Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-07

ator George r. Proctor, Owyhee>county.
Power county--ProNy held by S. H.
Laird.
Teton county-ProXy held by j. p.
Pope, Ada county.
Fight Breaks on Postmast
The first fight before the committee
broke soon after the meeting opened
and after the appointment of the ere
dentials committee by Chairman Pence
as follows: Messrs. Hindman, Leaf,
Cliff. Fisher and Hamilton. Upon
submission of credentials it was dis
covered Idaho county was represented
by committeeman and proxy. Ma
! tional Committeeman Elder held the
proxy of l.. A. Wisener, postmaster of
Grangeville, and insisted on voting 1t,
A. w. Talkington OF Grangeville,
claimed to be the regularly elected
committeeman Of Idaho county. Wise
ner had been holding the office of COM
mitteeman for the past two years.
The county committee of that county
+, held q meeting March / and elected
Taikington as committeeman because
/ Wisener is postmaster. Elder claimed
+ that the committee had no right to seat
Talkington and no right under the law
| to remove Wisener, and he had never
resigned Wisener was appointed
j postmaster on Elders recommendation
and Endorsement. He could not be
present as the committeeman so he
gave his proxy to the national commit
teeman. Senator Macbeth quoted the
| federal postal regulations barring the
activity of postmasters in politics
ha1 hot ha CT tut ~
apply to activity of federal office hold
ers in party deliberations.
Postmaster's Proxy Recognized.
| When the credentials committee re-
i ported it recognized all proxies. includ-
/ Ing the Wisener proxy and the ere
dentials of the committeeman present
This recommendation precipitated a
! two hour fight on the floor of the
committee led by Arthur NJ Bowen OF
Twin Falls and Harry L. Day, on be-
i half of darlington and Elder and
Hindman for Wisener. Mr. Day ex-
/ pressed bis amazement that the com
mittee had recommended the unseat-
| ing of the regularly elected commit
teeman and given preference to proxy
held by the national committeeman
He said he had seen some pretty
rough stuff put over in political
gatherings, but he thought that was
about the rawest. He scored Elder
as national committeeman. standing
before the committee pleading the
cause Of one Of his appointees. Talk
| ngton, he said. had been a lifelong
Democrat and for 43 years one of the
staunchest Democrats of Idaho county
who had travelled 50Q miles to partici-
pate in the committees deliberations
! He said to unseat him would be un-
fair and unAmerican.
In reply to Hindman's indorsemen,
of the report Day said he had been In
politics before some of the Johnny
come latelys," in "swaddling Clothes
Nugent said he thought Wisener should
be seated but Bowen declared that
1t was matter for the committee
to determine and that investigation
should be made to ascertain how Wise
ner had been elected He said he UNI
derstood a minority of the committee
or not a quorum elected him while in
the case of Talkington two thirds OF
! the committee represented either by
person or proxy had elected him. Talk.
ington informed the committee there
we're so precincts in his county and
| but 20 had elected committeeman OF
this number Is were represented a,
the committee meeting electing him.
/ Test Vote Shows Control.
A motion was made by Senator
Bowen to strike out that part OF the
credentials committees report referring
to Idaho county. and offered that az
a substitute motion to the motion tt
adopt the report. Nugent demanded
a roll call and the fret test OF the Da,
and Elder strength was quickly as.
certained. The vote against the sub.
stitnte motion stood 90 to IL Nugen,
voted for both Ada and Adams coun,
ties and Macbeth questioned his righ
to do so. The motion to adopt thu
report was carried by vote Of rs t,
10.
Senator Macbeth had intended to ge
ia resolution before the committe,
barring postmasters' proxies from par
tficipating in the committees DELHI.