The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-02
SAMUELS STUMP STATE
BIPARTISAN LEAGUE
HIS CHECkERED POLITICAL CA.
REER TAKES ON A NEW
COLOR.

me 1act that II. r. SamuelS has
again changed his political allegiance
is a matter of no particular import
ance either to the party he leaves OF
to the cause he will now espouse, but
ii is nevertheless interesting as a
purely local incident in that it recalls
his shifting political career since his
appearance in this county in the '9Os
He came here from Idaho county
Iopened law office and was actively
identified with the democratic party.
A few years later he was a convert to
populism and was elected prosecuting
attorney of Shoshone county as a
populist. 1t was during his term that
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan blowup
occurred, for which the Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners was placed on trial.
Numerous arrests We're made and in
the subsequent Corcoran trial he was
excused from participation in the
prosecution because of his acknowl-
edged sympathy with the Western
Federation. In the meantime he had
secured a small interest in the Hercu-
les mine and the Stewart both of
which proved highly remunerative. He
stated that the Samuels hotel in this
city, which he still owns, represents
$15O,0OO which he received for his in
terest in the Stewart. The profits he
obtained from these interests enabled
him to acquire the Success, which he
operated successfully for several years
and then sold for large figure.
Becomes Republican.
With prosperity's smiles came new
political light and Mr.. Samuels lined
up with the republican party. Fol-
lowing the sale of the Success he NOV
ed to his ranch near Standpoint In
the last campaign he was elected as
OF Bonner county. But his return to
the soil seems to have imbued his
mind with a longing to share the bur-
den of the unfortunate class to which
he now belongs and he has now an
nounced his abandonment of the re-
publican party and his attachment to
the Non Partisan league, that organi-
zation whose mission is to drag the
farmer from the sea of despond In
which he is represented as all but sub
merged. The story of his separation
from the republican party and his
plans for the rescue of the farmer Is
told in the following from the Sand
point Review:
Resigns as Chairman.
H. f. Samuels, chairman of the
Bonner county republican committee,
resigned his Craftsmanship at meet
ing he called of the republican county
central committee which was held at
the court house Tuesday evening. Few
of the committeeman were present.
His resignation was accepted and the
meeting adjourned without electing
chairman to fill the vacancy.
"Mr. Samuels rented the Liberty
theater Wednesday evening for the
purpose of delivering an address upon
the Nom Partisan league in which he
has become an active member He
stated the objects of the organization
and touched upon it's history in North
Dakota. At the close of his talk he
stated that he intended to take the
stump in Idaho in behalf of the organ
iZatiOn.
Plans Of the League.
"The plan of the Non Partisan lea
que in Idaho, Mr.. Samuels explained
to the Review, would be to control the
state and legislative tickets. The
Non Partisan league makes no en-
dorsement of county tickets said Mr..
Samuels Before the primary is held
the Non-P Partisan organization holds a
convention and selects it's candidates
for state office. These candidates, or
Slate are then voted for en- masse by
the Non Partisan members at the
primary election. Mr.. Samuels was
asked if the candidates thus selected
would be confined all to one party. He
Sdlu liidl II Woulu ilOt NC hCScSSdlly
so and that they might be selected
from any party. He was then asked
IL the Nom Partisan league named
upon its ticket republicans, democrats
and socialists, what the Non Partisan
voter would do in the primary cleo
ton when he had to ask for the ballot
Of his party and was confined in his
selection to the party ticket he called
for at the polls. He said 1t could
happen that a democrat thus would
become candidate upon the republi-
can ticket, or vice versa. We haven't
got that far yet he said. The pri-
mary law in Idaho is different than in
North Dakota or Minnesota. In Min
nesota, for instance the Non Partisan
league named their ticket all from the
republican party except for the Office
of treasurer, where a democrat got
the endorsement
"Mr. Samuels said at his meeting
Wednesday night that he had made a
study of the Nom Partisan league for
two months and had spent some time
In North Dakota looking up the his
tory of the movement in that state"