The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-05
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR

gates to discuss something of local Importance, but
the Gentle members of such delegations were not IN
vited to participate. Generally they knew nothing
about the meetings that were held the church not
conceding them the interest of common representa-
tive citizens.
At the stage of convention proceedings when the
temporary chairman making up the committees,
Bannock county was called upon for its quota OF
representatives on the committees. The BannocK
delegation responded through Elder Noah Pond,
brother of the president of the Bannock stake of the
Mormon church, who rose from a seat in the body OF
the delegation and announced the names OF the
committeeman for Bannock county.
AS Elder Pond was not delegate from Bannock
county, or any other county, and no proxies are
permitted by law in an Idaho convention, the I'm
sophisticated onlooker only conclude that ne
voiced the demands of Bannock county by divine
right being the vicegerent of the vcegerent OF the
Lord-the proxy for the hierarchy
It is not improbable that the Americanism of Idaho
will protest at the polls against such unwarranted
assumption of churchy power, of which the Ban
mock county incident is one illustration
The opening day of the convention witnessed the
temporary and permanent organization OF the con-
vention and the nomination of Senator Hepburn to
succeed himself in the United States senate, an
achievement that occasioned no SURPRISE the voice
of Zion spoke in behalf of Mr. Hepburn about the
time that Ruick and Rounds walked the plank.
After the nomination of Mr. Hepburn, the con-
vention adjourned without making any other nomi-
nations and the night spent in fierce sham
battle that ragged almost exclusively in the columns
of the morning paper-under the declaration, There
is no Slate"
The convention concluded its 1abors Wednesday
night, after nominating the following ticket:
Presidential electors-Edgar Wilson, Ada County;
John Lamb Owyhee county; A. A. Crane, Kootenai
county.
United States Standardization B. Hepburn, of
Shoshone county
Congressman Thomas R. Hamer, of Fremont
county.
Governor-James H. Brady of Bannock county.
Lieutenant Governor-L. H. Sweetzer, of Cassa
county,
Secretary of State-Robert Lansdon, of Washing
ton county.
Attorney General-D. c. McDouga, of Oneida
county
Auditors. B. Taylor, of Bonner county.
Treasurer-C A. Hastings of Nez Perez county,
Mine Inspector-F. c. Moore, of Shoshone county.
Superintendent of Public Instructions. Belle
Chamberlain of Ada county
In the selections made there slight de-
parture from the slate as had been arranged by the
faithful Mr. French failed to secure the congress
ional nomination. after having cleared the way by
curing valuable land office for his victorious COM
petitor in the expectation of quoting his ambition.
But Mr. Hamer was not to be appeased by anything
less than the persimmon and he had the longest
pole
The nomination of Acknowledgements also
a departure from the plan, Mr.. Burrell, Jack
Mormon of Bear Lake county, having intended to
succeed himself
Mr.. Brady the central figure of the calculations
of the ecclesiastical machine, got there. He is the
candidate of the governor