Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-18

mittee meeting. whether it was the
regularly elected committeeman, the
! fact developed it was not but instead
Peter Cavaney. Chairman Evans
thought it was c. c. Cavanah and when
the difference was explained to him
was surprised. He does not know
them apart. He had supposed that the
Ada county representative had author
ity to speak for this county prospect
i've of the fact that no credentials were
produced nor was a proxy held. Yet
| c. c. Cavanah has been for some years
one of the Republican party leaders
and has been active in party matters.
johnson as Delegate.
There has been a persistent report
in circulation since the committee
meeting that the man to be presented
as Ada county's choice for a member
of the delegation to he elected by the
state convention to the Chicago con-
Nention which meets June 7, is F. f.
johnson, president of the Electric In
Nestment company the recent hydro
| electric power merger perfected In
southern Idaho, who is classed polite
| ally as unfriendly to United States
| senator w. e. Borah. The same re-
/ ports have linked the same name with
a plan to elect him national commit
teeman for Idaho. These reports have
| been affirmed and denied They are
furnishing many of the leading poll
tieians in Boise and Ada county, par
/ ticulariy the staunch Borah support
ers, not little food for thought, it is
! said.
Not Satisfactory Here.
In Ada county the action Of the
quorum of the state committee present
! at the conference Saturday cuts the
representation to the next state con-
vention from 80 to 70 1t is said when
the alleged representative of this coun-
ty at the meeting was asked if such
a cut was satisfactory to Ada county
| he replied that it was. Judging from
the comment heard among Ada county
Republicans in the past few days, how
ever 1t is far from satisfactory. They
are wondering who engineered the cut
in the representation and what the OBJ
Ject was. Many OF them declared they
readily realize that II delegates from
Ada county are very much easier to
, handle than are so.
The talk among these Republicans
Is that an injustice had been done not
| only this county bat every other one in
the state as well as the rank and file
| OF the party. They assert that if any
state convention should he representa-
tive of all the party il should be the
ono where the delegates to the ma
| tional convention should be elected
! particularly in view of the fact that the
name Of Idahos most prominent party
leader, Senator Borah, is linked with
the presidency. For that reason thew
are freely criticisng the action of the
committee and Of the state chairman
for permitting such program to be
adopted.
Criticism Heard
I inc failure Of the committee to de-
clare for a preferential primary for the
election of the delegates by counties.
leaving it optional with the county
committees to take this action. is also
/ being criticised. The claim is made
that such an action permits the hand
/ picking of delegates which is the very
! thing that should not be permitted
The state chairman is said to have con-
suited with Attorney General j. II. Pet
erson regarding this matter as well as
with others regarding his right to con-
Nene those members Of the state com
| mlttee present in the city instead OF the
executive committee The members of
the latter committee are G. n. Potts
Of Occur d'Alene, Fred Gooding of
I Goodng, f.. II. Dewey of Nampa and
Miss Margaret Roberts. p. W. Davis
of American Falls. a member of the
committee resigned first from the com
mittee itself and later from the exc
cutlNe committee. David Burrell of
American Falls was appointed in his
place on the executive committee
Some OF the members of the state
! committee thought little Of cutting
down the representation from the
counties to the state convention untl
after the committee meeting when