The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-08-18
is Won Out After a Hard Fieht bv
a Vote OF l7S to lO7.
Inner of Bannock for Congressman---Fremo
Dnty Left Out---The Ticket Throughout is a Weak
Flmsy One.

presentatives here, that MANY a |
young Mormon Democrat will 90
to his booth and with joy deposit
his ballot for our ticket.
II have more faith apparently in
the young Mormons than their
leaders have here. / stand as their
friend and champion, and they
know it. They know against whom
| have always waged my fight, and
against whom l am waging nv
fight now.
"Now, gentlemen, it has been
for some time said in the press that
this is controversy of mine that
Dubois was making this fight. No
body says why. l certainly cannot
be making it for political purposes,
can /? Is there any one here who
does not know that so far as my
personal political career is con-
cerned, it closes the day 1 enter
again upon this desperate fight.
You know it. How am I going to
win? Only if the young Mormons
will say: Here is our savior, we
will come to his rescue And you
laugh and think that is not pro-
bable. Neither do TO
After briefly discussing the testi-
mony given at the Smoot hearing,
Senator Dubois continued: ''Do
you blame us who know these
things, for objecting? 1 had the
proud pleasure and privilege of
bringing this territory in the Union
of states pure and unde6led, and SO
help me God, if you want to turn
it over to the Mormon hierarchy,
you will not do it with my con-
sent.
Senator Dubois was followed by
H. G.. Redwine of Lemhi, who
talked earnestly and at some length
for harmony. Mr.. Redwine offered
a compromise resolution, which
declared in favor of enacting such
legislation as might be necessary
to put into effect every plank in the
national Deomcratic platform.
A long debate followed, one in
which every delegate seemed
desirous of taking part. Talks
against the Redwine substitute
were made by Judge ]. D. Flenner
and w. NJ Morgan. In favor of
it were J. r. Sovereign, A. w.
Hart and others. Finally c. H.
Jackson called for the previous
question. The motion was put
and carried and the Redwine
substitute was voted down-115
$3.50 to 15S 100 which is getting
the fractional votes down toa prtety
fine point.
] A vote on the Jackson resolution
was had and it carried by the vote
already given. The convention
then briefly discussed some platform
amendments on purely local issues,
and without coming to any con-
clusions a recess until 2 o'clock
was taken.
The afternoon session was
occupied largely in the discussion
of resolution protesting against
the Republican proposition to
extend for twenty years the present
contracts with timber companies
for removing timber from state
lands in the northern part of the
state. The resolution was adopted.
Another resolution, declaring in
favor of an open river from Lewis.
ton to the sound, and condemning
the Republicans in congress from
Idaho for their failure to secure an
appropriation for the purpose, was
adopted.
4 Judge Flenner's resolution
pledging the party's nominee for
treasurer to pay into the state
treasury the, interest received by
the balance of state funds on
} deposit in banks was also adopted.
This was the last of the amend
ments to the platform, and the
document as whole was voted on
favorably Nominations for
governor were declared at 4:15 to
. be in order.
1. E. Fogg placed the name Of
Henry Heitfeld before the conven-
ton amid great applause. Nearly
every county seconded the nomina-