The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-22
A MONTANA ESTIMATE OF IDA
HOS GOVERNOR.

Although il has not been three
months since Governor Moore took
over the reins OF government in that
short time he has given unmistakable
evidence that he is going to give Ida
no just such an administration that
he said he would in the campaign,
that is, an administration in which
economy without sacrificing ehicien-
cy would be the dominant feature.
The platform upon which he was a
candidate committed him to that pol
icy and he accepted the charge I'M
qualifedly not only because it was
the mandate of his party, but also be-
cause it was in line with his own
convictions He was equally in har- /
mony with the declaration of his par
~ on the direct primary. and his veto |
of the direct primary bill passed by a
combination of insurgent republicans,
democrats and nonpartisan leaguers
was formal and final notice that he
could not be forced to betray his par
" or abandon his own convictions
through the very questionable meth
DDS resorted to by the primary advo-
Gates in the legislature For his firm
stand on these questions of vital i'm
portance to the state, the governor
has won high praise from the people
OF Idaho and is the subject of unre-
served commentator from neighbor- ,
ing states. An example of the latter
is found in the following editorial ia
ken from a recent issue of the Butte
Miner:
ANY state that has chief ex-
ecutive sincerely devoted to the
real welfare of his state, well can
consider itself in luck.
Idaho has that kind of a gov
ernor, for surely various of his I
actions since his Inauguration re- i
Gently have gone to prove him so.
"One OF the very first things =,
Governor Moore, of Idaho. did af-
ter taking Office was to eliminate
horde of state employees with p
one sweep of his pen, as it We're. p
He did not stop to play poll lie
tics about it, He did not figure H.
out what such move might mean
in the way of arraying ex-em-
ploye votes against him in the flu p
ture. He very palpably was actu- p'
ated by the desire to cut down OF
the administrative costs of his
state.
Just the other day Governor I'd
Moore had the courage and good to
logic to veto the statewide direct ell
primary measure. oh
Every sort of legislative press
ure apparently was utilized not I'll
only to force the bill through an
both houses but to make the ba
governor approve it even to the
extent, as the news account had
it. of holding up necessary legis- oe
lation. including the appropria- co
ton bills, for As days sh
1.-THE item added the following fla
interesting information; There is no
said to be no possibility of pass
ing it over the veto. UO
Idaho once had the direct pri- Al
mary Then it ditched it, having WI
found it to be a most unsatisfac- OBJ
tory proposition. mi
Through a most energetic cam Of
paign. many Idaho citizens We're
ed to thinking it would be a good 'e'
idea to reinstate it, and thus the eie
subsequent legislative fight about COZ
it and the governors fearless and flo
wise action in vetoing the meas
ure
throughout the nation the /
deleterious features of the direct Ger
primary have been well argued the
and what is more. absolutely of
proved. 60.
when states began adopting
that method of nominating it oc'
seemed that sort of hysteria was pri
sweeping the republic in its be- ito
half the
Like so many political nos ad,
trums. it appeared good in the
ory but its practical application
not only failed to cure whatever :
it was intended to help. but real goi
ly induced many other and much tie
worse ills. ..,
What a wonderful thing it
would be for Montana if it had
the kind of a governor that Idaho spa
is proving to have" vii