Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-02

them have passed away beyond the
veil OF life, but their names remain
In the state constitution and their
memories live. Elmore's represen-
t%atives, Cayanah, Sinnott and Ethel,
were on hand. Stull, the patriarch
OF the trio, erect and dignified, al
though his hairs were whitened with
the trosts OF over three score win.
tiers; Cavanah, with his military air
during the war of the rebellion a
Confederate ~officer), and determine
ton written all over his counte
nance; and Sinnott, the youngest,
with the free and easy bohemian
dash of the %railroader. combined
with the tone of the scholar, made
Elmores delegation somewhat con-
spleuous, In the debates that oc-
Cured during the session of that
august body, Stun was noted for
polish and elegance of speech, while
his two colleagues were noted for be-
Ing more foreible than elegant in
their remarks.
Elmore's twin sister county, Lo-
gan. was represented by Messrs.
Armstrong of Broadford, Walton OF
Bellevue, and Allen of Shoshone.
Alturas was represented by Judge
Beatty, Major A. j. Pinkham. o. B.
Batten, Lycurgus Vineyard and Pat
Mcmahon. or these, Batten and Nc
Mahon, coming from Ketchum and
being outside the HALEY ring, were
friendly toward the new counties.
Their seats were contested by Ruick
and Ensign, two OF Hailey's ablest
lawyers, but they held their seats.
The first move on the part of the
Haileyites was to get before the
committee on county boundaries and
organization, in the hope of extend
ing the territory of their mangled
county, The plan was to extend the
lines east 20 as to take in Bellevue
and south so as to take In Camas
Prairie, but ii failed. Judge Beatty.
on the floor, made most pathetic APP
peals for bleeding Alturas, torn
asunder, rent apart, partitioned and
~Polandized by a rump legislature,
asking the committee that her
wrongs be righted.
Sinnott, one OF Elm0re's representa-
tives, in this discussion asserted
that the infamous omnibus bill"
that partitioned Alturas county was
the wCik OF the people of Alturas, in
the hope that Ii would go down to
defeat, but that their plot failed,
md, boomerGng-like, flew back and
struck the throwers. The Haley
eoterie having fallen into their own
trap, the appeals from the gentle
men from Alturas we're forcible re-
minders of the case of the man who
murdered his father and mother and
then cried for mercy in the court
because he was an orphan.
The county boundaries were left
intact by the convention. and the
next move was for political prestige.
Gilmore was a Democratic county.
The Republicans held control OF the
convention by a small majority. In
the apportionment Of legislative rep
iasentati0n the HALEY cOterie went
with a accommodating scheme,
which was to give Alturas a senator
and two representatives, a joint rep
.esentntive with Logon and Bingham
COUNTIES, and a joint senatorial rep
o entGtiye with Elmore. This was
. be 81 1.-The senatorial representa-
ion that Gilmore should have. and
I WIS further provided that Elmore
jhould have one representative
hus giving Gilmore half a senator
md n representative. The dele
Z ties from Elmore demanded repre-
ientation for Gilmore OF "a senator
md two representatives, and in order
to accomplish their object started a
course of obstruction and f~illibuster-
ing, and never let up until a compro-
mise was effected by which Gilmore
county should be represented by one
senator, one representative and a
Joint representative with Ada
county.
Later, the constitution was rati-
lied by the people. but the Haileyitss
refused to dOff their fighting armor
nd hided their time.