The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-16
BITS FROM BOISE.
The Gall Exhibited by the Re-
publicans Of Idaho.
THE CONVENTIONS ADJOINING.
Soon May We Expect to See Fur Fly-Tht
Test Oath BugabOO-In Bad
0dOr-PersOnal Notes.

BOISE CITY, Idaho, June 10. 1852
Especial Correspondence Of THE HERALD.
According to a close calculation made By
certain leading and well informed Demo
Gratis of this city, made this morning, the
Republicans have all of the seyenty-twc
delegates elected to
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
to assemble on July 4th, excepting the
numbers of twenty-six. In making this
computation the ''anti-MormOn Demo
Gratis" are classed as Republicans. Why
not! They always vote with them. II
these so-called Democrats had acted with
the party last winter it would have had a
majority of the council. When it organized
it stood three anti-Mormon Democrats,
four regular Democrats and five Republi-
cans. BY the aid of the antics j. w. Lam
oreaux, of Cassia, was expelled without a
living legal reason and without pretense,
except the unsupported charge that some
Mormons might have voted for him. This
they wanted to believe, and acted upon the
want in place of proof. But this is not all.
Both the anti-MOrmOn Democrats in the
house and council voted with the Republi-
cans all winter. Is this being members OF
Jhe Democratic party!
WHAT GALL Is EXHIBITED
by the Republican press when, in order to
put on an outside show of fairness, it at
tempts to classify such men with the Dem
ocratic party What little mask there ever
was fell last winter, and any attempt to re
place il by leaders is unheard of folly:
Every intelligent Bannock Indian on the
Fort Hall reservation understands the sit
uation, and green editors, recently i'm
ported from the eastern states, are not at
all unlikely to fall into such ludicrous
errors. In the computation of which we
speak, the Republicans are given the entire
nine from this county where they had
agreed to make a fair division when the
subject Of statehood was first preached
1t is true the Democrats have acted I'M
wisely in refusing to vote and in resolving
at their delegate meeting to carry around a
certain paper for the voters to sign recon-
mendng the nominated ticket. In the
same computation thenew county of Logan,
which had its birth during the last hours of
the fourteenth session, has three Repubh-
cans. After the county had been created
Ex-Governor Stevenson
DIVIDED THE OFFICES VERY NEARLY EQUALLY
between the two parties. How has this
generosity been paid! In all cases where
IICLC W d. d ldll prospect VI CdlI lllE lllC
county by the Democrats the Republicans
divided fairly. The number of delegates
being seventy-twO, it will be seen that the
Republicans will have pretty fair major
ity-nOt tWO-thirdS, it is true, but enough
for all practical purposes. Efforts at con-
Citation have been made, so that part of
the delegates elected by the Republicans
would give way. This Republican is not
very apt to do, whether there is money in
off of for ri oil
fatty refuse, and are seconded by D. p. B.
Pride, who seems to hold the check-rein of
the party in this county, at all events.
Governor ShOup has been appealed to, to
interfere so that a fair chance can be given
eSSe Democrats, but his eXcellency replies
in substance: Il should like to have the
recommendation of my message carried
out, and a non-partisan movement made in
the direction of statehood by the people,
but you should not call upon me to mix
with your local politics." We have known
the governor for and during the past thirty
years.
lie IS 4 VERY SHREWD MAN,
and if any clique or ring succeeds in enlist
ing him in its interest we have misjudged
the gentleman Difficult as job may be,
we think him competent for the emergency.
The governor is a very liberal man, and
among all the Republicans of the territory
we know Of no one whom we would rather
see fill the place than himself. Last win
ter when predictions were made by many,
that d. p B. Pride would get the appoint
ment, your correspondent, in a letter to
The HERALD, predicted that the appointee
would be Colonel Charles A. Wood, of
Lemhi, a relative of Colonel Shoup, resid-
ing in the same town, Salmon City. We
came nearer the point than anyone else.
No one believed, at the time alluded to,
that Colonel Shoup would take the position
on account Of
THE IMMENSELY OF HIS PRIVATE INTERESTS.
He was appointed without his knowledge.
and several days transpired before he con-
Guided to accept it. If it had not been
Governor Shoup it would have been Cover
nor Wood
What viii the convention do: They will
come together, shake hands, take their
drinks on the Fourth and wipe their per-
spring brOws. They will meet in the hall
and adjourn to the next day. We presume
that the great men OF idaho have already
spoiled legal cap to an immense amount in
drawing up articles for the constitution
The first week viii go on smoothly enough
The second week there will be a split, in
volving the functions of the Republican
party. Last winter, Pride was in favor of
a constitution embracing the principles of
the test oath. Since his return from Wash
ington, he says there must be
10 SUCH PROVISIONS.
Why this change! He has ascertained that
there is no chance whatever for the admis-
sion of Idaho with such an illiberal pro
vision in her organic law. Many liberal
Republicans, with views higher than mere
party success, will give it the cold
shoulder. Pride looks at things from a
mere party standpoint, but there are others
who have a say in the acceptance of consti-
tutions who care but little about Idaho.
and being eastern men devoted to eastern
interests, are rather interested in keeping
as many western stars off the field of blue
in the national standard as possible. Non
manufacturing states are not to be relied
on in preserving the war tariff, and the
longer they can keep the west out the
more pleasant for them it will be.
THE TEST OATH IN THE CONSTITUTION
would afford a pretext for their doing so.
Dakota was kept out in similar manner
uuder the plea that the people could not
agree as to whether it should be admitted
as a whole or as two states. The slightest
excuse will serve the eastern statesman,
particularly one from Pennsylvania or New
England, for voting for the admission of
western state or territory. Besides this,
there is nothing to prevent the Mormons
from voting upon the acceptance or reiec-
tion of the constitution. It is governed by
no law.
But we were inquiring what the conven-
tion will do About the third week, for
are very many irrepressible orators
in the body, the test oath will be offered
Then the fur viii fly. Preliminary mo-