Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-13
THE LAST THREE-RISGED CIRCUS.
The Remnants OF Three Decnying Parties
Meet and Agree to Pool Their Chances.

The Remnants of Three Decnying Parties
Meet and Agree to Pool Their Chances
The three-ringed circus, otherwise
the democratic. populist and silver
republican conventions, were held at
Occur d'Alene this week The con
yentions met Tuesday afternoon and
after spending u day in reaching an
agreement on the division of spOils.
placed the following ticket III the
field:
Sheriff, c. W. Dyer, Rathdrum,
democrat: assessor, III. j. Borthwick.
Rathdrum, populist: treasurer, ". j.
Mcclure, Rathdrum, democrat: pro-
bate Judge, J. c. Brady. Rathdrum.
democrat: uperintendent OF schools.
Daniel Van DuZer, Rathdrum. popu-
list. county attorney, James Graham,
Occur d'Alene, democrat: surveyor,
b. II. Williams, Bellgrove, silver rep
ublican: commissioner, LIST district,
II. ID. Mckinnis, Medimont. populist:
End district, james Ryan, Newport,
democrat: 3rd district w. w. Bush,
Boomers Ferry, silver republicans: rep
resentatiyes, J. c. White, Elk Mount
ain, silver republican: J. T. Scott,
Occur d'Alene, silver republican: +.
NJ. Dwyer, Mission, populist: state sem
ator, 5. p. Donnclly. Lakeyiew, demo-
crat.
The three conventions met in seper-
ate halls shortly after one O'Clock
Tuesday, and after electing temporary
Officers and appointing conference
committees, adjourned subject to the
call Of the chairman. The conference
committees then met and went into
executive session, presumably to agree
upon division of the Spoils. These
committees remained in session dur
ing the entire afternoon. At about
$50 p. m. the democratic convention
was again called to order to hear a re-
port Of its conference committee.
| The report was in effect that the
other two parties had a., reed upon a
set OF resolutions which they now
|
ratify before proceeding further with
their fusion deal. The salient fca-
| lures In these resolutions We're the en-
dorsement of John b. Goode for gov
ernor. Fred T.. Dubois for United
States senator and populist for con-
gresham. The convention promptly
voted to lay these resolutions on the
table. The democrats then passed a
resolution pledging the delegates to
the state convention to support all of
the nominees of that convention.
After passing some resolutions Of its
own the convention adjourned until 9
a. m. Wednesday. There was much
dissatisfaction among the delegates
OF the other conventions over the ac-
ton of the democrats in this matter.
and predictions were freely made there
would be no fusion unless the demo-
Gratis acceded to the wishes of the
other two parties in the matter of
these resolutions.
The conference committees wrestled
until Wednesday noon when the dem
ocrats were finally compelled to yield,
and swallowed the populist and silver
republican resolutions as gracefully as
they could. A division of the Offices
was speedily arranged and the states
of the Rathdrum fusion ring went
through without Il hitch
The conventions were not largely at
tended, seven precincts being unrepre-
scented in the democratic convention.
while the attendance at the other two
conventions was noticeably small. 1T
was a harmonious gathering. One
half of all the delegates. who were can
didates for Office, had each a long
knife up their sleeves for the other
half of the delegates, who were also
candidates for Office, and vice versa.
\ great deal Of enthusiasm was I'M
corked during the afternoon Of the
first day, and it WAS bettert than cir
Gus to witness the antics Of democrat
ic delegates when the convention re-
convened in the evening One dele
gate had to be warned by the chair
man, who commanded him to keep his
seat if he would avoid being elected
from the hall, and there were Others.
1t was fusion gathering in every
sense. and no one had need to be inn
formed that the delegations were
MADE up of men who had come to
trade their political principles for Of
flee.