The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-11-16
IDAHO CONTINUES POLITICALLY
SAFE AND SANE.

The election of Charles c. Moore
governor by a plurality Of more than
10000 and a corresponding lead for all
other republican candidates on the
state ticket is a testimonial to the
sound political sense of the people Of
Idaho. The cost Of state government
under the commission system, taxation
and the direct primary were the out
standing issues Of the campaign, and
republican candidates. campaign man
ayers and newspapers met the issue
squarely, making an unanswerable de-
Tense Of the republican admmistra-
ton solely on the facts and figures
contained in its record. So effective
was the showing presented by the re-
publicans that the charges of waste
and extravaganza made by Alexander
in the beginning of the campaign were
thoroughly exposed as maliciously
false. Caught with the goods befud-
died when confronted with facts which
he hoped to obscure, and discredited
by the record of his own pronigate ad-
ninistratiOn, Alexander weeks before
he election was relegated to third
place in the race for governor Natur-
ally II. f. Samuels. progressive can
didate for governor prohted through
Alexanders discontinue and received
many democratic votes from men who,
finding they could not support Alex
ander, would not vote for Moore This
accounts for Samuels forging ahead to
the second place and does not indicate
a growth Of the radical element as
represented by the nonpartisan league,
which was the basis of the progressive
party in Idaho.
Mr.. Moore throughout the campaign
stood squarely upon the republican
platform and he was elected by repub-
lican votes. 1t is true that he had the
support Of a considerable number of
democrats who would not support
Alexander. but the result would have
been the same without them. The /
election of Moore and the republican [
ticket was a clean-cut republican vic
tory. The action OF Senator Borah in
trying to force Moore to accept the
direct primary in defiance of the ac-
ton Of his party failed, and the result
shows that it also failed to divert
support from the republican candidate.
as was for a time feared. Unfortun-
ately Senator Borah did not make his
position clear toward the republican
ticket the nearest approach to it be-
ing his statement that he was making
his fight for the direct primary within 4
his party. The impression was that ]
while making the fight within his par S
~ Senator Borah was willing to sac i
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sary to win the direct primary y
With two opponents attacking re- S
policies and appealing to all O
elements Of unrest and radicalism, and a
with Senator Borah adding to the con-
fusion by denouncing the platform of 5
lis own party and appealing to the >
head Of the republican ticket to re- Il
'udiate it, the position Of Mr.. Moore 9
vas difficult one. But he kept faith II
With his party and was rewarded by u
its loyal support. His VIC
DRY is victory for the state. for it D
hows that the people Of Idaho are
Irm in their adherence to sound prin-
iples Of government and refuse to be
Influenced by the extravaganza prom pl
'es of a proved demagogue. or the ex- m
loded theories of a spokesman for pl
iscredited and disloyal organization. re