Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-07-23
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER

old line Dem ocrats, VINO have sup
ported Dubois for so many years
in Idaho, have laid down the law
10 Freddy T., advising in no
mild terms that any attempt to
exclude the delegates from Ada,
Canyoa and Elnore counties from
the convention will be ruinous to
democracy in Idaho and will not
be permitted.
Shakespsar sail, ''Waom the
Gods would destroy they first make
rnad," and ii has looked right
along as il Dubois, grown fat on the
power vested IN him for so many
years, was bound 10 go tine WY
OF the ambitious persons whom the
bard of Avon wrote about but
the wise counsel OF his old time
supporters may save him. II that
viii not, herhaps the fact that the
figures against him which cannot
be controverted, aud are by this
kline familiar to every voter of the
state. will, deter him from pro-
pelling himself farther down the
road to oblivion.
A man should know when he
is beaten, and for the purpose of
showing the voters OF Fillmore coun-
~ that Fred 7. Dubois has absolut-
ely no grounds to sustain his con-
teurion, we will give briefly a re-
sumo OF the vote which will be
pressnte at the state couven-
tion. There will be $50 votes in
that convention. bingham coun-
ty's "a votes are contested. Beer
Lakes 2, Fremont's II and On-i-
as's = votes, Il total OF Is, ws,c not
called at Twin Fails, simply be-
cause Mr.. Arney knSw they would
be voted for the anti ID ao5ls for1ss
How ever, assuming chat there
viii be a contest on these four
counties, the vote on temporary
roll call at Wa lace will be $50.
The antt-Dutois people hsve abso-
suteiy without question 1919 votes
as follows Ada 81, Blains Ii.
Boise 10, Canyon Is. Gilmore 8,
Kootenai is, lincoin e, Nez Perez
II, and Owyhee ?. Allowing Du-
bois all the other counties exclusive
OF Bingham, Bear Lake. Fremont
and Oneida and he would have on
ly i27 votes as follows: Bannock
IA, Bonner IA, Cassia 3. Custer 2.
idaho lS, Latah 3, Lernhi 8, Sho-
shone %, Twin Falls 3 and Wash
ington g. This is giving Dubois
the benefit of all doubts, as it is
conceded that portion OF Cassia's.
1daho's and Wsshing toms vote will
go against him, and it is now
freely predicted that Washington
county will vote solidly against
him 1t will be seen, therefore,
that eliminating all the counties
Upon which there was any ques-
tion at Twin Fal lis, Dubois will
lack 10 votes of controlling the
temporary organization. The i8
votes of Bear Lake, Fremont and
Oneioa will unquestionably be
counted against Dubois, and, even
i he be allowed the IA votes OF
Bingham, he would have only 141
votes against 81 foe his opponents
on full vote Then again TAX
ing Dubois view that the Nor
mon counties should not be al
lowed to vote, and we presume
that was the reason Mr. Arney
failed to call Bear Lake, Frer on
and Oneida counties at Twin Falls.
Banncck, Cassia, Bear Lake, Bling
ham, Fremont and Oneida would
be cat out, leaving only 24o votes,
Of which Dubois would have but
10, while the 3l9 votes for the op-
posing forces would be intact.
Therefore, looking at the matter
from any point of view, Dubois
cannot honestly or properly control
the Wallace convention. g