The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-11-20
FORCES


After all elections many reasons are
given, both by the winners and losers,
and principally by the losers, why the
people voted as they dod.
The recent election is no exception
to the rule. There was not as much
surprise at the results of this election
as usual, the surprise being principally
at the size of the majority. The ma
iority may be attributed to the fact
that some of the Republican leaders
early in the campaign were somewhat
uncertain and became alarmed at the
apparent strength of Senator La Fol
lette and the third party movement
The Roosevelt campaign of twelve
years ago was fresh in their minds
and they became alarmed lest history
might repeat itself. So they decided
to take no chance. They also be-
Iieved it would be good policy and
time and money well spent, to make
their majority so large that this third
party movement would be eliminated
in the future, so far as being men
ace to the Republican party.
Furthermore, it is an evident fact,
unless something unforeseen happenss
that conditions are going to improve
during the next two or three years
for the producers especially, regard
less of what political party might be
in power, and the party in power will
naturally become the beneficiary of
this natural improvement in pcliti-
cal way. This one thing will be an
important factor in the continuation
of the party in power when it does
happen and the Republican party was
shrewd enough to forsee this and take
advantage of it for the purpose of con-
With all these things in mind, and
son.
With all these things in mind, adm
with this object in view, they set out
with the determination to win. Not
only to win, but to make the majority
so large that any real danger looking
towards the defeat of the party ia
the near future would be eliminated.
To carry out their well laid plans,
they at once got down to business.
To start with, they had and still have
all the finances needed. Many mil
lions were spent. Just how many, no
one, not even themselves, will ever
know. Thousands of millionaires were
under obligation to the Republican
party on account of the Fordney Nc
Cumber tariff law, and all that was
necessary was to call upon these bene-
for financial aid and it was
forthcoming. A small part of this
finance went directly through the ma
tional committee, as that portion was
supposed to become public, and the
public was led to believe this was the
total or near the total of their cam
paign expenses.
Money was sent broadcast to elect
president Coolidge, senators and rep
resentatives. Money was even sent
to Senator Borah in this state for the
purpose of making sure his election,
when not one person in hundred in
the state even doubted or thought
there was any chance of his defeat.
More money was sent to him than he
thought was necessary and the pub
listed statement showed that he re-
turned 100000 of it. We have not
seen published statement of the
money sent this state for the purpose
of carrying it for President Coolidge,
nor the amount of money sent to the
congressman to aid them in their
election.
Furthermore, Organizations = were
perfected, organizations were solicited
and organizations were controlled by
Republicans for the purpose of getting
their support for that ticket. Even
an appeal was made by an Official of
the state, an alumnus of our State
University, to the alumni of this in
stitution urging them to support the
Republican ticket, trying to lead them
to believe that the future of this In
stitution depended upon the election
or rejection of the Republican ticket
in this state.
All of these things required money,
and some one is or will have to foot
the bill. 1t viii not be difficult to
trace this and find who are paying
a part of these bills directly, should
any one have sufficient interest or
care enough to do SO. Many of those
who are paying them indirectly do not
seem to care, nor would they believe
you, should it be pointed out. But
do you believe that those who are
paying these bills directly are doing
so because of their love for the Re
publican partyY Was it because they |
were entertaining any fear that our
government might become endangered |
in any way if some other party won
outs Or can it be that they just
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