Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-26

North Fights Over &amuels.
Samuels OF wallace drew q fight for
the northern district. He was candi-
date for delegate. Walter Hanson
made a bitter personal attack on him
over matters OF long standing. One
OF the charges made against Samuels.
by Hanson was that the former had
paid the expenses of the Bonner county
delegates to the Twin Falls conven-
ton. This was promptly denied and
disproved. II appears that Eamuels.
acting as the agent of some of the
northern Idaho delegates, had pur-
chased their Pullman tickets and had
in turn been paid back by the dele
gates. Stanley Easton was also nomi-
pated in the district caucus as o dele
GATE. The vote stood IL to IA, q tie, on
these two candidates when Samuels
Withdrew and Easton was declared the
districts choice. It was said after the
caucus the Shoshone county delegates
voted for r. c. Beach Of Lewiston.
There was no Misunderstanding over
the northern Idaho delegates and alter
mates. Ailshie, Whitla and either
Easton or Samuels had been decided
upon. Samuels having withdrawn the
three of them were named as the dis
trict's choice.
Boom for Randall.
It was rumored during the conven-
ton that Chairman Randall OF the
convention might be brought out as a
compromise gubernatorial candidate
from the north and that was one of
the objects Of naming him temporary
chairman. Randalrs illness, however,
10 raSd ta boua illuminated htY,,
forts were made to get Herman Taylor
to withdraw in favor OF George Crum.
Both were in attendance at the
convention and 10th were active. Tay-
lor refused. He offered, however. for
the sake OF harmony. 1t Is said. to
eliminate himself from the race If
Crum did SO and a third man sat
isfaetory to him could be selected. A
third ran could not be found. ALL
SHE and Hoffman, who were ap-
preached, refused to consider the pro-
posal to enter the gubernatorial race.
is the report.
Brady Wins Out. m
The fight made on United States
Senator Brady as a delegate by the
Bannock county delegation was one OF
the convention features. 1t was elm
mated in a district caucus. Senator
Brady was not only named as dele
gate, but d. w. Church, the Bannock
county delegations candidate, was de-
feated and Ezra Burrell Of Montpelier,
a candidate for delegate, who had
for the sake OF harmony
was named as an alternate. Church
lost out all around. The district eau
Gus delivered a large vote for Sena-
tor Brady. The Bannock county dele
gates claimed they were not drawing
fire to the junior senator but had been
pledged to Church before they knew
Senator Brady wanted to go as dele
gate Yet they refused to make his
nomination unanimous in the district
caucus. Senator Borah is said to have
explained in letter written to some
of the, delegates that If both senators
could not be named as delegates
neither should be named.
The southern Idaho contest which
conferred about Fred w. Gooding of
Shoshone and /. e. Rockwell of Belle
vue resulted in a compromise being
perfected by which Mr.. Gooding was
named as the delegate and Mr. Rock
we'll the alternate. Twin Falls had
two candidates for delegate. neither
of whom could secure the Endorsement
OF the entire delegation from that
county.
No Attack on Primary.
!, The attempts to make It appear the
direct primary law was attacked by
convention delegates Is misleading The
fact of the matter is many of the dele
gates favor the law but they are will
ing to amend 1t SO that more party
gatherings may be held in the future
The anti-primary people are against
the law In toto anG not for an amend
ment SO that no compromise seems to
be in sigLt by which the principles of
the law can be preserved and at the
same time the objections of the anti
primary advocates met,
Twin Falls citizens royalty enter
tanned the delegates with auto rides
about the city and to the nearby
points of interest. including the great
Shoshone Falls over which the entire
flow of the Snake river is now plung-
ing 200 feet; the Tw'n Falls and the
Twin Falls tract.