The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-29
ATH[RTON MEN
FIRE hot SHOT
New Organization Charges Bad
Faith to Swim BdCkOrS
SAY THAT ANTI-DIvISIONIST is
MISNOMER FOR THE MOVEMENT.
Declare That Swim Movement Is FaV-
Orable to Division and That 1t Ori-
ginated In Desire For Revenge.

The battle for the state senatorship
between the contending elements in
the Republican party indicate that the
Germans and French at Verdun have
nothing on them in the way of zest,
zeal or power of endurance. The state
ment of the Swim forces last week, as
anticipated in these columns at the
time, was not received with anything
like approval in the camp of AthertOn
or among the friends Of those east
end Republicans seeking legislative
nomination who did not receive en-
dorsement on the slate r.. J. Day
was down from Murtaugh early in the
week and made some remarks, which,
to put it mildly, questioned the good
faith and dlsinterested motives Of
those responsible for the selections
named by the "Anti-COunty Division
League" Leaders Of the opposing ele-
ments are said to have made some
very uncomplimentary remarks about
one another, which led one of them to
remark that somebody might be filled
with buckshot.
In order that the Atherton move
ment might be placed before the peO
: pie in the light in which its friends
see it and at the same time that
they not be held responsible for un-
fair and exaggerated rumors gener-
ated by the heat of the contest, the
AthertOn men, now organized as the
Republican Organization for the Pre-
vention of County Division" today is
= sued a formal statement of their case
in which they Garry the war into
2 Africa" whether with the success
. which attended Scipio or not, will be
determined next Tuesday.
The executive committee of the Re-
: publican Organization for the Proven
zion of County Division, which has is
S sued the statement, consists of George
f A. Drake, S. G. McAuley, W. K. San
y ger, II. &. Rounds, c. E. Munson, R.
y o. Logan, d. NJ. Denton, G. T. Hunt,
n II. S. Dinkelacker, j. A. Crom, w. II.
e Weaver and P. ]. Pringle. They say
$ that the Swim movement originated
: in the activities of one or two men
# who signed names to a petition in the
e hope that those whose names were so
e placed would stand hitched, which
some of them refused to do, and that,
similarly, they assert that while they
have signed their names to what they
have to say, the Swim side has accept
q ed a statement drawn up by one or
IS two in the name of the organization
Y, which they claim to represent.
" The Atherton case as set forth by
70 the above organization is substantial
le ly as follows: Their candidate has
Ie lived in various parts of the county
d and being active in church, lodge and
d business work has a host of friends
II He now lives within the territory it is
r proposed to cut off and has many
friends there. He fought successfully
the large bond election in that distric
and has made friends therein who will
~ stay with him. He has always pu
public welfare ahead of personal gain
at The fight which is made on him re
rs suits from his having fought certain
ne Republican candidates, specificall.
Ie, and particularly William P Guthrie
ke in the past, and in revenge the friend
a of Guthrie and other politicians ar
building a backfire against him 70
revenge.
The claim that his opponents ar
primarily interested in county division
ne is fake, pure and simple. They hel
on meeting in the office of George /
r. Sprague, who declared that he woul
ne rather see county division than Sc
lis Atherton elected, other leaders of tn
" diltSCu dull-ulNlSiOu luONtucuL udN
IN said the same, while one of the men
lr. bers of the executive committee
co heavily interested in the Buhl towr
IT. site purchase, which indicates that tn
ng anti-division talk is not as sincere o
the part of some of its alleged proti
gonists as it might be, especially as
re A. Miner, father of the division move
ey ment is also a member of the SAN
townsite company Atherton had g
OF good a right to use his own discretio
ie- in regard to supporting Swim as I'll
gh latter had to criticise the nominatio
of Hughes by the Republicans. Tt
Del lack of good faith of the so-called ant
TO divisionists backing Swim is indicate
est by the fact that Swim has no chant
ng OF being nominated and the result
in the defeat of Atherton, if he is defea
OF ed will be the selection of j. H. Bari
er, divisionist.
est The whole alleged anti-division le
yet que movement is a frame-up. I'll
bly, names of Democrats we're first place
eir on the ticket as decoys to indicate tn
lge