Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-04-13
REPUBLICAN,
CONVENTION
BOUNDARY REPUBLICANS HOLD
,ovvpNTIOy AT COURTHOUSE
WEDNESDAY EVENING
ugCT 0. C. WILSON DELEGATE
4 v. spOerry Elected Alternate Dele
cate To State Convention

Tbe republicans of Boundary coun-
!. hold a convention at the court
w. IN Wednesday evening at
noISe nst o'clock at which time o. c.
SIsns W;Ison was elected delegate from
,be county to attend the state con-
usntion nay on April % at Occur d'Alene,
y which latter convention delegates
~ ~ he national convention to be held
- Chicago. will be elected. G. w.
soOerry 6 was named the alternate
W. King presided at the COM
vention and G. w. Spoerry was
named named, secretary. A letter from the
s1ste .r chairman of the republican
nsrtv was read, in which the various
fmnfv central committees We're au-
tborized to elect delegates to the
state convention either through the
county cenral committees or in an
onen convention. The state central
rammittee advised the holding of
omen conventions in order that more
members of the republican parry
might have voice in the selection of
delegates.
@. C. Wilson was the only person
nominated as delegate and upon mo-
ton the secretary was instructed to
cast the ballot of the convention for
his election. G. w. Spoerry was the
only person nominated for alternate
delegate.
The delegate from Boundary coun-
ty will go to the Coeur d'Alene con-
vention uninstructed. At the conven-
ton Wednesday night, upon motion
ballot was taken to determine the
sentiment of the republicans present
as to choice of candidates for the
| presidential nomination and Leonard
Wood received "a first choice and one
second choice votes; Johnson received
seven second choice votes; Lowden
received first choice and one second
I choice votes; Hoover received four
second choice votes; Poindexter re-
] ceived one first and one second choice
! vote. o. R. Stookey and H. B. Car
] raft acted as tellers for the ballot.
i On motion of f. r. Henderson the
] chairman appointed a committee com
4 posed of E. r. Henderson, o. R.
Stoohey and 0. G. Wilson, to prepare
and present for the approval or the
convention, resolutions endorsing the
4 republican administration of national
and state affairs. The committee
! presented the following resolutions
d which were unanimously adopted:
n The republican party of Boundary
4 county, Idaho, in convention assem-
I bled, makes this declaration:
/ We heartily approve and hereby
renew our fealty to the principles
and ideals enunciated by Abraham
lincoln, maintained by William Nc
hhlnley and emphasized by Theodore
roosevelt; the principles and ideals
wmcn have made the republican party
!he leader in the forward march OF
industrial and social progress.
H We condemn in unmeasured terms
the high-handed, wasteful extrava-
gance Of the democratic party ir
me World war and condemn the policy
q that party for its continued ex-
TaVagance and its attempt to capi-
ahze the sacrifices of our young
men to its own selfish political am
h We welcome woman into her en-
.arged sphere of governmental ac-
nuty, as a right to which she Il
fundamentally entitled and which she
proved o,Ve her ability to assume.
Il we pledge ourselves to agar
pace our government upon a busi-
ness basis; to place as our first enc
n ~ ~ view, the relief and proper care
d VI .hose young men who were erin
peo N the defense of the principles
h VI our country and to provide just
compensation to all of those young
/ lsn ~en VINO sacrificed personal ambi-
h "a0n anl IN the defense of our country
Y we pledge ourselves to choose 6
Aan as our standard bearer in the