Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-03
CLOSE FIGHT ON
LIQUOR QUESTION
IN THIS COUNTY
Notice Issued to Members Of
the Republican County
Central Committee to
Meet Next Tuesday.


lican county central committee for Ada
county. has issued formal notice to
members Of the committee of that
party to meet at the city hall in this
city next Tuesday at o'clock for the
purpose Of electing delegates to the Re-
publican state convention, which to-
rether with the conventions of the 9TH
err political parties of the state, Is to be
held in this city at noon, June 80, to
write a platform for the coming cam
paign.
The great fight In this county. II Is
said. will center about the liquor ques-
ton. The drys claim to have a small
majority of the county committee ana
will make an effort to select full del
egation to the state platform conven-
ton which will unanimously support a
platform plank declaring for statewide
prohibition by statutory enactment as
well as for submission Of constitu-
tfonal amendment prohibiting the man
ufacture and sale of liquor within the
state.
The vets will contest this effort and
will seek to secure the election of a
delegation which will oppose the state
wide plank, and as the county commit
tee Is SAID To SIdIu NciJ NicsC VA e'-S
question, a sharp contest is expected
when the county COMMITTEES meets.
Changes in Committee.
The present county committee was
elected during the primary contest two
years ago between the Roosevelt and
Taft elements of the party, when
Roosevelt carried the county, thus
electing a majority of the committee
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party and defeating the standpat elet
ment. Many of the committeeman then
elected have since Joined the Progress
eive party and some Of them are now
serving as committeeman in that or
organization. Their places, however
have been filled by men known to be
in sympathy with the dry movement
so that on this point the drys believe
they still have the majority o. the com
mittee although they admit that 1t II
close question.
The cts are bitterly opposed to thu
program OF the drys and they espe-
cially complain because the dry ma
jority of the committee was elected
through the support of an elemen
which has since left the party and the!
contend that these committeeman
KNOWN StnaI Iney 90 not HOW repre-
sent the Republican sentiment of tn,
county as 1t stands since the withdraw
al from the party of the progressive
element, should not force ar unsatis
factory action upon the party in thi
county.
The drys, however, point out to TIL
vets, as matter for conciliating them
that no harm can come to the Repub
lican party in this county by the pro
posed action, inasmuch as It is wei
known that the Progressives will de
clare for statewide prohibition and tina
the Democratic committee. being undo
the influence OF the Nugent wing, vii
likely do the same, so that, they say,
is better for the party locally to be Il
accord with the ideas mapped out b.
the Progressives and. 1t Is pointed oui
that IL all three parties take the sam
action, the Republicans Will be in bet
ter position than If they should declar
in harmony with the prevailing senti
ment Of the party in this county agains
statewide prohibition, or refuse to TAX
a position upon the question at ALL
While the drys claim to have a ma
5ority of the committee because OF tn
Roosevelt Taft contest of two year
ago, they admit that their margin
very small and there is no present Ger
tainty that they can secure the desire
prohibition declaration.