The Boise citizen., 1908-08-14
THE DUBOIS OUTRAGE

! light this state as witnessed BY the Dubois contingent aaa
since Republican this nscrupuous manipuaor vote
mules and patoons Of dead defeat George nsh n m earl
Y politics Of Idaho when it was yet a territory.
The issue that confron the Supreme Court Of this state lies deep
Ter than the triumph other faction Of the Demo
cratic party That would much figure or the
other The deeper involves the very foundation principles on
which republic rests whether the will Of the majority shall
pryal whether by fraud anpuaon and the unseaing OF e
gly elected delegates by serle committee majority
Ibe turned into minority the purposes Of denagoge
There nothing higher than the primaries American politics This
IS the foundation head Of all political power and the idea at the base
Of the primary that the will Of the people participating therein and
az expressed thereby the supreme law Of the body polite There
i nothing higher better nothing that should be guarded
carefully is the last defense and buwark Of freeen
cred # anything than the constitution itself forms that of
which the constitution formed An assault upon the primaries
an assault upon Liberty itself 1t the hand Of the political
with dagger sheathed reaching heart Of the republic Such
high handed outrage that pepeated by Dubois and his followers
lat Wallace just that kind Of attack Ada county, for example
called regular and legal primaries held legal primary election whose
legally elected delegates and legally called county con
yenon and selected trone delegates the convention
BY trped up which the deposed chairman Of the Ada
County Central Cnee appointed delegates excuse was
had to keep the legally elected delegates conventions thus
permitting Dubois to perfect the temporary organization gain
the machinery necessary biased committee on credentials
which finally by surreptou calculated cheeks of
the agran political freebooter Of all ages shame while seating
the Ada county delegation albeit any good seated
sufficient Of the appointed delegates those regularly and legally
elected 70 hold majority the convention IN Bear Lake Fremont
and Oneida counties regular primaries held and delegates
md one OF two got together Moons kitchen at the s
eson OF Dubo and appointed go to Wallace and
contest the regularly and duly elected Democrats Oneida county
few people gathered in American Falls and did the same thine
The regular democrats OF that county and held primaries
Elected delegates to county convention and these turn selected
he delegates to Wallace All these thrown out stnnari
70 question raised legality oil their election Thev
we're thrown out simply to give Dubois control Of the and
ms ~ turn TO enable m to o again upon the Democratic party
the state his twice defeated anti Mormon propaganda Only this
nd nothing more
Now the question arises leader who happens to have e state
sntra committee in his control thereby through any other
ean usea legally elected delegates and put in te places
what is It to hold primaries Why should the neone o. y
e trouble and expense hold primaries their effect can be over
me BY the arbitrary and unprecedented action Of State commit
s q e ed ot man who stops neasurers however eoa
ID nefarious to accomplish his purpose? W
Re questions the Supreme Court Of Idaho will called upon to
Wer are not whether this that little ehncaity was observed
the Duboises but whether in the first place in view Of aI nre
ents N Idaho to the contrary least history Of the Demo q
luc party OF this state the state has anv AUTHORITY f
seat legally elected delegates for preliminary ORGANIZATION to
e e temporary oeers and in the second place whether LEGALLY ca
eed delegates can be thrown Of convention and their o
zen BY delegates appointed nobody knows how
hese questions affect only the Democratic party b an ~
should the Supreme Court decide of the Dubote
ooW would be given o honest elections the secen -
primary would be wiped for all time in this state tha
The whole issue whether the sacedness Of the i goo
source OF political power in this republic shall be n7ai
shef i s within the power Of political freebooter o ride ~
oyer the viii OF the people expressed thereby and ~ org
will When once that distinguished body digs down n m stat
p methods Dy which Dubois secured the majority thar ~ any
d his ticket and drew his PLATFORM uncoyer tle ,I5i
manner N which his delegates from Bear Lake Fremont
da counties were selected and given in the Wallace vote
W no doubt put the seal Of disapproval upon The % his
Gus business and pronounce in favor Of the sanct "a M type
y he nShe source OF political power this republic boss
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