORAH WILL
SPEAK HERE
SENIOR SENATOR SAYS PEG.
PIE OF STATE WANT
PRIMARY LAW.


Borah, not only Idaho's greatest
statesman but an international
character, and listed among the
12 greatest men in America to-
day, will speak in Cottonwood, on
Tuesday evening, October 18th |
in the Olpheum Theatre. This
will be Senator Borah's first
public appearance in Cottonwood
in many years and for the first
time since he has gained such.
prominence.
so Per Cent for Primary Law
Confident that 80 per cent OF
the voters III the state OF Idaho
want a direct primary law IN
place of the convention system,
United States Senator William
e. Borah who has, ever since he
has been in public life, advocated
this great principle, will take the
stump during the campaign in
Idaho this fall and urge the peo-
pie to elect a legislature that will
pass primary bill.
Since his return from Wash
ington Senator Borah has been
in conference with primary advo-
Gates in his party and it is known
that an agreement was therein
reached to conduct a vigorous
campaign in this state for the
election OF candidates to the next
legislature who are pledged TO
the passage of a primary and
will work for a bin that will re-
store the right to direct partici-
patton in the nomination of party
candidates for congressional,
state, county and legislative Of
fices. Assurances of support
for his program have been re-
ceived from every county in the
state.
Speaking of the primary and
his attitude, Senator Borah said:
II have advocated the primary
principle in the election of our
public officers for the past 80
years and will advocate it for the
next 80 years, if l live long
enough. | feel that is is not
only my privilege, but my duty
to state to the people why think
the statewide primary is a policy
of good government.
at is matter about which
there is q general division of
opinion within the party and a
subject about which men differ
and | am going to discuss it dur
ing my campaign in this state
without personal feeling with
those who hold a different view
than | do. | shall discuss the
primary before the people with
candor and as ] see it.
II know that a great many
men who have been nominated
for the legislature in this state
are for the direct primary. My
opinion is that 80 per cent of the
voters of the state of Idaho are
for it. 1t is a sound principle OF
government and in nv opinion il
should be applied in this state.
VIII Discuss Taxation
another subject that an
going TO discuss is the question
of taxation and economies in the
state and national governments
These are subjects onwhich
feel the koenest interest and
think perhaps are uppermost II
the minds of the people"
Naturally the position that ha!
been taken by Senator Borah vii
cause cornrent both favorabl'
and mfavorable. His stand i
almost directly in opposition T.
the plank in the platform of tn
republican marty, nailed therein
at the Wallace state convention
held in august. That plank set
forth that the republican part
in Idaho believes in the principa
of the convention for the nomir
ating of national and state OF
ficers and in the principal of tn
primary as applied only to tn
nomination of legislative an
county candidates. Senate
Borah has not said so directl.
but he has let it he known tha
he does not consider that he
bound bv a plank in the platforl
that fails to advocate a princip
like that of the primary. An
his stand is not different frol
many other republicans who al
at crcss-purposcs with the PLAN