Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-09-11
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democratic" County Convention in
Boise City, the other day, and passed
the usual series Of platitudes, into
which they sandwiohed one or two
new slices of ham for the hungry.
Gentlemen from all over the Terri
tory, claiming to represent the same
political party (if it is partly, met on
Thursday last in Bellevue, and are
still in session; and before permanent
ly organizing adopted, by vote of
nineteen by fifteen, a resolution which
is given further on in this article.
The gentleman who will almost
certainly be selected by reclamation
as standard. bearer by the Bellevue
Territorial Convention was within
easy distance, for counsel, of the
Boise City gathering, as he has been
of the Bellevue Convention.
Eight delegates, who bore regular
credentials and certificates of election
under the call Of the Democratic
Committee, were present in the Belle
yue Convention and participated, bv
voting in its temporary organization,
up to the appointment of the Com
mittee on Credentials-after which
time they were, by majority Of votes
declared unclean and cast out, with
out 80 much as a vote Of thanks fo
their attendance or a recommendation
that they pray.
These gentlemen and "brothers
are "Holy Saints" and special pleni
potentiaries of the hundreds OF Saint
whose votes were counted two year
ago to send the Honorable and "hon
est John" Haley to Congress-wher'
he could get in their work, if he coulC
not vote. The names OF these gen
tlemen who, as "goats," have beef
separated from the "sheep" of tn
Democrats party are Saint R. S
Spence three-ply-who was Their
in person and as a double proxy 70
Bear Lake county; Saints w. F
Fisher and John Donaldson, OF Bing
ham county; Saints Henry Peck an
w. L. Webster, of Oneida count,
and Saint H. d. Haight, of Cassi
county.
Ordinary men would have been az
grieved, if not Inundated, at bein!
thus uncermoniously driven from
flock of "sheep," as the scripture
name the pure and unde6led, bu
they were not ordinary men. "Saints
never are. They came on "mission.
That emission" being performed Their
appeared "Revelation" to ther
which told them their further missio
was to go home again, which as de
yout members Of the Church Of Jesr
Christ of Latter-Day- Saints, they wi
do to-day.
But it is barely possible that bot
1'sheep" and "goats" will be like 9Th
blind leading the blind" for ina.
mach as house divided against itse
cannot stand, so it seems there wi
possibly (perhaps, not probably, be
darkness hover over their respectiv
paths of duty, which will confuse
not scatter the faithful, for he is
wise man who can reconcile the TO
lowing texts taken verbatim from tn
"Depooraticn books
Boise City says Bellevue saws:
6esolred, That That, whereas "
we are unalterablN have reason TO b,
opposed to any re. ieye that the fo
striction whatever lowing named pc
OF the elective sons the "Salntl
franchise. and de afore named Al
mand repeal OF not qualified cleo
all laws in idaho ors of this Terri,ol
FostFictip g the under the law, it
same. Resolved, This
those persons a
not eplitied to sea
lin this convention
Seriously, with these orders an
resolutions before the public, ma
itnot be asked of the party promu
eating them, What is is2