Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-17

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reached him. announced that he would
In AL probability appoint anorth Idaho
Democrat to succeed Senator Hepburn.
The north made claims on the senator
ship due to the geographical condition
OF the state and the fact that Idaho's
only senator, Senator Borah, was from
the south and therefore representative
not only of the state but the south m
particular and Senator Hepburn had
been from Wallace in the north. The
names Of Heyburn's successor pre-
scented to the governor from among
prominent north Idaho men were
Frank l.. Moore Of Moscow, ex- United
States Senator Henry Heitfeld Of Nee
Perce. T.. H. Moffett Of Wallace and
Jerome J. Day OF Moscow. The nor.h
insisted on the appointment Of one Of
these men.
Propose Governor Hawlsy.
When negotiations were entered inro
by which Governor Hawley might be-
come United States senator, and an
emissary. E ]. Hunter Of Albion, ar
rived here and later called Lieutenant
Sweetser to Boise to enter into the ne
gotiations, the greatest possible pres
sure was brought to bear upon the
governor to become the new senato Or.
Republican party leaders including
State Chairman Day. Attorney General
d. c. McDougall, State Auditor Stephen
ID. Taylor, supreme court justices and
many others openly declared to the
governor that eliminating politics they
believed he owed a duty to his state to
succeed to the senatorship for a public
trust was involved and land matters
were pending in Washington that de-
manded his attention. Hundreds IT
kilograms and many letters poured in
to the governors office backing up this
claim and yesterday the governor de-
clared he was prepared to yield and
go to the senate.
North Objected.
The northern part Of the state OBJ
jected to this action on the part of
the governor SO far as many of the
leading Democrats there were con-
cerned. They made their disapproyal
evident through kilograms and letters,
insisting that the governor had Just as
much of duty to perform in remain
ing governor instead of turning over
the office to Republican hands, for no
one knew what might happen in the
next month and a half. and the party
believed, they declared, 1t was entitled
to its head in the executive office.
Added to these protests was the
argument presented to the governor by
those who were his closest advisers
that he could gain more and the state
would have much better advantage in
so far as land matters were concerned
at Washington II the governor went to
the national capital as governor instead
of recess United States senator only
to hold office for few weeks. The
force of this argument, the governor
declared last night when discussing the
situation that confronted him. struck
him as being logical and. the more he
thought of 1t the more he believed
there was a great deal of truth in it.
His advisers declared that as head of
the state government he would carry
prestige to Washington of far more in
fluence than a senator holding seat
in the upper house for only a short
time. 1t was pointed out that the short
term senator could not hope to have
the influence of a governor and that
in view Of the fact that he had intend
ed to attend the governors conference
next month he could at the some time
while east go to Washington and take
up the land matters, probably reaching
a satisfactory agreement and policy to
be followed. Added to this was the
argument that the handling of these
land questions was one more of policy |
than legislation and that as senator he |
would only have to do with the legis-
ative feature, or at least his efforts !
would have to be directed along that |
line |
Final Conference.
The final conference on the appoint |
ment was held yesterday afternoon with |
Governor Sweetzer and at |
that time Governor Hawley, followinfi |
final consultations with numerous other |
prominent men both Republican and |
reached a decision which |
was announced at about o'clock, that |
K. I. Perky would receive the senate
'ial appointment. The commission was |
ssued shortly before that hour and |
presented for filing to the secretary OF
state.
Judge Perky was notified by long dis.
ance telephone by his interested
friends and later called the governor
rom Mountain Home. One of the
amusing incidents surrounding the ap-
continent occurred at this time. Gov
srnor Hawley did not know that Judge
Perky was at Mountain Home SO that |
when he answered the long distance
,all he was at loss to place the man
Perky talking at the other end.
This is Perky" the Mountain Home
speaker declared over the wire to the
governor.
Perky! Perky! What Perky"
lueried the governor at this end OF
The line, in his endeavor to locate the
nan named Perky talking over a long
distance wire to him.
why. Senator Perky" laughingly
the man at the other end of
he line. Both enjoyed a hearty laugh.
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