Show 1 AFFAIRS 18 IDAHO The Haste to Remove Democratic Officials THE INFAMOUS TEST OATH LAW The Statehood Question and the Scheme Being Worked What will the Harvest Har-vest beiXes Notes BOISE CITY May 21Speciul Correspondence Corres-pondence of THE HruviD The circumstances circum-stances attending the removal of the Democratic Demo-cratic officials in Idaho are highly discreditable h dis-creditable to the Republicans Billy Bunn the executive preceding Governor Steen iou was allowed to remain in ofllcc after Cleveland inauguration until he resigned I nd even then xo is ncrr vr IU TE WAS EiiiiniTcn in the appointment of a successor and for i many mouths the duties of governor were Sf erformed by Secretary Curtis Neither misconduct nor offensive partisanship partisan-ship could be laid to exGovernor Stevensouscuarge So far from oven just suspicion of the latter was he that last winter he signed the bill placing Mormon nativeborn Amen an citizens upon a footing foot-ing with the unnaturalized foreigner nay more embraced statehood and issued his proclamation calling a constitutional convention con-vention to meet in the city on the 4th day of July next The ink was scarcely dry il before off came his heard upon Marshal Baird than whom no better bet-ter man exists in Idaho both in public and I private life and who has been distinguished among the oflicers of the territory as possessing pos-sessing A SKVCHE stxsi or DUTV embraced the statehood cause and he was guillotined notwithstanding the fact that after receiving his commission from the Cleveland administration ho waited many months for Dubois his predecessor to close his business Mr Wild up succeeded by T the assayer was W Cunningham the latter a very respectable pcntleman but with no young spectable nualilications for the office Mr particular that its busi Wild had built the office up so exceeded anything that was known in ness must fall in its histor but his head too the basket James H Hawley was the Democratic candidate for Congress last fall and was defeated by Fred T uoois lie has been succeeded Tv1 the appointment of Willis Sweet In this case however there appears to he an understanding that the new appointee shall not qualify until Mr Hawloys commission com-mission expires Er Curtis appointed during the last days of Arthurs administra secretary was allowed to territorial serve hon all through Clevelands term though II Republican a conduct of the oases I In all these a 1 i the Democratic party appears in stronir contrast with that of the Republicans Such difference leads to conclusion that the Democrats the not so anxious for the spoils of oflico were theiropponents and were actuated by as has more of principle But the party learned a lesson long to he remembered It is never to Tlt T TO IIEPVIiMCAS OliN llIon as the Republican uarty foil cer As soon of the test oath law and that because tam j its results they could csiry Idaho they began to fumble about for some means to gan another bright star in our glorious constellation place and two more Senator of their own faith in the United Suites Stn To accomplish this end more succcss ate fcj enlist the fun it was deemed necessary services of niecrats In this they succeeded suc-ceeded toleiaoiy well but their treachery will probably drive all such support front This is no party matter said tlvJJfes ito i thtjJ while all the time they were figuring in convention to as large majority get possible In this county they have as nominated a clean Republican ticket and to hold an election while the innocent propose cent Democrats who have done the same propose to carry around a paper to thing be signed for their candidates relying upon the generosity of a Republican majority assured to which has already been > aukgates There is a admit them as remarkable instance of simplicity The l truth is there is i no legality in the whole arranaement Any other citizen has as much right to make the proclamations as Most of the counties the two governors have appointed delegates through county ui bodies are n init > ps Those vm VSKXOWX TO THE I Wand them and if they were who ever gave to appoint public omcerses power such as were not in contemplation wcialiv at the time of their election The invention will be but a mob and another an-other body of citizens equal in number have the same legal right to form a aconstis Srlior When it is submitted to the pco tt l dOll i medium X will be through the p2f It of alleged election where any an sfuff the ballot box at his one may without fear of the law or measure m 1C false returns with equal impunity Vsrcl horn in fraud nourished ii nd i thing 3 tithood and crime destined to any < 3 r iat than AN IKAMOV TAKING orrJ In order to enlist more not opin Wc e the uf lffectual the Dl1IocmLi to SUppOlt this measurti it bas been given out the streets by 110 less of apolitical upon a-political manuger thall lJ P 13 PIJde that the new constitution slloilld cmbod uo test oath Who wilt believe it Have not Democrats been lied to and deceived suf ndllItl in this regard ahcidyt Must they show therasolxci guI ible dupes at evv ry stop For our i iart when the Idaho leaders of the Republican part assure us of a relating to politics we shall ever tiling jing its couversity it safe to act UPOII deem There is nothing Wt would like better DoliticalH than statehood had we the wealth and population and provided also it could come to us in i a fair and legitimate Comparative little of our lend is wuv uured owing to the neglect of thegcncral ovcrnmentin making surveys therefore try little save pctTOlialproperty improve be taxed lutiits and railroads could OUK POTUATIOS IS UNKNOWN md irrigation ditches must be made and mines opened and developed or it can not increase The Uvritory has all the farm hands and mechanic it can support at present pres-ent and it is cruelty to get them hero to be preyed upon bv the lowering of their When the necessary improve wastes ments are made Idaho is i capable of supporting nTrtSn a population of < WOUOO but porting That time will not come ill this generation When the appropriations felt statehood are made we want to come wit all the force and effect of law and not through the MACHINATION courriT POLITICAL DEMA t obt E > shall and petty county committees We want it to be so that ballotbox stuffing can be punished and the same dose dealt out to tile manufacturer false returns We shall ask that the constitution constitu-tion be born in the purity of a legal atuios Phere and not by the act of a mob your teatleus mostly lotiow 9 course 3 tL l the Siuteuuwi I has chauugel hiaumds Hon Milieu Kelly rdirin and a cOlnpan of about a halfdozen fvwli < composed from the east and some from the west some purebasing the concern Now that the judge is out of the paper people speak of him as they do of the dead with jnvut reverence He is certainly a man with excellent attributes Though past many seventy years of age he is now engaging his tme and attention improving his Groat Sulphur Springs property abeut live miles from this city ITEMS Great preparations are being made for the celebration of Decoration day tomorrow tomor-row It will probably be a bigaffiiir Gffcmor Shoup is expected home to ngbt He has been on a mission to the Lmhi agency trying to induce the In Hall which to Fort to dan > to remove jvcspond with an emphatic no Lst evening tfci1 streets of the city wore clearedbj the p01 vlMio two vmrtauits of troops from the barracks marched into town and gave the riot drill on Ma n street firing blank cartridges We don i want to riot The Capital newspaper owned by James R Pinney sold out today to the Statesman after an existence of one month Biz |