Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-13
REPUBLICANS TO
HOLD CONVENTION
At Twin FALLS
Will Name Delegates to the
N ational Convention
Representation Reduced
by State Committee.

The Republican state convention
to elect delegates to the national con-
vention at Chicago June I, will be
held at Twin Falls April 20. The rep
resentation at that convention will
consist of delegates from each of the
81 counties in the state on a basis of
two delegates for each member the
county has in the legislature. This
was the decision reached by the Re
publican state central committee at a
conference which closed last night.
The representation given to counties
in the last state convention to elect
delegates to the state convention in
1912 was five to every representative
by each county in the state. The
state committee cut down the repre-
sentation. There will be 202 delegates
in the next state convention where
four years ago there were close to 400.
Optional With Counties.
1t was left optional with the county
committees as to how the delegates to
the state convention shall be elected.
This is taken to mean that the county
organizations may determine whether
a preferential primary election shall
be held for the election of delegates or
whether the delegates shall be hand
picked by the county organizations.
The state committee did not go on
record as favoring a preferential pri-
mary election for the naming of the
delegates.
In the selection of Twin Falls for
the place of holding the state conven-
ton the committee acted unanimous
ly. A number of other cities were
discussed, including Boise, Pocatello,
Lewiston. Idaho nails, Occur dAlene
and Wallace When the committee as
sembled Evan Evans was elected
chairman and E. r. Dampier of Ru
pert secretary. The committee then
proceeded to business and without
hitch the place for the next conven-
ton was decided upon and the repre-
sentation in that convention from
counties There was no objection
raised to the cutting down of the rep
resentation in the state convention. In
( fact, it appeared that little thought
was given to it until after the COM
mittee had finished its business and
some of the committeeman reached the
4 lobby of the Owyhee hotel and dis
F cussed the matter. So far as could
. be learned from committeeman no
+ particular reason was assigned for
reducing the representation.
The members of the state commit
+ tee recognized as entitled to delibera-
+ lions in its proceeds were as follows:
Peter Cavaney, Ada county; f. A. Bur
rell, Bear Lake county; Peter G. John
ston, Bingham county l. K. Rockwell
Blaine county; Fred Huston, Bonnie
Vile county; n. Jenness, Canyon
county; Hector c. Haight. Cassia coun-
ty; l. \. Nash, Franklin county; w
1. Flint, Fremont county; John Thorn
las, Gooding county; Evan Evans, Idaho
county; Alfred Kicks, Madison county;
IL. r. Dampier, Minidoka county;
David Burrell, Power county; w. p
Guthrie. Twin Falls county; Victor
Heck stadt, Teton county; Bartlett Sin
|clair, Boundary county.
cavaney Represents Ada.
The state committeeman from Ada
county is John Evans of Eagle, Ada
county appears to have been repre-
scented at the committees conference
by Peter Cavaney. When the COM
hnittee assembled the committeeman
from Ada county was asked for and
the committee was informed that Mr..
Cavaney would represent this county.
In the discussion that followed dur
ing the committees conference there
was considerable speculation as to
what action some of the county or
Plantations would take for instance
n the matter of electing delegates to
he state convention. Ada county was
mentioned. There seemed to be an i'm
preston that the county committee
here would take over that duty by
naming the IL delegates it will be en-
titled to in the next state convention
instead of a primary election being
held for that purpose or a preferential
vote taken by precincts as was the
Ease four years ago when a county
convention was held and 80 delegates,
lmost three times the number of
delegates the county is now entitled to
nder the new proportionate represen-
alton, to the state convention, were
lected This fact set number of
Interested party men to thinking over
he situation. They did not appear to
pc converts to the plan to cut down
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