The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-24
Republican County
Central Committee
Enjoy Dinner Tues,

publican county central COmmlCteo at
the Eccles Hotel sample room on
Tuesday evening at which time a
feast was spread. Most of the pre-
cincts Of the county were represented
e. L. Anderson and L. Ivan Jensen
coming down from Shelley and T. S.
Becker from Aberdeen.
| After the feast, Chairman Buchan-
an announced that there was some
business to come before the meeting,
mostly in the form of applications
for endorsement from Republicans
seeking appointments to public Of
fees. Mr.. Becker Immediately an
nounced that he did not think it a
proper time to submit applications
| for endorsements, except on condi-
ton that the committe men were
given time to think it over and re-
turn to their constituents to con-
suit with them about it. He said
that under such conditions as the
present, calling men together for a
feast and then presenting question
and asking for an endorsement, was
liable to secure endorsements which
might afterwards be regretted. He
thought 1t was all right to hear the
announcements of the applications
and then act upon them at some sub
sequent meeting.
The name Of David Burrell was
presented from Mr.. Burrell saying
that he was a candidate for the po-
sition of internal revenue collector
and would be glad to have the en-
dorsement of Bingham county. AS
fast as speakers could get the floor,
they expressed their approval of Mr..
Burrell and gave their personal en-
dorsement to his candidacy. Every
body seemed to be for Burrel and
glad to speak for him. He is an
American Falls man at present, but
was resident of Blackfoot from
about the year 1902 to 1908, was
actively engaged in the implement
business during the time, was an
active Republican, owns a farm now
at Aberdeen, but is resident of
American Falls, where he has an
other farm. Everybody seemed anxi-
GUS that his old home county should
give him an unanimous endorse
ment.
Mr.. Becker rose again to say that
he thought it smacked of machine
politics to have things done up so
hurriedly and he objected to giving
this endorsement at the present
meeting. He said they had been
called together without any notifica-
ton as to what the purposes of the
meeting were and to be fed up and
then asked to give endorsement to
somebody made 1t rather embarrass-
ing not to endorse. In the case Of |
Mr.. Burrell, he was not acquainted
with the gentleman, but as every
body else seemed to know him and |
were for him he would not object to |
endorsing Mr.. Burrel, but as to the |
rest of the candidates, whoever they
were, he hoped they would not take
any action that night. The commit
lee gave its unanimous endorsement |
to Mr.. Burrell and took up the read
Ing of the letters for the other candi-
dates. Mr.. Becker asked to have
the record show that he was not vot-
Ing to endorse any of these other
for the reasons he had |
already stated. He considered It un-
lair as there might be other candi-a
dates for the same position and he
did not approve Of acting too quickly
On such matters anyhow. The
record was made to show that and
The business went on, however, a mo-
lion was adopted that no action
should be taken on those candidates
whose appointments could not be
made effective within the next six
The next letter was from
Colonel e. G. Davis, former advocate
general, during the war and now
seeking the position of United States
attorney for Idaho. Not so many
persons knew Mr.. Davis, but several
who knew him analysed the man,
his character and qualifications and
here was no great enthusiasm for
his appointment. Only one speaker
poke with any enthusiasm for his
and the other remarks H
we're rather negative. Another let
er was from George e. Tucker, APP
'licant for the appointment Of sur
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