The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-09-01
A NEW ORDER
IN POLITICS.

ever increasing NUMBER OF hhuepN"
dent voters, who include recruits from
the hest elements of both the MAJOR
parties, democrats and repubicans'
there is q distinct party not usually
taken into account and until recently
not known TO exist at all, being IN the
nsture Of secret order.
This party for want of better name
may be called the Traders and Trim
mers party. 1t is made up so-caiied
democrats as well as so-called repuD-
Iicans in about equal numbers. II one
~ the democratic 4. It's should be
met with and asked about his democ-
racy he will promptly reply that ne
never cut his ticket in all his life. IL d
republican T. T. be thus accosted ne
will make a similar reply as to ms
marty allegiance. But the i. It's DO no
such thing as this. for their business
In life IL to do the very thing so
strongly disavowed. They generally do
ii smoothly. ,-.,..;,lv
In times past IHoic
than at present the T. Us nave oper'
ated AZ go-betweens in the TWO resu-
lar party organizations. For instance
some years ago it was thought py
democratic office-holder that ms sai-
airy should be raised. The constitu-
ton OF the state said an officers sai-
arv could not be raised or lowered dur
inc term he was already serving,
hut that resourceful officer thought ii
he could enlist a republican also 70 APP
niv for n salary boost the two OF them
could get by with it better than the
one. Meanwhile the T. It's Of both
parties were seen and found TO ac-
euiesce, and so the salaries we're IN
creased about 20 per cent. Except Tor
the newspaper exposure that Game
along about that time these two OIL
ficials would have secured money 10
which they were never entitled ana
the tax payers thus burdened. Actual
~ they did draw one or two quarters
nav which was paid back into the
treasury when the salary grab was
discovered.
For such and other manifold expos
ures in which the I. It's have figured
in Lemhi politics, TO the sorrow Of the
taxpayers, the vituperative organ OF
their own as we'll as their personal
mouthpieces have never ceased to vi,
ify the editor of this newspaper, all
of which is complimentary to him.
More of the same sort of vilification
and misrepresentation is expected To
draw attention To somebody else than
the +, T. schemers and piratical adj
venturers now embarked on uncertain
political seas. These L. It's can see
In the oiTing or think they see shiI
laden with rich spells in water rights
to be sold or attempted TO be sole
again To Salmon, even though these be
secondary rights this time. They alsc
hope to keep their hands in the spend
ing Of school finances AMI city finances
and dare to hope also to get a hane
into the bounty treasury, II they car
capture the ship on which they have
their eyes now set and all goes vel
with them,
In the late pre-primary contest I
was urged by the republican Il. IT,
that the democrats should by al
nhsans not re-nominate Fred We'll be
cause, as they said that would brinl
on fight. Even so If principle b.
involved worth fighting for and |
Well ktoodl for that principle, expedi
ency would count greater in the opin
ion of this republican L. /. and Vie
must give way. Fortunately thos
who believe in righting wrongs dc
manded Wells denomination even Il
the face of fight for his rights.
This man We'll was counted out a
most people believe. The distric
court said he WASN'T counted out al
ter saving in effect at first that h
WAS. Then the supreme court sal
he MAS counted out and should TAX
the office for which he had been dull
elected. but then, behold, this tribun
al revcrses itself when called upon /
the extent OF sending the case back 70
another trial, with another two-yea
delay in prospect through the sam
tortuous way of the courts, The
It's OF neither party want Niel an
they will vote solidly against him i
the election because he stands for bus
mess methods and not for bargain
and deals la the court house.
So much for the Republican I. T.
who are against Veil because the
AAil AFt AAAts h1AAkRNAA tAA - -
are against him too for the same rea
son and both republican and democrat
ie 4. It's are against Albert Amonso
also for state senator man not O
their sort at all but true TO his con
vietions at all times aad who neve
betrays trust. n plain business mar
Mr.. Amonson is running against
lawyer who will talk and vote on tn
side OF his retainer.
one OF the democratic T. It's, VIII
at first had proclaimed his allegianc
to Amonson, evidently had not cor
suited his fellow I. It's on the othe
side, for of late the democratic I. 4
is not only singing small about Amor
son now but has put on the reverse .
to the great democratic refomer VIII
was nominated the other day at Ha
ley, at which action the local dem,
cratic I. r. was made mad, proclaim
ing in loud voice out on the street
ITO hell with Alexander and all h
hackers"
Now il is something unusual for
I. 7. Of either party TO allow himse
10 get mad about anything. Ii is n
for the good Of the order that the