Show COUNTY convention off OF THE inaki PARTY following is an account of the proceedings ce of the county convention of the independent party at paris bear a lake county idaho held a few days ago E R price was lecter temporary chairman W huge mo e temporary secretary and james jaines oakey sergeant at arms arios motioned by E EN N austin that the chair appoint a committee of three on credentials carried and the following gentlemen were chosen to fill the position usi tion J U stuck david osborne torne and wm win H piggott the committee on F credentials made their report and were discharged A permanent organization was et ef fectea as follows wm win L rich chairman W roge hoge secretary E S morgan sergeant at arms and robt price fr e chaplain cua plain prayer rayer by chaplain moved by W hoge that a committee of three be appointed by the chair on oil platform and resolutions carried the following gentlemen were appointed poin tedd i Roberti Price EEN BEN austin anaw ackroyd the following gentlemen were appointed a committee on order and organization D osborne Ob borne ff W ackroyd and wm win H piggott com convention antion adjourned till 2 p m 2 p ra Is prayer by the chaplain report ot of committee on platform and resolutions read lead adopted and committee discharged PLATFORM AND resolutions OF THE PARTY OF BEAR BEAK LAKE COUNTY RESOLVED that while we ever have been democrats and have always labored persistently for the perpetua tion of the principles of that party we regret that an clement has eril engrafted en grafted itself into the party in our territory which its is un directly opposed to jeffersonian and thy the principles laid dowdel dowd irry the glorious of our cou in m a large body of democrats has been expelled belled from the party simply because iciey are members of an unpopular religious organization by the influence element we have been expelled f from rem the councils ot of the party vietti which we have labored so long so harmoniously and so successfully in the good government overn ment of our fair territory that that while we regret this separation which has been forced upon us we hall bail with joy oy the organization of the independent party resolved Be solved that we n e recognize in our present org organization animation aniza tion political emancipation ci from all party affiliations and entanglements entangle ments giving us t the he privilege of sustaining tor office tho those se only who are capable and worthy and alad of bf rejecting those whom we cannot ca bunot fully endorse let them be nominated 1 where whery or by whom they may resolved Je solved that we are opposed to the union of church church and state and that we consider that religion should be entirely eliminated from politics and we look with serious distrust upon any and every party who allows religion to take fake any part in their political affairs as we consider the one entirely distinct and separate from the other and we regret that the political parties of idaho have established a dangerous precedent in proscribing a body of religious gigus worshipers on account of their air religion and thus laying the foundation for endless trouble and confusion Bes resolved beloved oved that we denounce in un terms the test teet oath law passed at the last session of the idaho legislature as un american and unconstitutional andl and a s serious rious menace to the freedom of rel religious bious worship and the rights of humanity and we demand the repeal of this law at the next session of the Legisla legislature tuie committee on order and organization reported the order of business before the convention doport accepted the chairman stated that the next business before the convention would de be the election of seven delegates to represent bear lake county in tilt the orlik convention to be held in franklin Pr anklin oneida Coun county on the day of october 1886 on motion of W cloge aoge the chair was authorized to appoint a committee of diveto live to nominate said delegates earned carried the chair appointed J U stuck win west 11 II margetts Mai getts john joan skinner and edwiu edwin stock the folio following win names were har bacdad ded in by the e nominating cb committee itt e e to act as td to the rj a 1 enven tion WIM west it 8 spence ed Zur goyne J af W F W clark II 11 Aff argetta ES organ the these se gentlemen were uni unanimously elected the next ext business before aon ton ats was the selection of members of the territorial legislature and a full list of county off officers leers the following gentlemen were elected a nominating committee E N austin D osborne wm piggott jas holmes and H A lewis the following ticket was then nominated dominated for joint councilman couri cilman col R L 1 woods of cassia county county commissioners 1st ast D district J JA A hunt 2nd and district jas mcmurry 3rd ard district PM FM winters sheriff M A allred S auditor and recorder C N Wat kius assessor and collector W L rich probate judge H margetts Mar gotts district attorney R S spence treasurer artilur budge j surveyor purveyor jas Bro brown gyn sen coroner 1 jag liola ies school superintendent alfred osmond A county central committee of three was then elected by ballot william Will iain L rich B R 8 spence and vi W hoge re the highest number of votes and were declared duly elected the central committee of the independent party of bear lake county convention adjourned subject 40 call of the chair benediction by chaplain idaho independent I 1 |