The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-27

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The republican state convention held
In Twin Falls last week appears to
have been one of the largest attended
and most enthusiastic gathering of the
party that has ever been held In the
state. 1t was a reminder of old days
when the representatives of the party
met and conferred together, became in
formed upon political conditions in all
sections of the state and selected can =
didates to fit those conditions ana
placing the prestige Of the party back
Of them.
Frederick S. Randall, of Lewiston,
was chosen temporary chairman;
David Burrell, of American Falls, sec
rotary. and O. II. Barber, Of Ameri-
can Falls, assistant secretary. Upon
taking the chair Mr.. Randall had pro-
ceeded only a few minutes with his
speech when he was overcome by
fainting spell and was hurriedly re-
moved from the stage. Colonel Thom-
as r. Hamer, of St Anthony, who had
been agreed upon for permanent
chairman, took the chair, and when
II was learned that Mr. RandalPs con-
dition was improving, the colonel de-
livered an address which sounded the
keynote of the party in Idaho and
which was frequently punctuated with
enthusiastic applause Colonel Hamer
said in part:
Tho Chairman's Address.
Il do not know how others may
feel about it," said Colonel Hamer,
but as for myself after a careful and
painstaking survey of the present po-
litical horizon, | do not hesitate to
here declare that | would rather be
progressive republican in the party
of Taft or a standpat republican In
the party of Roosevelt than to &C.
cupy the chief seat in the synagogue
of democracy or be decorated, EN-
bellished and adorned with the most
priceless brilliant, scintillating car
buncle ever exhibited in the show
windows of the late Mrs. Galts
Washington jewelry store"
Colonel Hamer pleaded for an in
Invisible party and for "fealty to the
same old organization" saying from
the mountains, plain and valleys of
the most potential state in the Ameri-
can union we are assembled here to-
day in the biggest little city in the
North American continent for the
avowed determined and laudable pur-
pose of starting machinery going for
the United States, and by the same
token to renew and confirm and rede-
clare our allegiance to the republican
party
Must Be Whole Hearted.
"Our fealty must not be condition
ed, divided or apportioned to one-half,
one third or one-fourth of it but to
that same old organization whose
hopes, ambitions and aspirations have
been the hopes, ambitions and aspir-
atoms of the majority of the Ameri-
can people, and whose history and
that of the great republic have been
inseparable for more than half a cen
fury, but to the republican party I'M
ruffled and undismayed by the defeat
of 1912 and now better prepared than
ever before to enjoy that overwhelm-
ing and decisive victory which on the
first Tuesday of next November even
now impatiently awaits u.s."
Personally speaking" continued
the chairman, Il am republican,
just plain, everyday sort of re-
publican, without adjectlves, prefxes, !
sufiixes or hyphens, and if in the en-
lightened and progressive age to so
declare ones self is to be considered
a disgrace, then | am here, my breth-
rem, to glory in my shame.
True to Traditions.
81 am true to the political traditions
of my fathers, because / honestly and
sincerely believe that the present hope
and safety, as well as the future pros
perity of both state and nation, de-
pend upon the broad, courageous and
comprehensive craftsmanship of the
party of Lincoln, Grant and McKin-
ley, rather than upon the weak, vas
cillating and insipid policy of the par
ty of Buchanan, Wilson and BryGn."
Colonel Hamer reviewed briefly the
history of the Wilson administration
handling of the German submarine and
the Mexican questions, and the con-
vention yelled lusty approval of his
denunciation of the ultra -pacifists.
After a clear analysis of information
al affairs during the past two years,
he declared:
This is the condition in which the
most powerful and aggressive !
people the world has ever known find |
at the end of 140 years of |
government 1t can |
not last much longer unless you and l. ,
who through many years have proud
v borne the title of American citizens, 2
hall hereafter, when that name Is
mentioned, with shame and sorrow
lang our heads.
An Impossible Doctrine.
IF the present yascillating policy Of
he administration Is carried to its le-