Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-04
Dubois Attempts to Ride Rough
shod Over ldaho--Gather-
ing at Twin Falls.
DOES HIS WORK AT NIGHT.
Boss of Gem State "Amcrlcaus' Fails
To Control Regularly Called Ses-
sion, So Selects Delegates.
Special to the .cNews..,

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Twin Falls, Ida, June 3--For near
ly ~ hours. ending at midnight to-
night, excitement and turmoil reigned
In Twin Falls such as perhaps never
before was witnessed in the state. 1t
was the result Of the Democratic con-
vention, which met ostensibly as one
but ended as two gatherings. Fred
Dubois and his henchmen endeavored
to ride roughshod over all who opposed
them and their methods. and the result
was that the delegates who stood for
right and decency ignored the rule or
ruin gang, proceeded to the business
for which they had met and adjourned.
THE DELEGATES.
The following were elected dele
gates to the Denver convention:
w. b. Mcfarland, of Kootenai,
George E. Erb of Nez Perez. ]. r.
Pence OF Ada. c. II. Lamberton of
Elmore, d. L. Evans of Oneida, ]. d.
Canyon, J. II. Hawley of Ada, Ben
Grey OF Blaine. j II. Garrett of Ell
more, w. II. Cassidy of Idaho. j. F.
Nugent of Ada.
Twelve men were named each to
have half a vote In the national party
deliberations at Denver. July Z, pro-
vided they are seated, consumma
ton confidently expected. 1t Is the
regularly elected delegation, inasmuch
as 1t was chosen by state delegates
who were elected in the proper manner,
while the Duboisites, manifestly In the
minority, used the machinery OF the
state organization to name delegates
to do its bidding.
BUSINESS QUICKLY ENDS.
Judge *. !. Perky of Ada county was
chairman OF the anti-Dubois conven-
ton, and the business of the meeting
was transacted In the same hall with
their opponents and at the same time
that the Dubotsites were trying to
count themselves a majority. The di-
vision came only when 1t was clearly
apparent that none but Dubois man
could be heard. Glen p. Mckinley of
Twin Falls was named by the Dubois
ties as chairman, while Mr.. Perky was
the choice of the other side. In the roll
call. the Dubois delegation from Bing-
ham county whose seats We're contest
ed by the regularly chosen members,
were permitted to vote. while Beai
Lake. Oneida and Fremont counties
were passed up. This manifest unfair
ness would have given Dubois the lead.
and 1t WAS at this point that the anti
DuDOlS men, ltttueu Dy JuubS NuSellI,
]. 7. Pence and others, placed Judge
Perky IN the chair AID proceeded as
though the NJ 5py sbfhsfrs Were not pres
ent. The work of selecting the dele-
gates was over with in a comparatively
short time. and the convention adj
jouITied-
DUBOIS DELEGATES. K
The Duboisites, after naming COM
mittees, adjourned until evening, and
then proceeded to business. Six dele
gates were chosen, as follows: Fred
Dubois, Henry Heitfeld, c. III. jackson
of Wallace, Timothy L. Reagan of
Boise, Harry l.. Day of Wallace, w. l..
Eccles of Washington.
OF course. there was a speech by Du-
hois, and 1t was of the stereotyped fire.
brand kind, every word of which he has
repeated time after time and always
out of season. The platform adopted
contained anti-Mormon planks. These
features were opposed by Mr. Brbe. a
Neg Perez delegate who was tho only
one from that county who remained in
the Dubois convention. He moved that
the anti-Momon planks be st!cken out,
and boldly stated that he was totally
against the Dubolsite movement, and
only remained to fight the crowd on its
own ground.
BY midnight most of the delegates
had departed for home thus ending
ono of the liveliest days in the history
of the Gem state. The controversy win
be carried into the Denver convention,
perhaps to be settled on the floor of
that gathering.