The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1922-10-24
SENATOR BORAH
GETS BIC HAND
FROM CALDWELL
Capacity Crowd Again
Turns Out to Hear
Direct Primary Advo-
cate Friday.

Senator William +. Borah address
ed meeting which crowded to capa-
city the American Theatre Friday eve
ming. Many who desired to hear the
senior senator from Idaho were turn
ed away, for standing room was at a
premium thirty minutes before the
hour scheduled for his address Not
only was the audience large, but it was
singularly responsive to the eloquent
address made by the senator, He was
frequently interrupted by applause.
and at the conclusion Of the meeting
hundreds crowded to shake his hand
and offer congratulations.
Pledge cards had been passed out by
those in charge OF the meeting. re-
questing the signatures of those who
desired the next legislature to restore
the Direct Primary to the people, and
$50 of these slips were turned in, sign
ed
The senator showed but little effect,
of his strenuous campaign, and spoke
for an hour and half with vigor and
enthusiasm. The statement which clio
tied the most applause from the aud
fence was that in which the senate sug
fence was that in which the senator
fence was that in which the senator
suggested that a third of the state
house employees and officials might be
dispensed with and directly benefit the
people.
Senator Borahs main topics were
the oppressive burdens of taxation and
the direct primary Taking up the
first subject, he denounced the repeal
of the excess profits tax by the last
congress. maintaining that this had a
tendency to shift the burdens of gov
eminent from the right to those least
able to bear it. He called attention to
the fact that 2 per cent of the people
of the United States control o5 per cent
of its wealth, and that the wires be-
tween Wall Street and Washington
were so constantly busy that he had
occasion to remark that it sometimes
seemed as though congress must sus-
e pend its legislative functions if this
!. service should be interrupted. Showing
y the interest which the great corpora
: tons have in matters of revenue leg
e islation, he suggested that the preda-
e tory interests found it easier to con-
e troll the actions of conventions which
/ selected the peoples representatives in
y congress than primaries, in which all
o the people participated.
In support of the direct primary he
l. read a statement OF Secretary of State
le Hughes, and outlined the opposition to
the direct primary by quoting from
v Secretary of War Weeks, who blunt,
:" stated thar the people were unfit anc
;s unwilling to choose their candidates
for office.
,e Senator Borah maintained that thos
IN who opposed his views could not nov
charge him with inconsistency declar
ing that he had advocated the direc
a. primary for the past 80 years, and tina
4. he had made known his attitude to Nj
90 Moore and other Republican leader
=. long before the Wallace convention
Senator Borah was introduced b
IL J. H. Gipson. He returned to Boise i'm
!. mediately after the meeting, to rest ov
er Saturday. The senator plans I
keep the stump, and urge the diree
" primary until the day of election. H
re speaks at Gooding, HUH. Shoshon
al Twin Falls. Pocatelo and other place
AT in the South central portion of tn
IN state this week.