Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-09-03
MACHINE SAVES
BRADY AND O'NEIL
republicans Nominate State Tick
ct and IndOrse Local Option.

.DOAf'AN' AuatAot Sept O'-ANepuph-
can state ticket:
United States senatOr-WeIdOn b.
Hepburn of Shoshone.
Congressman-Thomas Il. Hamer
of Fremont.
Governor-James H. Brady of BAN
mock.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. II. Sweet
ser of Cassia.
Secretary of state-RObert Lans-
don of Washington.
Attorney generaI-D. c.. McDougal
of Oneida.
Auditors. ID. Taylor of Bonner.
Treasurer-C. A. Hastings of Nez
Perez.
Mine inspector-F. c. Moore of
ShOshOne.
superintendent of public instruc-
tons. Belle Chamberlain of Ada.
Presidential eIectOrs-Edgar Will
son of Ada, John Lamb of Owyhee,
| A. A. Crane of KoOtenai.
Justice of the supreme court
James +. Ailshie of Idaho county.
BOISE, Idaho, Sept AT the
eleventh hour, when it seemed i'm
possible to defeat the slate agreed
upon-Chairman Brady, the nominee
for governor-the opposition. led by
George w. Thompson of Nez Perez
county, put through a deal that up
set all calculations and defeated Con-
gresham French. The Brady ticket
revolved around Edwin Snow of Ada
county for attorney general, B. F.
| ONeill of Wallace for state chair
man and a clean sweep of the state
house aside from Chief Justic Ailshie
and Miss Chamberlain, superintend-
ent of public instruction. Mr.. Thomp-
son was displeased because of the
Craftsmanship arrangement. So was
c. l.. Hoffman of Rathdrum. These
two got their heads together and
formulated a plan to unite all their
friends under the leadership of
Thompson. Their greatest trouble
was to break into the southeast,
where Brady had absolute control.
But they succeeded by picking up
Hamer for congress.
Hamer Il Candidate.
Hamer has been after the nomi-
nation for a long time. Although
not an active candidate before the
convention. Thompson and Hoffman
knew he desired it, and they took
advantage of his ambition to break
up the solid southeast. There was
opposition to Hamer on the part of
Mormon delegates from Hamer's own
county (Fremont). but some of these
delegates are prominent sheepmen
and they were won over when ii
become known that Mr. Brady had
exerted sufficient influence to have
adopted a resolution favoring con-
tinuance on the statute books of the
two-mile-limit law. That settled il
with the Mormon delegates from Ere
mont. Further inroads were made in
the southeast by promising Oneida
county the attorney generalship. With
the southeast broken up, the game
was won, for the Hastings and Lans'
den men. who were practically de,
feated before the new combination
heartily joined hands. One hundred
and fifty-nine delegates, more thar
a majority of the convention, signed
up to support the ticket that was
finally nominated.
So strong was the movement that
for a time it threatened to wipe out
Brady. After Hamer had been nomi
mated the opposition to the ''insur
gent" slate practically quit. Tha
the leaders of this movement wer'
not entirely sanguine of success ever
up to the last was evidenced b.
their preparations TO stampede thu
convention for Hamer. This wa
pulled of. anyway. It is uproarious
although unnecessary. lasting for full
IL 90 minutes.
The only real animation in the con
yention. aside from the Hame
demonstration. was furnished durini
the consideration of the platform
There was a warm fight, strongl
backed by Senator Hepburn. agains
the direct primary plank and tn