Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-08-02
CHAPTERS ON SOCIAL
AND STATE POLITICS
How Attorney Howie Won in This County
to be Defeated in the District
Convention.

Dan Shelter says he would have
made no effort to secure the repub-
lican nomination for circuit judge
had he thought Attorney Howie
would come out as a candidate; that
he, himself, suggested that it
would be the proper thing to do for
this county to urge Mr.. Howic's
candidacy, three weeks ago, in talk
ing over political matters with
prominent party men.
Maverick of two weeks ago stated
that he was the logical candidate,
and the Republican Of last week ad-
vocatcd his nomination, and that is
now supposed to have been with
his consent; but it was not general
ly known that he would seek the
endorsement of this county until
the line of cleavage was marked in
the Glcnn's Ferry convention. 1t is
stated that immigration Commits
sioncr Allen Miller, who was here
Friday, doing politics in the inter-
est of the Gooding faction, arranged
the deal whereby Mr.. Howie enter
ed the contest and succeeded in
having the delegates from this
county instructed for him.
At the convention there were only
a handful of delegates present; the
unlucky number of thirteen, in fact.
During the forenoon, when the pre-
liminary skirmishes were being
! fought, the Shelter crowd had a
majority of two and fraction votes.
/ Suddenly, without warning, Judge
Stimson, who with Auditor Shelter,
\ named the Mountain Home dele
gates to the county convention,
switched and began voting with the
I Howie forces, which gave them one
third of a vote majority. Then
County Commissioner Ward, who
was a Shelter partisan, received or
ders to take out his enigne, and he
( had to leave the convention. In
] this move is also seen the fine Ital-
ian hand of Allen Miller, who,
working through and for the state
machine, succeeded in having this
order issued; though II was not
needed after Judge Stimson exper-
fenced a change of heart. The vote
instructing for Attorney Howie
carried three to one, Mr.. Shelters
and the votes he could influence
being cast in favor of the motion.
There is sequel already de-
veloped to the Stimson incident,
which will possibly be made public
later. -
But Mr. Howie faield to secure
the nomination after all; which is
to be regr gretted, for he deserves the
honor for his long loyalty to the
party and his eminent qualifications
for the position. 1t looks as if the
state machine gave him the final
throw down. z. A. Walters, OF
Shoshone, the successful candidate,
is recent convert to republican
ism. having left the democratic
party disgruntled because he failed
to get the nomination for congress.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
II was all one way at at the dem.
ocratic convention held here Satur.
day. ]. H. Garrett was made chair
man and he made rafting gooc
harmony speech; ]. H. Carter, sec.
retary; the usual committees were
, appointed and the following dele.
gates to the state convention to be
held at Coeur d. Alene on the sixth
were elected: ]. H. Garrett, ]. H
Brady, John Dulin, F. c. Towne.
r. D. Gorby and p. ]. Sullivan
No instructions were given to thc
delegates and the only resolution
/ adopted was one endorsing Senator
Dubois.
Though all was peace and har.
mony in the convention, on the out
side, previous to convening, hostili
T ties were temporarily resumed be
tween the the Grafters and tn,
! White Injuns, the former accusing
the latter of trying to break through
: their agreement to keep hands off
and offering to prove the accusation
This rupture was partially smootheC
, over, however, and the white dov,
, of peace was coaxed to return Il
the democratic fold; though it il
, still shy and nervous and refuse:
to eat out of any body's hand.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN
TON.
! At Pocatello the republican stat'