Idaho County free press., 1924-10-23
G0V. MOORE
TALKS To BIG
CROWD HERE
Oddfellow Hall Filled to Hear
Governor Moore On Last
Thursday Evening Oct. 16.
In Spite Of Bad Cold Speak
er Holds His Audience
For Nearly Two Hours.

A crowd of fye or six hundred men
and women assembled at the /. o. o.
f. hall last Thursday evening to lis
ten to Governor Moore talk on the
political situation.
Owing to a setere cold the COVER
nors voice was weak in the start,
but cleared up as he continued. He
said in part:
The Governor expressed his deep
appreciation of the honors conferred
upon him by the people of the State
of Idaho in asking him the second
time to assume the responsibilities of
the candidacy for the office of Gov
ernor
II am not unmindful Of the respon-
sibilities I must accept in order that
your trust shall not be misplaced.
/ accept the nomination ana assume
I the responsibilities with the confi-
dence and friendship Of lovers Of all
good government, efficiency, honesty
! and economy in government irrespec-
/ tive of party, and, as in the past we
shall keep faith with the people"
The Governor called upon citizens
/ TO stick close to fundamental princi-
/ ples Of a representative form of gov
I ernment as laid down by Hamilton,
/ washington and John Marshall and
to be aware Of foreign propaganda
which threatens to destroy these
principles.
The Governor gave high praise to
the two great leaders of the Repub-
/ lican Party-President Calvin Cool
idge and Charles G. Dawes-and
stated "that these men are excellent
examples of fairness, cool headed
ness, success and that old fashioned
/ honesty which will draw TO their
standards the rank and file of a
mericas manhood and womanhood
and elect them to the highest places
within the privilege of Americans to
bestow"
The Governor paid high compli-
ment TO Idahos Senators and Con-
gressmen and their achievements for
the State of Idaho. especially relative
to reclamation and tariff. In his
discussion of the tariff question, the
Governor showed that Idaho profits
/ not only hundreds of thousands OF
dollars but actually millions of dol
lars per year as a result of tariff on
agricultural products alone. AS an
example of this he showed that Idaho
produced i'm 1923 and 1924 to July 1,
0572. 1913 pounds Of hutter and the
Sc. tariff meant an additional $1,645,-
772 "a to Idaho dairymen on this one
item. No argument IS advanced a.
gainst the tariff and the Governor
showed that Idaho was distinctly
RenuhIican state for tariff reasons
and that an overwhelming majority
of its voters should support the Re
publican administration for that rea-
son.
The Governor then took up the
record of the state administration
during the past biennium ana stres-
sed the point that the Republican
Party had "Kept the Faith
"The platform of the Republican
Party two years ago was not one TO
be merely used during the political
campaign to secure votes to ride into
office. but it was an honest state
ment of pledges to the people of the
state for the performance of its SER
wants i'm office With clean hands I
come back to the people who two
wears ago elected me and tell you
that we have kept the faith and
am here to account for the pledges
made and the trust you placed in
me-"
The Governor showed how pledges
of economy had been kept by the
present administration and promised
that it would be kept in the same
manner during the next biennium If
he were elected. He showed how the
tax levy for state purposes had been
reduced from sac. per $100 valuation
in 1922 to 47.Sc. per 500 valuation
in 1923, and to 47.5c. per S100- valua-
ton in 1924. This has bene accom-
plished in the face Of decreased
valuation and state taxes were re-
duced in 1923 an average of 1913 per
cent in all counties and as compared
with 1920 they were reduced an aver
age of % per cent. Governor Moore
recommended a reduction In legisla-
tive appropriations of S794,SO9 less
than the appropriation of 1921, bur
the final appropriation was $540495
less than in 1921. There was, there
fore saving of at least S3Ol,2 as