Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-08-24
MOORE CHOSEN
BY REPUBLICANS
CONVENTION AT WALLACE NAMES
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO
HEAD THE TICKET
DEMOCRATS CHOOSE ALEXANDER
Two Parties Take Opposing Sides
On the State Primary
Question.

Lieutenant Governor Charles G..
Moore of St Anthony was nominated
for governor at the republican state
convention in Wallace at 2:3O p. m.
Yesterday by acclamation. The big
surprise of the convention came
shortly after the meeting convened at
2 o. m. when a sentiment began TO be
shown for William e. Lee of MOSCOW,
who was nominated for associate JUS
tice of the supreme court.
Other nominations were Congress
man Burton l.. French for the first
district, and Addison T. Smith for
congress from the second district;
Justice of the supreme court, William
A. Lee, Moscow; lieutenant governor,
H. C. Baldridge. Parma; secretary
of state, Fletcher A. jeter, Couer d.
Alene: treasurer, d. f. Banks, Cald-
we'll; auditor, E. H. Gallet, Pocatello;
attorney general, Albert H. Connor,
Standpoint: mine inspector, Stewart
Campbell, HALEY; superintendent of
pubIic instruction, Miss Margaret
Sweet, Grangeville.
Retention of the present system of
state and county political conventions,
instead of direct primary, and aboli-
ton of the state constabulary system
are demanded in platform adopted
by the convention. The convention
rejected a proposal for state bank
guaranty fund, as against the present
guaranty fund maintained by member
banks.
The vote on adoption of the plat
form after rejection of a proposal to
call upon congress for legislation
making possible use of excess federal
reserve bank funds as bank deposit
guarantees, showed only q votes
against it, of which 90 were cast by
the Ada county (Boise) delegation
which had advocated return to the di-
rect primary system.
The platform also indorses the ma
tional and state administration the
emergency tariff law, and the Idaho
congressional delegation, and declares
for reduction of state taxes. It favors
curbing highway construction, urges
advancement of just claims of disabled
ex-service men before government de-
partments; and indorses continuation
of the state welfare commission anc
the movement to have the Sweet bill
extended for five years in the case
of tubercuIar and mental ailments.
other planks indorse the Smith-Mc-
Nary bill and the work of the Idaho
Reclamation association; favor sim
plification of courses of study in the
public schools; favor better marketing
facilities for farmers and greater re-
lief for stock and sheep industries
favor enactment of a law whereby the
supreme court shall direct the worl
of district Judges of the state and ex
change judges between judicial dis
tricts to expedite business of the
courts, and of law providing for the
supreme court sitting in two divis
ions; favors vesting the land board
with the power to grant extensions o.
time to make payments on land con
tracts, and continuance of the presen
rental of so cents per acre.
Moses Alexander of Boise was nom
mated by acclamation for governor
by delegates to the democratic STATE
convention at HALEY Tuesday. George
Waters of Weiser was nominated fol
congress from the First congressional
district and w. p. Whitaker of Poca
tello from the Second district.
The platform as adopted calls fol
the abolition of the cabinet form o
state government and the state con
stabulary and for the abolition of tn,
convention system of nominating il
favor of the statewide direct primary
The platform took a stand for a banl
guaranty act
Elmer o. Thompson, ex-service man
of Twin Falls, defeated w. f. All
worth of Twin Falls county for lieu
tenant governor. John @. Rice, chic
Justice of the supreme court, wa!
unanimously selected as candidate
for reelection.