The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-19
! PULL FOR
/. GOVERN MENT AID
Big Meeting at Nanpa.
The Various Phases

County with authority to employ
such help in his work as might be
necessary. He thought that Mr..
Lowell would cheerfully direct this
work, and was sure that under him
it would be promptly and thorough
ly done. He then asked Mr..
Puckett to read the Constitution
and bylaws of the association.
This being done, a motion was
made to refer the whole business to
the State Association. This mo-
ton disclosed what would seem to
be disposition to ignore the State
| Association, as an amendment,
which was really a substitute, ut
terly destructive of the original mo-
ton, was offered, which was that
the chairman appoint a committee
to take in charge the work of Sc
curing signers. The chairman,
however, accepted the substitute as
an amendment and presented it to
the meeting. Then arose an ami
mated discussion in which every
body got tangled UP and crossways.
Finally, the matter came to vote,
and the chairman announced the
amendment carried, which, OF
course, meant that the State Asso,
citation would be left out. Mr..
Niday then asked to have the peti'
ton amended by inserting words tc
the effect that prior rights and pri'
} vate interests must not be disturbed
Lowell seconded that motion as {
t stroke of amity, and it carried un
animously. At this point it occur
7 red to Mr.. Bloomfield that a linl
= was missing from the chain of mo
= tions and votes required in parlla
, mentary law to clinch the action o
! a deliberative body. So he stoot
5 in his seat aud said: "Mr. Chair
l man, two amendments have bee1
voted to the original motion, bu
e the original has not yet been car
!, ried." Everybody said, "By jacks
r that's So" and called for the orig
o inal. 1t came and was CARRIE
e with a. whoop. Some cheerful 1dlo
e back by the radiator asked if tha
= last vote did not refer the whole bus
n ness to the State Irrigation Assocls
II ton? Then some expert made
O motion to rescind the action of th
" meeting by which the meeting pul
if posed to make effective the actlo
o already taken by the meeting, al
!e thoriziug the chairman to appoit
v a committee. At that a substantl
r, farmer arose and deliberately al
ID nounced that he guessed he'd
Le home. These things are recltf
~ simply to show how the little spit
es and vanities of men project ther
ut selves into the most serious attal
ce to the detriment of important pu
n lie interests. The reasonable al
rs proper thing to do was to toIlc
K, Mr.. McGee's suggestion, and tn
es the business over to Mr.. Lowe
h who would have promptly select
rv some one to push the work IN til
re- locality. We think that was su
stantially the conclusion the sen
ad Bile farmers finally arrived at
on Now, Mr.. Lafe Pence, who ere
Sc tied himself, not unjustly' wi
ia. throwing more dirt than the co
Ig. bined assembly, pulled off his CO
ee, and went to bat. He vehemen
on objected to the whole business a
no characterized. it as a tremenoc
m. fake. He charged that 1t "
lid largely a piece of spite work to o
in terfere with his project on the p
fr, cite river. As nearly as could
of gathered, from his own and otl
ON remarks, his grievance grows