The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-02-25
REPUBLICANS TO HOLD CON-
VENTION AT TWIN FALLS
VIII Name Delegates to the National
acknowledgements
to be Reduced

Inc hepuDllcan STATE convention
to elect delegates to the national con-
vention at Chicago, June Z, will be
held at Twin Falls, April 20. The rep
resentation at that convention will
consist of delegates from each of the
81 counties in the state on basis of
two delegates for each member the
county has In the legislature. This
was the decision reached by the Re-
publican state central committee at a
conference which closed last night.
The representation given to counties
in the last state convention to elect
delegates to the state convention in
1912 was five to every representative
by each county in the state. The
state committee cut down the repre-
sentation. There will be 202 dele
gates in the next state convention
where four years ago there were
close to 400.
Optional With Counties
1t was left optional with the
county committees as to how the
delegates to the state convention
shall be elected. This is taken to
mean that the county organization
may determine whether a preferen-
tial primary election shall be held
for the election of delegates or
whether the delegates shall be hand
picked by the county organizations.
The state committee did not go on
record as favoring a preferential pri-
mary election for the naming of the
delegates.
In the selection Of Twin Falls for
the place of holding the state conven-
tion the committee acted unanimous
ly. A number of other cities were
discussed, including boise, Pocatello,
Lewiston, Idaho Falls, Occur d'Alene
and Wallace. When the committee
assembled Even Evans was elected
chairman and q. R. Dampier of Ru-
pert secretary. The committee then
proceeded to business and without a
hitch the place for the next conven-
ton was decided upon and the repre-
sentation in that convention from
counties. There was no objection
raised to the cutting down of the rep
resentation in the state convention.
In fact, it appeared that little
thought was given to 1t until after
the committee had finished its bust
ness and some of the committeeman
reached the lobby of the Owyhee
hotel and discussed tne matter. So
far as could be learned from commit
teemen no particular reason was as
signed for reducing the representa-
ton.
The members of the state commit
tee recognized as entitled to delibera-
lions in it's proceeds were as follows:
Peter Cavaney, Ada county; E. A.
Burrell, Bare Lake county; Peter
G.. Johnston, Bingham county; |. e.
Rockwell, Blaine county; Fred Hus-
ton, Bonneville county; N. Jenness,
Canyon county; Hector G. Haight,
Cassia county; I. N. Nash, Franklin
county; w. L. Flint, Fremon county; |
John Thomas, Gooding county; Evan
Evans, Idaho county; Alfred Kicks,
Madison county; e. R. Dampier,
Minidoka county; David Burrell,
Power county; w. P. Guthrie, Twin
Falls county; Victor Heckstadt, Te-
ton county; Bartlett Sinclair, Bound
airy county.
Cavaney Represents Ada
The state committeeman from Ada |
county is John Evans of Eagle, Ada |
county, appears to have been repre-
sented at the committees conference
by Peter Cavaney. When the COM
mittee assembled the committeeman
from Ada county was asked for and
the committee was informed that Mr.. |
Cavaney would represent this county.
In the discussion that followed
during the committees conference
there was considerable speculation
as to what action some of the county
organizations would take for instance
in the matter of electing delegates to
the state convention. Ada county was
mentioned There senied to be an inn
preston that the county committee
here would take over that duty by
naming the IL delegates 1t will be en-
titled to in the next state convention
instead of a primary election being
held for that purpose or preferen-
tial vote taken by precincts as was
the case four years ago when a
county convention was held and 80
delegates, almost three times the
number of delegates the county Is
now entitled to under the new pro-
portionate representation, to the
state convention, were elected. This
fact set, number Of interested party
men to thinking over the situation.
They did not appear to be converts
to the plan to cut down Of a 'Borah
Special to the Chicago representa-
tion in the state convention believing
that the greater the representation
the more opportunity the electors
have to express their preference in
the presidential race which this year
is of Importance for Idaho has a |
"favorite SON. who is believed to
stand within striking distance Of
presidential lightning.
No action has been taken by State |
Chairman Evans towards selecting a |
secretary for the committee. The
name of e. r. Dampier of Rupert
was being linked with that office by
many last night. Capital News.
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