The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-05-01
COUNTY CONVENTION FOR BRADY.
convened at Idaho Falls
ior tne Purpose of Electing Dele
gates~to Two State Conventions.

W Two state Conventions.
FRIDAY morning at II o'clock tn
republican delegate convention a
bingham county, which, by the way
was the first convention held in ~
state thls year, was called to order HI
chairman Otto E. McCutcheon. TIL,
convention was for the purpose of cleo
ting delegates to attend tho two stot
oonvehtions, one at Wallace on the 1,
OF May, and the other in Boise Septem
oe' l. The attendance Of delegates wa,
splendid, the representation helms
nearly complete.
"nlle IT was evident from the sta r,
that there were two factions in the as
semoiy no contest developed on thu
workmanship, and Christian Anderson
OF Ammon was seated by acclamation
lie thanked the convention for tho bo,
conferred upon him, and urged the
oest OF teeling and unity of spirit.
Lucille Walker was made temporary
secretary by acclamation, and later A
T. onane was elected assistant secre.
tary.
Ine following committees were then
appointed by the chair.
Credentials-A. e. Christensen. G. n
crowley, William Priest, Robert Nc
Gavin, E. P. Fackrell.
Permanent Organization and order
OF buslness-D. g. Platt. P. J. Nelson
onn Wray, Israel Butt, F. Rysett,
Hesolutfons-James e. Steele. w. r,
wheeler, "A. 7. Shane, Frank Randall
George Gagon.
adjournment was then taken until
o'clock in the afternoon.
upon reconvening the COMMITTEES on
order of business reported that II was
ready to be heard. 1t recommended
tnat the temporary organization be
made permanent, and asked that a
committee of seven be named to mass
On the nominations of the various pre-
cincts FOR delegates to the state con-
ventfon, the choice to be subject to
ratlhcation of the convention.
II seemed that there were some who
were ready and willing to misinter-
pret the meaning of the clause. and IN
Iess tlme than 1t takes to tell it, w. r.
wheeler, DR.. Patrie and one or two
other Old Liners were on their feet IN
enter protest, Wheeler designating
1t as gag rule" when the chairman
sat down on him and ruled him out of
order' Mr Patrie had on his fighting
clothes and made several uncompli-
mentary references to the boss rule
that appeared to excite him. He con-
tested the right Of a committee to re-
ceive the nominations and insisted that
each precinct name its own delegates
delegate H. W. Kiefer interposed an
amendment to maintain the rights of
the precincts to name their own dele
gates, and not pass the jurisdiction IN
to committee of seven to he chosen
by the chairman. "a
At this juncture Senator McCutcbeon
made talk for peace and stated that
he believed the gentlemen opposing the
adoption of the committee report were
unduly alarmed, as in either event the
convention would have to pass on the
nominations, and the action of the
committee did not bind the convention.
ine committee merely recommended
the names, and that was all 1t amount
ed to. He further stated that It was
the province of the majority to rule,
and that he or any other delegates
should abide by 1t, and IL there were
any delegates recommended by the
committee that were not acceptable the |
matter could be taken up by the con-
vention for correction.
Mr.. Wheeler then insisted that his |
amendment should prevail in prefer
ence to Mr. Kiefers, as he had thought |
much upon 1t, and wanted the commit
tee to district the precincts. All this
would have been well enough, but had |
the chair ruled at once on the thing,
much Misunderstanding and confusion
would have been eliminated, and the
proposition could have been taken up
when the committee made its report. I
II was up to the convention In any
event.
Senator McCutcheon believed the
should have a mind of it's
own and name the delegates. The re-
port and amendment were laid on the
table until the credentials committee
had reported, which showed all but one
Or two precincts represented in the con-
The K1efer amendment was then taxi
en- up and on roll call was lost by the
following vote: Aye, So; nay 6S.
The report was then adopted as rec
by the committee. and fol-
owing out the order of the report, the
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