The Teton peak., 1904-08-25


Democrats and sometimes by Re-
publicans that South Idaho did not
IDEAL fairly by North Idaho" that
the delegates came here with
slate fixed practically ignoring the
northern five counties and, further
more, that they have always done
the same thing. There always has
been and always will be political
agitators and dissenters and it must
be reasonable to expect that our
Democratic opponents will say and
do all they can to prejudice the
public mind against the action of
both state and national Republican
conventions, thereby hoping to
recruit the depleted ranks of their
party. But those who are Repub-
licans, those who believe in The
principles of the Republican party,
who believe that the state of Idaho
can be better and more wisely
served by Republican administra
ton, believe that Our nominees for
President and Vice President
should be elected, would do we'll to
pause and consider whether their
statements are true. In the mo-
ment of passion or disappointment
any of us might say or do things
we would afterwards regret. The
more injury Our thoughtless words
have caused the more deeply we
would be panied, and, Judging the
future by the past, what greater
injury could we do the state of
Idaho-than by turning it over to
Democratic management, provided
such thing were possible.
We must be fair and honorable
toward our neighbors in the south,
as we'll as in the north, if we
would be successful in the future
as we have been in the past. The
northern, or panhandle, counties
consist of Shoshone, Kcotenai,
Latah, Nez Perce and Idaho coun-
ties-hve in all. While in the
entire state there are twenty one
counties, therefore what is called
South Idaho has one more than
three times as many counties as we
in the north. The recent state
convention was called to nominate
the following: One member of the
Supreme Court, one Congressman,
one Governor, one Lieutenant
Governor, one Secretary of State,
one Treasurer, one Auditor, one
Superintendent of Schools, one
State Mine Inspector and three
Presidential Electors, or thirteen
in all to be appointed among
twenty-one counties. Our proper
ton, therefore, would be as fol-
lows: AS twenly-one is to five so
is thirteen to the number we would
be mathematically entitled to, be-
ing 3 2-21, for which were nomi-
mated one candidate for Congress,
one Elector and one member Of the
State Board of Equalization, or
State Auditor, besides we have
from Shoshone county United
States Senator, w. B. Hepburn,
and from Idaho county, member
of the Supreme court, Judge ALL
shie.e
OF the state institutions created
since our admission, the Univer-
sity, with its School of Agricul-
ture and Science, School of Mines
and Experiment Farm, is the most
important of all. Next in impor-
tance is the Lewiston Normal
School. all Of which have been
conceded us by our Southern breth-
ren. The U. S. Court is also a
concession to us, coming as it did
through the efforts OF Latah Sen
ator and Congressman who could
not have been elected without the
loyal support of South Idaho.
I. The convention of'1epresentative
men, which recently assembled
here to nominate a Republican
ticket, and the other convention i,
Lewiston, assembled to nominate {
Democratic ticket, both prove tt
the world that Idaho is erea