The Washington times., 1922-10-25

ana hlmsef on
the one hand and the Republican
party Organization on the other.
He said: T.. ts'-
Speaking first of the national
situation and leaving out the mat
ter Of the direct primary In Idaho
for q moment, II would say that
the most general state OF mind
politically among the masses OF the
people in these northwestern
States is one of hopelessness. They
are suffering enormous hardships.
They have listened to those who
told them that the way to bring
the world back to prosperity was
ly have accomplished more produc-
ton. They have produced enormous
crops. And what Is the result2
The result is that the more they
have produced the more they have
suffered. Even diversified farming
has not saved them. The railroads
cannot carry away what these peo-
pie can grow. And when they can
carry II away, these people cannot
pay the freight rates on II TO the
consumer and make O living profit.
And then when these people want
to hold their crops for a while until
the prices have improved they can.
not borrow money with which to do
II because we have no adequate and
economical credit system for Ii.
nancing the orderly marketing Of
crops. -I{ +.
II have seen people In any audi.
ences sit with tears on their cheeks
and their bands c'Inched with cx-
element while these dry subjects
were being discussed be,au4r TO
them our public fatiure b find "A
solution FOR these dry subjects, mems
Il years to1 lost. deb unpaid. new
COWS. sold off, perhaps q home
THESE people need. two things
AN through the northwest from
the Great Lakes to the Pacific
ocean they need two things. Those
two things arc the basic issues.
They are: ..
II. TRANSPORTATION adequate In
service and tolerable in, cost.
"2. Credit adapted to the market
ing operations OF farmers instead of
adapted only to the marketing
operations Of business men I'm cities.
Those are the issues; and the
people In their distress lsok TO
their elected leaders to hold up
before them a hope, a way up and
out, a reasoned plan In the light
Of which the labor of working the
soil and of feeding the country
could be resumed. II not i'm happi.
ness, at any rate In courage. We
people look for some such program.
for some such prospect, from some
great national guiding organization
They do not find II. They do not
find II In the Democratic party.
They do not find II in the Republi.
can party. They do not find il
convincing IN any party.
Leaders who have not led and
followers who In detection are only
going through the forms OF follow,
ing-that Is the situation here
nationally from the national, party
standpoint" =.
whenever Big Bill Borah tosses
Off talk like that. a lot Of eager
statesmen and editors who do not
like him say instantly che is read.
ing himself out of the Republican
party" I wish to say to them:
mo such luck" Big Bill Borah,
instead, Is reading himself into II.
Instead OF leaving the Republican
party Of Idaho, he is staying: in II.
Idaho Is what is called n progrcs
sive State. II is so much, so that al
this very moment II has a whole
party called the Progressive party.
The candidate Of tnis party for gov
ernor. OF Idaho In this falls election
will make a good run. The Idaho
vote for governor this fall will b,
quite well split three ways--Re
publican, Democratic and Progress
sive; and IL all the Idaho progressives
who spell themselves with a small
letter and belong to one of the two
old parties are added to all the Idaho
| progressives who spell themselves
with a capital letter and belong tC
the new party, there can remain nc
doubt at all that the people of Idaho
| overwhelmingly prefer the direct pri
mary system to the convention sys
| TEN. -.
yet the organization Republicans
and their allies among the organiza
ton Democrats are able to bring tn,
convention system back into full lega
establishment in Idaho while the one
man. Bill Borah, continued to stay
in Washington.