Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-15
CANYON COUNTY
DEMOCRATS HOLD
BIG CELEBRATION
Enthusiasm Goes Rampant
at Banquet at Nampa-
Speakers Praise President
Wilson and Alexander.

Wilson and Alexander.
| Nampa. Nov. 15.-The militant De-
mocracy of Canyon county let loose
the pent-up enthusiasm of years here
last night in celebrating the victories
of the party in nation, state and coun-
| ty. The Dewey Palace hotel was the
scene of the huge celebration and 1t
was appropriately decorated for the
occasion with American flags and pic
lures of President Wilson and Cover
nor Alexander. The capacity of the
! big dining room was not sufficient to
accommodate those who desired to at
tend, many bein.. turned away before
the banquet was served. All parts of
Canyon county were represented and
there was a good sized delegation in
attendance from Boise.
1t was a matter of deep regret that
| neither Governor Alexander nor ex-
Governor Hawley was able to be pres
ent, but their places on the program
were filled by prominent Democratic
orators. After the serving of the BAN
quet, which was heartily enjoyed, w.
P. O'Connor, Democratic county chair
man, took charge of the speaking pro-
gram, acting as POSTMASTER In his
remarks Mr.. O'Connor reviewed the
election returns and declared that it
was the great independent vote that
had given the party victory in state
and nation. His mention of the name
of Governor Alexander called forth
great applause.
ha 70 oty1 OF that in
the absence of the governor, who was
ill., Joel L. Priest a member of the
governors staff, would speak in his be-
half. Mr.. Priest stated that he brought
q message of gratitude from the gov
ernor to the voters of Canyon county
for the loyal support given him at the
recent election. He spoke feelingly of
the grave responsibility which now
rested on the governor, and asked that
his hands be upheld by all the peo-
pie who were interested in clean gov
eminent.
OVATION FOR WALTERS.
T. A. Walters, attorney general
elect, was next introduced, and he was
given a great ovation by his friends
and neighbors. Mr.. Walters spoke in
a happy vein and took a hopeful view
of the future of Democracy. He de-
clared that the voters of the great
northwest had served notice on the
east that the west was part of this
union and must be reckoned with. He
promised that he would do his share
in giving the state a clean admins
tration.
Another successful candidate, Clar-
ence Van Deusen, state auditor elect,
was called on, and delivered charac-
teristic speech, in which he promised
that there would be a clean sweep in
his department on the first of next
January. He said he had promised the
people of Idaho to audit the books of
the land department for the past %
years, and that, although it would be
two-years task in itself, he would
keep his promise. Il know no differ
ence between a Republican and Dem
ocrat when 1t comes to the transaction
of state business" he said. He closed
by assuring the people that when he
went out of office no one could point
the finger of scandal at him.
Frank Martin, former attorney gen.
eral and presidential elector, made the
chief address of the evening. He
created great enthusiasm by express
ing the belief that the Democratic
party was now the dominant party of
the country. The past campaign had
been fought, he declared, purely upon
questions of principles, and the peo-
pie had given their verdict for Democ-
racy. 'Idaho," he said, gave Wood
row Wilson his great majority in this
state, not from accident, but from pur-
pose."
Mr.. Martin eloquently portrayed the
long battle made by handful of loyal
Democrats in this state, against over
whelming odds, accepting defeat after
defeat, but ever pressing onward I'M
til victory had finally come.
An earnest plea was made by Mr..
Martin to all Democrats and all lovers
of clean government to give their sup
port to Governor Alexander. His was
a wonderful victory declared the
speaker. Never was a man who has
battled for civic righteousness been
subjected to such an attack" he con-
tinued. but in spite of the ridicule and
abuse that were heaped upon him, he
won the support of the great common
people of the state and they elected
him governor. And the people of idaho
will see that every vote cast for him
is honestly counted and that he is per-
mitted~to fill the office to which he
has been elected" This reference to
the threatened contest brought forth
long applause.
A. C. Hindman, of Boise. was the last
speaker of the evening. In introducing
him, the toastmaster stated that If
every county had a worker like Mr.
Hindman, the Democrats would not
need to worry about retaining power
The Boise attorney gave some inter-
esting election figures. showing that
President Wilson received two million
more votes in 1916 than he did In 1912,
that he received larger popular vote
than the combined Roosevelt Taft
vote Of 1912, that he carried two thirds
of the states of the union, that he car