The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-08-20
VAN S|CKL|NS FRIENDS
CLAIM DIRTY POLITICS

Latah county democrats object SER
iously to the statement sent out from
Boise upon the stationery of "The
Jeffersonian Club" asking democrats
to not vote for E. A. .VanSicklin for
the nomination for governor, but to
concentrate all of their votes for
Frank Martin upon the plea that
Martin can and Van Sicklin cannot
defeat H. F. Samuels, nonpartisan
candidate for the democratic nomin-
alton for governor. That the action
of Boise men styling themselves" The
Jeffersonian Club" was taken without
authority and that the signers of the
statement sent to the newspapers for
publication are "all men holding Of
fices in the state house' is the state
ment of G. p Mix, Latah county
member of the state democratic CEN
trail committee The following tele-
gram was sent to G. w. Suppiger,
vlce-chairman for northern Idaho, of
the state central COMMITTEES:
Reports sent from Boise repere-
senting that Martin will poll more
votes in the primary election than
Van Sick1in are not founded on fact.
Indications here are that Van Sick1in
will poll more votes than either of his
nfc
third
The telegram was signed by G. P.
Mix, state committeeman for Latah
county; William Hunter, chairman Of
Latah county democratic central COM
mittee; and Charles E. Walks, secre-
tary Of that committee.
In an interview Mr.. Mix said: @We
do not object to Governor Alexander
and the state house bunch trying to
secure Martins nomination but we do
object to the Boise bunch saying for
whom we shall vote and for whom we
shall not vote. l do not believe it is
possible to elect Boise man COVER
nor of this state. think the people
at large would refuse to support him.
Van Sicklin filed at least two weeks
before Martin filed for governor and
Van Sicklin did not file until we had
brought much pressure to bear upon
him. We certainly object to self
appointed dictatorship from Boise
telling the people to reject the man
who filed at the urgent request of
the voters, in order to vote for Boise
man who filed two weeks later"
That Van Sicklin will not withdraw
from the race in favor of Martin is
certain. Mr.. VanSicklin has issued
the following statement which has
been received by Latah county demo-
Gratis.
"A deal in Idaho politics unex-
ampled in it's exhibition of nerve and
raw assumption of authority to speak
for the democrats of the state is be-
ng engineered from the state house
by Frank Martin, himself a candi-
late for the democratic nomination
for governor. Martin has evidently
these chair-warmers a con-
,inuation of their pull at the public
reasury and both himself and his
followers have lost their sense of the
decencies, of partizan poll
ics.''
Mr.. Van Sicklin has sent here
.opy of telegram he has sent to the
Boise committee which asked him to
withdraw from the race. The tele-
ram follows:
Replying to your night letter re-
eived this morning will say that
ave been and am being importuned
y leading democrats all over the
tate who have the welfare of the
arty at heart to remain in the race.
dy supporters concede the right of
rank Martin or any other democrat
. contest in the primary and ask
he same privilege for myself. E. A.
Fan Sicklin."
Mr.. Van Sicklin has many friends
ere who are very bitter because of
be attempt made from Boise to force
i'm to withdarw from the ticket, and
aifing in that, to get the democrats
, center their votes on Martin. It
'oaks Ike the fight for the democratic
omination for governor in this state
III continue to be three -cornered
-, Ni4A n. F. Samuels, indorsed by
'e noupartisan 1ague, Frank Mar
n, ndorped " Governor Alexander
nd wiuG = Aeeo termed stthe state
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