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THE BOISE CITIZEN ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY. M. W. FLOED Manager. The Borah contingent in Boise, those known to he warm, person al friends of Idaho's junior senator, have had no hesitancy in aligning themselves openly and above-lioard with the opponents of Governor Brady in the present campaign. And why should they ? The Good ing-Brady program is as plain as the noonday sun. It is for the absolute domination of the Republican party by James H. Brady and Krank R."Gooding, with the ultimate result that Meyburn and Borah are both to give way in the United States senate to these scheming, selfish politicians, who have no other qualifications for pub lie careers than the dirty dollars they have accumulated and are will ing to expend to perfect the machine they hope to fasten upon the Republican organization of Idaho as firmly as ever was the Cameron Quay-Penrose ring that held the state of Pennsylvania in a deathlike grip for more than fifty years. It has been the private boast of the Bradyites that when Senator Borah returned he would call in his friends, that he would lie over awed by the Brady threats and that he would be forced to wear the Brady collar. Senator Borah will lose |x>pular respect if he listens to either the fawning flattery or the veiled threats of the man, who professing friendship six years ago, hid in ambush and made the most vicious attack ever recorded in Idaho politics upon him. And Senator Borah's friends should not permit themselves to he muzzled. The only way to deal with Brady is to deal in the open with the scorn and contempt his treachery makes necessary. If a man leads you into ambush once you are not to blame for the ambuscade is always | laid under protestations of friendship; but if lie leads you a second time into the same ambuscade then, indeed, are you soft in the head, thie Year, in Advance. ..$ 1.50 To Whip Borah Into Line I In the fall of 1901 the people of Idaho were astounded by an editorial attack in the Evening Capital News upon W. E. Borah, which for malignant hatred, acute bitterness and vicious motive was iiiiequallcd in the history of Idaho politics. That editorial appeared the very day that James II. Brady, then chairman of the Republican I state central committee had gotten control of the bonds and stock of the publication. It was inspired by James H. Brady and shows the character of the man as nothing else has before or since. W. K. I Borah stood in the Brady path to political preferment, so while pro fessing friendship for Borah this Kansas adventurer who had grown That's Jim Brady selfish advancement, subsidized an opposition newspaper, through a Chicago dummy, and thinking himself safe from view started war fare upon the leading Republican of Idaho, whose only offense was that he stood in the Brady path to political honors. Here you have Brady, the man. And what are the characteristics displayed? Sei fishness, cunning, treachery. The leading characteristics of the Sioux Indian. aines 11. Brady may live a life time in Idaho; he may hold positions of honor and power, but the one indellible picture that will live in the state's history of his career, will lie the one that shows him hid in ambush, consumed with envy, aglow with the ghoulish glee of a treacherous savage exulting in the success of his ambuscade, seeding the poisoned arrow of his envemoned hatred at the breast of the man, whose hand he daily clasped with protestations of warm-1 est friendship. That's Jim Brady. . It is announced that the 1 resident will attempt to give the rail roads a square deal, \ssuredly no one who graps the situation desires anything more or less than a square deal for the railroads. There are many interestes involved, and the rate question is one that must lie I viewed from several angles before it is decided that this or that step taken by the Government in the matter of regulating rates is for the greatest good ot the greatest numlier. says the Courier Journal. The Railroad "Square Deal »» About 1,500.000 Americans are directly interested in the pros penty of railroads from the standpoint of employes Between $15. 000.000.000 and $20.000,000,000 of capital invested in railroads rep resents a wide distribution of stocks among American small invest " rs ?* °' v " erSh,P hV fom K ,,crs 8,1,1 "'Malefactors of great wealth. Other billions are in vested m enterprises whose output con structs and «pups railroads. I heir employes are counted in many figures. Still other billions of dollars worth of property is affected by the expansion of transportation facilities. And, as Mr. Hill and others have pointed out time and again, railroad expansion must be verv brisk to keep up w .th the growth ... the grand total of freight tha is incident to the rapidly swelling population of the l nited States am! the rapid increase m the cultivated area. I he shipper is al ways to he considered as the only one interested vitally in questions ulat.ng to the regulatton ot railways. l pon the one hand employes, pleading the higher cost ot as their ground for protest, ask for higher wages. The small in vestor, upon the same ground, needs larger dividends. The shipper, similarly affected, demands bed-rock rates. The public—meaning the Allasses of people who have no expert knowledge of rate making and who are not students of transportation or economic problems Knowing something >perations and "gentlemen's agreements" upon rather reasonable distrust niae-irh. •m o • i • . Many unthinking persons do not stop to consider the complexity of the problem when the railroads — nounce a proposed increase, or when they are forbidden to carry out their projects. It is easy to applaud a move upon the part of the Government to block a rate increase. knows little or nothing alxmt what rates should be. about stix'k jobbing rates .the public has a nates and railroad methods. if railroad au t is not so easy to decide w bother such an increase is demanded by circumstances or whether it represents an effort of the railroads to gouge the shipper out of a sufficient amount to allow increases for employes at no expense to employers. The chances are always that the unorganized will lie trodden upon where ever there is a conflict of interests between the organizd and unorganized. The shipper and the small investor in railroad stocks are less likely to come out ahead in the long run than the railroad magnates whose interests are guarded by high-priced lawyers, and their expertness as manipulators of markets, or the wage earners whose organization gives them more or less power. Only those who are specialists upon the subject can form any intelligent idea as to whether there exists a sufficient reason at a given time for a general increase of rates. The public can only hope that when the President and the Interstate Commerce Commission propose to give the roads a square deal their efforts will be directed toward carrying out that proclamation rather than toward giving them the jackpot on a misdeal. Chief Justice Fuller (The Denver News.) . Death has taken the most distinguished member of the l nited Melville Weston Fuller was the beau ideal ot One of the handsomest men of his time, endowed by nature States supreme court, jurists. with a face that was at once fine and impressive, "the front of Jove himself to threaten and command," and yet with an express! poetic as Appollo's, high and sensitive, he seemed, when presiding as chief justice over the most powerful judicial body the world has known, to be the very embodiment of the court's greatness and dtg nity. The nation was as proud of him as of Roosevelt, whom lie little resembled, or Admiral Dewev. Although they were a part of the nation's intense life, performers of deeds that thrilled, and he almost a cloistered being, there was in his personality as well as in his position a loftiness and nobility that won for him the enthusiasm of the people. Whether he should be ranked among the great chief justices, only history, viewing the work of the court in the light of results, can reveal. John Marshall, the third chief justice, is generally con ceded to he the greatest who has adorned the supreme bench. His undoubtedly was a master mind in profundity as well as in logical grasp, but his decisions owe their distinction chiefly to the fact that they were the formative interpretations of the constitution. Only the other day the supreme court in a New York gas suit practically reversed his most celebrated decision, which was rendered in the Dartmouth college case. Perhaps no decision in any tribunal ever has atracted more attention or wielded a greater influence over the legislative and judicial history of our land. It has been criticised more than any other ruling of the court, and many attempts have been made to escape its effects. Gradually the viewpoint of the court has changed, until at the present time the tendency of the court is to enlarge the power of state legislatures in recalling or limiting powers granted to corporations. on as great many | in the time of Marshall have been dealt with by the supreme court under Fuller, but it is unfortunate for his fame that he did not masten the court. Lurton of Tennessee was his first apopintment. Gov. I evenly divided on questions of the gravest import. It will be President Taft's privilege practically to reconstitute the court. Lurton of Tennessee was his first appointment. Gover Hughes of New York has been named to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Brewer, hut he may become the chief justice. Moody wil1 soon retire - and the president .therefore, will he called upon to ma ke two more appointments. U llen Justice Brewer of Kansas died there was a general de niancl * n d, e ^ esf f° r the appointment of a \\ estern man. \\ hen the I tlie president saw fit to choose Governor Hughes the West did not complain, 1 ^ le president has not explained his reasons for declining to ap I point a \\ estern man. I hey may have been many and varied or few and weighty, hut with the appointment of a man from the South and a man from the extreme East .his reasons, it would seem, must liave ceased to exist, the president should, and doubtless will, soon command not a few eminent jurists who are deeply versed in the P aw relating to those questions peculiarly Western in character, Glich another man as Justice McKenna is needed to maintain that equilibrium which is essential if the supreme court is to be repre sentative of the broadest and best learning of the land. -V A* h raser, an erstwhile Democrat, is mentioned as being i dle l ead hi the contest for state senator in the Republican ranks in |'Via County, question, in 1 heodore Roosevelt never had any convictions upon the tariff It is all Greek to him, why there should lie either stand paters or insurgents in the view that men are actuated bv principles. He is like the old-time school teacher who could teach that the world was round or fiat just as the directors desired. , ... As an evidence cf his total lack of convictions upon this question that is the basic dividing line lietween the two factions of the Republican partv, he ia go'tiR into Massachusetts to make speeches for Lodge, the stand patters or insurgents in the view that men are actuated bv principles gent. It should dawn upon the American people that Roosevelt is considerable of a faker, If former President Roosevelt is no beter informed upon the no litical conditions in other states than the dispatches credit him with being upon affairs'in the state of Washington then indeed is he Theodore childlike and bland and in need of a political o- u j ( i e He credits Poindexter with being the opponent of Senator Piles 'while the letter withdrew several months since from the race never in fact eutcrin it. lie speaks of Secretary Ballinger as head of one faction W ashington Republicans, while the secretary is a mere incident being considered a leader or in fact aspiring'to be such It is sinon I la.; that such misconceptions should exist in the minds of the returSd African hunter, I Read the article on the first page from The Public dealing w the Initiative and Referendum. We consider this article the sfrong est presentation of the cause of direct legislation ever presented the American people Its coming P senœü r Arkansas will vote on the Initiative and Referendum system legislating m September, and a special session of the Colorado le<ffs livingMature will be held in \ugust to submit tin* „„Ktinn oT , g that state. The people must rule ' * ° P-ghert W Jones has filed his nomination papers for the office of state auditor as a Democrat, being the first candidate of either party now regularly before the people. , Xler , id j nn has f ™ r «spirants for the Republican nomination for tlle legislature, as follows: D L Badlev W at u i i ,, n . ■ , nacuey, \\ . lowers, Mrs. Mc x ' ie more the merrier. DO YOU WANT TO EARN MORE MONEY? Our Combined Course will make your income greater, day for College Journal. Write to= Link s JModQrti Business BOISE, IDAHO Qollege funeral of george genau. George Genau, who lost his life in an accident at the Greyhound tune 23 and whose body was brought to Boise Sunday, July 3, was buried Wednesday morning. The /uneral ser , i crS being held at St. John s Cathedral, the deceased being a devout member of the Catholic church, and the interment being at Morris Hill Cemetery Mr Genau came to Idaho from Maryland on April 5. to make his home with his sister. Mrs. John German, in this citv. He had formerly lived in this state but a number of years ago, upon the death of his father, had returned to Maryland to care for his mother, and was most devoted to her until her death. The call of the west again brought him to Idaho and upon his arrival in lioise he invested considerable money in real estate in this vicinity, but he was an active man and could not long remain idle, and again took tip the life of a miner, in which occupation he had cngaged in previous years. In Boise Mr. Genau had met his three sisters and the family reunion was a joy ful one, only to be disrupted by the divine summons that comes early or late to all the children of men. This quiet, devoted his life to the mine on unassuming man ice of those he loved, and sorrow service abides in the homes of those to whom he was most dear. Four sisters survive the deceased, Mrs. John German and Mrs. William Mautz of Boise. Mrs. James Farrell of Idaho City, and Mrs. Elizabeth Junghans of Washington, D. C. Excursions East via Oregon Short Line To Cheyenne, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Kansas City St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and many other points. Tickets on sale May Oth and 14th; June 4th, 11th, is t h 27th ; July 7th and 29th ; August 4th, and September 14th and 23rd Limit, October 31st. SEE AGENTS FOR RATES AND FURTHER PARTICULARS * * *******<•♦♦ + * * FOWLER + + I ♦ ? THE W A TQH MAN\ t t * IOIU Main Street BOISE % Your Watchmaker and Jeweler. If Not i Why Not? 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Any business entrusted to our care will have the very best attention -that improved banking methods can furnish. CALL AND INSPECT OUR SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES. «3 O O c ÛO 00 E OF IDAHO 'dm 5 III ,****+♦++♦+ For Artistic Painting and Paper Hanging See us first. We are jobbers and distributor- 4 of the famous Shertuin Williams Paints and Varnishes I he best on the market. The Globe Paint & Wall Paper Company 714 Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho 42 Ind. Phone 551 Bell Phone OREGON SHORT UNE TR*,',; GOING WEST Passenger trains leave I! 0 i se 7 a. m., for Huntington. 2:25 p. m. to Portland.) 2:50 a. in. to connect ited to Portland). 5 p, m. to Huntington. GOING EAST. Trains leave Boise at— 7:30 a. m„ No. 14, to Salt 2 :50 a. m. to connect with No ited through east). 5:20 p. m. to connect Chicago.) at— connect with No. 5 (to with No - 7 (lb. Lake local 8 (lira. Wlth No. 6 (t 0 FROM THE WEST. Trains arrive in Boise_ 7 :20 p. ni. after (limited to Chicago). 8 p. m. from Huntington. 4 :50 a. m. after (from Portland). 11:15 from Huntington. FROM THE EAST. Trains arrive in Boise— 4 :50 a. m. after (limited from east) (to Po«land) fter connectin 8 w *th No. 11:30 p. m., No. 13, Salt Lake local. connecting with No 6 connecting with No. connecting with No. 7 4 :2i 5