Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-07-16

favor Of the anti-Dubois delegates
was uupuestioned, two out of three
Of the committee vote for his con-
tention. Judge Williams, o. Okla
bona, was the minority member Of
the committee and he characterized
the manner in which the matter
was handled as an outrage, but he
WAS only one in three. II should
also be remembered that the men,
Der of the national committee from
Idaho is Dubois man and that his
delegation included two ex-United
States senator's. Ordinarily such
showing is evidence of party regu-
larity, as the entire committee sus-
tanned the findings of the sub-com-
mittee and the Dubois delegates
we're given seats in the temporary
organization when the the national
cor invention was called to order on
Tuesday at IL o'clock noon. After
the committees were appointed and
resolution eulogistic of former pres
ident Cleveland were adopted, the
convention was adjourned until the
next lay. That afternoon the anti
Dubois delegates were notified that
the Idaho contest would be heard
by the committee on credentials at
S O'Clock in Fratcrnal Hall. The
anti-Dubois delegates with several
witnesses were promptly on hand
and the case opened with a brief
and effective statement by Nugent
and Judge Perky was called as the
first witness. Before the hearing
had been in progress an hour it
was clearly evident that the COM
mittcc was with the contestants for
there could be no question that
fraud had been perpetrtcd by the
Dubois people against the Democrats
Of Idaho Senator Dubois, how
ever, had some staunch friends on
this committee, amongst them a
Mr.. Alexander of Florida, who had
been postofficc inspector in Idaho
under President Cleveland's admin
istration. After the testimony en-
, our part was II in the ccnmittec
went into executive session 10 de-
, tcrmine sufficient evidence had betri
] submitted TO necessitatc Dubois
presenting evidence to controvert il.
y BY vote of % TO % it was decId-
I ed tina, we had presented prime
: facic evidence of regularity, SO Dr.
I bois was forced to show his hsnc.
: To cut long story short, after an
1 all night session the Dubois dele
4 gates, were declared regular by the
$ narrow vote of rs to 20. Had the
, Idaho contest been voted upon alone
i there is no question but what he
n decisionsw would have been for the
6tother side, but Charles n. Jackson
r ttUfu ruano zrtI mel we care -sio*f,
il friends on the committee. succeeded
d in having the vote put over unit
S al the contests had been heard
: During the all night session Jack
son BY trading and log rolling wa
I enabled to get favorable report TO
= his delegates. This is the histor,
= Of how Dubois and his follower
: we're given seats in the Democratic
). National Convention of 1908, blu
= the victory was barren one. H
IS staked his all upon having inco..
" porated into the platform an anil
l. Mormon plank and in tn he dis
c mally failed. 1t has cut from hin
IS every vestige of right to make tina
u the paramount issue in Idaho.
lie has, however, united the DEMO-
&c racy OF this state as nothing els,
= cou d have done. The nationa
l. platform of 1904 contained such {
J. plank. Everyone knows that tn,
is Democr attic party is not retrograd
al ing but is advancing each year. l
I'd the very best thought in the party
e assembled from every section of tn,
lie nation, fails to consider the Nor
At mon issue in a platform that is al
~ ready conceded to be masterpiece,
IN of statccraft, shall Fred T. Dubois
l. set himself above the patty and at
it tempt to foist his dclusioon furthc
a. upon the Democrats of Idaho?
lie don't believe such course will b,
j. countenanccd even for moment.
s. II is an education to attend such
81 a gathering, The anti-Dubois dele
is gates were accord every attention
n and courtesy and we're provided
e seats upon the floor of the conven.
d ton where we haJ opportunity &c
J. keep in touch with all the proceed
10 ings; and while the honor of votins
l. tor the nomination of William
IS Jennings Bryan was not accorded
10 us, that our efforts we've not fruit;
Of less is manifest by the absolute ab
J. sence from the platform of any ref