The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-03-04
POLITICS IN ADA COUNTY.

1
We have received several letters from Bots
City respecting the political fight now goin,
ON there, and the wretched condition of tn
Republican party in the Valley.
The following from private letter furnish
es the most ineligible account of the MoDu
oPERANDI of the general breaking up of th,
Republican party in that county;
6 received your letter dated the 18th inst.
and would have answered Immediately. bu
though | would be able to give you more
news after the Indomitable Repubs had hello
their Convention. A few days ago, and sub
sequent to the Democratic Convention, few
of the sore heads met and circulated petit.
ton, calling on the union-loving citizens to
elect men to the respective offices to be filled
in the county, irrespective of party lines and
It appears that two or three blossom, Editor
Reynolds DuRell and others) had already
selected and nominated them; they obtained
a few signers, and, when the Convention met
yesterday, pursuant to call, they undertook to
force them to indorse the men whom they had
selected but it was a dead failure. The
Convention met, organized and proceeded 10
business--nominating Leach for Sheriff, Rey-
nolds for Probate Judge, (he is the talented
editor of that interesting sheet yclept the
Idaho Statesman and Shipley for County
Auditor. Shipley was before the Democratic
Convention and was left out in the cold so
he fell back into the ranks of the mongrels,
or, as DR.. Talbot remarked in speech be
made last night, "heis hybrid, or hermaph-
rodite." The result of the last nomination
was split. Eleven of the delegates with
drawing from the Convention, the remainder
for an hour; met and adjourned to
meet at 81 P. NJ. In the meantime the Seced-
ers called a mass meeting at the Overland
Saloon, for Pm; met and proceeded to
business, Capt Davis in the Chair &c. chose
eleven delegates from the people to fill the
Convention; nominated Gaylord for Sheriff.
for Auditor, Cook for Probate
Judge, (the two last named are the present
and the balance of the ticket,
not to compromise with the opposi-
ton clique on any account, previous to the
Doc. Talbot made very pretty
little speech-not much political matter in it.
"They lboth cliques) have resigned all
hope OF making respectable effort against
the old Democracy-their main object is now
TO see winch IS the strongest section of the
party. 1t is pepper in our soup, as our friend
Short says, and there is no! doubt but that
we shall elect our whole ticket by glorious
majority.
81 am requested by the nominees to ask
you to see Mr.. Holbrook, and to say that it is
The urgent desire of them all to have him
come down here the latter part of next week
Knowing his ability as speaker, and the es-
Iimation in which he is held by the people of
this county, his presence would contribute to
nur certain success. Judge Heed, I. n Smith
and Il. @. Riggs have volunteered to travel"
and the principal candidates on our ticket.
The programme is, to leave here on Monday at
noon, to go to Payette-next to Dixie precinct
next to Middleton, and the finale in Boise
City on the Saturday evening previous to the
slection."