Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-07

The federal pork barrel rolled into
the Democratic state central committee
looked like well oiled and efficient
steam roller yesterday before il finished
the task of rolling out the minority,
which in this instance happened to be
the hackers of Jerome ]. Day, of Mos
COW, candidate for national commit
teeman. Robert II. Elder of Occur d.
Alene, present national committeeman
and candidate to succeed himself, with
the assistance of State Chairman j. T.
Pence John F. Nugent, former state
chairman, and others, had corner on
the 81 proxies represented out of. the
81 counties in the state and despite
the charges hurled against them that
they were baking the will of the rank
and file of the party in refusing to give
them a preferential primary, that they
were using the whip hand on federal
patronage and were taking a stand
against the national platform of their
party, controlled the committees pro-
ceedings.
PocateIIo Gets Convention.
The convention was in session at the
Grand hotel from 3 o'clock in the after
noon until almost midnight With a
two hour recess. Poeatello, Idaho
Falls and Twin Falls bid for the state
convention. Idaho Falls was dropped
on the second ballot and Poeatello won
the next state convention over Twin
Falls by the narrow margin of one vote.
or 10 to IL. Former State Senator
Fisher put forth Pocatello's claims to
the convention. 1t will meet at noon,
May Is.
The representation by counties for
the convention was fixed at six times
the number of members in the house
of representatives of the Idaho legis-
lature. An attempt by Arthur NJ.
Bowen to base the delegate representa-
ton by counties on the vote cast for
. President Wilson at the last general
election failed.
1t was left optional with the county
central committees to provide the
means for the selection of delegates by
state convention, as in their discretion
they see fit
Federal Usurpation Branded.
National Committeeman Elder was
denounced for his alleged usurpation
and use of federal patronage to control
the deliberations of the committee. He
Kootenai county and one from Idaho
county, or that of the postmaster at
Grangeville. Most OF the other proxies
were held by Democrats of Ada county
closely allied with the Pence Nugent
organizatio list of the proxies as
reported to the committee and passed
upon and approved by the credentials
committee is as follows:
H. Il L
r. Nugent, former Democratic state
chairman, Ada county.
Bear Lake county-Proxy held by
Ross Bates of Ada county.
Bingham county-Proxy held by L.
NJ. Capps of Blackfoot.
Blaine county-Proxy held by +. C.
Cliff. Ada-county temporary location.
Bonner county-Proxy held by C. e.
Winstead, Ada county.
Cassia county--Proxy held by ]. T.
Pence, Ada county.
Custer. county-Proxy held By Raw
enel Macbeth, temporarily located in
Ada county.
Franklin county-Proxy held by ].
T. Pence. Ada county.
Fremont county-Proxy held by j.
r. Smead, Ada county, assistant
United states district attorney.
Idaho county-Proxy held by Robert
Elder, national committeeman, Koo-
tenai county.
Jefferson county-Proxy held by
Frank Ellsworth.
Kootenai county-Proxy held by
Robert Elder, national committeeman
kootenai county.
Lenhi county-Proxy held by Will
lam Healy, Ada county.
Lewis county-Proxy held by A. E
Holmberg, Lewis county.
Lincoln county-Proxy held by Jay
Cox, a postmaster.
Madison county-Proxy held bs
James H. Hawley, Jr., Ada. county.
Minidoka county-Proxy held by j
D. Hunsinger, Minidolxa county
N6z Perez county-Proxy held by A
c. Hindman, Ada county.
Owyhee ceunty-Proxy held by Sem