Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-09-14
LIGHT rs BREAKING UPON THE
TRICK STERS

proceedings of the mass meeting OF the
annexationsts, held at the court house
on Saturday night, pursuant to call
signed by fifty two citizens Of the north.
There will also be found the call aud
apportionment for delegates TO an an
nexation convention Of the four coun
ties Of North Idaho, to place in nom
ination an northern man as candidate
for delegate in congress, who will
stand pledged for annexation to Wash
ington. The trickery practiced
upon the north by TIE candi-
dates from the south, pledg
ingto some Of our citizens that if elect.
ed, they would do nothing against our
annexation, and then the candidate
elect going to Washington and fight
ing the measure with all the force he
could command, has made our people
wholly distrustfuI Of tile southern
candidates who may be nominated, or
who have been nominated The pro
ceedings OF the late % called republican
convention at Boise outlined a system
of frauds there perpetrated in admit-
ting delegates so as to secure the vote
for the nominee, Singiser. North, ev
erything look suspicious to our people,
.andFthey were unwilling to swallow the
pill offered, and the gloomy prospect CT
the convention VII CHI meets at Boise
to-day, dong any better, induced all,
both democrats and republicans of the
north, to wash their hands of the whole
business, and take measures to nomi-
nate man Of the north, in whom we
could, as people, have some conf
deuce. Hence the meeting of Sptur-
day and the call of the committee far a
delegate convention Of the northern
Counties,
Since the meeting of Saturday night
We have received further light upon
tho fraud perpetrated in the nomina.
ton Of Siugiser, and more of his rec
ord. This light is furnished by the
Enterprise, republican newspaper Of
Oneida county, where Singiser lived
and ofiiciated in the U. S. Land Office
in that county, before Kelly secured
his appointment as secretary of the
territory in place Of Sidebottom,
against whom he constructed person
81 spleen. The Enterprise is in the
position to know the truth, and if
what it says in the matter is not true,
Mr.. Singiser knows it and would have
grounds FIR an action of libel against
the publishers Of that paper, and could
easily prove the action by many CHI.
Gems Of Oneida. At any rate tho re-
publicans of the north) were there no
annexation question at issue between
the north and SOUTH could not safely
fight under such leader, till he had
purged himself Of those allegations OF
fraud. They would suffer an ignomi
NOUS defeat, and all plastering up OF
bis case by U. $. attorney and endorse
mcnts of convention, could not save
him, aud when We add 20 the fraud
perpetrated upon Oneida county, that
perpetrated upon Nez Perez county in
HE nomination, there can be no hon
est man republican or democrat, who
knowingly would or could stultify him
self SO much as to cast vote for him
much less work for his election.
1t is painful to record such unLlush
ing frauds perpetrated by any man o,
set OF men. But the press should
speak the truth in such cases, though
the heavens fall 1t is one of the
means Of removing the scales from tn,
eyes Q! the people who are to vote fol
candidates.
In this dilemma, we can but endars,
the movement now being made,
bring out northern man for consre
Who can be trusted with our -,iuteres'
at Washington City and elsewhere, i
elected. If not elected our vote foI
him will show at Washington that W,
SO f3r an honest man, and one pledge,
TO our interests, and have most fav
oFnsle effect upon retaining thes,
northern counties in Brents' bill for ,
state.