Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-08-29
CLASH OVER PROXIES.
Committees OF Both Parties Have
Lively Sessions In Attempting
TO Organize.

republican county central commit
tees met At Shoshonr to perfect their
respective organizations. With mo-
thought Of anything but harmony
in their minds, and the belief that
the past had been forgotten, the Je-
rome members arrived ON the scene
a little after noon tn find that
preliminary meeting had been as
selnbled AT noon, and also to find
that enmissarles from one particu-
lar section of the county had been
al work and it was all cut and dried
that Jerome would be shut out en-
tirely from any favors at the hands
of the committees.
The Jerome members, not to be
awed by such insignificant obstacles,
entered the afternoon session OF their
committees determined to fight il
out on the floor. Realizing that
there would not be a full rcpre-en-
tative present, John Thomas, OF
Gooding, on behalf OF the republi.
cans and Roy Jones of the same
place acting with the democrats. had
Il
been busy gathering up proxies, un-
til their pockets were just bulging
with them, awaiting the opportune
time TO display them.
Immediately upon calling the
democratic gathering to order 10y
Chairman Heist, f. Noble Of Sho-
shone introduced a motion that ne
proxies be allowed To vote. Thi,
was the signal for a battle of word
between Hall Of Jerome and Stev.
enson Of Gooding, the latter of whom
insisted that the chair would hav,
u decide upon the question Of proX-
les before a vote could bc taken
This the chairman was reluctant /,
do, and several amendments were
offered and Noble importuned Il
withdraw his motion, all to no avail
and seeing no end to the strife, th'
chairman finally gave his decision
allowing the proxies vote, but II
the interval following the steam rol
Ter was put out of commission, tin
slate was broken. Roy CAREFUL,
, folded up his proxies and places
, them in his pocket and 10y unanl
. nous consent Il. II. Stevenson wa
. named rs chairman of the ccntra
committee, with W. II Cannon n
+, Sec'y-Treas. II. NJ. Hall of Jerom
, was named n member of the stat
, central committee. Peace and har
: mony reigncd supreme and candl
dates and committeen.en all resolve
that this was a democratic year an
!. the entire democratic ticket woul
be- elected from Wilson down I
County Surveyor.
While all this democratic orator
was being indulgcd in, Mr.. p. Il
Kartzke, who MAS the Jerome men
ber of the republican committee wa
having his troubles in their session
With pockets loaded with proxie'
y chairman John Thomas called I'll
meeting TO order, when kartzk
presented a motion excluding a
proxics. but the chairman havlu
{ counted noses and seeing his d'
feat. was not as courteous rs NJ
i Ueist. and fatty refused to ente
= tain the motion.
This was the signal for Mr.. kar
IKE to withdraw from the deliber
tions and seek legal advice. Du
II ing his absence, however, Thom
!. put the Gooding steam roller il
l. to action which had been found i
Ie effective at the democratic gathe
Il ing, and divesting his pockets
r the coveted proxies, with the
}. aid proceeded to name +. Il. Dan
le pier, of Rupert, as chairman OF t
4 central committee and F. X. Goo
d ing as member of the state comm
=, tee.
-. rs Upon returning to the conferen
and learning what had been dor
Mr.. Kartzke found that he had