Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-20

politics in Idaho, gaining. while in the
senate, the title Of "silver-tongued
orator, Mr.. Sweeley has been one Of
the real advisers for his party, He left
this morning for Twin Falls to ar
range his business affairs so that he
can start an active speaking campaign.
Mr.. Sweeley was given a splendid In
dorsement by his party over the state
at the primaries and a flattering tri-
butte was paid to him by his home
county where most of the Republican
votes We're checked after his name.
Frank r. Gooding, twice governor of
Idaho during the most strenuous days
Of its history, answered present"
when the gathering was sized up. The
man who put the thriving town of
Cooling on the map does not look
older by a day now than when he sat
in the chief executives chair in the
statehouse. When there is any politi-
cal activity in Boise count in Governor
Goodng. He was in consultation with
party leaders during yesterday and
had a glad handshake for all of his
friends and acquaintances. 1t was APP
parent his counsel was in demand dur
ing the deliberations.
Newspaper men from several sec
tions of the state were not ignored by
any means. In fact they seemed about
as active and appeared to be consulted
as often as any of the leaders. among
whom they mingled. There was ]. w.
Jones, state committeeman from JEFF
far ~ Of no n
ors of the state, a man who has done
much for his party and devoted both
his time and money to making it a
winner. Lloyd Adams owner of sew
eral papers in the southeast. was con-
spicuous by his presence and L. /. Pur-
cell, OF the Weiser Signal, Republican
candidate in Washington county for
state senator, was very much in evil
dence.
The desire on the part of many Re-
publicans to meet the successful Re-
publican nominee for governor forced
D. w. Davis of American Falls to de-
velop a genuine Rooseveltian hand
shake. He was the center of attrac-
ton" at the gathering and the man
more frequently consulted than any
other. D. w. Davis is a banker of
American Falls. He is president of
the First National bank but Is one of
the easiest men to meet, is devoid of
frills and generally conceded to be a
real mixed" Certainly he was kept
on the job yesterday.
Colonel e. NJ. Heigho. head OF the
Pacific & Idaho Northern railroad, was
not among the list of missing. In fact
the colonel is somewhat elongated.
When he is in a crowd of his fellow
men his six feet and some more looms
above the crowd. But the colonel's
height does not prevent him from be-
| ing active in the affairs of his party.
He did his part yesterday to bring
about harmonious deliberations and
expressed his confidence that it's 60
| ing to be a sweeping victory this year.
! Fred Gooding. former state senator:
Ezra r. Burrell. former lieutenant
governor; Senator I. f. Rockwell,
Judge f. A. Walters. James e. Babb.
A. r. Cruzen, Worth Lee and many
others milling about the lobby kept
the political bee buzzing. Senator
Rockwell was renominated for state
senator to succeed himself In Blaine
county, from which a demand for
county division again promises to
come before the new legislature.
| Congressman Addison 7. Smith, in
stature direct contrast to the colonel