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

them wa adopting the
game tactics which had brought the
south into such disrepute with regard
to federal patronage. Chairman Pence
held the resolution out of order as
offered but held 1t III order when in
troduced after Committeeman Talking
ton was unseated. The adoption of the
resolution was put I'd vote and was
defeated. not vote having been cast
for it. Senator Macbeth said he
wished to have 1t placed on
record. The resolution follows:
Resolution Voted Down.
Whereas. l.. A. Wisener, postmaster
at Grangeville, claiming to be state
committeeman from Idaho county has
designated r. H. Elder Of Occur d'Alene
his proxy; and o. H. Marsh, post
master at Rupert, idaho, has desig-
mated j. L. Hunsinger, of Rupert as his
proxy and Jay Cox, postmaster of Je-
rome is present holding proxy for Lin
coin county and S. II. Laird, post
master. American Falls. is present
holding proxy for Power county.
Therefore, be it resolved that we,
the members Of the state central COM
mittee Of Idaho in convention assem-
bled March g. 1916 condemn the in
reference of the above named federal
officials Of the Democratic party of
Idaho"
Women Make Plea.
After listening to plea from rep
resentatives of the Women's Congress
sional union for an Endorsement Of the
suffrage bin pending before congress,
composed of Miss TEortense Mcmahon,
Miss Margaret Whittmore, national
organizer of the union and Mrs. j. G.
Green, who spoke for the National
Woman's Suffrage association, and
the Idaho Democratic club, the COM
mittee took recess when the
resolutions were adopted On their
presentation, however, 1t was dis
covered they we're silent regarding
the excellent and forceful plea for a
suffrage plank presented by the wom-
ems committee. In her short address
Miss Whittmore declared a bill was
pending in congress to franchise the
Igorrotes, the dog eaters Of the Phil
ippines, but the women of this ma
ton were denied the franchise. She
added with some significance congress
refused to create a committee on suf-
frage but had committee on waste
paper.
Clash Over Primary.
The first clash broke over the pri
mary plank at the evening session
soon after the report Of the resolu-
TONS committee was presented. Two
sets of resolutions wera introduced,
one by the M. jority and one by the
minority. The majority report was
signed by Chairman Smead, Jones and
Evans; the minority report by Harry
l.. Day and j. NJ. Adams. The strik :
ing difference In the two reports was
the declaration for the preferential
primary as called for in the Baltimore
platform in the minority resolutions
and the declaration leaving it optional
to county organizations to select dele
gates as found in the majority resolu :
lions.
John Nugent led the fight against
the adoption of the minority report
after Mr.. Smead pointed out the pro-
visions of the majority report and why
it should be adopted In fact while he
disavowed any intention of showing
heat or rancor in his remarks and did
not wish TO have what he said taken
as personal, nevertheless he made his
principal attack on the minority re-
port personal attack on Senator
Jerome ]. Day and Harry l.. Day and
fatty admitted that IL the committee
permitted a preferential primary TO &c
into effect in this state Senator Day
would swim withd ut difficulty There
would be nothing to it," said Nugent
Nuscnt Against Days.
The issue before the committee, the
former state chairman said, was one
of the gravest that had ever come be-
fore a similar committee and 1t was VT
to each one to consider 1t carefully and
vote as his conscience told him to
Mr.. Nugent then launched out on ar
explanation of his attitude as pro
gressive Democrat" who had made the
fight in his party for many years tc
make it a progressive party. He ex-
planned that politically he had always
been on the opposite side of issues
from Harry l.. Day and his brother
Jerome j. Day, but he conceded tc
them the right of difference and SAID
he knew they had worked faithfully
for the party, spent their money freely
taken their successes or defeats n
party nei1DefatlpnS with grace ant
generally displayed the spirit of the
good fellow, the reputation for which
they were known from one end of the
state to the other
Charges Unlimited Expenditures.
To place his position squarely be-
fore the committee and the public
however. Mr.. Nhgent said he could moi
reconcile himself to the preferentia
primary to elect Senator Day as ma
tional committeeman. He based his
reason on the grounds that the law
placed no limit on expenditures and
strongly intimated that there would b,
no limit to expenditures in such a pre-.
ferential primary race If 1t was per.
mitted and jerome Day was candi.
date for national committeeman. He
also declared that 1t had been demon.
strated III Ada county. at least to his
satisfaction II not to the satisfaction
of all other Democrats. that at pri-
mary held for postmaster. Republicans
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