The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-09-29

Jackson, on the billing of Henri
Heitfeldt to speak in Fremon
county: On September IA, Nj
Millsaps received telegram fror
Chairman Jackson as follows:
Boise, Idaho, Sept. IA, 1904:
Hon. J. D. Millsaps, St. An
thony, Ida.
Can you engage hall and max
all arrangements for Heitfeld
speaking St. Anthony and Rex bur,
next week? Answer at once
Charles H. Jackson. Chairman.
| Mr.. Millsaps answered the tele
gram as follows:
St. Anthony, Ida, Sept. Is, 1904
c. H. Jackson, Boise, Idaho.
Don't bill Heitfeldt for Fremon
county. See letters.
J. D. Millsaps.
Immediately after sending the
foregoing telegram, Mr.. Millsaps
wrote to Jackson as follows:
Hon. c. H. Jackson, Boise CITY,
Ida.
Dear Sir:
Your telegram asking me if l
could arrange for hall and make all
arrangements for Heitfeldt to speak
at St. Anthony and Rexburg next
week at hand and in reply will say
that there is no money here with
which to pay such expenses and
will not make such arrangements
and guarantee or stand good for
such expenses. If the State Com
mittee desirestheir State speakers to
campaign in Fremont county this
fall they will have to pay the ex-
penses of halls, advertising, ETC..
The only way that we have here
OF raising money for campaign pur-
poses is by assessing our local can
didates and in view of the fact that
no nominating convention has been
held here there is no money with
which to do anything and it does
not look now as though there will
be any money at all i'll this county
for the campaign as it is now very
doubtful as to whether we will be
able to find candidates who are will
ling to go upon the county ticket
and put up any money and there is
no dead sure thing that there will
be any county ticket at all IN Ere
mont county as it seems useless for
US to spend our time and money in
this campaign under present con-
dltions. | am very sure that the
Central Committee will not
be willing to use their money, if
they ever have any, for the purpose
Of paying the expenses Of the state
speakers and for this reason l am
not going to contract any bills I'M
less l have the money with which
to pay them
We were told at Lewiston by
some of the advocates of the ''anti-
Mormon" plank in the Democratic
platform that the party would not
need any assistance from the Dem
,crats in this part of the State this
all and that they could win out
our votes so we do not now
.hink that we should be called upon
u expected to pay the expenses of
your campaign in this county. You
Will understand that fully 90 per
,ent. or more of the Democrats of
fremont county are members of the
Mormon church and we cannot help
out feel that the resolution of the
State convention is a direct stab at
hem and l for one would not blame
hem if they refused as a unit to
support the ticket that has been
dominated by the Democratic party |
or if | were in their place and the
party had made a direct stab at me
as the party in this state has made
1t them, would not only refuse to
vote for the nominees but would
10 everything in my power to de-
eat them and l would take pains
o see that not one cent of the
money that was raised to pay local
,ampaign expenses was used to as
list in the election of men who
we're running upon such platform. !
know myself that the resolution
vas aimed directly at the Mormon
people and that the same was wrong,
Unjust, uncalled for and undemo-
ratio and that such a resolution
loes not represent the sentiment of
he majority of the Democrats in
he State of Idaho but was carried
through the convention BY iobbery
md trickery and even said Senator
1eitfeldt whom you now ask us to
dvertise with our own money was
represented by his friends to have
aid that he would not take the
lomination on the ticket at the
lands OF the convention unless such
plank was inserted in the plat
orm. We do not consider that we
re indebted to Or under any obi
,atlOnS to him and are not r;It;,r