Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-09
ApNEY TALKS
OF CONVENTION
TELLS OF FAKE CONTESTS AND
DELIBERATE PLANS OF ANTS
TO START a. SOMETHING DIES.
PERATE AT TWIN FALLS.

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rotary of the democratic state cen.
trail committee with other Ada coun.
ty democrats who remained at Twin
Falls to close the convention after X.
/. Perky and his followers had finish.
ed and left. arrived homo yesterday,
In seemingly excellent spirits, says
the Boise Statesman.
He does not apprehend that the
action Of the Ada delegates and the
other with them will have any ef-
feet In regard to the seating of the
Dubois delegates In the Denver con-
vention or to the attitude of the
state convention at Wallace regard
ing the Mormon issue as 1t has stood
before the party in former years.
Asked for an interview regarding
his views of the convention at Twin
Falls, Mr.. Arney said:
"The convention was composed OF
| 1913 delegates. In the vote for tenn
porary chairman Mr.. Mckinley re-
ceived 14S votes and Mr.. Perky 1872
votes. The other IS votes were ell
minated from the roll call by order
| of the chairman Of the state central
committee, 3S Of the AZ OF its men,
bers being present. Thirty-three
voted for the elimination of these
| votes and five voted against 1t. These
IS votes We're. Fremont IL, Oneida
4, Bear Lake 2.
Chairman Lockhart's announce
ment to call the roll prepared by the
state central committee for tempo
rary organization and the roll which
I called was the command Of the
state central committee.
For some weeks past 1t was evil
dent there has been desire on the
part OF thos democrats who are
againse the principles OF the demo-
cratic party as proclaimed In the
last three state campaigns. to pre-
pare fake contests in at least two
counties-Latah and Bingham. The
Latah county committee. following
the custom Of both republican and
democratic parties in past years, APP
pointed their delegations. The Ada
county delegation encouraged a
dozen or less of their associate re-
dictionaries in Latah to contest the
appointment of their 10 delegates.
Accordingly mass meeting was cal
led to meet at Moscow to elect the
contesting delegation. The county
committee issued a strong letter to
the Latah democracy. asking them
to attend the mass meeting and the
democracy responded. The COM
mittee was sustained by practically
400 to 20.
''In the state central committee
meeting at Twin Falls, when the tenn
porary roll was made letter was
read from Mr.. Cornwall of Moscow.
written to q lodge brother and was
signed yours fraternally.' asking al
friend from Troy to accept an APP
pointment and fill out proxy to be
used in a contest. This caused the
committee to believe there was no
sincerity or genuine friendliness in
tn moving spirits from Ada and La
tab counties to abide by the wishes
Of the majority Of the democrats OF
Latah county. e.a to save the con.
vention from the disgrace Of con-
tests based on fiimsy excuses 1t was
necessary to adopt the course then
and there Of the national COMMITTEES
ana make this temporary roll. Frank
Moore one of the Latah reactionists,
was at Twin Falls presumably as the
committee then thought to contest
the regular delegation. 1t was lat
er learned, as viii appear by affida-
Wits to be published, that he was
there to participate on behalf Of
his county in a party Of boilers.
1.-THE Bingham county case was
even more frivolous. That contest
was based on purely personal ground
for the purpose of humiliating and
discrediting Senator Dubois who had
been regularly elected by county
convention made up Of delegates ell
ected at primaries, due notice OF
which had been published in the
Post OF Idaho Falls. paper widely
circulated. 81
From the affidavits 1 have refer
red to Il appeared later Latah coun-
ty. was not to be contested, but
bingham was. Giving the vote OF
Bingham to Perky instead of to NC
Kinley the latter would still haVt
had two majority for temporary
chairman. ,.,.
1.-The Ada delegates to the I"ii
Falls convention stand in yer!
bad light. They formed the nucie
us around which all these fake con
tests conferred: they tabled reso'u
ton at their convention to supper
the nominees and platform OF IN
3 democratic party at the comm