The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-29

selecting him. He said that this might
result in electing a man from a dis
trict W, ere the voters of that district
did noH. ant him and the perpetual
ton of "a chine. He moved that the
old systel%. electing be reinstated
and the no. carried as expressing
the voice of p, meeting.
DR.. White aez< tied the possibility
of such resuf p 1T thought it i'm
! probable. J. A. C1S, said he had fol-
lowed White as 10 as he thought
him right and many ID things had
come from the farm bn = movement,
but DR.. White had pic ed up plans
which would cause the people to lose
money and in this he would not fol-
low
p e. Dean suggested that inasmuch
as the main point centered around the
methods pursued in selecting the tick
ct by the farm bureau to be railroaded
through and urged that DR.. White get
them to resign before election and all
go in and elect a ticket in an open
election.
Dr. White demurred on the ground
that the matter would have to go be-
fore the chairmen. He added that the
: chairmen had many proxies which
they were in duty bound to vote for
certain men 1t was replied that if |
the men were out of the field the |
they pleased, or the owners could can
Gel them and vote them themselves.
Dr. White asked an hour to speak be-
Il fore the canal meeting. The others
: though he had no more right to any
Z specific time than anybody else had
. He said he though as president of the
farm bureau he was entitled to speak
that long to explain the new system
o Several bureau members declared that
e he did not speak for them. Finally,
l. at the end of three hours the discus
g sion ended as noted above.
Is The objections urged in the meeting
N are mostly summed up in the follow
III ing letter submitted yesterday by Mr.
III Hobbs to the TIMES for publication:
ie Editor Times:
Is Now that the annual election of di-
% rectors of the Twin Falls Canal COM
= pany is near at hand. it should be to
20 the interest of every stockholder to
VI investigate the issues to come up, and
- the character and ability of the pros
i pective candidates.
u The Farm Bureau has recently
Ie brought out a ticket that recommended
H. very highly consisting of three new
7n men; and though the Farm Bureau has
~ been in existence for less than a year,
ne they have effected many very radical
changes in the bylaws. the most inn
" portant being new plan of electing
en the board of directors. Instead of the
ne tract automatically dividing itself in
70 to districts, and each locality electine
l.'i it's own member, as in the past after
il' the first year, except in case of
ss vacancy, only one director is to be
le elected and he by the entire tract
Ly which means that no district can be
ne sure of the man they want, ever
res though supported unanimously at home
Sc If one district should have an in
oI fluential director, and the voters o.
ns the others should feel that in secur
-or ing rights for the people of his OWL
III locality they might be inconvenienceC
in any way, it would be an easy mat
Ies ter for them to elect instead some
me weak -kneed or SISSY" man who would
ne make them no trouble.
sp If any voters are qualified to selec
ne a member, certainly it would be those
TO from his own district and not from 10
me calities where he is unknown, ant
III where his support would depend up
ia on the strength of the campaign.
me If it should happen that a rinl
me should secure the control of the sys
- tenn for the personal reasons, i
-eo would be possible for that ring t.
nls dominate the affairs of the compan.
VIZ year after year to their own persona
le advantage and minority fraction, al
III though controlling 49 per cent of tn
representative on the board.
lau Such a plan is in direct opposition
loi to democratic government and yet TIL
lhe president of the Farm Bureau is to &
ur- to France to fight the identical thin
nu- that he has been instrumental in max
Dr. a part of the management of this sys
'ie TEN, autocracy.
III 1t seems strange that the Farr
III Bureau should approve of such plan
true enough the present and pas
my boards have spent too little time i
ted ha,,o o,-arIool,ad in,nortan+ matter
eat that should have been attended to
on but this is no reason why the entir
aN- plan of management should have bee
In' overturned as all of the benefits de
: sired could have been obtained with
M out inaugurating changes that in tim
cry will prove to be decidedly vicious, an
'sl will lead to dissention and strife. Fo
reu when majority deliberately prevent
eil a minority from having even voic
see in the management, then arroganc
'ei' tyranny and despotism are sure
20 20 prevail.
iai, ian Fifteen years ago l heard the que:
inu ton asked why cumulative votin
ere should be allowed in canal election
es and the answer was made that it gay
aLu aiI the minority chance that they woul
.ne have in no other way.
mes But the Farm Bureau presideI
'9 made the statement to me that the
az we're going to run the system, and di
W not care to be bothered with a mino
niee ity.
ny He also complimented himself vel
highly upon the great recent victor
Dr won in wrestling the control awe
neh from the present management; I'll
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