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John \. O'Niell. election 10
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Wilbur H. Kramer, incidentals 5000
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Respectfully submitted,
A. ALLAN, Chairman,
Il. +. MILLING.
Report received and adopted.
On motion duly seconded. the
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Respectfully submitted,
A. ALLAN, Chairman,
Il. +. MILLING.
Report received and adopted.
On motion duly seconded, the
Jury adjourned until March 10th,
1908.
j. A. PETERMAN, President.
RUDOLPH HANF, Sec'ty.
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that the change was false when h4 made 1t.
 Eighteenth That no repressntat1vsn of the press have bean bribed ou cor- rupted by the Electric Boat company.
 Nineteenth. That no member of the committee on naval affairs has been induced by the officers Of tho Electric Boat company. or anyone else, to act in his official capacity from corrupt or improper motives.
 Twentieth. That no member oA, this house has been induced by tho officers of the Electric Boat company. or anyone else. to act in his ofilcial capacity from corrupt or improper motives
 Twenty-nrst That tho only two attorneys employed by tho Electric Boat company in the districts Of mem- bers of the naval committee, and re- mote from tho business of said com- pany. did not exercise a corrupting influence upon either Mir. Lilley or MT. Loud, in whose districts they lived.
 Twenty-second. That no campaign or other contributions were made by tho Electric Boat company to any member of this house or to any cam. paign committee or fund of any polit- ical party.
 Twenty third. That Mir. Lilley has sworn repeatedly, including his last appearance before this committee, that he had no further suggestions, facts or sources of information. and that he had withheld from the com .mittee nothing that would tend to sustain his charges.
 HENRY SHERMAN BOUTELL, FREDERICK c. STEVENS, MARLIN E. OLMSTED, WILLIAM M HOWARD. R. F. BROUSSARD.
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Report of Committee of Investigation of National House of Repre-
 contot ttuac

of National House of Repre-
 scntatives.
 After careful examination and analysis of all the evidence and an exhaustive review of all the legal and parliamentary decisions bearing up- on the questions involved, your com mittee unanimously find and report:
 First. That house resolution 255, introduced by Mir. Lilley, was an inn potent resolution, and no evidence could have been compelled thereun- der, and that this investigation re- ouired the adoption of house resolu- ton 2SS of the committee on rules, under which the inquiry has proceed ed.
 Second. That MT. Lilley's resolu- ton was not introduced in good faith. Third. That MT. Lilley had no ln- formation to justify his charges made before the committee on rules,
 Fourth That MT. Liley acted in bad faith in making his charges be- fore the committee on rules.
 Fifth. That Mir. Lilley acted n bad faith in stating before this com mittee that he had made no charge ref1ecting upon members of the hous, before the committee on rules
 Sixth. That MT. Lilley allowed himself to be used as an instrument of the Lake Torpedo Boat company in
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its rivalry and attack upon e compet- ing company.
 Seventh. That MT. Lilley's real ob- ject in introducing his resolution and making his charges was the same aS the purpose of the propaganda" of the Lake Torpedo Boat company. namely, the defeat of the clause in the naval committees bill relating to submarines.
 Eighth. That Mir. Lilley acted In bad faith in conceallng from your committee the real parties in interest who were behind this investigation and furnishing him with information and evidence.
 Ninth. That the charge that tho four battleship proposition was de- feated by the adoption of the sub marine clause in the naval commit tees bill was false; that Mir. Lilley, as member of the naval committee, knew that the charge was false. and that he refused to maintain the charge before this committee. D
 Tenth. That Representative Loud was made the object of anonymous charges thath were without any foun- dation in fact.
 Eleventh. That Mir. Lilley violated his obligation as a member of this house in formulating and urging be- fore this committee the groundless charges against Representative Loud.
 Twelfth. That Mir. Lilley acted in contempt of this house in destroying the forged letter from Webster to :, Edinborough instead of delivering 1t to this committee.
 Thirteenth. That MT. Lilley violated his obligations as a member of this house in permitting his clerk to send out letters in MT. Lilley's narne re- hecting upon the honor and integrity of members of this house
 Fourteenth. That MT. Ldlley acted in contempt of this house in not disavow- ing openly upon the floor of the house the letter to Golf. published over his signature. refecting upon the honor and integrity of members of this house
 Fifteenth. That no official of the navy has been induced by the officers of the Electric Boat company, or anyone else, to act in his official capacity from cor rupt or improper motives.
 Sixteenth. That MT. Lilleys charge oi excessive profits in the submarine con. tracts was based on fictitious figures composed by an agent of the Lake Tor. pedo Boat company by a perversion oi the testimony of Admiral Bowles ir 1902.
 Seventeenth That the charge that ar excessive profit in the submarine con. tracts was due to special and exclu. sive legislation in favor of one com. pany was false, and MT. Lilley knew
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II there were not some sheep in 1t that had thc soot-rot or scabies."
 'cilection on His Colleagues.
 Crude as this language Is It contains a very grave reflection upon his col leagues. But as Mir. Lilley said, "1 as- sure you, gentlemen, 1 am not talking upon hearsay and I know that can prove these things; the investigation was ordered before a committee of five members of the house. men of great distinction in congress, and none of them implicated in Mir. Lilley's charges. The committee sat nearly two months. YAH witnesses named by Mir. Lilley were summoned. all lines of inquiry suggested by Mir. Lilley were followed out. and all pertinent questions submit ted by him were rigidly pressed upon all of the witnesses. The number of written questions submitted by him to certain witnesses exceeded 200."
 Facts" Only Illogical Assumptions.
 IL developed that Mir Lilley's facts" of which he had stated that he was 'not talking upon hearsay" were largely newspaper reports, illogical assumptions, rumors. suspicious and misstatements too often stuhhornly adhered to-" In general such stuff as small minds prone 10 innuendo and suspicion feed upon AS truth The charges of corrupt acts or corrupt in- fuences not only were not proved but were shown to he without foundation.
 Case of Congressman Loud.
 For example, let me cite the case of Congressman Loud of Michigan. mem Der of the naval committee, against whom MT. Lilley avowed his suspicior,e. His proofs were articles in Michigan papers based upon anonymous letters from Washington to Detroit newspa- : per and an anonymous letter of similar import to a man named Ednborough of Michigan. candidate for congress against MT. Loud Ednborough also received forged" letter from Wash ington upon the same subject
 t"i's ONH SeCTethTN WTOtf
 Forged" Letter.
 The committee by clever detective work discovered the source of these let. ters and by the sworn confessions of their authors 1t was found that the two anonymous letters were written by an employe and agent of Simon Lake of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co, Lilley'e friends and packers, and the forged letter was written by one Webster MT Lilley's own secretary When Edin. borough brought this forged" letter tt MT. Lilley he destroyed 1t instead O taking 1t to the committee. and tn, next day Edinborough committed per. jury when asked about it.
 Despicable Acts.
 The committee comments upon this action as follows: This committee can not decide which was the most de- spicabe act, Webster's in writing tn, forged letter. MT, Lilley's In destroy ing 1t, or Edinborough's In swearing that he never received it." and agail 1t Is characteristic of MT Lilley's atti tude toward the house and his col leagues through all these proceedings that when he learned his suspicious ot Representative Loud were groundles! and were created by the secret at tacks of an interruptions schemer ht has never. up to the present time, ex pressed his qualification of the remova of the cloud which hung over his col league, or made to him any apology or given any expression or manifesto tion of regret that he should have made an unwarranted attack upon tho
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Axle Grease.

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 make the wheels go round.
 The following we carry in stocks Always There, Rapid, Frazer's, Baum's Castorine, Boston Coach oil, "02," Now England Axle Grease and Dixon's. Wo also carry the regular castor oil, which many prefer for carriage use.
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LlLLEYS CANDIDACY BITTERLY
 ARRAIGNED BY GEO. $. PALMER

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tho last six months renders him un- available for such conspicuous office? Can they not see that the people who make governors throughout the land everywhere are demanding higher standards of conduct in political life, are searching for men of character and conscience as candidates for great of-
 Aces?
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-06-13

The following report of the meeting of the repub-
lcan territorial central committee in 1888 will be of
interest as showing those who were prominent in
that party in Idaho twenty years ago
The republican territorial central committee met
at 10 O'Clock a. m on Friday March 9th in the
territorial library room, Boise City, pursuant to a
call made by H. NJ. Bennett chairman and D. F.
Chamberlain, secretary. The chairman called the
meeting to order and on motion w. C. B. Allen was
elected secretary pro tenn.
On motion Of George A. Black of Aturas COM
m1ttee on credentials appointed consisting of
c. S. Kingsley of Boise county and T. W. Hawortb
of Washington. The committee then took a re-
until o'clock p. m
At 2 o'clock the roll was called and additional
credentials presented The report of the committee
on credentials then submitted and on motion
adopted, viz:
Ada county-John Lemp by D. P B. Pride mem
Der at large
A1turas-Texas Angel by George A. Black w. T.
Riley by E. B. Lennon.
Bingham-H NJ Bennett, D. F. Chamberlain by
E. S. Whittier.
Boise-C. S. Kingsley
Bear Lake, L. Underwood by W. c. B. Allen
Custer-L. H. Johnson by H. NJ Bennett
1daho-C. E. Holt by H. M. Bennett
Owyhee-C M Hays by H. NJ Bennett
Oneda-John Lewis by H. NJ Bennett
Shoshone-W. B. Hepburn by H. NJ Bennett w
H, Petit by H. M. Bennett
Washington-J w. Haworth
On motion the vote Of 1886 for republican dele
gates to congress adopted as the basis of rep
resentaon from the several counties in the conven-
tons of 1888.
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North Idaho i'm 1880.

The old timers who lived in Idaho twenty
two years ago will remember the efforts made
in those days to secure the segregation of the
north counties of the state known as the panhandle
and have the whole north end annexed to Wash
1ngton territory.
The people of the north end were much divided in
sentiment, and in the following report Of republi-
can convention printed in the Lewiston Teller it
will be seen that the citizens of Nez Perez county
had decided views the subject:
The talk quite general throughout the country
for time past, that it useless to send dele
gates to another republican convention in the south
to make nomination for delegate in congress, for
the following reasons: First Before his office would
commence we expect to be part of Washington and
therefore would have interest in nominating
delegate for South Idaho in voting for him
Second. We had learned that the republicans of
south Idaho, who largely in the majority, had de-
termined that North Idaho should have
nomination. and that resolution of That's conven-
ton should pass favoring annexation, and that the
voters of the north would only send delegates to
there to be insulted by being told the onset that
we practically could have voice. but would be
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This apportionment is based upon the vote cast for
the republican candidate for delegate to congress at
the last election allowing delegate for each 900
votes and one for each fraction Of fifty more 1t
IS recommended that the several county conventions
be held at the county seats Wednesday, April 11t
and that the primaries in the several election pre-
clncts be held March 31st unless different time
be specified by the county committees
At the meeting of the central committee the fol-
lowing resolutions adopted viz Resolved That
it is the of this committee that no proxies
should be allowed in said convention unless held bp
actual residents of the county they propose to rep
resent. D. P. B. Pride
Jonas w. Brown, Acting Chairman
Acting Secretary"
At meeting of the republican territorial com
mittee held at Boise City, March 8, 1885, the fore
going call ratified.
(Signed) H. M. Bennett
Chairman Rep. Ter. Cent. Com.
ID. F. Chamberlain,
Secretary
The following then placed in nomination to
be baotted for place for holding the territorial
convention at which delegate to congress is to be
nominated: Idaho City, Haley, Shoshone, Lewis
ton. On ballot being taken the vote resulted in
Shoshone 2, Lewiston 8, Haley TO- Messrs
Lennon and Haworth acting tellers. Haley was
declared the place selected for holding the said CON
vent1on and on motion the chairman was authorized
to fix the date of said convention and that the call
be issued at least sixty days before holding the same
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Historical Notes
I'm Idaho Incident.

The following is taken from the Salt Lake Herald
printed about twenty years ago:
Referring again to the efforts at coquetry which
some of the more farseeing of the Idaho republicans
are making in respect to the Mormons the Herald
calls the attention of its Mormon readers in our
neghbor state to the account of a meeting held in
Rexburg this week. The object of the meeting was
the organization of a republican club, and take it
from the number present, that about all the
of the party III the town were there. When it came
to the enrolment, the of young Mormon
presented, and he vouched for by one Of
the gentlemen as being man who would be abso-
lutely free from church dctation in the matter of
casting his vote. The nomination seems to have
set the meeting ahre, as it WERE and the chairman
was unable to maintain order, eager were all to
hurl resolutions and profanity at the heads of the
saints. One motion that who had ever be-
longed to the Mormon church, whether not his
appears the church books shall be permitted
to vote. Another gentleman wanted to be a little
more liberal and moved that Mormons withdrawing
from the church be allowed to vote. Various mo-
tons, all anti-Mormon in a greater or less degree
were made, and it was finally voted, II to TO- that
the Mormons be denied the franchise, whereupon the
who had protested some sort of consideration
tor the saints, went with the maj GRITTY and an
nounced his determination to work against the Nor
The affair was all right We are not sorry for
anything that occurred. On the contrary if the
utterances at that meeting shall reach the nte11-
gence of certain of the Mormons of Idaho who are
being played upon by republicans who are shrewder
If less frank and honest than those of Rexburg
the incident will be hailed as having saved
good people from going astray The truth is, the
rank and hle OF the republican party in Idaho want
nothing to do with the Mormons. The party has
fattened and grown strong fighting the saints, and
the latter have the g. Q. p to blame for the fact
that they today suffering from taxation without
representation, being denied all the rights of citizen
ship Some of the leaders cunning enough to
see that IN a little while the un-American statute
which torb1ds the Mormons to go to the polls will
be set aside, and these leaders trying to take
advantage of what they know is coming; they are
sneaklngly holding out their hands to the Mormons,
and 1T is annoying to note that IN instances the
hands are being TAKEN though men who thus humble
themselves must blush for their manhood and in
heir hearts feel certain contempt for themselves
We don't believe the Rexburg incident will help
along the unholy alliance which the schemers are
seeking to form 1t will open the eyes of the think
ng Mormons to the true sentiments Of the republi-
cans, and be accepted notice that if the republi-
an power not liable to be broken the saints
would be hated and oppressed by the party in all
he past years
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THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

overwhelmed by the vote of the delegates of the
SOUTH and all the trouble and expense of electng and
sending delegates there to be thus treated could be
avoided by staying at home and attending to your
own business The republican voters of Nez Perez
county had practically settled down under that expec-
tatlon But the republican central committee fear
ing they might be censured for not calling county
convention for that purpose did issue call about
week before the day set and apportioned the dele
gates to the different precincts. This apportionment
gave fortyhve delegates to thirteen precincts as fol
lows lows: Lewiston ten, Moscow seven, Waha two,
Genesee four, Little Potlatch two Big Potatch
three, Bear Creek two, American Ridge two
l horn Creek two, -Four Mile two, Palouse three
Gold Creek three, Pine Creek three-forty-hve
representation in the convention, Lewiston, Moscow
and American Ridge. The first had six delegates
IN person and four proxies in the convention. The
second had delegate in person and six nroxies in
the convention, and the third had two proxies in
the convention which quickly withdrawn when
tne following resolutions introduced by J. H. Evans
and adoption moved and seconded who held the
proxies under instructions, voted down.
RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, The annexation of north Idaho to
Washington territory continues to be question of
vital interest to the people of north Idaho trans
cendng all other political issues before the people
OF this section of the territory. Therefore be it
Resolved, 1st, That the delegates representing Nez
Perce county III the republican territorial convention
to meet III HALEY on the 9Th inst are hereby in
structed to insist the insertion of plank in the
platform to be adopted by said convention favoring
the annXat1on of North Idaho to Washington terri
tory the same or similar to the platform of 1884
Resolved, 2nd That should such a measure be re-
Jected by the convention then the delegates repre-
Senng this county instructed to give due notice
to the convention that the republican voters of Nez
Perce county reserve the right to support such a
candidate tor delegate to congress as will best sub
serve their interests in the of annexation
: The vote stood, ayes, Evans and Glass, two; nays
Sweet, Squler Barnett, Penny, Boise and Benson
six.
This left but delegates representing seven
teen votes out OF forty-fve in the convention and
these all from two precincts, Lewiston and Mos
COW After this they proceeded to elect Willis
Sweet, II. Squier, Mr.. Inquest and L. Levi as dele
gates to the territorial convention at Haley, without
instructions. motion was made by Boise to ex-
press preference for Col Shoup and seconded by
Glass. But it was opposed and afterwards with
lraWn and then this great convention adjourned
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On motion it was resolved that the committee
adopt the call for meeting of the territorial
venton to convene in Boise City, May 2 for the
ican convention together with the apportonment
and recommendations contained therein
OFFICIAL CALL.
by direction of the republican territorial central
committee republican convention for Idaho ter
r1tory is herby called for the purpose of eectng del
egates to the national republican convention to be
held IN Chicago the 10Th day of June, 1888. Said
territorial convention will be held in Boise City
the End day of May at 10 o'clock
The several counties entitled to the following
representation:
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GOVERNORS.
VIM. Fl. Wallace, March II, 1863.
Caleb Lyons, March 2, 1864.
D. w. Ballard, June IA, 1866.
Thos. S. Bowen, July 10, 1871.
Thos. w. Bennett, Dec. %, 1871.
ID. 2. Thompson, Feb. "a, 1876.
John B. Neil, Aug. 4, 1880
John n Irwin, April "a, 1883.
VIM. n. Bum, June 25, 1884.
E. A. Stevenson, Oct 10, 1885.
George L. Shoup, April 80, 1889.
DELEGATES.
VIM. H. Wallace, March II, 1868.
+. d. Holbrook, March 4, 1867
Jacob K. Shafer, March 4, 1869.
Samuel A. Merritt, March 4, 1871.
S. S. Fem, March 4, 1875.
John Haley, March A, 1877.
George Ainslie, March 4, 1879.
George ,Ainslie, March A, 1881.
Thee. F. Singiser, March 4, 1883.
John Haley, March 4, 1885.
Fred I. Dubois, March 4, 1887.
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Territorial Governors and DELEGATES.

The following is list of governors and delegates
for Idaho from its organization to the year 1896,
when admission gained to the union of states
the dates giving the commencement Of their terms of
office: 4rz