The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-02
THEY'RE FIGHTING
GOVERNOR MOORE

GOV EftNOfS uOOhL
Idaho's governor, Charlie Moore
is the recipient of considerable hon
Ors from a bunch of fellows who
have organized what they call the
Anti-Moore club. A. L. Holland OF
Pocatello is the secretary-treasureI
and he has been accorded some
newspaper publicity already. A poe
ket card circulated with printing on
both sides has come to our notice,
and g, line inserted on the margin
of the card asks people to reprint
it, and we gladly do so, not because
we are against Charlie Moore for
governor but because we are for
him, and the expressions printed on
the card should be their own ans
wer with all thinking people who
are we'll informed as to Governor
Moores policies. Here is what the
card bears:
"Anti-Moore club, A. L. Holland,
secretary-treasurer, 928 North Main
ST., Pocatello, Idaho"
mo More O. Moore for us. We
call on Republicans, Democrats,
Progressives, Socialists and Prohibit
tionists to help defeat this imitation
farmer, this dangerous reactionary.
HE talks turkey to Swift & Com
pany, but never says turkey to the
farmer at ALL"
In the corner is the picture of a
turkey with the words "Anti-Moore
club emblem" around the turkey.
On the reverse side of the card is
the following:
"a vote for the Hon. G. c. Moore
is e vote for: Wall Street and pris-
onmade goods; to to 100 per cent
increase in electric lights, reorgan-
lied constabularly; SIS license fee
on farmers trucks; no primary law;
no guarantee of bank deposits; for
keeping game in politics.
Moore sells penitentiary turkeys
in competition with those raised by
farmers wives.
Vote against him. Work against !
him. Phone against him!"
So far as we understand matters |
we think that is pretty good, be-
cause the whole thing condemns it. |
self. We don't know just what he
means by his reference to Wall |
Street We don't know why the |
card refers to the reorganized con-
stabularly, but we can look it up.
We think we are pretty well in
formed as to the rest of it and we
are glad to express our convictions
about it.
First we want to say it seems
quite remarkable that Mr.. Holland
and his cohorts are so frantic about
this matter. The way the card is
gotten up speaks louder than the
wording The word frantic" ex-
presses it correctly. He calls on all
the political elements to help down
Charlie Moore, including the Repub-
Leans, those of Charles own party.
He seems to think it is going to be
a big job, for he appeals to the vot-
ers of five political parties, and asks
them not only to vote against Char
lie but asks them to get on the
phone and work against him. 1t (
must be urgent.
The first thing that Mr.. Holland
accuses the governor of is being an
imitation farmer. Our observation t
or the past fifteen or twenty years {
las been that farmers were imitat-
ng Charlie Moore. Now that he is |
Governor, of course he dresses as '
becomes q governor, and he isn't out a
juggling spuds and milk buckets |
round. Mr.. Holland would hardly t
pprove of it if he were doing that S
While carrying the responsibilities of n
hief executive.
The second accusation is that the e
overnor is a reactionary and dan C
erous. That word "reactionary" t
lways was puzzle to us, wasn't it a
D you? Webster says that react I
leans to act again or to respond to Ii
n action of another. AS applied to Il
olitics, Webster says it is often used
l the sense of being opposed to G
olitical progress. Well, that's fine. Il
1e have had too darned much po- p
teal progress in recent times, the g
irect primary, the nine-foot bal a
It, in Oregon, the proposal to re- b
Ill judges when they do not swing o
18th the popular will, the proposal "
J reverse the United States supreme
,urt by act of congress, the pro- 81
osal to suspend the constitution of Il