Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1882-09-07
THE DELEGATESHIP.


watching with breathless anxiety TO
some time to learn whether the people
and the political managers of thu
southern counties were ready to relen
towards the north and in any form
eoncede the right Of the northern coun
ties to g to Washington and with thai
territory form State of the Union
The representatives Of the people as
sembled at Boise at the last legislature
by handsome majority, memoralized
congress for our going to Washington
but since then Ainslie, the delegate in
congress, has ignored that memorial
and opposed the measure with all the
force he could command, and his i'm
mediate supporters at Boise, both dem
ocrats and republicans, have backed
him up and some of them visited
Washington and appeared before the
congressional committee in support OF
Ainslie's position, end in pursuance Of
their bchests, both the democratic and
republican central committees for the
territory, have, bytheir apportionments
made for delegates in the conventions
to nomi late candidates for delegate in
congress, DISTINGUISHED every voter in
the northern counties who voted for an
annexation man as against Ainslie and
Smith, who were avowedly opposed to
annexation. BY this unjust appor-
:tionment the north could not have its
Just representation in said conventions.
This outrage perpetrated upon the
north, in view of all these facts, in.
'duced the northern voters to withhold
sending any delegation 10 Boise, al
though we learn that at the republican
conveahon two self constituted dele
gates from Nex Perez and two self
constitnted delegates from Idaho coun-
", we're represented by proxies in the
late 50 called, republican convention
held on the Gath and 25th ult; but
these without the authority of the peo
pie Of those counties and against their
wish and will, gave perhaps half doz-
en- persons; and it is further intimated
that similar representation may be
made in the democrat convention
that convenes on the l4th. At all
events the people Of the north look up.
on these representations as fraud and
they will not endore the product of
that fraud. These are the views we
have heard expressed fr,m almost
every quarter Of tho north, and we
have heard but one person who en-.
dorses the fraud outside of those who
pcrpetrated it, and that person though
"a publisher Of paper, yet is not a
naturalized citizen of the United
States, CT was not 50 at the late city
election, and his offer to vote was re.
jected. After taking in the whole sit,
uation and considering the exclusive
course pursued by the managers Of the
southern counties, the people of the
north without distinction Of party,
seem to Eold themselves in readiness to
repudiate the action and product Of
the two conventions at Boise, and t,
clamor tor q northern man as candi
date for delegate whom they can trust
with taeir interests, among which an
nexation to Washington is the mos,
prominent. The letters Of Mr.. Tr ,nts
to cur citizens which we publish to day
and the movements Of the people Of
Washington in our behalf. being made
IN the conventions, and throus h
the prcss oil seem to warrant that tho
people of the north stand together
on this question, and make a solid
fight against Ubiquitous manouvers,
that tho southern managers attemp,
against US. The north will beat them
It . victory is among the things to be
achieved by a united and determine
people who have for SO many long
years suffered in their relations with
the southern managers The people
have taken the initiatory step toward,
an organization of convention o.
northera men, by causing the issuance
ola call for mass meeting ut thu
court house in Lewiston Saturday eve
See call in another column.
GIVING IT A NAME.-The Nez Percs