Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-26

WCii, tilC dCInOCTatS pulled OIL
their primary election here Monday
afternoon without fight or casualty.
Fifty-one votes were cast, a few
women having exercised their
precious privilege of the elective
franchise. The following delegates
to the county convention, to be held
here Saturday forenoon, were elect
ed without opposition: ]. L. Tate,
John II. Brady, ]. H. Garrett, John
Dulin, N. Linton, w. H. Manion,
w. A. Reynolds, c. M. Nicholson,
Ed. F. Goddard and w. d. Goehr-
ing.
The reader who is familiar with
local political history will miss
familiar names from this list,
Chattin and Heifrich, Wolfe and
Cowen, Purtill and Swan-and
others-are conspicuous by their
absence. This result was brought
| about by a peace conference. The
warning factions didn't meet face to
face, of course, for that would have
precipitated hostilities. The white
Inguns' as the He1frich wing of
the party is designated by the other,
| caucussed among themselves, decid-
ed that at this stage of the game
the public trough is more to be de-
! sired than glory, gore or revenge !;
and determined to wig-wag the
white flag at the ''Grafters, - as
the press agent of the White Inguns
delights to call the Purtill-P Pascoc
combination, calling for a parley.
j. II. Garrett, who can either
look any man square in the eye and
tell him to go plumb to -, or else
exchange verbal amenities while
smoking the pipe of peace, was Sc
lected to bear the harmony proposal.
One who was present when he met
the representatives of the Grafters,
is Mavericks authority for what
followed; told in confidence, exact
ing bond of secrecy, which he is
at liberty to foreclose if he thinks
it's provisions are here violated.
Mr.. Garrett stated the proposition
something like this:
THE other fellows want me to
talk to you people and ascertain if
some agreement can be reached by
which the democratic party of this
county can be reunited and we
can get in and make a winning
fight this fall. am authorized
to to say that they are willing to
divide even the Mountain Home
delegation TO the county conven-
ton.
The spokesman for the party ask
ed TO see the five names the Inguns
had selected, read over the list,
wrote the names of five of his fac
tior, laid the two side by side, and
said:
Garrett, look at them, recall
the past and you will recognize the
fact that they won't harmonic. 1t
is not merely a case of oil and
water; it is dynamite and fulminat-
ing cap. Within the party we hold
the top hand, and will neither lay
do Jvn nor divide the pot. They
can only beat us by voting the re-
publican ticket at the election, as
they have done. We want to see
the democratic ticket elected and
for this reason only, we will keep
our hands off, if they will. Let
men not identified with either side
handle the proposition from soda
to hook. If they try to butt in, it's
fight; if they keep their hands off
and out, we will fight the republi-
cans and win a democratic victory.
We will let you name the ten dele
: gates, trusting you to play fair.
That's cur ultimatum, and rag chew
ing will not modify 1t. -
4 The Helfrich crowd accepted the
: proposal and the dove of peace IS
hovering over the democratic camp
2 though it has not yet alighted. The
convention Saturday is of little To-
: cal importance. 1t only elects del
egates to the state convention.
: Senator Dubois has that in his
pocket anyway and no one from
here cares to attend Delegates
/ from this judicial district will there
nominate a candidate for judge,
but little interest is taken even in
that matter, as there is, apparently,
no democrat who yearns TO make
the race. The test of the peace
agreement viii come when the pri-
maries are called for the county