Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-10


dson on Friday morning accepted
and filed the regular, or Alexander
democratic ticket and refused to ac-
cept and file the Dubois ticket.
State Chairman John F. Nugent,
accompanied by Karl Paine and F.
of the anti-Dubois convention at
Wallace, rode in a cab to the state
house at just few minutes before
10 O'Clock. They found the door
to the office of the secretary of
state still locked, but it was opened
promptly at 10 O'Clock and the gen
tlemen entered, and Secretary Bur-
roughs offered the ticket to the
secretary of state in person. He
examined the instrument carefully
and announced that he would ac-
cept it. He placed the filing re-
cord upon the back of the instru-
ment and signed it, and then wrote
receipt to Seer etary Burrough for
the filing fee of So. The receipt
was worded as follows.
DOiSC. 1udlO, oCpt =, lSUO.
Received from F. G. Burroughs,
two dollars, filing fee for filing
the State Democratic Ticket for
1908. ROBERT LANSDON,
Secretary of State.
Twenty-s1x minutes later Chair
man Freehafer of the Dubois con-
vention, c. H. Jackson, P. M. Da-
v1s and K. II Johnson rode up in
an automobile and at once proceed
ed to the office of the secretary of
state. After making their business
known to Chief Deputy Hancock,
he informed them that another
ticket had previously been offered,
but he would call Secretay of State
Lansdon. Mr.. Lansdon was accord
ingly called. Upon his entrance to
the room Mr.. Freehafer said he had
democratic ticket to file. Mr.
Lansdon remarked jolxingly, ''You
are little late aren't you, gentle
men ?"
MIR. Freehafer said he understood
another ticket had been filed and
ssked permission to lock i. over
1t was handed to the gentlemen
and they all conferred together for
a moment, after which the ticket
was returned and Mr.. Freehafer
said that the ticket lie bore a GER
tificate appearing to be from the
regular democratic convention. 1--WE
also have ticket bearing similar
certificate and claiming to re the
regular democratic ticket he said.
I'm order to set the matter before
you and get your decision os that it
may be taken before the court for q
speedy determination, l will ask
you to file this ticket -
Mr.. Lansdon took the paper hand
ed him, examined it for a few mo-
ments and retired to the attorney
generals office. He soon return
ed, laid the paper on the desk ir
front of Mr.. Freehafer with the re-
mark that he would decline to file
it.
The ticket and certifications flee
and accepted by the secretary o
state as the regular Democrat &c
ticket is as follows:
Presidential Electors John C
Rice, business, lawyer; residence,
Caldwell, Idaho. Thomas c. Cal.
loway, business, farmer; residence.
Weiser, Icaho; Marga D. Mills
business, merchant, residence, Lew.
iston, Idaho.
Congress ~ James L. McClear
business, lawyer; residence, Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho.
Governor ~ Moses Alexander bus.
mess merchant; residence, Boise,
Idaho.
Lieutenant Governor Corneliu.
A. Boyd, business, lawyer; resi-.
dence, Pocatello, Idaho.
Secretary of Watson w
: Smell, business, real estate broker
residence, Nampa, Idaho.
Attorney General - Frank L.
Moore, business, lawyer; residence,
Moscow, Idaho.
State Auditor Jerome A. Brad
bury, business, abstractcr; resi-.
dence, Grangeville, Idaho.
State Treasurer-David L. Evan:
business, merchant; residence, Ma
lad, Idaho.