The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-05-23
IDAHO REPUBLtcAns.
The Poestsiio Convention Results a. Over
whslnaing Victory for Dubois. "shver
aad Protsetios~ did Il, Bat
There was no Bolt

which met in Pocstello last Saturds y
was largely attended by representative
republicans OF the state and the result
was. as fore shadowed by retu rms from
the county gatherings Of the previous
week. an overwhelming victory for Sen
stor Fred T. Dubois The convention
was called to order by Hon Mark Patris
chairman Of the state central com m ittee
and A. A. Crane and S. B. Kingsbury
were placed in nomination for tempo
rary chairman OF the convention. Crane
being elected by vote Of ISL 10 65.
This vote showed the relative strength
OF the two factions the vote on all other
questions differing from II but very
little. ID. Z. Chase OF Payette was made
secretary and S. {. Johns Of Blaine
county was made sssistant secretary.
The committees having been sp-
pointed. an adjournment was taken
until 2 .. m. at which time the com
mittee on permanent organization re-
ported Lyttleton Price for permanent
chairman and recommended that tenn
porary secretaries be made permanent
The report being concurred in. and
after the report OF the commiste on Gre
dentials had been adopted. the report
The resolutions heartily endorsed the
! action Of TIE FIVE "Silver Senators in
refusing TO take up the Dingley Bill. and
} in the fearless stand they have taken in
behalf OF free silver. protection and
reciprocity, called the attention o. the
eastern republicans 10 the great com
, mercial possibilities that are within our
, grasp IL we can but utilize the markets
Of the Orient which are now open TO US
and which we can control II but placed
in a position to accept the only money
with which they have to purchase our
products-which is silver. endorsed the
protection plank Of the national conven-
tion OF 1860 In which Abraham Lincoin
was chosen as the first Republican pres-
T. dent Of the United States, demanded a
high protective tariff on lead and wool.
and instructed the delegates to the ST.
LOUIS convention 10 use every honorable
means 10 secure the nomination of
presidential candidate whose policy and
convictions shall be fully in line with
= the efforts recently made by the five
gallant senators from the intermountain
states in favor Of reinstating silver as
money metal OF the United States and.
c 1--WE hereby declare the reinstatement
n the policy Of the United States
= Judge Hepburn offered resolution
Declaring for free silver which was in
tended as substitute for that part
specially endorsing Dubois. which was
lost. Stewart Of Ada offered two reso-
luton which he asked to have made a
part platform. the first Of which was in
tended to endorse both Dubois and
Shoup and the other was to pledge the
convention to support the action Of the
ST. Louis convention whatever 1t may be
Both were lost
1t was at this point that the bolt
which had been threatened by the Adj
county delegation and few other rad
ical anti-Dubois men was expected Il
materealize. but it came not. The Ad
delegation was badly divided consider
D. ing that they were supposed to be unde
D. the unit ruie. They abandoned tha
rule however before going into the con
sr vention and were almost the only dele
CATION that demanded roll call o.
n nearly every vote.
The resolutions were finally adopted
= by vote Of 1913 to many Of the min
ority delegates refusing to vote.
" The election Of six delegates to ths
ST Louis convention was then taken al
and the following named gentlemen wer
~ placed in nomination: Fred T. Dubois
Willis Sweet. A. B. Campbell, Lyttletol
ie Price. Ben Rich. Alex ;. Robertson
George c. Parkinson and George l.
Shoup, tue ballot resulting in the election
Of the six first named. A. B. Campbell
received the lhTL->t NoAFf ~~io auI t7Cu
ator Shoup received but 96, next I
ny the smallest vote cast for any candidate
Mr. Campbell is wealthy mine owne
r, Of Shoshone county and has never dab
bled in politics but being an aggressive
nd silver man he felt that il was his duty 4
take OF his coat" as he expressed il
and TO do wha, he could for the caus
Of silver during the coming campaign
IL appeared TO be a matter OF regrs
!" among majority OF the delegates tina
il had become necessary to turn dow
Senator shoup. but il appeared that n
IN conditions were such that there was n
81 alternative. The party in this state
> strongly for silver and Il was impossib
TO endorse the aggressive policy MS pu
sued BY Senator Dubois and his CO
I, leagues during the past few months an
at the same time endorse the do-nothin
!. policy Of Senator Shoup on the silvs
question.