Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-08-18
rlore "Found" Papers.

his minutes of the meeting. They
were found and handed to us and
from which we give synopsis of
the great gathering of three gold
bug pie-eating anticipators:
Postmaster jim Mullany, who
has had a change of heart since the
day after the election of '96 and
now worships at the shrine of the
golden calf, started to read the call
for the convention. Finding that
he had forgotten his spectacles and
the call being in Howie's writing
and the writing having become cold
and illegible to the eyes of the av-
erage goldbug, it was ordered that
a committee go after Judge Sinnott,
who at that moment was holding
court over a greaser who was sus-
pected of stealing a spotted shoat,
and bring him into the convention,
peaceably if they could but forcibly
if they must, for the purpose of
reading the call.
In a short time the committee re-
turned with the report that the
Judge had dismissed the case,
turned the greaser loose and CON
fiseated the shoat, and was on his
way to the convention.
Sinnott entered the hall with
difficulty-it was so crowded and
hot and smelt of stale pie-but the
call was read. Owing to the fact
that he had no credentials he was
seated as an honorary member on
recommendation Of lifelong dem
ocrat from Boise city, named Simp-
kins, better known as "pie-biter."
The committee on credentials re-
ported all present and many not
present as entitled to seats in the
august body (Sinnott ineluded).
The committee on stray and lost
sheep reported that Madison, Whit
ney, White, Dyar, Newton, Towne,
Hayhurst, Hopkins and several
others were far away grazing on the
free silver range, and could not be
brought into the gilded fold, but as
offset, in his own estimation, Bro.
Mullany, who two years ago pre-
sided at a Dubois meeting at Glenn
Ferry, had returned to camp, and
was now feeding on postal pie; also
that one Simpson, a recent convert
from the errors of free silver de-
mocracy, was basking in the sun
light of Shoup and Morrison smiles.
Committee on government pie
hunters reported that the follow
ing postoffices were yet in the hands
of Democrats and Populists in this
county: Garnet, Pine and Echo,
and recommended that this con
vention take immediate steps to
clean these officeholders out, par
ticularly the one at Echo, that
office being held by a widow who
has raised a band of stalwart Dem
ocrats.
The committee on platform, with
Judge Sinnott as honorary member,
presented the following platform,
which was adopted:
We, three administration republicans of Elmore
county assembled, do hereby adopt the following
| PLATFORM
We endorse the action of our Republican President,
Senate and House in the bond issue OF five hundIed
million dollars To meet the expense of the present
war (the result of popular pressure upon our es
teemed President) instead of flooding the country as
Lincoln did, with cheap paper money. or sending
showers OF hfty.cent silver dollars among common
hnrl III.
paying them for their honest labor in such depreci
ated coin
We repudiate the free silver heresy advocated by
Teller, Dubois and the balance of the msled Silver
Republicans, but we bow with humble reverence tc
the gold standard views of our great and good leaders
Mark Hanna, Bill Mcconnell, Charlie Corker, Jimmy
Mullany and Billy Turner
As about IS per cent of Idaho volunteers now Al
the seat OF war, and up against the muzzle of tn,
Spanish guns, are Populists, Democrats and Silver
Republicans, led by Democratic Colonel, while We
publicly pray for their speedy return, privately
hope for their retention till after the electionand
the secretary is commanded to forward copy Of this
resolution TO Senator Shoup
Then the following delegates were
elected to go to Boise to put up a
ticket that will be overwhelmingly
defeated before the laboring and
honest people of Idaho this fall:
HOWE, Healey, Smith, Simpson.
After three cheers for Hanna and
Mcconnell and three groans for
free silver and good times, the big
convention of three adjourned tc
Snake river to get free drink.
G. E. Boyer returned home last
, evening.
Swift's Meats have no equal
Fletcher's.
Head Light oil, $500 per case
Fletcher's.
Impure Baking Powders lnjure the
stomach Use the Brand named
Perfect and have no indigestion.
Democratic. Populist and Silver
Republican State conventions meet
at Boise next Wednesday.
Miss Florence Manion departed
Monday for a visit with friends al
Silver City and on SiDker creek il
Owyhee county.
Saturdays Ketchum keystone
says: jeff Harris and family
came in from Mountain Home thi.
week and are living in the Purdy
cottage"
Phil Regan of Boise city announ.
ces that he will not be a candidat,