Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-09
SPl|T At MEETING
OF DEMOCRATS IN
CANYON COUNTY
Day Element Bolts and Or
ders Primaries, While MI.
gent Followers Name Del
egates to Convention.

tne DSnOcTatlc county central coIiliilit-
tee of this county today resulted in a
split in .that organization in the very
inception of the meeting and the with
drawal of the anti Elder forces to the
second floor of the city hall building
where it held meeting independent
Of County Chairman Thomas r. Buck.
!. ner and his forces
Fourteen committeeman were pre-
sent in person and II by proxy. After
statement by Chairman Buckner Of
the purpose of the meeting c. W. Whit
lin moved that the committee go in
to executive session to consider ere
dentials and other matters. =. G. Lee
moved IN amendment that q commit
tee of three be appointed on creden
tails. the vote roilcall resulted six
for the amendment and seven against.
The vote on the original motion was
then had and resulted seven for and
seven against and the motion was de-
cared lost. A motion was then made
by Mr.. Whiffn that proxies be not al
lowed The vote stood s for and 6
against the motion. Whiffin then
moved that the chair appoint a COM
mittee of three to name 80 delegates
TO the Democratic convention TO be
neld at POCatellO. Inc vote resulted
eight for and six against.
The fight, however, was precipitat-
cd by a motion to allow the members
of the committee present to vote
proxies, which resulted in tie vote or
seven to seven.
When the vote of cash Nichols was
challenged for the reason that when
Gem county was created that portion
of Stuart precinct in which Mr.. Nichols
resides, was included in Gem county,
making him a non resident of Canyon
county, the chairman refused to re-
cogniza the challenge Thereupon all
of the members present withdrew from
the meeting except Thomas T.. Buck
ner, chairman; L. I. Bowman, post
master at Payette; c. w. Whiffin. APP
plicant for appointment as United
States surveyor general: Harry Whit
fin, his brother; Guy Graham, state
horticultural inspector. Joe Bird and
Cash Nichols, whose vote was chal-
lenged.
Boiling Members Hold Meeting.
There Mere six members who with
drew, taking with them / proxies. The
boiling members organized by elect
ing l.. Harding. chairman and George
+. Lee. secretary. \ committee was
then appointed upon credentials who
reported that all members and persons
holding proxies from regularly elect
ed members be allowed q seat and IL
vote in the convention. This report
was ado teu. Committees of three each
We're then appointed on re buttons and
on manner. method of election and APP
portionment of delegates to the state
convention at Pocatello. The commit
tee on resolutions reported resolutions
strongly indorsing President Wilson $
administration md Governor AleXand-
er's administr tion of state affairs and
also commenting the administration
Of the Democratic county officials Of
Canyon county The committee on
manner and method of selecting dele
gates reported, recommending thai pri-
maries be held in the various precincts
of the county on April 25 between the
hours of and and that each precinct
be entitled to one delegate.
Nugent Forces Meet.
After the boiling delegates had made
their exit. the Nugent force of eight
men, under the leadership of Chair
man Thomas E. Buckner appointed "a
committee of three to recommend a
list of 80 names to be voted upon as
delegates to the state convention and
upon the report of the committee, the
Est recommended was selected.
Delegates Uninstructed.
Resolutions We're adopted indorsing
the administrations of President
Woodrow Wilson and Governor Alex
ander, and declaring for their -elec-
ton. The 80 delegates elected are un-
instructed. While they are considered
allied with the Elder faction of the
party, the result of the manipulations
of John F. Nugent, who it is freely
claimed here by Democrats, is seeking
to dominate as party boss, it was
learned from one of the delegates Sc
lected that he considers every man on
the delegation a free lance. unfettered
by the unit rule which did not prevail
and free to vote for the best man in the
race for national committeeman. In
fact he admitted that he did not Xix e
the action of National Committeeman
Elder in the use of federal control to
dominate the party.
The boiling committeeman had a
majority OF committee in proxies and
committeeman or a total of II, six
regularly elected committeeman and IL
proxies. The so-calied Elder faction
had eight regularly elected committees
men and one proxy. making a total re-
presentation OF nine.
Tactics Are Reversed.
The Elder faction reversed it's stand
taken in the state committee when It
gained control of that Organization by
the use of proxies. There 1t was abso-
lutely necessary to have proxies to hold
the whip hand and they were allowed.
At the meeting of the Elder faction Of
The committeeman Of this county d.