The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
IDAHO'S SILVER PARTIES
TRYING TO GET TOGETHER
If Governor Steunenberg Controls Democratic Con-
VentiOn Fusion Will Be Defeated.
POpusts and Silver Republicans May Nominate Dubois for
GOvernOr-FirSt Sessions of Conventions.

/ body. but the Dubois people apparently
/ nave the better right to make the as
/ seruon. ST DOnnelly of KOotenai cOun-
! ", than whom Senator Dubois has no
warmer admirer. was made chairman.
Inc first thing the committee did was
to let out State Game Warden Ar
+ buckle, Steunenberg man, who held a
! proxy from Canyon county. The ac-
ton was taken on the ground that Mr..
Arbuckle is not resident of Canvon.
Next the committee fired w A Cough
! enour. a Steunenberg member of the
committee from Canyon county. on the
ground that he had prejudged the case
or Lewiston, where a contest exactly
similar 10 the important Shoshone coun-
" trouble was decided in favor of Steu-
nenberg. Mr.. Bates. a Dubois man, was
substituted for Coughenour.
Important Contest.
The Importance of the Shoshone con-
test may be understood from the state
ment that on its decision depends the
control Of the convention If the If
teen votes go to Steunenberg he will
have a majority. The contest is a De
culiar one. It grew cut of the conven-
ton held at Wallace to name delegates
10 the convention at Lewiston to select
national delegates and also to choose
representatives for the state conven-
ton here The Steunenbergers bOIted
and sent a cOntesting delegation to
Lewiston. There the governors friends
controlled and the trump" delegates
were seated The case presented here.
therefore, is exactly similar, and the Gre
dentlalS committee spent most Of the
night hearing evidence on it
The convention in the meanwhile had
recessed until o'clock Then, on re-
assembling and finding the committee
unable to report, 4 further recess was
taken until 10 O'Clock this morning.
Both sides predict d victory in the
ShOshOne contest. Governor S.eunen-
berg, when asked to make a statement
for The Herald, said he had no predic-
ton TO make He absolutely declined
10 hazard any kind of a guess, but he
seemed cheerful and his friends declare
he talks cheerfuIIy about the outlook
The POpulists are also tied up over
a contest, but it can have no vital bear
ing on the result. It comes from Blaine
county, and an anti-DubOis- delegation
is knocking for admission.
Populist Convention.
State Chairman Martin Jacobs of
Boise called the POpuIist convention to
order at the court house at O'CLOCK.
After A D. Mckinley OF ShOshone
county and August SinnOtt of Mountain
Home had been made temporary chair
man and secretary, respectively. the
credentials committee was chosen.
Then recess until s o'clock was taken.
At the evening session the committee
asked for further time, and after argu-
ing the point for nearly two hours the
convention recessed until 10 o'clock to-
In the silver Republican convention,
which met at the Episcopal church,
there was practically unanimity in IA
vor of a union Of silver forces, with the
appOruOnment of United States SEN
atOr among the rest of the offices. They
insist that this position must be ap-
pOrtiOned- There were over fifty dele
gates in the convention today from
every county in the state except one.
Seventy-hve delegates were represented
in person or by proxy. The delegates say
there are many silver Republicans in
their counties and should the cOnVen-
tons fix upon Dubois as the candidate
for United States senator, hundreds
who have left the party viii return.
Everything was harmony among them
today. The convention was called to
order by c. J. BasSett, and Hon. J. J.
Bennett of Idaho county was chosen
chairman, and J. N. Hea-
On of KOOtenai temporary secretary. a
committee OF nFe was appointed on
consisting Of J. L. Niday OF
Ada, @. SpOnberg of Bear Lake, H. H.
Bangs. Lafah: D. P. Albee. Lincoln: NJ.
R. CehOOn, Fremont The convention
-OOk recess to 10 o'clock tomorrow.
In the big fight between the Dubois
md the Steunenberg forces, the pursuit
IF state offices has been lost sight of.
There are plenty Of candidates in all
he parties The silver Republicans will
De satisfied if Dubois is nominated for
senator, but if he isn't they may de-
nand share of the state places. I'm
IL the conference committees. which
Ire to be appointed tomorrow, agree on
he distribution, candidates generally
will be Serenely quiet
JOEL L. PRIEST.