Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-08-17
THE DELEGATEsHIP.

a Wood river paper says that Gov.
| Neil is talked Of as candidate for dele
gate from Idaho. The Statesman
makes no mention of Gov. Neil for
that position, but docs name Col.
IStroup, Judge prickett and Maj. Man
ming There is always 50 much insin
ce,i'y about the policy Of the States
man, that no man can depend upon it,
rs rejecting any respectable portion of
public scnti.nen. If the country about
| Boise. The two conventions arc to as
semb!e one Oh the 9th Of Angus, and
the other on the ! / OF September for
placing candidates in the field. As
yet We lave Observed 10 move made
| by either of the committees Of Ne2
Perez county towards the calling Of Il
county convention to choose delegates
to go to Boise, and we very much
doubt that any delegates will be chos
en- by the respective parties for that
purpose. The general disposition is
to ignore the Boise conventions alto
4cther, unless as it sometimes happens,
some selfconsti,uted delegates see tit
to make pilgrimage to Boise for q
special purpose of their own. In Ida
no county last week precinct meetings
were held, some democrats at Mount
Idaho and Cottonwood, with about
enough present to make cllairmcn and
secretaries and part of the delegates to
u county convention. There
might have been other precinct meet
ings held, of which we have received
no report. The people generally don't
see the propriety or the utility of send
ing delegates to Boise, since the appor-
tionment of the respective committees
Of the democrats aud republicans, Civ
ing to the north not one half the rep
resentation she is entitled to according
to her vote pol'ed in 1880, while al! Of
the Mormon portion of tho territory
have their proportion. Ii these south
ern wire pullers in both polltica, par
ties, want to slap us in the face, let
them come over here, and not seek us to
go over there with our dele yates only
to be insulted and then told that we
must support their nominees or be os-
traciscd. They need not deal out taf-
fly to any Of our weak minded deni
zens of the north and fatter them
them that they will gi7c them support
when the great majority of our people
know that it is all tafy and nothing
else. We can readily conceive the
shape of any mans head, who as q del
egate from the north would go into
either Of these conventions with any
expectation that his full rights would
be respected, since they have shown
their hand in making the apportion
ment of representation from the north.
ern counties. Kootnai county with
not less than 600 voters is not allowed
a single delegate in the democratic
convention, and tut two in the repub
lican. That county certainly will not
stultify itself so much as to send men
TO Boise to get seats in any such
conventions, with any expectation that
by so doing they can secure any favor
from them that cannot the better be
secured by totally ignoring their whole
political programme and consolidatin:
with tho lalance Of the northern
counties and playing lone han,
against the wirc pullers of the Bois'
valley. To be nominated for congress
by convention made up of so muol
partially against the north would b
a disgrace to any honorable man, ant
} although it may happen that some sucl
man may be nominated and even cleo
ted, because he may chance to be
! ! good man, yet his election will not b
! due to justice in the make up of tn
t conventions held at Boise. But shoul,
either Of these bodies place in nomino
ton man who is competent and vii
deal rightly with the north, he will b
likely to receive our support, unles
I; we find it to our advantage to unite o.
e some man of our own choosing whor
we can trust with cur interests. /
doing this last we do not antagoniz
the interests Of tho southern portion Z
: the territory in the least, but onl
e resist the antagonism waged against u
2 and our. best interests.
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BISMARCK, ID. I. Aug. l0.-Rufu
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