The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-11-20
It's a Fight to a Finish.

Unless the Wilson administration
recognizes both factions of the Idaho
democracy in distributing federal pat
ronago In that state, an ugly fight Is
likely to develop in the senate when
! Idaho nominations are brought up for
confirmation 1t is foregone conclu-
sion that the Elder, or Wilson faction,
will be favored by the administration
| IL a division of the spoils Is not agreed
upon,
Borah and Brady Won't Mix in
| Idaho has no democratic senator,
and neither Senator Borah nor Sena-
tor Brady is disposed or willing to
take hand in the democratic patron
age quarrel Neither senator has
made or will make any recommends
lions for any federal appointment, for
they concedc this patronage belongs
exclusively to the party IN power Inc
senators will merely reserve the right
to object if they find the president
ready to appoint some democrat whom
they know to be incompetent or other
wise disqualified to hold public office
And if the president follows his usual
rule. he will, whenever he determines
uron any of the appointments, cal
in Senators Borah and Brady to as
certain whether they have any objec-
Ition to the men selected II 1t shoul6
develop that he has decided to APP
Ipoint any man known to be disauall
fed the senators will state their OBJ
lection, and in such event the presl
dent probably will make a new selec
ton, but the senators will not max
any objection on political grounds ant
where they concede the fitness of mel
selected by the president, there VII
be no further trouble from them
Opposition Element Powerful.
But the democrats of the Perky
Hawley- Dubois faction in Idaho ar
preparing to make serious troubl
over Idaho patronage, unless incl
faction is recognized by the presiden
and they seem to have means at thel
, command by which they can at leas
delay, if not prevent, the confirmatio
OF appointees belonging to the othe
faction. Ex- Senator Perky, during hi
brief stay in congress, made man
strong friendships among other sena
!. tors. Ex-senator Dubois, though II
has not been in congress for years, ha
, some old-time friends yet I'm the sen
ate, and Ex-Governor Hawley, Will
not well acquainted with tine senator
has a host of friends among govern
ors of the various states, and can pu
, strings which reach various democra
ic senator's, now in office
Friends Will Help in the Fight.
Therefore, if the president turn
down the Perky Hawley- Dubois fac
, ton Messrs. Perky, Dubois and HaW
, lev will make appeals to their frient
= in the senate to hold up the variol
Idaho nominations, and will furnls
ammunition for opposing these noml
ations in the senate Directly. the
can not reach the nominations, b'
, through senatorial friends. they hol
to be able to build up sufficient opp
sition to force the withdrawal Of
least part of the Elder Nugent NJ
pointments, and the substitution
9 Perky Hawley- Dubois democrats:
other words. by holding up appoin'
monts made on the recommend ATTIC
of National Committeeman Elder, the
: hope to compel the administration
make a division Of the patronage.
Division All That ls Asked.
The Perky Hawley- Dubois fs!ctlc
is not demanding and never mas OF