The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-09-25
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The County Democracy Puts up . Ticket
Presents Senator heitfeId with Gold Brick
Scratches = Few Old Sores and Adiourns.


day and put up the following ticket:
State senator. Louis Clark of Beeman;
representatives, Jno d. Graham of Nez-
perce, Eben Mounce of Lewiston and
Charles Hutchins of Melrose; auditor,
James R. Lydon of lewiston; probate
judge, w. b. Reese Russell, assessor, Nj.
J. Steele Central Ridge; sheriff, W. K.
Gibbs Mason; county attorney, c. l.. Nc.
Donald, Lewiston; school superintendent
Miss Eula Ward, Leland; coroner, w. b.
Cooper. Hatwai; surveyor. Frank
Doughty, Lewiston; com nissoners. Ist
district, {. A. Leeper. Tammany, and
district, Geo. w. Brammer, Been,an, ord
district, Nathaniel Wilson, Cold Springs.
The above ticket was put up after
day of wrangling and protracted night
session. The snap. vigor and enthusiasm
which presages victory was totally absent
from the convention which draggei its
weary length from II a. M. yesterday to
past midnight last night. To an on.
locker the most pronounced characteris-
tic feature of the meeting was lack of
organization and the outcropping of per.
sonal sores in the conduct of the bust
ness Of the day.
The convention was called to order
about II a. IN. The country delegates
named the chairman. W. II. Bundy of
Lapwai, with X. S. Cordiner and w. w.
Leeper as secretaries. The wrangling
began on the method Of naming commit
tees. On motion of Tannahill, COM
mitttees were to he named by delegates
from each precinct. Bert Winslow of
Nez Perce made fight to preserve the
precedent Of having the chairman name
the committees. He stated that at the
preceding convention the city chairman
had had that honor and the same courtesy
should now he shown the chairman from
the country. After All hour of debate the
chairman was given the right to name
the committees and named the following:
Credentials--Mason Morris. James Giles,
David Lowry, Chas. Baker and J. A.
Guyer.
Rules and order of business-Thomas
Mockler. DIR. Holiday, James Armstrong,
John Lowe and A. J. Showalter.
Resolutions-Bert Winslow, c. l.. Nc
Donald, J. Matlock, James McGrath and
Geo. Brammer.
The convention adjourned till D. m.,
but was not called to order till !, p. M.
and another hour taken up over the tam
gle of the committee on credentials.
The resolutions committee presented
Senator Heitfeld with another gold brick
a companion piece of the one presented
at the preceding convention. In addi-
ton they reaffiImed their allegiance to
the Kansas City platform and the late
state adoption, made the pledges pre-
scribed bv the populists and socialists aud
declared emphatically against county di-
vision.
The legislative ticket was named first.
DR.. Plummer of Nezperce and Louis
Clark of Beeman were placed before the
convention. Plumnier was defeated and
the size and beauty of Senator Heitfeld's
gold brick was beginning to be apparent.
DR.. Plummer is an enthusiastic Heitfeld
man, too enthusiastic in fact for the tenn
per of the convention. He also has
has leanings in favor of Governor Hunt
which are not to be forgiven yet by the
Nezperce democrats. His speech before
the convention showed him to be
strong. earnest campaigner but not of the
right method for the purposes Of the
county democracy. The naming Of Jno.
ID. Graham, Eben Mounce and Charles
Hutchins completed the Legislative ticket
and again emphasized the fact that Sena-
tor Heitfeld's s enemies were in the saddle
No nominations were made on the
county ticket till after supper when
James r. Lydon emphasized his popu-
larity by defeating his opponent, l.. l..
Haynes, by a vote of las to 4.
The defeat Of Judge ]. w. Poe for pro-
bate judge disclosed another sore spot re-
sulting from the action Of the state dele
gates at Pocatello. The present incum-
bent Jndge w. B. Reese was renominated
by vote Of 73 to 81.
For assessor and tax collector NJ. ].
Steel defeated Joseph Kaufman by =
vote of IS to Al and for treasurer, A. w.
Kroutinger won the nomination from p.
T. Lomax by vote Of II to s..
Three contestants finally entered the
sherif's race w. K. Gibbs of Mason, 7. I.
Woods Of Cold Springs. and Sherman