The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1907-02-08
VIEW OF THE NORTH.
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Continued from rage L.
lon of Kootenai, protege of Boss Heit
man, and with Conner and Rossi of thii
city leading the gentilesi with Speaker
Hunt and other Mormons caring for the
vote of the hierarchy, the machine sough
to set up a throne before which all mus
bow or be cast forever into the cole
dark world, there to grope alone.
The ultimatum was given to severa
north Idaho delegates that unless they
lined up with the combination they
would fail to secure any legislation fol
their communities.
This was the limit The machine BY
quiet and smooth moves had succeeded
in loading Hunt upon the house fol
speaker. But success made Gooding and
his cohorts bold-even brazen-and
they went to the extreme.
Perhaps now the people will have ar
inning. Let us all hope so.
WHO THEY ARE.
The machine faction of the Republi-
cans of the lower house who lined up
with the Mormons and as a result are
out in the cold since the independents
have formed their alliance with the
Democrats, is known as the Thompson
Mormon faction, according to Boise re-
ports
Gaylord w. Thompson, who is ap-
pearing so prominently in the mixup,
who has assumed the task of bringing
the Independents back into line, as a
Lewiston man and this explains how
it is that Bradley of Lewiston seems to
be the floor leader of the faction.
Thompson broke into Idaho politics
iev years ago when he lined up fac
ton in Nez Perez county and elected
himself chairman of the Republican
county central committee He was the
real father of the Clearwater boom bill
which created such scandal in the leg
islature four years ago, a bill designed
to give Thompson and his associates
the right to boom the Clearwater river
and charge toll on all logs hoated
through the boom. The game was stop
ped by the people of Lewiston sending
delegates to Boise to defeat the bill and
Thompson came home at the close Of
the session as unpopular as he had been
popular few months before.
Three years ago Thompson tried to
retain his power but a strong faction,
headed BY Kester, West and others, used
the boom bill whip upon him to such
good advantage that he lost out
In the county convention three years
ago, which was called to order by
Thompson, he still being county chair
man, an attempt was made by Thomp-
son to railroad his organization through.
One of his lieutenants was the first to
nominate candidate for chairman and
Thompson declared the nominations
closed and his man elected before the
opposition, which controlled the situa-
ton, could nominate man.
In an instant the whole court room
where the convention was held, was
in an uproar and two enraged Repub-
licans were about to throw Thompson
from the second story window when the
sheriff rescued him. But things
changed again in Nez Perce The Kes-
ter-West faction became involved in
the north Idaho land frauds and last
fall Thompson defeated his rivals
He is again at Boise attending the
legislature, although he is not mem
Der of that body He controls the Lew
iston delegation to man and Bradley,
who, according to report, does not in
tend to return to Lewiston to take up
his residence at the close of the session,
is willing to lead the machine forces on
the floor. The other Nez Perez county
men, though under Thompson's thumb,
will have their constituents to face when
they return and are keeping more in
the dark
1t is under these mems leadership
that the machine is attempting to whip
the independents back into line with the
Mormons Thus far they have failed
and the combine is doing some good
business while the machine creatures
simply froth and foam with rage.
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