The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-08-15
Second Session.


vention decide to take another recess,
this time until D. m.
In the meantime the committe on Gre
dentials continued their labors. 1t was
finally decided to allow the sitting mem
bers their seats in the contested cases.
The COMMITTEE report was unanimous.
The Dubois combination was satisfied
that it had plenty of votes to carry its
caucus program through without rails
ing any fight over the contests. This
fact probably led to the harmonious set
tlement of the vexed questions before
the committee.
1t was 1880 when Chairman White let
the gavel fall. The delegates were all in
their seats and the pavilion was well
filled with an anxious crowd of spectators
among whom were large number of la
dies. The battle was on. The Dubois
and Mcconnell foes were face to face
The Rathdrum ring was facing it's Wa
terloo. A nervous feeling pervaded the
entire convention hall. Sensational devel-
opments were looked for.
Major Barnes secured recognition and
moved to receive the report of the COM
mite on credentials. Carried. The re-
port was as above stated, except that 1t
unseated the delegate from Belle Grove,
who was mot in a condition to make up
his mind" c. L. Hoffman moved to
adopt the report and it was carried with
applause from Rathdrum delegates
The committe on credentials reported
the following delegates entitled to their
seats:
Athol-Bert Mclean.
Clark's Fork. b. Whitcomb.
Old Misson-B. J. Carl.
Harrison-Guy Davis, e. S. Crane, A.
Cook
Medimont-S. Ramey.
St. Maries-J. c. Downs.
Occur d'Alene-George Tomson, ]. A.
Keat, J. H. Bethel, N. R. Palmeter.
Elk Mountain-A. X. White.
Mica Bay. H. Lyon.
Lake View-H. ]. Steffey.
Boulder-Peter Armstrong.
eacoquitine-Andrew Christanson.
Cocallala-Peter Lieh.
Priest Lake-Calvin Huff, by j. B. Can
ton, proxy
Priest River-F A. Stewart.
Westwood-F. F. Travis, w. A. Hart,
c. L. Hoffman. Frank Wenz.
Carlin Bay-C. S. Clafin.
Sandpoint-L. II. Faust.
State Line-W. H. Gable.
St Joe-Lew S. Hays.
Houser-W c. Wiley.
Spirit Valley-Frank Howard.
Hope-H. NJ Casey, X. Wanamaker.
Kootenai-C. r. Ramsey.
North slde-A. c. Raymond. by c. l..
Heitman proxy.
Valley-J. r. Eckert.
Indian Creek-F. S. Blomquist, by c..
White, proxy.
Prairie-Thomas j. Smith.
Belle Grove-Wm. A. Campbell.
Bonner's Ferry-G. r. Gray, w l..
Kinnear, f. M. Lucas.
Wolf Lodge-A. b. Clapp, by Fred En-
pey, proxy.
Santa-Hardy Warren, by A. A. Crane,
proxy.
Post Falls-O. F. Warren, Harry Yer
furth.
Boundary-J. l. Barnes.
Clarence White, chairman of the COM
mittee on permanent organization, then
read the report of that committee. 1t
recommended that the temporary organ
ization be made permanent, and that the
following be made the order of business:
l. Nomination of senator
q Nomination of three representa-
tives.
g. Nomination for sheriff.
A. Nomination for assessor.
s. Nomination for treasurer.
g. Nomination for probate judge.
T. Nomination for surveyor
g. Nomination for coroner.
8. Nomination of three commissioners
Each district to put one or more nomi-
nees before the convention for ratifcl-
ton.
10. Appointing a committee of five to
nominate IA candidates for delegates &c
the state convention.
II. To adopt resolutions.
70. To select a new county central com
mittee.
A Little Gold Bug Scheme.
Hoffman had different plan for Sc
lecting delegates to the state convention
He wanted to divide the county into dis
tricts and select the delegates by those
districts This was dodge to secure a
few gold bug delegates for Mcconnell an6
Shoup, and the convention sat down up.
on it with dull thud. The report of the
committe was then adopted. amid great
applause by the Dubois men from Bon.
ner's Ferry, Occur d'Alene and Other
points.
Rathdrum threatens to Walk Out.
Here Frank Howard, of Spirit Valley
a Rathdrum man, arose and created
sensation by threatening to bolt and tax,
the minority out with him. He said tina
If the minority had no rights in the con
vention they had better take their hats
and walk out.
Tom Smith of Prairie. was on his fee
in an instant. Two years ago." he said
"Rathdrum had the whip hand and the!
treated the minority in the most insoen
manner. We took our medicine like mel
and did not bolt. Now the tables arr
turned and If the minority feel that thel
can not longer participate in the delib
Grafton. then. sir, 1 say let them go.
This declaration was received with