Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22
OUT AND OUT StfVfS
IDAHO DELEGATES TO ST. LOUIS
KNOW THEIR MINDS.
Dubois and His Friends
Were in Supreme Controi
at Pocatello.

Pocatello Idaho, May 16.-lne iePuoi
can state convention Is thing OIL liie
mast. Senator Dubois friends have maue
every point that they set out to secure
and he is placed at the head OF the uele-
cation TO the national convention tha'
will work in absolutely unquestioned mar
mony with him in the fight Tor silver
The convention was called to ORDER
shortly before noon. A. A. Crane was put
in nomination for temporary chairman ny
the Dubois men. They felt the honor WAS
due to Crane because of attacks llaue
upon him. The opposition nominated D
r. Kingsbury. The vote resulted lou "
6S in Cranes favor. F. w. Smlth was
made chairman of the committee on pei
manent organization and order OF pusi-
ness, c. ]. Bassett on credentials anu
Willis Sweet on resolutions.
1t was late when the convention re-
assembled after dinner. Lyttletoh Frice
was made permanent CHAIRMAN u u
Chase permanent secretary. Inc repoi'
of the credentials committee sho"eu
large attendance from the south, out the
north was mostly represented by proAles'
willis Sweet had the II votes or ldaho
county, He and H. II. Bangs had Latah
90. r. " Crozier had proxy from Lat
All. but it was Cancelled by WIRE ne
then got a Lemhi proxy, but he kept very
| quiet in the convention. w. Z. Foresnah
| had all the Nez Perez, proxies A. A,
| Crane and C. NJ. King all of Kootenai ana
A B. Campbell, C. W. Beale ana H.
The Platform.
| Grant all of Shoshone, except one, W. b.
Hepburn holding the proxy of Z. L. 10
| zier
| When the resolutions committee report
| ed Hepburn offered an unprovisional' EN-
phatic silver plank in place of that In
| dorsing Dubois. After debate it was vot'
ed down, 1856 to 63. Stewart offered an al
ditional plank, pledging the delegates u
support the nominee of the st. Louis con
vention. 1t was lost, 1893 to 56. The op
ponents of Dubois Endorsement wanted
the platform divided, but the convention
voted down the proposition. This pu
many in bad position, and they dechne'
to vote, the platform being adopted by
vote of 1893 to 7.
The resolutions support bimetallism
protection and reciprocity. The financial
plank is as follows:
"Whereas, The republican national con
vention of 1888 declared in favor of gol'
and silver as the standard money of tn
United States and condemned the actio
of the democratic party for its efforts Il
attempting to demonetize silver; and
Whereas, The republican national con
vention of 1892 substantially reiterated til
!, declara ton of 1888, and whereas, the ques
ton of crystalizing into law the uttel
ances of the last two conventions name
and every utterance heretofore made h
, the republican party in this state recent
arose in the United States senate; and
t Whereas, Senators Henry NJ. Telle
Carter, Mantle, Dubois and Frank Cal
non demanded the enforcement of II
o said platform and utterances, under col
ditons known to ALL therefore, be it
t Resolved, That we heartily indorse II
n action of Senator Dubois in joining vii
Il his associates named in the fearless pos
ton named, in behalf of free coinage
silver and protection to American indu
try, and reciprocity, one and inseparabl
ID and be it further
Resolved, That acting under the nece
sity of the trade conditions of our coas
we earnestly present to our fellow repu
. | licanS of the coast the fact that gre
commercial possibilities are within Il
= grasp of the people of the United Stat
y, If we can but utilize the markets of Chi
- and Japan, which now open their doors
. us and which we can fully control
placed in a position to accept the on
money with which they have to pu
:. chase our products. This new conditl
strengthens our demand for the resoluti
> that the United States independent of
other nation on earth Immediately !
% instate silver to all of its rights, powe
| he
16 to l.
., Resolved. That we heartily instruct t
y. delegates to the st. Louis convention
- use every honorable means to secure t
y nomination of @ presidential candida
-, whose policy and convictions shall be flu
- in line with the efforts recently made
the five gallant senators from the Roc
- mountain states in favor of reinstati
silver as money metal of the Uni;
20 States and we hereby declare the re
statement of silver to be the paramou
20 issue in the policies of the United State
~ AT the evening session Senator Dubc
= Willis Sweet, Lyttleton Price, A.
:, Campbell, Ben E. Rich, Alex Roberts
~ Senator Shoup and ]. C. Parkinson w,
nominated for delegates, the first six bel
DUBOIS men. The vote resulted: Duh
2a, Sweet 224, Price 22O, Campbell
" Rich 1872, Robertson 179. Shoup 96, Park
son 69. Latah gave Shoup votes a
Nez Perce IL and Shoshone l. and Sw
Is declined to vote, Idaho county, for hi
IN sef voting for only five. H. ", A. f
as guson, c. j. Bassett, R. A. Pardum. 8.
"a John, c. W. Peal and ]. C. Parkins
~ were elected alternates,