The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-09-14
JUDGE MOR'aN'S Bolt
What The Herald Says Of
the Sensation.
Disappointed Office Seekers.
Boilers Have scant Sympathy
at the Ferry.

/ Boomers Ferry Is one of the pre
cincts which figured prominently II
the recent republican primary cleo
tion. 1t was there that the law was
SO fagrantly violated by employees ol
the Spokane international railway
company In order to elect Morgan
delegates to the county convention,
the evidences Of fraud heing so plain
that the delegation was promptly un-
seated Following Is what the Herald
has to say appertaiDing to the action
or Judge Morgan as a result of his
dissatisfaction over the nutcunle OF
the primaries and the county conven.
tion:
After brooding ,ver his defeat for
renominatlOn for several weeks,
Judge r T. Morgan has finally de-
cided TO attempt tn lead his follow.
ing into the Democratic party. To
this end, he called meeting OF his
lieuteuants at Standpoint last Fri.
day and had his bolt formally launch.
ed. A manifesto was issued and
given publicity thru the columns OF
the Spokane newspapers. The para
mount reason" assigned for the action
Of the boilers is assumed to be "that
ring rule be broken. and bossism
crushed"
The Republicans of Kootenai coun-
" can afford to court the fullest In
vestigating of there charges, for the
facts disprove the assertions. and leave
but one construction to be placed up.
on the action OF the boiters--that
they are taking the course they do
because they are soreheads and disap-
pointed Office seekers.
In the recent primaries there were
Cwo political factions 10 this county.
Judge Morgan led one Of these. The
Morgan ring was thoroughly organic.
ed. The Judge stepped down from
his high position On the bench and
went thru most of the precincts to
advance the interests OF himself and
the Morgan ring Wherever he went
he bOasted that he would carry the
convention by great majority. The
Morgan ring left no stone unturned to
carry the primaries. They even did
many things that are 10 sorry contrast
to their present boast Of political
purity to be simply rot and hypocrisy.
The facts are too we'll known to
need specification.
The Morgan ring secured only 80
votes In the convention, out Of lO9.
Most OF the Republicans OF Kootenai
county had their eyes open to The true
situation at the time OF the primaries
and hundreds OF those who voted with
the Morgan ring have had their eyes
opened since aud will refuse to follow
these ring leaders into the Democratic
party upon no other issue than that
they, the ring leaders. have been
denied the further privilege of feed
ing al The public crib.
Who we're the delegates that nOui.
mated the Republican ticket al Occur
d'Alene? Is 1t not fact that they
were largely from the country pre-
cincts and precincts having only one,
two or three delegates? You could
have given the Morgan ring the dele
gates from Occur d'AIene and nine OF
the len delegates from Rathdrum, 10
addition to the votes they had, includ-
ing Standpoint and Harrison. and they
would still have been In the mlnurity.
Oh no: 1t was not one-man con-
vention, nor ring convention. The
one man power and the ring secured
only 80 of the 100 votes. 1t was the
people living OUTSIDE OI any r1Oy 10.
Huence who spoke and through their
delegates dominated the convention
and nominated the splendid Republi.
can ticket now before the people.
There never was so little excuse for
a bolt as for this one.
Republicans can rejoice, however,
that thev have come out into the
open. because the Republican ticket
was knitted two and four years ago and
there has nnre ietn any mystery as
/, to where to pace the blame. An