Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-03-13

j. I. Carroll, Earl Rogers, William
Dollar, S. G.. Sargent, j. T. Sullivan,
f. s. Colquhoun, o. E. Barr, w. b.
Mcfarland and e. Bjorklund. Har-
mony was what was desired, he said,
and he suggested that with the en-
largement of the committee with
these names probably the work
would go forward more harmonious
ly and satisfactorily.
Robert E. Mcfarland at this june
ture arose to address the chair. He
took occasion to impress upon his
hearers that harmony was what was
necessary to win the coming fight.
He had no other interest in the bat
tie, he stated, other than to see
Occur d'Alene win in the contest.
Harmony and cooperation prevailed
at Rathdrum, he said, and the fight
would be bitter and hard, and to win
Occur d'Alene must present a united
front. He stated he had no criticism
to make as to members comprising
the present committee, but that there
were those who took exception to
them. He had heard it urged against
some of the members that they were
candidates for Office, and politicians,
and some were newspaper men, who
sought to reap a harvest from the
campaign by advertising. He had
been asked, he stated. to present a
list, which was regarded as a better
and more representative list of men
to form the committee, and he moved
that the motion made by Chamberlin
be amended and that the following
committee be substituted: John Tay-
Tor, J. T. Carroll, ]. G.. White, Earl
Rogers, William Dollar, s. G. Sar-
gent, Boyd Hamilton, |. NJ. Busby,
George Steele, j. T. Sullivan, A. ".
Chamberlin, F. s. Colquhoun, w. B.
Mcfarland, o. E. Barr and E. Biork-
lund. If this amendment prevailed
it meant the elimination from the
list the names of o. b. Moon, ]. r.
Scott. Charles ]. Shoemaker and ].
l.. McClear, and this opened the mat
ter for discussion and a heated de-
bate followed.
J.. L. McClear called o. B. Moon
to the chair and took the floor in
opposition to the amendment. He
stated that the two newspaper men
had been doing the advertising work
without pay, and that the insinua-
tiSH~that they were seeking financial
gain from the county campaign was
unjust and false. The politicians
referred to, he stated, was Charles
Shoemaker, one of the most indus
trious workers in behalf of Occur
d'Alene that the county had. The
/ insinuation that there was a candi-
date for Office upon the committee
he took to himself He had never
at any time stated, he said, that he
was a candidate for Office of any
kind, and he was not responsible for
what appeared in the newspapers to
that effect, but he challenged any
man to submit proof that he either
by words or action had indicated
that he was in search of any Office.
Il am not in search of any Office, -
he said, "and no Office that this state
could offer me would induce me to
accept 1t and abandon the fight In
behalf of the city for the county
seat" The charges as to himself
and others on the committee he
branded as falsehoods and chal-
lenged any one to show the contrary.
E. n. LaYein stated he regretted
very much that personalities had
been injected into the discussion, and
said he thought 1t unwise to dis
charge the old committee and to
place in its stead that submitted by
Mcfarland. o. B. Moon stated that
he had charged nothing for advertis-
/ ing done for the committee and that
he resented the insinuations made,
| and that II any objections we're
made to him remaining on the com
mittee he would resign.
Mayor scallon gained the floor.
1T is my country before my party, .
he said. "and my city before my
party" He objected to men who
we're candidates for Office on the
committee. because. he said. II would
operate as a temptation to them to
subordinate the city's interests in the
coming fight to their own personal
political ambitions. These men, said