The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-05

new county, registered simply for the
purpose of defeating, by fraud, the pro-
posed county division and the ,princi-
pie of local. self government which it
typifies.
Witness the registration Of sixty five
names Of imported voters in Nampa
on the last day of registration.
Thus by force and fraud they are
attempting to take away from us the
right to manage our own affairs.
Il not this unjust, unrepublican, un-
democratic and unAmerican?
Is it not iniquitous and is it not vii
Amy Of the basest description?
This colonization 81 venal and Illegal
voters to subvert the wishes Of the pa
triotic, progressive and fair minded
citizens of the proposed new county
is piece of scoundrelism that deserves
fitting rebuke at the polls.
Let every good citizen vote for
county division and against these viii
famous methods and corrupt practices.
That the above statements arc true
we can prove by the affidavits Of hon
0rable men.
A prominent Boise citizen has Of
fered to hire, and we believe has hired
men who would naturally vote for d.
vision If aninfluenced by bribery to
stay away from the polls, paying them
$3.50 per day for their time-this in
cases where the votes could not be
bought outright.
This can be proved by respectable
men. Hos0 much does all this bribery
cost and soho eventually pays for it,
Among other things is the villiany
being practiced in Pomeroy precinct
for the purposs of colonization and
fraud.
Pomeroy precinct is partly within
the proposed new county and partly
outside.
During this last summer, at the
proper time, committee of resident
citizens of the proposed Canyon county
called upon our county commissioners
and formally asked them to change the
precinct lines so as to coincide with the
proposed new county lines at least for
this election for obvious reasons of con-
venience, expedience and justice.
The worthy gentlemen of the county
commission refused to tin the mat
ter, why we do not know and can think
of no good reason.
Was it for the purpose of complicat-
ing the election9
Was it for the purpose of creating
trouble?
Was it for the purpose of assisting
colonization and corrupt practice in
the election?
We do not know what purpose, if
any, this refusal to act in 50 obvious
case was intended to subserve, but we
do know that the result has been ex-
actly as we have above indicated.
We hope that good citizens will go
en- nsdsse to the polls to counterfeit this
tide of illegal and corrupt voting and
favor the freedom that we desire from
Boise bossism and extravaganza.
VOTE TO FAVOR THIS STRUG-
GLE FOR FREEDOM, ECONOMY
AND GOOD GOVERNMENT.
Let us DO what we can to get away
from centre whose every effort has
been to aggrandize itself at the expense
OF the remoter parts of the county.
Certain promoters of these corrupt
practices knowing that their meth.
DDS have become notorious have
tried to extenuate their villainy
by falsely charging like practices upon
the friends of division whose canvass
has been carried on with perfect
fairness and who hereby challenge an
investigation Of these charges.
1t has been the purpose Of those
favoring division to obtain full vote
Of those who are legitimately entitled
to participate in the election. They
have but presented the facts in their
true light, confident that q proper un-
derstanding Of the situation win secure
an overwhelming majority at the polls.