The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
THE POPOCRATS SPLIT
The Voice Of the People is Against
Fusion.
BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TOLL, TROUBLE
Canyon County POpuIists Meet in Mass convsn-
ton and Elect Delegates to Observation-Disclosures
ignOred-ARsd Hot Convention Refuse to Rec
Ognize the Authority of the County or state Or
ganizatiOn-Frank Walton on Hand.

ganization-Frank Walton on Hand.
The Canyon county POpocratic caul-
dron has been on the verge of a boil
for long time past, and.last week the
| climax was reached when the fusee
Pops got together and stirred up the
glowing embers, until, at the present
time the old Scow is letting off more
steam and keeping more racket than a
Mississippi river steam boat stuck fast
on sand bar. 1t is bubble, bubble,
toll and trouble and the devil to pay.
The Demo Popo- Repubo faction have
received a shock at the hands of the
middle of the readers and they sizzle
and foam and breathe fire and peridi-
ton from out their nostrils in conse-
quence. In fact, as one of them stated,
they are simply "kettle full of cusses,
conglomeratiVe amalgamation of
nothing, with less in sight" This,
however, remains to be seen, but it
will undoubtedly take something
stronger than mustard plaster to haul
the crowd back into line. The skin was
kicked off at Boise by the State Cen
trail committee when they voted to
change the place of holding the state
convention from Moscow to Boise. The
Fuslonists held the ball then, but it has
been gradually slipping from out their
grasp. Canyon county Pops have been
| at swords ends over the matter and the
past two weeks has seen the Culmina~
ton of the grand split. King Fusion
has fallen and the middle of the road
champion is simply awaiting the sig
nal to forever crush the life from out
the illegitimate offspring. The people
have arose from their slumber and
with one blow have forever shattered
the beautiful fabric called fusion" 1t
happened thusly:
Chairman Madden, of the county
Populist committee, issued a call for
primary to be held last Saturday to
elect delegates to the Nampa conven-
ton. The call stated that those dele
gates would elect delegates to the Boise
convention. A number of the middle
of the road faction objected to this call
and issued a call for meeting Monday
to elect delegates to the Moscow con-
vention. This brought about the most
ham II
among Canyon county PopuIists, and a
meeting was forthwith called to meet
at the court house to discuss the mat
ter. At this meeting the Fusion ele
ment were numerically set down upon.
The straight Populists were greatly in
the majority and didn't even give the
Fusionists smell. The leaders Of the
fuses are, State Chairman Taylor,
county Chairman Madden and At
torney II. A. Griffith, whom, it is stat
ed, is working under the direction Of
the chairman of the county Democratic
committee to bring about fusion Of
! the Denis and Pops. This, however,
can be taken for what it is worth. At
| the meeting above stated, Chairman
Madden took the floor and demanded
to know by what authority, and under
whose direction, the call for the pri-
maries Monday afternoon had been
made. He called the attention of the
meeting to the fact that he was chair.
man of the county committee and did
not take kindly to this usurpatiOn of
his prerogatives, thereto and apper-
tanning by virtue of his calling, by
thunder! 1t is said he became quite
pertinent and sarcastic during the
course of his remarks and deHed the
usurper to show his authority. The
usurper, however, didn't seem to b5
worrying much until the chairman go:
good and warmed to his subject, when
| w. E. Snodgrass quietly arose and read
the names of some $50 members of the
Populist fold, petitioning the said w.
E. Snodgrass ct al to call a mass con-
ventlon of the party for the express
purpose of electing delegates to attend
/ the Moscow convention. The chair
man Wilted and ere he had recovered