Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-05-28
DEMOCRATS
PICK DELEGATES
CONVENTION ENDORSES
WILSON, NUGENT AND
PETTIBONE.

The county democrats conven-
ton was held at Grangeville
Tuesday for the purpose of Sc
lecting delegates to attend the
state convention at Lewiston OH
June Is where they will select
delegates to attend the national
convention at San Francisco on
June 28th.
The convention at Grangeville
also endorsed Hon. Nate Petit
bone of Grangeville for governor
the national administration and
the work of U. S. Senator John
F. Nugent.
The delegates named to go to
Lewiston are:
N. B. Pettibone, Grangeville.
II. M. Moore, Sites.
p. ]. Taylor, Kooskia.
Harry Baker, Clearwater.
Robert Griffith, Whitebird.
Frank McGrane, Grangeville.
G. M. Robertson, Cottonwood.
II. G.. Sasse, Ferdinand
George Kilmar, Winona
The following resolutions were
also passed by the convention at
Grangeville Tuesday:
1--WE, the democrats of Idaho
county, in convention assembled
this 25th of May, 1920, at
Grangeville, Idaho, as a volun-
tary testimonial and endorse
ment of democratic achieve
ments throughout the United
States, do make, publish and
state:
"That the people of the United
States we believe are to be con-
graduated on having as theif
leader one whose ability, fear
lessness, foresight and diploma
cy has been recognized by all the
nations of the world and we re-
joice with the world at large at
the rapid return TO health and
vigor of Woodrow Wilson, the
true leader of Democracy.
1--WE endorse his courageous
and patriotic endeavor to bring
the recent warning factions of
the world to a peace by such
mutual understandings as will
enable them to hereafter settle
differences by amicable and
friendly methods rather than
resort to war, save as the last
procedure.
"We most heartily endorse the
record of Hon. John F. Nugent
as United States Senator, and
we urge the people of the state
of Idaho to lend their best ef-
forts in support of his re-elec,
ton.
"The democratic party believ.
es that the power of taxation is
one of the most important pro-
blems in state and national gov
ernment. We favor equal just
ice to all in levying and collect
ing taxes and advocate economy
in all branches of the govern
ment, with the object in view
that the burden fall as lightly
as possible upon the tax payer
without regard to party affilia
tions, we welcomed the declara
ton made by our present Gov
ernor in the last campaign, tha
it would be his aim, if elected t.
make Idaho, "a taxless state
We are now in the second yea
of his administration and tim
enough has elapsed to enable u
to make a comparison as to tn
progress made in that direction
eve find that while the stat
levy of the last year of the ad
ministration of the democrati
governor was 2.8 mills 1.-TWO ant
eight tenths) the tax levy unde
the first year of the present gov
ernor is 81 (eight and one ten
thu mills, or about three times a
much now AS under democrati
administration, and without an
apparent reduction in the assess
ed valuation of the property O
the state.
1--WE, kindly invite the compai
ison between your tax receir
for your taxes this year an
your tax receipt for taxes tw
years ago under democratic &C
ministration, and which invest
CATION we trust will enable tn
voter to Judge as to the progres
our Governor is making in hi
efforts to change Idaho to a Ia,