Year: 1878

Ut course southern Idaho will say
that the northern counties have no cause
for complaint, because no man from the
northern counties received nomination
for delegate in Congress at the hands of
either the Democratic or Republican
conventions. Tis true north Idaho has
had the delegate nominally for one term
prior to the present and has him for the
present. 1t is also equally true that for
a great part of the first term, corrupt
ring at Boise City deprived him of his
seat in Congress, and forced him to a
contest for his rights, and kept him out
of it by manifest fraud. It is also true
that every other delegate in Congress
from the Territory has been from the
southern counties, save Wallace, and he
had no abiding place in the Territory.
1t is also true that among them all no
measure was ever accomplished by those
delegates in Congress, or even urged,
that would confer the smallest favor up
on the people of north Idaho, save the
establishment of land office at Lewis
ton, by Delegate Shaefer, while all the
patronage of the general government
has been sought for the benefit of south





ern idaho. 1t is true that our present
delegate since he had his seat has been
somewhat mindful Of the wants of the
peop'e Of the north, and has made his
influence felt in their behalf. 1t is also
true that he has not neglected the in.
terests of the people of the south but
has been faithful delegate for the
whole Territory and the commendatory
resolution towards him adopted by the
late Democratic Convention does him
but justice. It is also true that he had
in process of completion, other very i'm
portant measures for the benefit of the
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80 Of Congress and with the Depart
ments that would give him great advan-
tages over any new man in securing the
passage of these measures, and the best
intesests of the whole Territory, includ-
ing those Of north Idaho, demanded
that he should have beer. elected for the
third term. Such are our honest con.
victions. That eithar Of the candidates
now before the people, Ainslee or Brown
can be as serviceable to the Territory
during the term to which they aspire,
as could Mr. Fem, W, do not believe,
nor do we believe that the men who
placed them as candidates before the
people, expect them to be as serviceable.
But two elements prevented the re-nom-
ination of Mr.. Fem. One was that,
having held the position for two terms
an unwhoesome party custom demanded
that he should give way to make room
for some other man who had done some


party service, without regard to what
+ were the true interests of the people


The second was because they understood
that Mr.. Fem knew as all other candle
: men did that the real and vital interests


of the people of north Idaho, fact tina
= no sane man can dispute, were favorable


to annexation to Washington, therefore
r he must not be nominated, lest he favo
! their interests when they come befor'


Congress. The whole force of the Bois
q City junto, both Democrats and Repub


licans was brought to bear upon the lat


Democratic Convention, to defeat tn
r nomination of Mr. Fem, and it succeed
q ed upon the eighty-eighth ballot, an
d gave it to Ainslee who has always bee
nl understood to work in the interests
. Boise City aud Ada county, to the de
y riment of north Idaho. Tie other co,


vention under Kelly put forward Jon'
" W. Brown, not that they wanted hi
Is to be elected or had any expeotatio
/ that he would be elected, but only p'
Y. him up as man of straw to make
> showing of separate party organic


ton. The Statesman while ostensib
,v tavoring Brown will do its work f
Sc Ainslee, and the chances are in favor
er his election. On the matter Of choi
tie for the people Of north Idaho to ma
or between the two candidates, they ne
er expect no great good from either of the