The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-19
Democrats in Court.

Wallace last month, the ticket offered for filing
and the secretary of refused to receive it, al
1eging that he had accepted for filing the Mormon
ticket nominated by the boilers at Wallace.
The democrats then instituted action in the SUI
preme court, asking for writ of mandamus to COM
pei the secretary of state to accept the democratic
ticket and place it on the official ballot
To the petition for a mandamus the Mormons
made answer at great length, charging the demo-
cratic committee of the state with attempt to steal
the state organization of the party from the Nor
mons and indulging in extensive list Of charges
and specifications.
To the answer the democratic party demurred and
on Monday morning of this week the court over
ruled the demurrer and submitted for answer the
following list of questions:
l. What counties held county conventions COM
posed of delegates elected at primaries, at which
county conventions the delegates apporoned to that
county by the state central committee were elected!
@ What delegates SO elected were placed upon the
temporary roll by the state central committee and
allowed to participate in the temporary organ-
zation?
g. What delegates not SO elected were placed on
the temporary roll by the state central committee and
permitted to participate in the temporary organization
of the state convention at Wallace?
A. How many of the delegates elected partlc-
pated in the convention presided over by Mckinley!
5. How many of the delegates so elected part1c-
pated in the convention presided over by McCear?
g. What delegates SO elected voted for the adop-
ton of the majority report of the committee on ere
dentials made to the Mckinley convention?
z. What delegates elected and placed on the
temporary roll withdrew from the convention pre-
sided over by Mckinley, and when and why?
8. What delegates who participated in the tenn
porary organization of the convention presided over
bv Mckinley, withdrew, and when and why
9. What delegates who participated in the con-
vention presided by Mckinley after the tenn
porary organization was perfected, withdrew and
why
10 Of the delegates remaining and participating
in the convention presided over by Mckinley after
the withdrawal, how had they been selected or
elected?
H. Of the delegates participating in the conven-
ton presided by McClear, how had they been
elected or selected?
10 Did any one participate in the Mckinley con
venton in place of and for the delegates withdraw
ing therefrom, and if so, how were such persons
elected or selected?
49, Did any one participate in the convention pre-
sided by McClear for or behalf of the dele
gates not Withdrawing from the convention presided
by Mckinley and if SO, how were they elected
or selected?
IA Were the primaries held in Bonner county
held on Saturday as alleged in the answer and were
any primaries held i'll said Bonner county on any
other day?
call made by the state central committee in pur
to the action of said state central committee
February 81, 1908?
16 Were any of the delegates who participated
in and recognized by either convention, elected
selected by any other party organization than the
democratic party or democratic organization?
The facts are that there was democratic party
in Fremont, Oneida or Bear Lake counties at the
election two years ago. No ticket named or al
legged or called democratic was on the official ballot
in either of those three counties
For the purpose of contest certain individuals
in those counties, called themselves democrats, and
arrogated to themselves the power of democratic
county committeeman and called primaries, in the
form Of 1am for the selection of deeoateS TO. the