The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-05-14

cred material by a practical tWo-to
one majority. He elected Joseph 7
Pence Of Boise chairman of the com
mittee to succeed Ben r Gray, re
signed, and he defeated a resoluto
intended to cast reflection on the sys
tenn pursued in this state in film
federal offices.
Denunciation of the newspapers 70
talk Of fractional differences in tn
party and fearful pleas for harmon,
were the features of the COMMITTEE
bordered closely on bitterness. Per
sonalities were suppressed as far a.
possible and all talk Of the liquor Is
sue was sat upon with grim determi
nation.
Nugent the Master.
It became evident early in the pro.
ceedings that Nugent was master OF
the situation. He it was who put
T. Pence in nomination for chairman
and he it was who spurned all over
lures of compromise from the oppo-
sition.
Ominous was the resort of Ravenel
Macbeth in the meeting on a proxy
from Custer county. When he saw
that he was beaten he leveled a finger
at Nugent and called out:
"You are digging the grave of the
Democracy in Idaho. But go right
ahead"
This won for Macbeth the title Of
Sexton Of the Idaho Democracy"
from Frank B. Kinyon, who secured
the floor a moment later.
Pleas for Harmony.
Strong pleas were made by Frank
Martin, X. l. Perky and Harry L. Day
to sidetrack all candidates for chair
man prominently identified with eth
err the Nugent or the Hawley faction
and to unite on a man who would
be acceptable to all. Day nominated
Frank Kendall of Twin Falls for
chairman K. l. Perky nominated
Frank L. Moore of Moscow. Frank
Martin nominated Walter Griffiths OF
Caldwell. But these men were not
in unison. Martin opposed Kendall
as closely identified with the Hawley
faction. Day explained that Frank L.
Moore was the attorney for his
brother, Jerome ]. Day and for that
reason would be dubbed the "Day
candidate"
Finally on motion of Martin re-
cess of one hour was taken in an
effort to get together on a compro-
mise candidate This recess was voted
by the close margin of 16 to IA, the
radical Nugent men opposing it. At
ter it was over it developed that the
opposition to Pence had combined
on Griffiths but on the roll call Pence
won by vote of 20 to 10.
Fred Floed, vice chairman of the
committee, called the meeting to order
in the absence of both chairman and |
secretary. The roll call showed that !
all counties were represented except |
Blaine, Bingham and Jefferson. OF |
the other 80 counties a majority were
represented by proxies held by prom
inent Boise democrats.
Gray's Resignation Presented.
Leroy c. Jones presented the resig-
nation Of Chairman Ben r. Gray
There was a sting or two in this. 1t
was couched in the following language
under date of May 4:
Il herewith tender my resigna-
ton as chairman Of the Democra-
tic state central committee Of the
state Of Idaho, to take effect as
soon as my successor is elected to
succeed me.
Il wish at this time to take the
opportunity to thank those loyal
committeeman who supported the
organization and the state ticket
in the last campaign, and spent
their time and money in a vain
effort to win against tremendous
odds in the opposition party, and
adverse conditions in our own
ranks, which rendered it impossi-
BILE for party success.
II wish to extend at this time II
my best wishes to my successor
and hope that he will have the
support of the entire organization (
and the rank and file of the party il
in his efforts to build up an ag- c
gressive organization IN the state" /
Thanking TO Retiring Chairman.
On motion of John F. Nugent the
resignation was accepted. Mr.. Nu-
rent also seconded. the motion to
4dopt the following resolution pre-
ented by X. I. Perky and it was
.dopted unanimously:
Whereas, Honorable Ben r. Gray q
democrat who has rendered years of Z
service to mis- party and .
whose resignation of the chairman :
hip Of this committee has just been u
ccepted, is about to retire from ac- 4
i've participation in democratic coun-
lis;
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that n
We regret Mr.. Gray's retirement from L
ctive participation in politics, that d
We appreciate his sterling worth as a &
itizen and the splendid type of SER Il
ices he has rendered to the democrat E
marty of this state as an active q