Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-21
BORAH HEADS IDAHO DELEGATION
TO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION AT CHICAGO
Statesman's Resolution, Intended as Thrust at
Roosevelt, Overwhelmingly Defeated
CoIoners Name Loudly Cheered

qualification are extended on behalf of
Idaho Republicans to Senator Brady
for his recovery. Special greetings are
sent to United States Senator Borah,
whose firmness Is compared to that of
Washington. Hamilton and Lincoln.
Selection of Delegates.
Colonel Thomas R. Hamer was
named temporary chairman of the
convention and D. e. Burrell secretary.
Frederick C. Randall of Lewiston, orig
inally selected temporary chairman,
was taken i'll while speaking to the
convention and could not continue as
presiding officer. Colonel Hamer, who
had been slated for temporary chair
man, was substituted. Each county
was given representation ON the per-
manent organization. resolutions and
credentials committee. The conven-
ton districted the state into four dis
tricts, giving the north three delegates
and two alternates; the southwest two
delegates and two alternates; the south
one delegate and one alternate and the
southeast two delegates and three al
ternates. Under this apportionment
Senator Borah was credited to Ada
county and Senator Brady to Bannock
county, thereby eliminating D. w.
Church, who placed a fight on the lat
ter senator. In southern Idaho fight
between Fred Gooding and l. w. Rock
well resulted in compromise by both
being declared for. The north stood
firm for three delegates and two al
ternates.
The city of Twin Falls treated the
delegates royalty. Mayor Sweeley well
coined them and automobiles were
placed at their service.
In ADDRESSING the convention Colonel
Hamer sounded the keynote of "Ameri-
canism" and spoke for an hour James
f. Ailshie, Peter G. Johnston and others
addressed the convention after its reg
ular business was transacted
The resolutions adopted follow:
The Republicans of Idaho in state
convention assembled at the city OIL
Twin Falls, on the twentieth day of
April, 1916, for the purpose of select
ing delegates to the Republican nation
al convention, which convenes at Chi
cago on the seventh day of June, 1916,
take this occasion to call the attention
of the pApple of this state to the fact
that never before in the history of our
country has our national prestige fallen
home been managed with such deplor-
able incompetency as has been wit
messed by the American people of the
full and unrestricted Democratic con-
troll of the government 1t has been a
record OF unparalleled incapacity, dis
honor and shame. Our men and women
have been murdered. wounded and
robbed both in Mexico and within the
boundaries of the United States, and
denied the protection of the stars and
stripes by the Democratic president
and servile congress. The honor OF our
government and the lives and rights of
American citizens have been trampled
under the feet of Mexican bandits. Our
rights as neutral nation have been
outraged contrary to all international
law, and nothing has been done by the
present Democratic administration, ex-
cept the preparation and delivery of
notes of apology which have success
lively retraeted each position taken by
our government. Our rights to the
open door in China, which were firmly
established by that great statesman,
Secretary Hay, are being taken away
from us by the Japanese government.
and without a word of protest. Every
consideration of public safety and hon
or demands that the government shall
be rescued from the hands of the
Democratic party, which has shown it
self incapable to conduct 1t, and we
congratulate the people of these Unit
ed States upon the certain return to
power of the Republican party
we view with satisfaction the
changes of condition and thought.
which have operated to re-unite our
own great and useful party for the