Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-10-05
DEMOCRATS ALLECE BETRAYAL
OF PARTY In STATE OF IDAHO

The withdrawal of H. F. Samuels
from the nonpartisan league ticket for
United States senator in favor of SEN
ator Nugent, democrat nominee, has
stirred up a muss among democrat
leaders in the state. 1t is claimed
that Samuels and Nugent have had an
understanding arrived at at the Idaho
Falls democrat convention by which
Samuels was to retire from the non
partisan league ticket Nugent is now
accused of betraying his party for his
own political advantage. says the
Standpoint Pend d'Oreille Review
At Boise it is alleged in a circular
letter, issued by a committee styling
themselves "The Committee of 100
Loyal Democrats" that "conspirators
would deliver the party over to Town
leyism," and that "a meeting was re-
Gently held in Boise by A. c. Townley
II. F. Samuels, s. D. Fairchild, Ray
McKaig o. A. Hall and others, to
which emissaries from a clique of al
legged democrats, who have from time
to time been in consultation with the
local managers of the league, were adj
mitted, to receive or deliver messages
for the arch-conspirator, in whose in
terest the meeting was being held"
A democrat who claims to be in
close touch with the committee of 100
loyal democrats" said Saturday that
opinion now current in political cir
Giles is that apart from the charges
in the circular letter, the candidacy
of Fairchild, as well as of others re-
naming on the Independent ticket
after the withdrawal of Whitaker,
Bates and Samuels, is genuine. 1t is
held, he says, that. the nominations of
Bates and Whitaker were genuine in
the first place, and that party leaders
overlooked the legal point that they
could not run on two original tickets
at the same time.
ut happens by political accident or
coincidence" says this democrat, that
some who are political enemies of
Gooding and friends of Nugent are
also political enemies of Walters, dem
ocratic candidate for governor, and
the threat is freely made that Walters
will be put third in the race, regard
less of what effect such a result might
have upon the chances of other candi-
dates"
Secret Meetings Held.
The circular letter, as outlined
says, in part:
"A G. Townley spent two days in
the city of Boise recently for the pur-
pose of forcing the senatorial candi-
date of the nonpartisan league to de-
cline his nomination. and give his and
the leagues endorsement to United
States Senator John f. Nugent.
Candidate Samuels was willing to
come off the ticket, but claimed that
when nominated, he was promised his
candidacy would be left to referendum
vote of the league membership, and
that he should not be forced to resign
unless the league membership voted
for him to quit; that he was, in fact,
not mere stool-pigeon to fill the po-
sition until such time as Senator Nu-
gent thought it advisable to take the
league endorsement; and that he had
thought his nomination was rendered
him in good faith
Fairchild Dissents.
'Mr. Fairchiid. nominee for COVER
nor, asserted that it would be a body
blow to his candidacy for Mr.. Samuels
to withdraw, and senatorial candi-
date endorsed, who would not Iecog-
nize the league, save as a man goes
down an alley in the dark to meet a
woman of shadv reputation.
THE argument grew heated and
threatened disorder, when Boss Town
ley asserted the reelection of Senator
Nugent is the paramount fight of the
league in the nation.
"The senator has been endorsed by
the league two years ago, and the
league membership had gone into the
democratic primaries for the sole pur-
pose of securing him the democratic
which he could not other
wise obtain, and for the league now
to desert him in the face of the fact
that his opponent is the same as be-
fore, would be an act of perfidy and
SaDluels must decline the league nom |
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