Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-08
BRADY Will run
5000 AHEAD
nrPo1s DEMOCRATS TO CHOOSE
FIN AS LESSER OF TWO EVILS
and SUPPORT REPUBLICAN
STATE TICKET.

since. the supreme court OF Idaho
So decjded the Democratic party Of
tbe state is not entitled to have "A
,1are on the offciai ballot for its
ticket regularly nominated in state
.oryantion. there is nothing left for
tb4 resular Democrats OF the state to
d. e,,1 vote for James H. Brady and
,be other candidates on the Republic
can ticket
This is the language in which DR..
NJ. Woodburn, chairman OF the
Danocratic county central committee
of Ada county, describes The politi-
eal situation in Idaho, says the
snokesman-Review. DR.. Woodburn
* in Spokane attending the inter-
state fair. and expects to remain here
the rest of the week. While here
he expects to meet number OF Dem
ocratic leaders from northrn Idaho
and conferences will be held among
and between them looking to the
formation in Idaho OF new politi-
cal marty to take the name American
marty from the anti-Mormon party
of Utah.
I'VE now have in Idaho two polit-
ical parties, both representing the
Mormon influence in state AMI ma
tional politics. We have the Repu5-
,ican party, the nominees of which
were selected and the platform OF
which was written by the Mormon
influences, and the ticket of which
1. headed by James H. Brady for gov.
ernor and w. R. Hepburn for United
States senator. We have, also. the
so-called Democratic ticket, ticket
named at Wallace by small bolting
faction of the Democratic conven-
ton acting under the inspiration and
direction Of Mormon leaders. The
supreme court Of the state. over
throwing all party precedent and par
ty practice in both parties. and IN
both the state and nation, held that
the regular CONVENTION at Wallace
as not regular and that the boiling
convention was the regular Demo
cratic convention Of Idaho, and has
ordered the ticket nominated by II
to be given the place on the omc1a
ballot. At it is too rate for US Il
nominate another ticket and have i
FACED on the ballot by petition. we
the regular Democrats OF the state
are virtually disfranchised.
"As the lesser of the two evil
presented to us for our choice. w
will probably vote for the Bryaf
electors on the Mormon Democratic
ticket and for the rest of the Repub
lican ticket in state matters, votinl
at the same time the Democratic
county tickets where those ticket
were nominated by Democrats.
Il feel confident Brady will b
elected governor, and it now looks
though he would run not less tha1
5000 votes ahead of his ticket.
"As for future action. l believ
that most Of the Democrats who hav
stood in the past with what ma
been known as the Dubois or regula
wing of the party agree with m
that the time is now ripe for the OF
ganiz'tion of a third, or anti-Mol
AAioh pdlty, lAtO "hASA W. AAAN'
propriety invite independent voter
from both the Republican and oemt
cratic parties to join Us in the mora
issue Of preserving the home an
maintaining intact the state co'St
tuition.
The two most important state Il
sues now under discussion in ldah
are local option and the passage OF
direct primary law. The Dubo
Democratic convention came OF
squarely in favor of both Of thes
measures. The Republican sta
convention adopted an equivocatir
local option plank, but at the inst
cation OF Senator Hepburn turnt
down the primary election plan
The Mormon Democratic cOnventit
declared for a primary election la
but ignored the local option questio
The Mormon church has come out
favor Of local option. but the Nc
mon Democratic party is expectii
to secure the support Of the person
liberty element to assist 1t in t
election of its candidates"