, 1890-08-21
IDAHO DEMOCRATS.
Merry Convention Held for
Kootenat County.
A FULL TICKET NOMINATED
An Old Spokane Pioneer Named
for tho Legislature-May-
hew Indorsed.

CHuR D'ALrSE CRY, Aug. 16.-Dele'
gates have just returned from Rath'
drum, where the first democratic con.
vention of Kootsnai county was held,
The convention was large and enthu-
siastic, forty.two delegates, representing
every precinct in the county but two,
being present. At Ill A. NJ. w. A.
Reiniger, of Cnur d. Alene CITY, chair
man of the central committee, called tho
convention to order. L. l.. owen, ol
Clark's Fork precinct, was UNANIMOUSLY
elected temporary chairman, ana ior
temporary secretary ii. McCormick, oi
Hone, was chosen. The chairman await
ing The pleasure of the convention, X r..
Mcfarland moved that three COM
mittees, consisting of committee on
credentials, u committee on platform
and n committee on organization, pe
chosen. The motion was seconded anu
carried and the committee appointed.
On motion, the convention then ad-
journed to meet at O'clock.
Promptly at / o'clock Temporary
Chairman owen called the convention
to order. The committee on per
manont organization, after re-
porting the procedure OF bust
ness to come before the convention,
suggested the name of II. q. Pettibone
for chairman, and that OF III. Mcconnell
for secretary OF the convention. Ihe
suggestion was carried out and the
gentlemen duly elected. The report OF
the committee on platform was received
with great bursts of applause and the
secretary was instructed to forward
copy OF the same to the secretary OF the
democratic state central committee, that
the wishes OF tue county might De mace
known.
Nominations being in order, the fol-
lowing ticket was nut in the field:
For sherifi--W. J. Mcclure.
For clerk of district court-M. j.
Copeland.
For treasurcr-U. J. Rull.
For probate judge-T. l.. Owens.
For assessor-John J. Costello.
For surveyor-Charles Shutz.
For coroner-Dr. J. II. Masterson.
For representatiye--M ID. Wright.
Robert h. Mcfarland, OF Cnur
d. Alene; W. NJ. Heatley, of Post Falls.
and Captain g. ii. Pease, OF Hope, were
then elected as delegates to the stale
convention to convene at Boise city,
August 2o.
The delegates from the different COM
missioners' districts then put In noml-
nation the following candidates for that
important county office;
From district No. &c. l.. Daggett
From district No. 3-louls Ellert.
From district No. 3-W. J. Piliings.
On motion of James Graham a Tesolu'
tion was passed instructing the delegates
tn the joint conveHtlon of kootenai and
Shoshone counties to cast their votes for
Junius Holleman, of this county, for
states attorney and for y. h. Mayhem
for judge, First judicial district.
The particular features OF the conyen
ton were the witty remarks of L. l..
owens, the temporary chairman and
candidate elect for probate judge, and
the parliamentary rulings of the chair
man, Mr. f. G.. PettiDone, of CGur
d Alene City. MIR. Pettbone made
many friends, and to him is largely due
the harmonious procedure of that
august body. Mr.. Owens made a
brilliant hit when committeeman de-
sired some other, more capable, put in
his stead. by refusing on the grounds
that within the ranks of the dem.
ocracy there was no incompetency.'
The permanent chairman, however,
brought the remark too near home
when he applied it to the candidate for
probate Judge, who desired TO decline.
NJ, u. Wright, the candidate for the
state Legislature, is an old pioneer, was
at one time n citizen of Spokane Falls,
aud has record for honesty and integ-
rity as large as the Sunday edition OF
the REVIEW.
After series of tive.minute speeches
and extending vote OF thanks to the
chairman and secretary and reporters
present, the convention adjourned to
meet at the polls Monday, October /,
1890.