The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-07-26
CONVENTION.
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istratiOn, ana by attempting TO force
delegates into position of working
for Steunenbergs senatorial aspira-
tions in order to indorse his Occur
d Alene action, reaction was worked
which materially aided Dubois.
y The Hannaites were there also, as
they were at Boise two years ago,
and as they are upon all like occas-
ions, seeking to cause disruption.
Republican and democratic gold-bug
spies we're buzzing around and doing
everything possible to break up fus-
ion--and as far as the peoples party
was concerned, they succeeded.
Y On the first test of strength the
Steunenberg men carried a motion
against nominating senator and re-
publican messages shot joyousIy all
over the country that Dubois was
downed-because they hate Dubois
as the devil hates holy water He is
the man they dread and the man who
can drive Shoup, the gold-bug turn
coat, into private life. lBut next
morning when the Dubois men rallied
strength to reconsider the motion
and replace it with resolution to
consider and assign the senatorship
the Hanna men we've taken aback
but went earnestly to work to SOW
dissension.
NThe supporters of Dubois we're
dubbed ''dynamiters for seating the
Major Woods delegation from Sho-
shone county, which was termed the
dynamite delegation, and it was
by republicans telegraphed all over
the country "that Dubois and dyna-
miters' were ia control of the demo-
cratic convention. XHad the other
delegation been seated the republi-
cans would have sent out word that
Idaho democracy had placed itself
on record against organized labor, so
there was nothing to gain or lose
either way as far as republican re-
ports we're concerned. The only
difference between the two Shoshone
delegations was that one had been
gotten up for the purpose of further
ing Steunenberg's senatorial boom,
while the other (the one seated was
a Dubois crowd. That they were
not dynamiters is proven by the fact
that when the populists sent the
Occur d'Alene resolution to the dem
ocratic convention to be passed as
condition of fusing, Major Woods,
leader of the Shoshone delegation,
took the rostrum in opposition to
the resolution and the delegation
voted solidly to reject it. The resolu
ton read:
Received, That we demand the I'M
mediate discontinuance of martial law in
Shoshone county, under which the per-
nicious system of permits to seek en-
ployment has been inaugurated, and we
demand the abolition OF said system.
This is fact that completely kills
the republican dynamite charge.
Prior to this the populists sent an
ultimatum to the democratic conven-
ton in the form of resolution that
the nominees of each convention be
submitted to the other conventions
for approval. This was rejected and
the Hanna agents prevailed upon the
dy Mantle element in the peoples par
ty convention to insist upon the Sec
ond ultimatum regarding Occur d.
Alene resolution, and thus fusion
was defeated contrary to the desires
OF the leaders, who will work for the
democratic ticket.
The democrats then assigned the
U. 5. Senator and secretary of state
to the silver republicans and pro-
ceeded with nominations, the main
contest being on the governorship for
which John B. Goode, of Kootenai
county; G. H. Jackson, of Ada; L.
c. Rice, of Fremont; Frank W.
Hunt, of Lemhi; A. f. Parker, of
Grangeville, were placed in nomina-
ton, and it required Is ballots be-
fore Captain Hunt was finally Sc
lected.
During the convention, which
lasted week, S. H. Bashor, of