Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-10-01
A.ests tor the "Teiler."
The Rings Political Bowels Exposed

Clty ring OF Two raced poiiucal )ugglerS
who are determined to rule.the terri
tory or burst it asunder into fragments
and who edits and publishes the States
man, which is the ring organ, says in
his weekly issue of Sept. 18th, as fol-
lows:
"The nomination of Mr. Ainslie has
been foregone conclusion for some
time and will not surprise anyone
He has served but one term, and as he
has done at least as well rs any of his
predecessors, he deserves the same yer
dict of approval at thu hands of his
party"
Again he says:
"Mr. Ainslie's friends seem conf
dent that they will be able to elect
him; but if the republicans of Bear
Lake county do their duty, the repub
lican nominee will make it warm
enough for him before the canvass is
over The republicans will hold their
Territorial convention on Saturday
next and will have an arduous time in
settling the claims of the various asp-
rants for tho delegateship. We hap.
pen to know who the choice will fall
upon, but do not like to discourage the
the rest by announcing the result be
forehand.
Let us strip the lions skin off this
pretended republican and disclose his
assas line qualities. If the facts known
to Kelly at the time he published the
above could in any manner justify
such a belief, we would be glad to cred
it him with sincerity in writing the
above. But they will not, and we are
not disposed to parley with or palliate
his position. We have before said
that Ainslie was the candidate Of the
Boise City ring, composed Of both dem
ocrats and republicans, and that Kel-
ly worked for the ring first, last and
all the time. The Idaho Democrat
! only few days before Ainslie's nomi,
nation, charged, and truthfnlly too,
that Mr.. Ainslse was Kelley's candi-
date for congress The above extract
from his paper declares that he knew
he would be nominated and that he
deserved thus the approval of his
party, and that Ainslie's friends, (who
include kellyand the entire ring)
''seem confident that they will be able
to elect him." and then Kelly indicates
the only strength Of opposition to Ain
slie in the following language
'But if the republicans of Bear
Lake county do their whole duty, the
republican nominee will make it warm
for him before the canvass is over"
This is complete hurlesque upon
the hope OF ever electing a republican,
and whyl becaus 80 Kelly and the
ring in apportioning delegates to the
republican territorial convention, ig-
hored the existanceo Of Bear Lake coun-
ty, aud gave that county no iepresen-
tation in the republican convention,
and the voice of that county could
not be heard in the making a republi-
can nomination Showing the utter
insincerity and falsity of Kelly's allu.
sion to the republicans of Bear Lake
county. But again Kelly says, in re-
lation to the republican territorial con-
vention about to meet. They twill
have an arduous time in settling the
claims of tho various aspirants for
the delegateship, when he knew at the
time that there were no aspirants be-
fore that convention for the delegate
ship and would be none except it was
Alanson Smith, for whom no republic
can outside Of Boise City had expressed
or even had desire that he should
run, so that Ainslie's chance for cleo.
ton would be increased and made more
certain. Again Kelly says ''we hap
pom to know who the choice will fall
upon, but DO not like to discourage
the rest by announcing the result be-
forehand" Wis., prophet, that Kelly
when he knew at the time he uttered
the prophecy, who were the delegates
to the republican convention, and how
they stood, and that the rinc had the
majority OF them and could do as they