Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-02-11
THE RECEPTION.
HALF OF THE TUWN'S POPULATION
ATTEND 1T.
Mr.. sullivan Tells Of the Contest in
Boise-E. {. Cofiin's Experience-A
Prominent Democrat on Governor

Prominent Democrat on Goyerno
Stevenson's Ac,ion-Etc.
The room of the Second Distric
Court was crowded to overhowing
last Saturday evening, with ladie
and gentlemen who went to testify t,
their gratitude toward the able anc
dislnterested members of the lowe
house OF tho Legislature who hac
stood by the people Of Alturas coun
ty in the session just ended.
S. B. Kingsbury in calling the
meeting to order, suggested that i,
would be we'll to alternate speakers
from Boise with home speakers.
|. N. Sullivan spoke first. He
made a statement of the various
division schemes (some 10 or g in all
introduced against A!turas during the
session; of how some of the able (Y.
eloquent (?) and fair-minded mem.
bers of the Legislature swore that the
political power OF Alturas county
would be broken even if they had to
cut us up into inch strips; Of how NJ.
"A. kurtz, chairman of the Commit.
tee on Counties and County Boun-
diaries, and his six colleagues, Messrs.
Mlntzer of Lemhi, Emery of Custer,
Sargent of Shoshone, Bruner of
Boise, and Waring ard Burkhart of
Alturas, who were afterward re-
inforced by Mitcham of Nez Perce,
Sanborn of kootenai- Shoshone, and
Cotton of Bear Lake, had fought off
combination of II determined men.
some of whom Cike DeHaven and
Badley) were experienced parliament
tarians, for 20 days; how Messrs.
Bruner, Kurtz, Emery, Sargent and
those acting with them had succeeded
IN SO confusing their opponents that
they did not know whether thew
stood on their feet or on their heads;
how Mr.. Bruner, without violating
single rule Of the House, pocketed
the infamous division Combination
bill and thus delayed its Gnal passage
II or ii hours. How i: finally
reached the Council where our own
Perkins led gallant and successful
light agains, it, how he was left with
only three supporters (but they were
he grit,iest men there, being Presi-
lent Clough, and Messrs. Campbell of
Ada- Boise, and Brigham of Latah;
low the seven other Councilmen re-
,eatedly threatened violence and were
'nly deferred by the presence of our
riends at every door leading into the
Council chamber; how Jack Camp
'ell "went back" on us; also Nc.
'herson and others of Alturas coun-
Y; how the United States Marshal,
n pursuance of conspiracy with r
he Governor and our enemies,
ackei both houses of the Legislature
With his deputies; and how a little
nan with steel nerves and a back
one of adamant kept the whole mob
t bay for THIRTY SIX hours, com.
elling it to comply strictly with the
nles, and refusing to permit an ap-
cal from his previous decisions upon
heir motions, repeated every few
minutes, to suspend the rules to put {
he bill upon its final passage; how
nat nervy little gentleman finally .
ank down in his chair exhausted, I'M
bic to speak, his pasied hand too
'eak to even sign his name to the
minutes OF the fnal day Of the ses-
on which he had triumphautly
rought to close so minutes after
be hour fixed by law for final ad- !
,urnment s
Mr.. Eur,z spoke in behalf of him.
IF and felow-members. He said
lat in opposing any mberment
this county they had done their
uty, simply that and nothing more.
hey knew, from the sworn reports
tie Auditor and Recorder, and
ON reliable statements, that it would
, impossible for the territory com
Used within Alturas county to meet
5 obligations if additional burdens
ere imposed upon the taxpayers. :
he advocates Of division complained +
a levy Of S295 per 500 at :
'esent. II the several bills had
used FIVE per cent. would not lave 9
thced. The people Of Alturas were