The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-10-19

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act siatu quo of Governor Moses
Alexander with respect to the
leadership of the party in Idaho
in 1916 and the attitude of the
democratic leaders individually |
and as a whole as we'll as the re-
cent agreement to divide federal |
pie between the two factions of |
the party are developments i'm
Idaho that have had many a poll
tician guessing. 1t appears |
quite certain even now that Gov |
crnor Alexander will be given an
unohstructed path and pressed i'm
tc service to succeed himself by
his party, while division of two
federal appointments will be made
To Frank Kinyon of this city, a
we'll known attorney and Ben r.
Gray of HALEY, former state
game warden and chairman of the
democratic state central commit
toe.
Governor Alexander is not
candidate TO succeed himself in
the sense of being an active as
piranl. This should not be TAX
EN- To indicate, however, that he
will not be a candidate. On the
contrary, quite the opposite will be
true. He Will be a candidate.
such a positive statement, al
though not coming from the gov
ernor himself, can be made be-
. cause the democratic party can
not hope to get anywhere in state
politics i'm 1916 unless he is a
, candidate. That is the way il
ooks to democratic leaders. They
do not care so much for the in
dividual as they do for keeping
the party dominant in state poll
itics. I'm other words, the dem
ocralic party will have TO out
wardly show its appreciation of
his first terms service and bring
some pressure to bear on him to
8 enter the next primary race. In
all probability the democratic
party will bring the pressure at
he right time.
What the democrats really
build on is making a clean sweep
9 of the state ticket and carrying
Of two congressional seats at the
same time. There is every in
y dication that the conditions tina
. rcvolved i'm and about the stat'
treasury and other state depart
ments the last two years will b'
- aired in such a way as state poll
ltics have never seen before. Th'
- republicans ralize that This is go.
ing to be damaging political cam
- paign material. If the party fol
= lows the advice of United State
'- Senator w. f. Borah it will ap
~ preciate the necessity Of seeing
ia that only the highest type Of me
- are placed i'm nomination at tn
primaries for public Office.
The destinies of the republi
can party will be largely with
Evans of Grangeville as stat
, 9 chairman. He is a silent, cam
- Scotchman, who plays no favor
ties among the candidates c
he those who aspire to become can
nix iudices. is cool and deliberate.
h. didates. holds no political pre-
n iudices. isc ool and deliberate.
all J. II. Pence. a younger ma
ut than Evans, and well-known al
a torney of Boise, is the democra
as ic state chairman. He was @
d. ected mayor of Boise in a refor
rs. campaign some years ago, d.
he feating John NJ. Haines, republ
ed can. later elected governor. Pen
lay is considered by democrats in lii
me of succession for governor wh'
et. Alexander retires. He is of q
Nugent wing of the party, a clio
,ad personal friend of John Nugel
MI lat one time chairman of the sta
mo central committee.
ion It was really Chairman Pen
tn whose influence brought abe
zen an agreement between the N
ing geni and Hawley factions of {
ct democratic party this week
which two choice pieces of pie