Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-04-22 | Page 4 | Make Them Prove it.

I MAKK MAItE THEM PROVE HO IT There Is an old story tor of or the Irish woman who went vent to to- o tho the priest t and told him that her neighbor neighbor had called her er a n. thIef thief I Can Cnn I m make kc her her prove pro it zt demanded demanded tho the Irato irate oman Oh yes es you probably can cnn said the wi wise iso e old man But dont don't do it ft United States Senator elect ct Borah of Idaho has been Indicted on a charge of or complicity in the land frauds or of f that state It is said that some somo of or his friends have havo gone gone to Washington with the hope of suppressing tho the indictment indict IndIct- ment meat and calling off the lie prosecution Wo We dont don't think that Is the tho widest thing for tor Senator Borah to do Wo We o go on the theory theor that he ho Is Is' Is not guilty g and can not be implicated This because Mr Borah has always alwa's borne tho ho reputation n of or a n. strictly I honest man And the fellows who have havo secure secured the indictment against him should be given tho the fullest and tho the freest andi tho the first possible opportunity to submit their proofs If IC they cant can't prove their charges harges sure surely the people of or Idaho and the people pf cur the nation will visit upon the lie enemies of or the lie new senator the righteous indignation which their wicked machinations deserve e If H the charges are true true true- Well ell in that case we have been disappointed in fn the senator An And 1 we are not going goIng- to concede any such result as at all probable or possible So that trat whatever are the facts It seems from rein here that tho the one thing for tho the accused mo man to do is to tomake tomake make his accusers come corne into court as quickly a as possible anti and tr try their case Neither ho lie nor an any O accused cu e 1 man can properly call callon callon on a higher authority to have tho lie prosecution called off orr It should hould be met and beaten by lW the time honest facts I In tho the case I