Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-06-28
POLITICAL POI PORRI::
CAUTIOUS CANDIDATES
Both Parties Issue Calls for Primaries
and County COnyen-
tiOnS.

There is, apparently, not a whole
lot of enthusiasm over pol tics here
abouts at present, aside from that
manifested by the few candidates
who have already started in on the
handshaking, buttonholing stunt.
AS was stated in these columns last
week, calls had then been issued for
meetings of the county central COM
mittees of both parties for Saturday
Of the bakers dozen members OF
the republican committee, four only
were present at the meeting, three
of whom live in town; Theodore
Pierce, of Smiths Prairie, being
the only outside member present.
J 1t is stated that Chairman Ward, of
the Ferry, had announced his inten-
| tion to come; but was Unexpectedly
sent out with an engine and could
not fill the engagement. The COM
mittec issued call for the prima-
rics to be held July is and the coun-
ty convention at G1cnn's Ferry on
the 2eth. This convention is for
the purpose OF nominating delegates
to the state convention that meets in
Pocatello August /, when the guber-
Material and senatorial scraps will
be fought to finish, without gloves
or rules.
With the democrats it was
worse and more of it. Chairman
Wolfe and Secretary Pascoe were
the only members of the committee
..Lo co,,1d Ia d;ccoxarad -, +oxu,
that day with the aid of a search
warrant. 1t is reported that they
chanced to meet on the street, dis
, cussed the situation, laid deep plans
for the welfare of the party, resolved
to do or die at the next election, ad-
juorned to the Turner House bar
, and shook dice for the lemonade.
: The call, published in Maverick to-
day, fixes July % as the date for
the primaries and the % for the
convention.
Chairman Jackson, of the state
: committee was in town between
trains the previous evening. Nav
erick is authorized to correct the
: report that he dictated the inn
: portant proceedings of the county
committee meeting the next day,
F" as outlined above. He went direct
: from the train, due here at 7 p. m.
and was an hour or so late, as usual,
: to the Helfrich Mercantile company
" and held a conference with the
head of that institution, who is
= the recognized leader of the Dubois
forces in this county. AS to the
strength of his following on thi:
issue, there is an impossible cilasn
separating the difference of opinion
n After this caucus adjourned, Chair.
4 man Jackson insisted that he ca11eC
on Mr. Helfrich to discuss with hin
the question of the best pruning
knife to be used on his fruit farm
at Orchard; but at this assertion
- the knowing ones wink the othe
y eye and declare that the cutlery dis
cussed was not pruning, but scalp
ing knives.
Most of the candidates are CO
as yet. When approached by thu
Maverick man with the request 70
a declaration of intentions, the
side step the query with a may
nay, Pauline denial. So it wa
State Senator Bailey evaded tn
I'd issue; declared that he had bee
ly satiated with glory, ink eraser
n. and waste paper baskets in servin
IN his country in legislation halls
and that next winter he propose
We to devote his time to selling chees
is and crackers from his commercis
MS emporium in the stone block whic
1g he will erect on the corner of Jack
nd son avenue and Canyon street. Fo
0n long the democrats of this count
to have wanted r. P. Chattin to go
m the senate; but he has thus far re
of sisted all the Establishments of tn
enchantress, Ambition. Whethe
ue or not he will yield this fall
n a problem that not even he ca
on solve today though he will Civ
he odds that he is strong enough
e. successfully resist. ]. H. Garrei
e, is also mentioned" for the senate
", but he declares that he is a col
$. water advocate and for that reaso
It's would be spupned by the demo
ed cratic party, that demands CT i
he leaders a booze capacity measure
by acre-feet.