Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-08-18
THE REPUBLICANS.
THEIR COUNTY CONVENTION IN
BELLEVUE YESTERDAY.

Jay G. Kelley, s. o. Miller and Gorge Z.
Almond Elected De egates to Boise
A Ringing Anti.Mormon Platform
Adopted-The Apporticnmert for the
Next Convention.
Pursuant to call of H. z. Burk.
mart as chairman and c. B. Fox as
secretary of the Republican County
Committee, the Republican County
Convention convened in Bellevue YES
terday. at 2 p. m, and was called to
or Ter by Samuel Friend.
Geo. r. Almond, Of Sawtooth, was
elected temporary chairman, and E.
K. Leonard and E. o. Wheeler secre
tary and assistant secretary, and w.
|. Cummings, of Bellevue, sergeant-at-
arms.
The chair then appointed FIVE gen.
tlemen as q committee on credentials,
in the following order: Texas Angel,
G. b. Fox, j. H. Bingham, Arthur
Smith and c. 3. Florence. A recess
was then taken for half an hour to
await the report of the committee.
The report of the committee was
adopted, and the following gentlemen
were allowed seats in the convention:
II. Armstrong, of Broadiord; j. G.
Kelley, |. II. Bingham, II. Il. Miller
and P. NJ Bruncr, of Bellevue; Ar
thur Smith, +. M. Wilson and George
A. Black, of Bullion; Samuel Friend
of Franklin; 4. J. Bruner, proxy for
Florence and Mackey of Galena;
John Pilmcr, E. r. Leonard and VIM.
johnson, of ketchum; p. p. Canavan,
proxy for j. +. Cox, Lake City; Peter
Wise, Muldoon; Geo. r.. Ammcnd,
Sawtooth, proxy for Richardson and
Morrison; Solomon Newcomer,
Rocky Bar; Captain Davis, proxy for
B. A. Smith, Little Wood River, and
for Zimmerman, Spring Creek.
p. p. Canavan, w. 7. Riley, Cap
tain Davis, H. Armstrong and E. NJ
Wilson were appointed by the chair a
committee on order of bushes and
permanent organization. An adjourn
ment was then had for half an hour
The report of the committee was
adopted. 1t embraced the sugges.
tons that the temporary officers be
made permanent, and of the following
, order of business: LIST, Election O
delegates; 2nd, Election of county
/ central committee.
The committee on platform and res
olutions appointed by the chair con
sisted of George A. Black, p. M. Bru
ner and Texas Angel. Their repor
was adopted amid great applause, ane
vote Of thanks was rendered tn,
, committee. The following preambl,
and resolutions were unanimousl,
adopted, to-wit:
:, WHEREAS, The people Of Altura
county, Idaho, are about to enter upol
, the campaign of 1882 for the purpos
of selecting proper persons to con
duct our governmental affairs, count
and Territorial; and
!, WHEREAS, the Republican part,
true to its principles and instincts, j
? DESTROYS of publishing to the people c
a the county aud Territory tie principle
and policy by which it means to b
n governed and to act;
: Resolved, That we, the represents
a tives Of the Republican party Of Altt
o ras county, Idaho Territory, firmly an
unalterably adhere to the principles {
It the Republican party as enunciate
Is in the platform of the party in tt
= = Presidential campaign of 1880.
: WHEREAS, The Mormon people
Of the Territory of Idaho, are rapidly a
sum,ng political proportions, and a
4, becoming an element of danger
l. our civil institutions; and
" WHEREAS, Said element has her
$ toforc b,ea courted and used by tt
i Democratic party of this Territory
political lever; therefore, be it,
$, Resolved; That the Republicans
- Alturas county are opposed to any al
~ all political utilization or associate
r. with such an element, and that Il
he convention recommend to the Repu
ii lican Territorial Convention to &C
q vene at Boise City, on the Goth ins
d the adoption of an emphatic an
We Mormon platform and policy, q
ito nouncing, in accordance with all r
wo publican precedent, the yet survivi
lip. twin-relic of barbarism, PoLYGAsI
~ holding the Republican party of Ida
nd to its complete determination, a
ID. soliciting the cooperation of all go