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Vol. XXIX
TEN PAGES
BOISE, IDAHO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913.
No. 175
FROM THE
CONTEST
CANDIDATE TOR
SENATORS! 1
IN 1915
Action Taken Because the
Question Has Been Raised
as to His Citizenship—
Candidates Making Claims
as Result of New Develop
ment.
Former Governor Frank Gooding to
day formally withdrew from the (sena
torial race. In the statement here pub
lished, the former governor filveB his
reasons for his notion, and extends
thanks to those who have supported
his candidacy.
Though a
rumor gained ground lato
yesterday afi
ternoou to tile effect that
Governor G
Hiding was contemplating
withdrawal,
final action on the mat
ter was not
taken until tlds morning,
when his sta
temont was given out.
Governor (
binding had been consld
ered one of
the strongest contenders
fur the short term to fill the vacancy |
caused by the demise of the late Sena- i
tor Heyhurn. It had been rumored
around the lobbies of the hotels that,
unless something unforeseen happened,
that Governor Gooding would have had
more than an even chance of obtain
ing the majority vote on the question !
of the senatorship.
It i« known that considerable sup-;
t :■! had been promised to Governor,
Gooding, and that legislators, variously I
estimated to be from 11 to more than
tin in number, had pledged their votes ]
to him.
His withdrawal at this time has
thrown the senatorship into an even
greater tangle than before, and the I
probable effect of the withdrawal can-j
not ai tills time be estimated.
Governor Gooding's withdrawal is!
said to have been tile result of a clever
political move, whereby tils citizenship;
was questioned. He announces at this |
time tHat he will be a candidate for,
the senate two years from now.
CLAIMS OF CANDIDATES.
Each One Sees Advantage for Him In
Retirement of Governor Gooding.
The withdrawal of former Governor
Gooding from the ranks of senatorial
aspirants, which was officially, an
nounced this morning, lias resulted in
a great deal of conjecture among the
members of both houses of the stato
legislature as well as among the re
maining candidates, as to Its probable
effect upon the chances of those still
retaining their lints in the ring.
Among all It is conceded that Gover
nor Gooding had developed a great
deal of strength, and while the num
ber of legislators actually pledged to
his candidacy may never become
known, the future disposition of the
votes which Governor Gooding had
corralled is the main topic of discus
sion and the one thing which is occu
pying the attentions of the remaining
senatorial aspirants.
Just who the legislators are who
were favorable to Gooding before his
■withdrawal, and who those Gooding
supporters will line up with In the
coming fight. Is not apparent.
At earh of the headquarters of the
senatorial candidates tills morning,
claims were being made that the votes
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in' kin look as simple as th'
hat makes a whole aisle Kit up
he-ater while ho takes his seat,
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died yisterday at ih' aKe of
wo.
EX-GOVERNOR FRANK R. GOODING.
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EX-GOVERNOR GOODING'S STATEMENT.
To the Members of the Twelfth Session of the Legislature and tlie
People or Idaho:
1 have been on active candidate for United States senator to (ill the
unexpired term of the late Senator Heyburn. A doubt as to mv eligi
bility to till the position, if elected, has been raised, and I do not feel in
Justice to myself and to the Republican party, which has honored me in
the past, and to all the citizens of Idaho, tluit I have any right to con
tinue longer as a candidate for this great office.
with the senate evenly divided In the next session, 1 believe wo
must look forward to the most momentous contest between the two
great parties in the senate ever known In American politics. 1 would not
lie honest with myself and the people of Idaho, so long as a doubt has
been raised as to my eligibility to continue in the tight.
There has never been a question in my own mind as fo my citizen
ship. 1 have always believed myself to have been In the position occu
pied by Governor Boyd of Nebraska, but after a thorough investigation
there is some question raised as to that. So the duty 1 owe the people
of Idaho Is a plain and simple one, to withdraw from the senatorial con
test now before tile Twelfth session of the Idaho legislature.
I have lived in America 45 years, and in Idaho for 32 years. I have
known no other country and no other flag, and I believe I can best serve
tlio party which has honored me twice by electing me governor of this
state, hy withdrawing from the contest.
if there is any doubt as to my eligibility to a. seat In tlie United
States senate at this time, that doubt will have passed away before the
matter of the election of a senator comes up two years hence. I shall
be a candidate for the United States senate from Idaho before the people,
of the state at that time.
i want to take this opportunity to thank all the members of the
legislature for their kindness to me. I do not believe I have an enemy
among them all. I know I have many warm supporters in that assem
bly. t want to thank my friends In all parts of the state who have
worked so loyally to advance my candidacy. I am not sorry I have been
a candidate at tills time, for it is worth being United States senator
several times to know T have the respect and esteem of the great ma
jority of the people of Idaho. F. H. GOODING.
DUD DEEF
SOLD TO INDIANS
IT IS Ci»
Said That the Interior De- !
partment Officials Had
Knowledge of the Sale—
Gross Frauds Alleged.
Washington, Jan. 9.—Sales of dis
eased beef to Crow Indians, with the
knowledge of the interior department
officials, was charged today by Mrs.
Helen Pierce Gray, an investigator, be
fore the senate Indian affairs com
mittee, hearing Senator Townsend's
resolution to direct the interior depart
ment to send the Crow records to the
attorney general for investigation. Mrs.
Gray declared that beef of rattle with
lump jaw, sold to the Indians by les
sees of their land, had infected the
Indians. Senator Townsend declared
he was convinced that gross frauds
had been perpetrated on the Indians
and that an investigation should be
made.
Texas as a Corn-Growing State.
Greenville, Texas, Jan. 9.—That
Texas is able to grow corn as well as
cotton is strikingly evidenced by the
large number and high class of the
exhibits at the seventh annual show,
which was opened here today by the
Texas Corn Growers' association. More
counties are represented in the dis
play than at any of the previous shows
given hy the association. The show
will continue through the remainder
of the week. In connection there will
be daily sessions of ihe eorn growers,
with lectures and addresses hy noted
agricultural experts
LDDCINC HOUSE
DESTROYED AND
TWO LIVES LOST
Believed That Other Bodies
May Be Found in Ashes
Guests Escape in Night
Clothes.
San Francisco, Jan 9.—Two uniden -■
tiffed bodies were removed from the
ruins of two water front lodging
houses that were destroyed by fire
tliis morning and possibly other bod-1
ies will be found in the ashes. A score
or more were Injured in the dash for
safety and three firemen were badly
hurt by the collapsing of the building. I
Policemen dragged a dozen smoke- !
stupefied lodgers to the streets Fully
100 guests escaped In their tiiglit
clothes, to shiver In the cold rain.
Locked doors prevented a thorough
search of the building before it was
swept by the flames. Sailors and long
shoremen usually frequented the house,
although one of the Injured is a
woman.
St. Anthony Man Killed.
St. Anthony, Jan. 9.—Christian An-
derson, a machinist at the St. Anthony
Milling & Elevator company, was
caught In a belt while oiling a shaft 1
yesterday and was Instantly killed. I
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WILL FINANCE TEAM IF
THERE IS NO SUNDAY BALL!
Keokuk, la.. Jan. 9 —The Y. \V. C. ]
A. lias agreed to finance a local clubj
in the Tliree-I league, provided hase-j
ball enthusiasts of the city would
agree to dispense with Sunday games. I
Oregon Judge Sends Greet
ings to Prisoners in the
Contempt Case
•F Klamath Falls, Ore., Jan. 8, 1913.
•F Hon. Dow Dunning, State Senator,
*F Boise, Idaho.
•F T send ten dollars to be applied on contempt fine
♦F of Sheridan, Broxon and Cruzen with the wish that
•F heaven's choicest blessings may be and abide with
•F them and theirs forevermore. See mv letter.
•F HENRY E. McGINN,
•F Circuit Judge of the State of
♦F Oregon for Multnomah County,
•F Department Number Three.
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THE NATION'S EYES UPON IDAHO.
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Under the above head the Salt Lake Herald-Republi
can prophesies the defeat of the Republican party and the
success of the Progressive party unless action is taken im
mediately by the people of the various states, and particu
larly by the people of Idaho, to curtail the power claimed
by the supreme court of this suite in the recent contempt
proceedings, as a result of which three Idaho citizens,
peaceable and law abiding in every respect, are now serv
ing sentence of 10 days in the Ada county jail, and wherein
there has been levied fines against them aggregating near
ly $2000. The Salt Lake paper speaks most bitterly of the
situation thus thrust upon the Republican party and the
people of the nation. It says:
Mr, Roosevelt's telegram of protest, conspicuously dis
played in every newspaper of importance in the United
States yesterday morning, has made the Idaho instance of
judicial tyranny a national issue. Casual readers of the
newspapers who might otherwise have paid but cursory
attention to this subject of such vital importance to every
citizen, have now given it much more than a passing glance
because the best-advertised man in the world is concerned
in it.
Not only have these Idaho victims of judicial astigma
tism furnished Mr. Roosevelt's propaganda the publicity it
craves, but they have furnished justification for his radical
ism. Showing themselves utterly destitute of judgment
and understanding, the blow the Idaho jurists had hoped to
strike at unwarranted radicalism has recoiled upon the
conservative elements of the nation. The chimerical recall
of judges and of judicial decisions has been given an im
petus it could not hat e hoped from a decade of agitation
and disputation.
The weakness of the former president's fervent advo
cacy of his newly-embraced fads during the recent cam
paign lay in his inability to justify himself to the American
people: he could not convince them that there exists any
necessity for such radical changes in our methods of gov
ernment. Thousands that might have enlisted under his
banner, attracted thereto by his theories of industrial de
mocracy and social justice, were repelled by his indorse
ment of the recall of judges and judicial decisions. They
felt that such radical control of the courts was unneces
sary, that no abuses existed that justified the resort to such
drastic remedies. Upon this class of American citizenship,
the despotic action of Idaho's supreme court can have but
the one effect: it makes converts to Colonel Roosevelt's
harebrained cult from the ranks of those who heretofore
had held aloof because of his position regarding the
judiciary.
"No anarchist agitator," declares the colonel in his tel
egram to his party chairman in Idaho, "could ever do anv
■ thing against the courts comparable in effect to these ac
tions of the highest of one of oui state courts"—and we
fully agree with him. Not even the most superheated im
aginai ion could have conceived, nor the most reckless
tongue have published to the world, a prophecy of immi
nent judicial despotism that could compare with what has
actuallv occurred in the (lem state; had the most radical
of visionary proponents of direct government predicted
some such happening, the public would have only stared in
incredulous amazement. Il lias remained for judicial dig
nity and respect to receive its moT damaging blow from
those who should be chiefly interested in conserving it.
The Herald-Republican has never approved Mr. Roose
velt's direct government principles; we opposed them front
the moment that he surprised and pained his best friends
bv his advocacy. W e have resisted with such skill as we
may the judicial recall madness and its twin fallacy the
recall of judicial decisions. Despite the numerous abuses
that permeate, like stifling poison, our system of judicial
procedure, we have felt that the proposed remedy was
much worse than the disease: we considered that the in
justice that would he fostered by mobocratic control of the
courts of law would be infinitely worse than the admittedly
great injustice that now constantly occurs. Nor has this
Idaho outrage, this travesty upon justice, changed our
opinion with regard to the recall. But we concede that
some limitation must he placed upon this new oligarchy
that lias arisen in America before it is everlastingly too late.
Because abuses often continue until some unendurable
manifestation of them brings the people to immediate un
derstanding of their dangerous character, it is probable
that this wanton orgie in Idaho is a blessing despite its sin
ister disguise. The intimate connection of Mr. Roosevelt
with the case insures wide publicity and much discussion.
The matter will be thoroughly agitated and from it should
spring a reform that will mark the crime of last Thursday
as merely the last desperate effort of expiring judicial ab
solutism.
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REFUSED TO GIVE
BANKERS' NAMES
TO COMMITTEE
New York Man Certified to
Speaker of the House for
Contempt — Profits With
out Putting Up Money.
Washington, Jan. 9.—Because he re
fused to give to the houKe money trust
committee the names of 24 national
bank officers who profited in a syndl
cate formed to market the stock of the
California Petroleum company, George
G. Henry, of Solomon & Co., New York
bankers, was today certified to the
speaker of the house for contempt.
The full banking and currency commit
tee voted unanimously for that action.
Henry testified that national banks
and national bank officers participated
In the syndicate to the extent of $1,085,
000, and without putting up any money
or taking over any stock, took profits of
about $50,000. He maintained that his
confidential relations with customers
would not allow him to furnish the
names of the participants. Speaker
Clark will review the case to determine
whether he will certify to the district
attorney for prosecution. The case
threatens to involve the ultimate ques
tion of the committee's authority to ln
quire into affairs of national banks,
which probably would be taken to the
supreme court.
JAIL ÄNCES
OF EIGHT MONTHS
FOR TWO WOMEN
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Convicted of Committing
Outrages in Connection
With Militant Campaign
of English Suffragettes.
London, Jan. 9.—Long sentences
were passed today on two militant suf
fragists, many of whom, in recent
months have engaged in the campaign
of destruction of malls. May Billina
hurst and Louisa Gay, two of the first
to he arrested in connection with these,'
I outrages, were condemned to eight
months' imprisonment each. May Bil- »
I linghurst, who is a cripple and unable
to get about except on a tricycle, has
[been imprisoned on several occasions
in connection with the suft'rage cam - !
; palgn.
The evidence showed that letter
boxes throughout the Center and
vest
nd of London had been damaged, with
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of
their contents, hy means
sticky fluids and Ink. In some cases
oil-soaked burning rags had been in
! sorted in the boxes. Many valuable
documents were destroyed. It was hard
I to capture the perpetrators, as, In most
1 instances, the destructive fluids were
passed into the boxes In uncorked bot
1 tics contained in ordinary envelopes.
ARMY CANTEEN
IS FAVORED BY
HIGH OFFICERS
Washington, Jan. 9—In favor of the
restoring of the army canteen, Secre
tary Stlmson, Surgeon General Toor
ney, Brigadier General Wotherspoon
and Representative Bartholdt of Mis
souri, appeared before the house mili
tary affairs committee today to urge
Mr, Btrtholdt's bill for that purpose.
Secretary Stlmson said that without
the canteen conditions were worse than
when the salo of beer and light wines
was allowed at army posts.
Secretary Stlmson testified that the
government was anxious to clean out
the red light district In Colon before
the Panama canal opens fo
said that on his recent visit to Panama
lie attempted to open negotiations for
the government to buy the 10 acres
comprising the district, but was un
able to do so, despite his offer of a
high price. Such acquisition would
have to he by treaty with Panama.
Surgeon General Toorney, V. S. A., said
at the Presidio in California there has
been much Intemperance among the
soldiers because of the large number of
saloons Just outside the post.
traffic, lie
NO WORD RECEIVED
FROM THE PANTHER
Washington, Jan. 9.—The naval tug
Sonoma, which left Hampton Roads
with the Panther, has arrived at Guan
tanamo. No word has been received
from the Panther, but officials insist
there is no reason to fear for her
safety as a result of being
«J*[the recent gale.
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FLING IS TAKEN
AT COURTS BY
Vice President-Elect
Sends Message to
the Legislature
SAYS PROGRESSIVE
LEGISLATION NEEDED
Refers to Decision of the In
diana Supreme Court in
Constitutional Convention
Case—Stern Warning Is
sued Against Lobbyists.
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Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 9*—^Unless
progressive legislation la enacted, the
people, some day, will open up the cul
de-sac even though the opening may
lead representative government over a
precipice into pure socialism or pater
nalism," said Governor Marshall In his
message to the Indiana legislature to
day.
"Representative government does
not mean that present-day conditions
cannot be remedied. Upon the con
trary, progressive legislation may be
enacted with no disturbance to the
checks and balances of our system of
government.
"The last general assembly recog
nizing our unfortunate condition with
reference to the amendment of the
state constitution, ordered presented
for adoption or rejection by the peo
ple at the election in 1912 a new con
stitution. An action was brought to
enjoin and restrain the governor and
the other members of the state board
of election commissioners and the sec
retary of state from putting the ques
tion of adoption nr rejection upon the
ballot. The litigation resulted in a
permanent injunction by the Indiana
supreme court upon a divided opinion,
three members of the court being in
favor >*f the injunction and two
Criticises the Court.
•With utmost respect for the ma
f the supreme court, I felt that
had usurped the functions of the
islature and executive branches o?
e sheriff of the
court would have a rather interesting
time in getting possession of my body
and punishing me for contempt; and
that such decisions gave greater !m
notus to the recall of judges and de
than all the opinions of mere
laymen touching the usurpations of
the courts. Yet, I realized I might be
wrong.
"Though believing that It was raak
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INJUNCTION AGAINST
THE LUMBER TRUST
New York. Jnn. 9.—The government's
petition for a permanent injunction
against the Eastern States Retail Lum
ber Dealers' association, alleged to be
a combination in restraint of trade,
was granted by the federal district
court today.
SUSPENDS INCREASE
IN RATES ON PAPER
Washington. Jan. f>.—A proposed In
crease of 10 per cent in freight rates
on news print paper from Sault Ste
Marie, Ontario, to destinations in the
United »States, was suspended today by
the interstate commerce commission
from Jan. 11 to July It.
SOCIAL BETTERMENT
LAWS RECOMMENDED
BY GOV. M'GOVERN
Madison. Wls., Jan. 9.—Broad plans
for industrial, social and economic
betterment were recommended to the
Wisconsin legislature today by Gov
ernor Francis E. McGovern In his
message to that body. He recom
mended simplification of the Income
lax, a more flexible woman's and chil
dren's labor law, taxation of minenl
deposits under ground, and voting hy
mail for citizens away from their horn«
precincts.