Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-11
Official Paper of Nez Perez County
Comments on the Convention.

subject of much press comment.
We give below some clippings from
the Idaho papers,:
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The Lewiston democratic con.
vention has met and adjourned. 1t
was evidently a hot number. AS
predicted in these columns some
time ago, there was fierce strug-
g.e over the contesting delegations
from Shoshone county, and Steun-
enberg was successful in having
his delegation seated. This was to
be expected, because in the refusal
to seat the anti Steunenberg dele
CATION there was an implied slap
at recalcitrant Pcpulists. But
Steunenberg' victory was obtained
at so great sacrifice that his gain
was of no benefit or substance. The
convention refused to endorse him
particularly or generally actually
refused to mention him. 1t also
refused to make him delegate to
the Kansas City convention. So it
would seem that the unseating of
the anti. Stennenberg delegation
from Shoshone county was in the
nature of granting dying request.
1t suggests the brandy which is
given to the condemned before
mounting the scaffold. 1t is sig
nificant fact that six OF the ten
strictly mining counties were dead
against Steunenberg. The main
point, however, Is that the Demo-
cratic party is in sore distress over
Steunenbergs management of the
Occur d'Alene business, and the
preponderance of sentiment is
against it, otherwise no such sacri-
flee of Steunenberg would have
been tolerated. 1t does not appear
that there is any where much posi-
tive sentiment favorable to the
governor on this issue. A few
weeks ago two or three imbecile
reform papers sought to chide the
republican party for cowardice in
not daring to express itself respect
ing the Occur d'Alene affair. 1t
will be interesting to observe the
excuses they will now offer for the
Democratic backdown. These same
feeble minded sheets have been for
months shrieking at the Caldwell
Tribune because of its anarchistic
sympathies.
What will they now say about
the great and good democracy?
The returns indicate that over half
the Ada county democrats, all OF
the Boise county democrats, half
of the Bannock democrats, nine
tenths of the Blaine democrats, one
fourth of the Canyon democrats,
one fourth Of the Cassia faithful,
ole-sixfh of the Elmores, all of the
Lincolns, one fifth of the Latahs,
all the kootenai and Nez Perez un
washed and three-fifths Of the
Owyhee reformers, all these are
anarchists. Moreover, the nation
al democratic party is also with the
dynamiters. Besides, there is Sho.
shone county which we are told
has reaped innum cradle blessings
from the operation of the bull pen
and the permit system, in that
county one-half of the democrats
are radically opposed to the COVER
nor. The alleged law and order
democrats will soon be an extinct
species in Idaho. Caldwell Trib
une.
THE GOVERNOR S SUN HAS SET
1t was hard blow to Governor
Steunenbergs political aspirations
when he met with defeat in the
Lewiston convention He made a
gallant fight for control of the con.
vention and lost. He wished to
head the Idaho delegation to Kan
sas City and was turned down; yet
his opponents were magnanimous
enough to seat his contesting dele.
cation from ShoShora cn,,pty o,d