Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-19

believe proposition, that is in no
way binding en- the Legislature,
when we will surely want to use
those five votes for trading pur-
poses on several propositions-as is
al ways done at conventions.
AS yet, little interest is being
taken in politics in this county.
The republican primaries, to elect
delegates to the county convention
that will elect delegates to the state
convention were held Monday. At
neither of the two political foci,
here and Glenn's Ferry, was there
) any opposition to the slate ticket.
The only noticeable feature of the
Mountain Home primary was the
absence of w. c. Howie's name
from the list of delegates. He is
one of the party war horses and
has been on the delegation so Oft
en- that it has become a habit
with him; but this time he walk
ed up and voted for the other fell
lows as if nothing had happened.
Though the gubernatorial and
senatorial candidates. constitute
the issue of overshadowing inter-
est in these county and the state
conventions, there is a question OF
much local Importance involved, the
nomination of candidate for cir
cult judge. At the state covention
the delegates from the counties con-
stituting this judicial district, Ell
more, Blaine, Lincoln and Cassia,
make the nomination. From these
four counties there are only % del
egates. 1t is said that Judge Price
will not accept a denomination, anc
that an entirely available candidate
has not yet been found; in fact that
| there is not republican lawyer II
the district that quite fills the bill
, Attorney Howie is the logical can
didate, and would make a gooc
judge, all right; but he has enemie:
at home within his own party tina
will fight his nomination-as have
: all men who have been prominen
in politics for long. Over at HALEY
: there is bright young attorney,
| Mr.. Sullivan, who would be cred
, it to the bench but he is barred b.
, point of judicial etiquette, hi:
father being on the supreme bench
| Attorney Walters, of Shoshone
wants the nomination but h'
won't get it. The objection offer
ed to him is that he is late en-.
! listment in the republican ranks
) having come in as a disgruntlet
democrat, because he failed to ge
T the democratic nomination for con
t gress. Blown in the bottle repub
: licans say he must serve few years
! longer in the ranks before he i
4 given a comnad. And SO, here il
/ presented fine opening for SOM
t enterprising young man.
In the democratic party the con
n ditions are very similar. Wer
n Judge Stockslager, now on the su
t prcmc bench, not a candidate 70
S governor, the nomination would b
rendered him on silver platter
c and his election would be assured
o Again is presented the golden oppor
y tunity for a Mountain Home attor
l ney to win this honor. E. M
e Wolfe, of course, is the man; bu
n he too, has been a strenuous paI
s ticipant in bygone contests, an
e knives are unsheathed at the mer
e ton of his name. Notwithstandin
IT this, it is not at all improbable thu
s he will be the nominee; for, ask h
n friends, ''who else in the distri,
,r have we got to fill the bill?"
" If they get around to it, if the
/, are not too busy in the hay field
ID or have no engagement to go fisi
,e ing, the democrats will hold the
~ primaries next Monday; but it wi
it be merely a perfunctory function, {
}, there will, in reality, be nothir
ar doing.
= Candidates for county office ha'
n not yet come out in the open, to
w shot at. In addition to names mel
lie toned in previous issues of Il
Sc Maverick, only two or three ha'
er since bobbed up. 1t is related tn
ct w. w. Fountain, is willing
10 again serve as sheriff. He was al
r, is a democrat. E. L. Stevens,
le the same political persuasion, wi
Id has before been a candidate for c
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