Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-06
TO the altar of sacrifice when they
vote for Teddy, or. Bill. for that mat
To

vote for Teddy. or. Bill. for that mat
ter.
Chairman Evan Evans of the Repub-
lican state central committee VIII en-
deavor TO straighten out the muddle
a minority Of the members of that
body got into when they tried to cut
down the representation in the next
Republican state convention and failed
to declare for a direct primary for
the election of delegates. The attempt
has apparently opened the eyes of some
of the Republicans over the state. 1t
quite certain. Judging from their state
ments, action cutting down the repre-
sentation in the state convention Will
not be tolerated, and a demand will
| be made that the committee go on rec
ord for direct primary.
| The official call as issued by the
state chairman reconvening the COM
mittee is as follows:
| There will be a meeting of the
| state central committee of the Republic
can party of Idaho, which is called by
me as chairman of said party, to be
| held on March II, 1916, at the hour
| of 10 o'clock q. M, at the Owyhee
hotel, Boise. Idaho. The purpose of
said meeting will be to consider and
determine the place and time of hold
ing the state convention to select del
egates representing the Republican
party of Idaho at the national Repub-
lican convention to be held in Chicago,
H.. on the 18th day of June, 1916. and
to further consider and determine the
lapportionment of the delegates from
each county in the state and the man
ner of selecting the same who are to
attend said state convention, and to
transact any other business at said
meeting that the committee may de-
sire"
1t is said to be always rather diff
cult to tell how tire political wind is
blowing down in, the southeastern part
of the state, but the following published
in the Herald Republican, Salt Lake.
| may be the weather vane:
Peter G. Johnston of Backfoot, Ida,
} Republican leader of the lower house
] of the Idaho legislature. at the Hotel
[ Utah yesterday. said the Republicans
can carry Idaho with ease il the party
, dominates a candidate from the north
ern part of the state. He points out
that both United States senators and
both members of congress from Idaho
and a large number of state officers
are from southern and eastern Idaho
and that the northern part of the state
would rally to the support of Republi
can gubernatorial nominee from that
section adding strength to the entire
, Republican ticket.
He says the direct primary law is
, responsible for all of the officers COM
! ing from one section of the state, as
/, the southern part is more populous
, than the northern part of the state
He asserted that during the last SEES
=, sion of the Idaho legislature an amend
. ment was made to the Idaho primary
law which would have removed thu
sectional feeling in the state, but tina
), the bill was killed.
. Mr.. Johnston says the Progressive:
i and the Republicans in Idaho are unit
ed through the reorganization of tn,
= Republican state committee. He de
clares that all of the western state
= will give Republican majority in tn,
! coming presidential election, as all ar,
! IN favor of a protective tariff. Mr.
= Johnston says that the Idaho delegate
to the Republican national convention
. probably will favor the amalgamatiol
of the two parties in the nation