, 1890-08-28
IDAHO DEMOCRATS.
They Indulge in a Lively and
Somewhat Aorim monious
Discussion.
The Deadlock Broken by the
Unanimous Nomination Of Mr..
Poe for Judge.

LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 20.-The
democratic convention of the second
judicial district met mt this city Mt
2 p. NJ, August 20, with DR.. Nj. A.
Kelly In the chair and l. N. Max
well as secretary. The delegates
present and qualified were l. G.
Hattabaugh, Philip Tillinghast,
Thomas Kerby, by II. Frost, proxy;
James j. Keane and G.. W., Palmer
by 1. C. Hattabnugh, proxy; IL. Il.
Hodgins, by Roland Hodgins, proxy,
to represent Latah county; a. +.
Parker, X. w. White, B. +. Davis
and II. t'reeborn for Idaho county,
and |. N. Maxwell, Isaac Mounce
and DIR. NJ. A. Kelly for Nez Perce.
Business began by A. +. Parker pre-
senting the name of Hon. j. III.
Forney In an able speech regarding
his many qualifications for district
attorney, l. Z. Hattabaugh present
ing the name of G. Nj. Force, and
Isaac Mounee the name of i. n.
Maxwell. Mr.. Maxwell Withdrew
his name, stating as his reason for so
doing his desire to preserve harmony
in his party.
The balloting was at once COM
menced and the result was always
the same, seven to seven. All were
In good humor and looking for II
break in the succeeding ballot, but
ii came not. At the close of the
sixty.fifth ballot n recess of ten min
utes was declared. After calling to
order the sixty.sixth was taken,
which was declared Forney s,
Force 5. On hearing this the seven
Latah delegates rose in an instant
and demanded a new:count, which
was Immediately done and the old
result of seven To seven found to be
the true state of affairs After the
sixty-seventh q motion to adjourn
until . A. NJ. Thursday was made,
but u slight alteration as to the
right of proxies to vote on n motion
to adjourn arose, and the sixty
eighth was taken, after which q
more ettectual motion was made to
adjourn until p. NJ.
At 7:30 the balloting was again
commenced and continued until the
with the same old
result. Having failed to make any
choice for attorney the order of busl-
ness was changed and bulloting for
district judge was commenced, with
Hon. j. w. Poe, of Lewiston, and
Il. dillingham;, of Moscow, in the
arena. The same deadlock contin-
ued until the end of the seventh
ballot, when the convention took u
recess.
Thursday morning the conven-
tion met at 0 A. NJ, and proceeded
with business. After several more
ballots being taken for judge, Mr..
Poe was finally nominated by ac-
Mr.. Tillinghast with
drawing. The attorneyship was
again taken up and Mr.. Forney was
at last declared to be the nominee of
the party by vote of s to q. q. w.
Case, of Idaho county, was nomi-
mated as joint senator between Nez
Perce and Idaho counties, B. Rohen-
kohl, of Genesee, for Nez Perce and
Latah, and T.. Baird for Nez Perce.
DIR. Nj. A. Kelly, l.. NJ. Davis, j.
W. Reid, I. n. Maxwell and b. +.
Morris left this morning for Boise to
attend the convention there on next
Monday. They are all well satis-
iitu WltIl tiicli tlChct tui very tDh-
fident of its success ut the coming
election. The nominees are well
known throughout this section of the
country and have been identified
with its best interests for many
years.
Upon the reassembling of the
convention on Wednesday evening
quite discussion was indulged in
between the Latah delegation and
Nez Percc and Idaho. AS 1t was
evident there was "A deadlock which
1t was difficult to break, "A resolution
was offered effecting n compromise
by giving the Judge to Latah and
choosing an attorney from Ncz
Perce. This was notreceived, how
ever, and the battle went on until
the bitter end, which resulted us
shown above by Nez Perce and
Idaho getting both. Some hard
feelings were engendered but may
be healed by October |.