Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-23
DEMOCRACY DISRUPTED
over CLASHING ISSUES
ANTDUBo1s FORCES SMOTHER LOCAL OPTION TO GAIN CON.
TR0L-LEw1sroN LEADERS MANIPULATED COUNTRY DELE.
CATIONS AND CAPTURE MAJORITY STATE DELEGATES
BITTER FEELING ENGENDERED- bolt THREATENED

BY smothering the local option
nlank and swallowing the resolution
providing for comprehensive grain,
warehouse and railroad commits
sions, the anti-Dubois democrats
won a distinct victory in the county
convention last night and defeated
the Dubois candidate for convention
chairman by vote of 80 to 68.
It was as forecasted in The Teller
last night. The question of control
was to be solved by the country del
egates representing the grain and
railroad commission resolution, and
this support was secured to the anti
Dubois democrats by a shrewd move
after the delegates had reached the
courthouse for the o'clock meet
ing.
The caucuses of the early evening
had developed the fact that John o.
Bender, slated for the craftsmanship
by the anti-Dubois faction could
not be elected, as the country dele-
gates were flocking to the support of
George Martin, the Dubois candi-
date from Culdesac. It was then
that P. w. Mitchell was thrown into
the breach to recover the country
VOTE and Mr.. Mitchell's champion
ship Of the grain and railroad COM
missions won the day for the anti
Dubois men. but so closely were the
lines drawn that Mr.. Mitchell's
home delegation split evenly on the
vote.
The local option question was the
nightmare Of the convention. Ad-
vocated by leaders of the anti-Du-
bois forces and knowing its intro
duction would result in bitter
fight on the convention floor with
the opposition in the hands OF other
leaders of the anti-Dubois move, a
compromise was effected and disrup.
tion averted by a promise that such
plank would be incorporated in
the platform of the county nominal.
ing convention which was claimed
the proper time to indorse issues oi
a local character.
AS far as the anti-Dubois organi.
zation was concerned, 1t was q
three-men affair, with Attorneys F.
E. Fogg, George E. Erb and John O
Bender in the limelight, and today
the democratic party in Nez Perce
county is disrupted organization
with prominent party leaders de.
claring they will fight the party
during the next campaign.
The final stroke toward disrupt
Ing the party was made when the
resolution providing for selecting
the delegates at large was carried
and slate of 21 delegates was
read and II Of this number were
from the Lewiston precincts. A mum.
Der Of Withdrawals followed, leaving
the delegation to Twin Falls with
but IA Lewiston men, while 13 from
the Lewiston precincts will 60 tt
the state nominating convention al
Wallace.
Preceding the vote on the manner
OF selecting delegates, Attorney Cla!
McNamee Of the First Lewiston pre-
cinct offered an amendment provid
Ing that the delegates be selected b,
the precinct delegations and thi'
amendment was opposed by Attorne!
r. E. Fogg, who stated he believed
the selection should be made by thu
convention at large; that II he wal
selected as delegate he wanted tt
represent not precinct, but the en-
tire democracy of Nez Perce coun
ty; that he would trust to the coun
try delegates for fair treatment, ant
aiter they had named as many dele
gates as they wanted the three Lew
iston precincts represented by' hin
would be satisfied with what re
mained. and II the country wante'
all OF the delegates the three Lew
ston precincts would not com