Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-10-26
DEMOCRATS
OPPOSE NUCENT
FRED FL0ED, HAWLEY'S RIGHT
HAND MAN, ISSUES STATEMENT
OUTLINING LEGION'S STAND
SAY HE FOISTED MONCREL TICKET
'Base, C0wardly and Deliberate Sur
render of Party to Nonpartisans.

Boise, Oct Give are in open
and defiant revolt against the leader
ship that would betray the democratic
party of Idaho into the hands of the
nonpartisan league" said Fred Floed
/ in an interview at the headquarters
of the Legion of Loyal Democrats, 905
Idaho street, Boise. 1.-TWO years ago
the way was paved by Fred T. Dubois
in the interest of United States sena-
tor Nugent for the nonpartisan leaders
! to bring their membership into the
democratic primaries with the result
that mongrel ticket was named and
overwhelming and humiliating defeat
followed; the state committee was
saved by the sacrifice of James H
Hawley, whose candidacy for the SEN
ate alone inspired loyal democrats to
contest for control of the committee;
otherwise the league would have
named the committee membership IN
cooperation with the friends of Sena-
tor Nugent. 1t was hoped that the de-
feat of two years ago would have been
sufficient to cause the nonpartisan
league to cease the efforts to steal
the democratic wagon to ride into
OlliSC Jill aS CApito Wy 1NtlJ
Kaig; but not So What could not be
accomplished by brazen theft has been
undertaken this year by stealthy CO.
operation Fusion has been effected
upon three important offices. Nugent
for senator, Whitaker for congress-
man and Bates for Encouragement
and the democratic platform stands
for the reenactment of the primary
under which the nonpartisans named
the democratic ticket two years ago
Deliberately and with full intent to
turn the party over to the nonparti4
sans, no provision to preserve party
integrity and allow party members
alone to participate in party primary
was put in the plank declaring for the
restoration of the direct primary. 1t
is a base, cowardly and deliberate
surrender of the democracy to the
nonpartisan league and is a slap in
the faces of the more than 10000 loyal
democrats who two years ago vindi
Gated their patriotism by the over
whelming defeat of the league ticket
masquerading as a democratic ticket
1--WE welcome the issue now as we
did then and there is a growing re-
volt, statewide and determined, to
once more scotch the snake;' the
democratic party of Idaho will be
freed this year from the leadership
that would betray it to the socialists
and radicals now in charge of the
nonpartisan league. When Senator
Nugent accepts the nonpartisan league
endorsement in a letter of apprecia-
ton of the support of all forward
looking men, addressed to H. F. Sam
uels, he thus designates A. C. Town
ley, under conviction of sedition, II
F. Samuels and Ray McKaig, who
brazenly proclaimed the intent two
years ago of stealing the democratic
wagon, and Bob Marsh, the we'll
known Boise socialist agitator, four of
the men present at the conference in
the Soma building in the last days of
September, who agreed that Samuels
was to come off of the nonpartisan
ticket and Senator Nugents name
substituted.
Forward looking men, Townley.
Samuels. McKaig and Bob Marsh. The
senator has chosen his own company
1t should simplify the situation for
the democracy of Idaho"