The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-09-19
Northern insurgency.

Idaho there is rising CLOUD THAT Is llo ldlSC
than mans hand There was never a storm OF
resistless force that did not spring from cloud
that was no larger than mans hand in the earliest
stage of its formation
When meteorological conditions combine to pro-
duce an atmospheric phenomenon of portentious as
pect speck in the sky quickly becomes curtain
that darkens the universe and moves swiftly on the
performance of its mission.
The speck that has appeared in the northern poll
teal sky could easily be made the nucleus around
which insurgency would quickly accumulate and de-
scend like catac1ysm upon the consprng politicians
of the brawling factions of Idaho.
Conditions are right for the production OF the
phenomenon of annihilation that descends upon the
nartv machine and leaves it without FORM and con-
dtions may create uprising that cannot be stayed
The initiative was taken at Occur dAlene on the
10th of September at gathering OF representatives
of the citizenship Of Idaho and 1t is presumed tlat
thew were of the membership of the republican party
That does not matter much II they proceed as
thev have started under the right sort of inspiration
They proclaimed call for convention OF Ida
hoans to be held at Troy in the county of Latah, on
the 23d of September The call for the convention is
rebuke to the late convention of the republicans OF
the state 1t reads as follows:
"rrhat the recent republican state convention sig
na1ly failed to meet the almost universal demand 1or
direct primary law which would enable the voters
to express, untrammeed their choice OF candddtes;
IS conceded by everybody and while we are shocked
and surprised at the unAmer1can utterances OF It's
candidate for United States senator, we suspect ne
but voices the sentiments OF those VINO controneu
IFS deliberations and that their desire is TO create
legislature that will be chattel OF the leg
islative lobby We believe their action was pre-
dicated on the fact that the democratic party IS
hopelessly rent asunder the rock OF personal am
bition and it will offer only feeble opposition to
their candidates or their audacious program
"a large portion of the delegates to this CON
venton were elected months in advance of the time
when the convention was called to meet and were
used as a mere personal asset OF the chairman OF
the state committee who became its candidate for
governor.
tsan is morally bound to obey his party's d1ctaton
and we call upon citizens who prefer the Weare
of the state and the preservation OF its good name
among the people of the nation, to the temporary
ascendancy of any political party, to lay aside their
partisanship for the time being and JON with us
in administering a rebuke at the polls to these de-
bauchng political tendencies
The convention call bears the signature of T. K
Dunson. of ST. Maries, and E. Grant, of Harrison,
president and secretary respectively OF the organ1za
ton behind the convention movement, The presi-
dent is mentioned banker and the secretary as
lumberrnan They represent rebellion in its IN
cipiencv against the tyranny of party machine.
There are so many centers of incipient rebellion
the state over that even slight concert of action would
be likely to weld compact mass of opposition to the
ticket and the declarations of the late republican
convention.
Nothing came out of that convention that was not
dictated by an autocratc machine of herarchal ORR
in and support At stage of the proceedings the
machine became entanged in of its own COM
plications but it was merely dog fight, the sur
vivors and the slain wearing the same kind OF
collars.
The people had little to do with the acts or con-