The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-03

tribune from Boise, undertakes to
explain the why's and wherefores of
thu appointment of Judge Moulden as
receiver at the Blackfoot land office
and to show just what the democratic
factional influence Is relatively at
Washington. However the dispatche'
conflict somewhat with the would be
prophecies version of things. This
masquerader under a feminine nom
de plume says of the Moulden APP
pointment:
Just how matters are going with
the Idaho democracy is strikingly IL
Illustrated in the appointment this
week OF J. P. Moulden as receiver of
the United States land office at Black
foot to succeed J. J. Guheen, the
present assistant attorney general,
who resigned some months ago.
Judge Moulden was the personal
choice for this position Of Fred T.
Dubois whose home Is in Blackfoot.
In addition to this he was backed by
Governor Hawley and Judge X. l.
Perky. He was appointed over three
other candidates, any one of whom
would have been acceptable to the
Nugent-Elder wing of the party, and
this wing claims to be made up Of
tho special friends and supporters Of
Woodrow Wilson In the state.
But back of this Moulden appoint
ment there Is political story that
brings out its significance In strong
colors.
zone year ago John F. Ngent
whipped Dubois, Hawley and Perky
to a stand-still in the Occur d'Alene
convention held to select delegates to
the Baltimore convention and to
choose national committeeman.
This much Is history.
But Dubois, Hawley and Perky
did not quit. On the contrary they
went to work all the harder. They
endorsed Nugent in the platform con-
vention held soon after and defeated
the nomination of a candidate for
the United States senate, something
on which Nugent and his following in
the party had set their hearts.
Nor did they stop with this. Nu-
gent was chairman Of the state COM
mittee and the Dubois. Hawley, Perky
forces determined to throw him out
and capture control of the state COM
mittee. This committee Is made up
of one member chosen from each
county.
"Here is where Moulden played his
part, the part for which he has just
received his reward. Sam Rich was
state committeeman from Bingham
county. Sam Rich was also immigra-
ton commissioner by grace of ap-
pointment from Governor Hawley.
But although holding office under
Hawley, Commissioner Rich had gone
over to Nugent In the fractional fight
In the party and for this reason he
was marked for political slaughter
by the Dubois Hawley-Per forces.
"Rich came up for reelection as
state committeeman In Bingham coun
ty, and although he Is a Mormon and
Bingham county Is q strong Mormon
county Moulden beat him and was
elected member of the state commit
tee This was the result of scien-
tific still hunt.
when the state committee met for
organization John F. Nugent was
beaten for chairman by one vote,
That vote was cast by ]. F. Moulden
of Bingham county.
Tracing the influences that led tc
the appointment of Moulden back tc
their origin 1t Is easy to see how
humiliating the appointment must BIZ
to John F. Nugent and his followers
in the party. It makes 1t easy tt
understand. too, how badly the dem
ocratic organization will be disrupted
by patronage by the time the mex
campaign comes around, and how i'm
possible 1t will be for that party tt
q
cans who will be driven together b,
ad, ersity."
A Washington dispatch. however
gives a different turn to this ap
pointmnet of Moulden, and attribute
the final decision of the president Il
favor of that gentleman to the en-
dorsement of Senators Borah an
Brady, whom the dispatch says til
president called In for a conference
with them on the subject of Idah
appointments. 1t says: THAT tn
Nugent- Elder-Pence crowd will no
entirely control federal patronage L
Idaho was shown Wednesday whe
the president after a conference wit
Senators Borah and Brady, said h
intended to appoint Democratic Stat
Committeeman J. F. Moulden, Q
BlackfOot as receiver of the Black