Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-10-02

Gum for Congress and George Moore
for Lieutenant Governor-were pulled
down. The following we're nominated
instead: For congress, w. E. Borah,
irep0; secretary of state, Charles Dur
ans of Rexburg; Lieutenant-Governor,
democrats. An address was issued, as
follows:
"To the Voters of Idaho:-That the
position of the silver republicans of Ida
no may be understood, we give to the
public our reasons for converting our
state convention and Withdrawing from
our ticket the populist representatives
who were placed thereon by the action
of our convention held August 10th.
awe have been compelled to take this
action because of the attitude of the
peoples party committee of the state.
Moved by an honest desire to consoli-
date the silver forces of Idaho in sup
port of the principle which binds Jus
together as a party. we proposed to
their representatives in their official
capacity as executive committee of the
peoples party, that they give recogni-
ton to democrats, poPulists and silver
republicans alike upon common ticket
to be submitted to the voters of the
state for their suffrages. This PROPOSE
ton was made at the suggestion and
earnest solicitation of the peoples party
national committee and the democratic
national committee, who urged their
respective state committees to take this
action because of the evil effects re-
fusal to recognize the silver republicans
of Idaho was having upon the voters in
other states, thereby prejudicing the
interests of William J. Bryan in his
candidacy for the presidency.
"The national committee Of the peo-
pies party, by letters and kilograms,
urged this action upon leading populists
of the state. Letters were addressed to
them, both personally and in their Off
cial capacity as members of the PoPulist
organization of the state, urging them,
for the good of the cause, to give i'm
mediate aecognition to the silver repub-
licans of the state. Those letters were
absolutely suppressed and their contents
withheld from the masses of the party
of the state, who were fully entitled
to be taken into the confidence of their
leaders, and at the same time fully in
formed as to the wishes of their national
party.
ITO the appeal of their national COM
mittee the populists of the state turned
a deaf ear. The possibility that their
action might result in injury to Mr.
BRYAN and the cause of free silver
failed to move them.
ain strong contrast to this action
was the action of the democratic state
committee. The latter committee, by
voice and resolution, urged upon tie
populist committee the necessity OF
complying with the national commit
tees request in order to avoid comPlca-
lions in other states. The executive
committee of the silver republican par
ty, moved by patriotic desire to SUBJ
ordinate everything to the success OF
MIR. Bryan and the cause which he rep ,
resents, offered to surrender all claims
to recognition upon the state ticket II
the election of a United States senator
was relegated to the people, to be by
them decided without dictation or inter ,
ference. This the populist committee ]
also refused, and in return demanded |
that the democratic party carry out its
to deliver to the populists of ]
the state the political liberty of the dem I
ocratic members who might be elected
to the Legislature, to the end that
populist might be returned to the United
States senate in place OF the national E
champion of silver, Hon. Fred T. Du- !
bois.
"All these actions Of the poPulist c
party ofthe state, through its authorized
and accredited officials, have alienated
all consideration for them as party /
and forced the democratic national
committee to officially declare that the
contract made by the democrats in their {
convention with the peoples party wa
without binding force upon the party or
the individual members thereof.
"Such utter disregard for the cause of
silver by men who had always assumed
to be its only true advocates has com
PEELED us to withdraw its representa-
ts~laf The gihIl1fT c