Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-29
SANDPOINTERS
STOOD PAT
Representatives York and Conner Tell
Governor Of Reasons for Support
ing Boundary County Bill
OPPOSITION CAME TOO LATE
Majority Of The Voters Were IN Favor
of the New County

a copy of letter sent to Governor
Alexander last week explaining
the support of the Boundary coun-
ty division bill by representatives
Conner and York. The lett,r will be
of interest to the people of Bound
airy county and is as follows:
January %, 1915.
Hon. Moses Alexander,
Governor,
Boise, Idaho.
Sir:
We, the undersigned, who are
the only members of the delega-
ton in the legislature from Bonner
county after the creation of Boun-
dairy county, and who both reside
at Standpoint, have been informed
that a number of protests have
been lodged with your excellency
against the signing of House Bill
No. !, providing for the creation of
Boundary county. As we both
made statements on the floor of
the House to the effect that there
was little or no opposition to the
creation of this county, we desire
to justify those statements by di-
Trecting your excellency's attention
to the following facts;
The creation of Boundary coun-
ty was first agitated two years ago
at the time of the converting of the
Twelfth Session of the legislature.
The bill was defeated for the reas-
on that it had not been considered
by the electors of Bonner county.
At all times during the past two
years, the question of the division
of Bonner county has been a live
political issue, has been discussed
in the newspapers, commercial or
CARNATIONS and in other ways, so
that the greatest publicity has been
given to the question.
Last summer petitions were cir
culated among the electors of Bon
ner county under the provisions of
Chapter 124 of the Session Laws of
1918. These petitions were very
generally signed-so generally, in
fact, that it was decided by those
who were active in favor of county
division that the expense of an
election would not be justified, and
the petitions were not filed with
the county commissioners as re-
quired by the law just cited, and
consequently no election was held
During all this time, no opposition
either organized or otherwise, de
veloped to the creation of Boundary
county. The law cited above re
quires that petitions for an election
shall be filed not less than three
nor more than six months prior to
the next general election.
At all times during the past two
years, those who are now protest
ing against the division have known
that this matter would be presented
to this legislature. At all times
since the third day of August,
1914, those who are now protest
ing on the ground that no election
has been held knew that an cleo
ton would not, and could not, be
held because the petitions required
by law had not been filed.
During the campaign in Bonner
we openly stated our position on
county division, and were led to
so state our position in favor OF
that division, for the reason that
no opposition had appeared. Up
until the time of the passage OF
House Bill No. we were not APP
praised of any opposition to the
bill, except such as arose from
those who would have preferred
that the appointments in the new
county could have been made by a
republican governor.
y We give you these facts 10 order