| Show I AHO DEMOCRATS IN I GUBERNATORIAL FIGHT J Jt t Hawley and Nugent Head Rival Factions Striving for Control Control Control Con Con- of State Pary Party Special to The Herald Boise Dolse Ida Aug 31 Idaho n.-Idaho Idaho Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- for control control control con con- aro are In a desperate fight tight of oC the tho party organization Governor Governor Governor Gover Gover- James II IL is at the head of oC nor I. I Stab Chairman John 1 faction 1 one N Nugent gent facton of 0 tho the other Each faction is preparing to down tho the other in the tho meeting of at the committee to be beheld beheld beheld held In this city next Tuesday Nugent Is a radical radical Ho lie was for Cor WIlson Wilson Wison Wi- Wi Wil WIl- son from the a start stort Incidentally ho was against ng Fred T. T Dubois Dubols him and his friends to a n standstill in inthe inthe inthe the state convent convention n at which delegates to Baltimore wore were chosen Governor Hawley Is a 0 conservative The he Is reactionary nt says s s 's a u governor is anxious to bury the Dubois issue He wa for Champ Clark at Baltimore an and sto stood d by the Missourian tilt till ti all al hope was gone Nugent has novel never forgiven him for this Judge o Will I R. R Ring King of ot Portland member of ot the Democratic national executive e committee came to Bolso to try to straighten matters maters out Nugent Nu ent had declared that ho did not care care to bo be chairman of oC the state committee longer and that he was ready to retire On this basis it I was thought a compromise could be bo reached by tho election of a chairman acceptable to both the Nugent and Hawley factions All seemed to go o swimmingly until Nugent l discovered that Governor Go Hawley Haw- Haw lc ley by had sent a a p personal emissary to north Idaho to find out whom tho the Days wanted for tor chairman The Tho Days Das Jerome Jeromo Jeromo Jer- Jer omo ome J. J J and Harry are aro at tho the head of or ortho tho Federal Mining Mining- company and vitally interested In ln n tho the duty on lead laly They are aro also heavily interested in timber and associated with wih the interests The They are aro also bankers and men of great wealth The They are Democrats and wield a big influence in the politics of ot tho the northern half of at the state When Nugent Nug-ent learned what tho the governor governor gov gov- was doing ho he te called upon him and demanded that he namo name a man who would be agreeable to them both for tor chairman Attorney Frank Martin Martn o of Boise formerly attorney general of the state BUte was wa the man suggested a strong friend of at Governor Hawley The Eo governor refused to accept Martin or oran an any other man Ho said ld he ho was not ready reads to Indicate his choice Nugent thereupon served notice on the governor governor that he was a n candidate for Cor chairman himself and that ho he would get got the position if It it wore in the cards for him to do it I Ho He defied tho the governor governor gov gov- the tho Days and all 01 the other BOI BO- BO I called caled reactionaries to do their worst and then notified his friends that h ho he had enlisted for tor tho the war Both factions are rallying their forces for the regular state committee meeting to be bo held in this city Tues Tues- day This mooting meeting is provided for in hi inthe tho the primary law and cannot bo be dodged or postponed |
