Show I IDAHO S IDOLS A NEW POLITICAL DIVERSION I BURL BURLA ARMSTRONG STRONG When hen you yuu and mid I were welo kids bent benton on some reckless mischief wo were told by overseeing o parents that fools arc iro born every minute Since then the same sIe statement has been read on tho the day after each Fourth sometimes the tho stories of elections election carried the Sm same samO me message age ge but fools arc are not born an any Idaho fater than tha Idols nr born horn In Up in Fremont count county thi Impression sion Bion ha hag gained ground sinto lne the state tato tate convention at Boise Dols dur during the week Up to the tho S timo of that P eon Con on- on VOlition the lie Republicans o of ot lr Fremont mont county regarded Tom Hamer as an iol idol but tho the state at large larse Indulged in less Jess extravagant praise of ot him looking upon him as a brilliant son of or one ono of its it counties counte of whom the tho to whole state might well wel feel proud a Idols in Idaho politics como come an anso and go so but once they come they they aro are a as assured o of continued respect nn and ad ad- When hen thc they go the they don at- at l t ton lose much of their belt and it its i has s como o 0 bo ho t ns as a maler of or habit that they give wa way wai r im-r-ily ly to their successor sor on tho the pedestal of or public pride Whenever a man mal in m Idaho is s nailed hailed as at an idol 1101 it is with the tho that thal his hiL tenure of ef t Is goo good for lor only two W J yar r and with the further tacit win Tt that unless a u successor uc elsor up he lie is to continue fa for I a a second t rm Four FOUl years ear ago then thin t was WU no moro morA popular man in 11 Idaho than hU Frank Goo Gooding but he he cheerfully ho relinquished relin hl t his po position to Bill BUI Hi Borah Dorah at Pocatello two years ago had nad all 1 the tho Republicans at t Pocatello stepping sideways v no OW on their knees their han hands s high in tho iio air or doing some somo other stunt that signi signi- lies fies ea genuine worship If I he ho had said tho word wOld the buys boys bo s 's would have ha tied tet a rope around tho the town tOWI drawn it I taut and handed it i to him on a silver sit sil 51 ver el platter plater providing George Gcorge Olm- Olm teat stead still sti retained control of t the tho ran properties in tho the purlieus of ot the town Without losing any of or hs his prestige as the Junior United States senator Bill Bm Borah lost hl hi his Job as il idol I 1 For the h m matter t er of t tl that t i it was tak taken n away rom nun ruin i in his Ils absence and he hr wasn't oh on the tho Job to defend himself er While he lie was wa electrifying the native ot of the thc East with rich Western orator oratory ora era tor tory boosting the game of ot a national Idol dol tho the bo boys sneaked in from Fremont Fre mont county selected a 2 a new Idol Mol and I Ithen then h held J him him- up to lo the gaj gac of ant an au I admiring proletariat and ant Id said Look Loo you here is the boy Oct Get up and do tho sun dance for tor your new Mol 1101 1101 rail Fall Fal down in worship for tor n nobody a hody Rot got ot It U on him when it H comes coues to being lit for the thc Job When hen Tom rom Hamer went down to Boise as a delegate from Fremont Fremont county ho lie had no idea of what was going oln to happen That Isn't saying ho wasn't receptive Not at al all Two years Sears ago he had a a for forthe tal tho the cooling nooks o of the lower hou houto o of congress but ho he had that desire amputated amputate from lii his noodle by tho the friends freds of one Burton L L. L French What Hamer dId then is well wel known in Idaho politics polte He lie le stumped tho the state for fOl French Fench an and the thc rest of the tH ticket and und helped elect the whole R lie lie- e- e publican bunch And nd nd If you ou ever heard eard Tom Humer Burner talk you may real real- rel- rel izo what a power he ho is But nut French wasn't forgetting tho the great great hit hi that tat Hamer lamel made mado with a speech In that Pocatello convention After fel that speech which made the tho nomination for French lencl unanimous mate could hai b s sid noth fr b J t. t k JIul f eid 11 I ti tt rth f mer id possessed po and aud lie le did not propose to have the young man nan from SL St St Anthony Anthony An An- thony getting gelling in his hil wa way for Hamer Hamel was wa accordingly ap ap- ap- ap pointed receiver of or the United States land office at Blackfoot fool a job jOh which Ian t so eo bad for any man Politicians Ip in I Idaho Idano smiled and said said- sied Well that French l. l does away with wilh Hamer and wi vilI have easy sailing back bael to COn ing Hamer became receiver at O l on August 1 and he seemed sat sat- with his st- st wIt new Job however the Fremont count county 1 leans had hati held a in Iii which they indor indorsed ed Hamer for Cor on onre 01 con con- rS re Fremont had 37 votes vOles in the tha tate convention con eulon an and that W was 8 plen plea ty fJ for sir any nucleus since It was wms the I Sl delegation But nUL when Hamer Haner Ha- Ha er mer ner had c the ihu receivership he forgot nJ nil about tin the tw halls of congress and the public that he was vas palpitating to heat hear heU more of his oratory He lIe went down own to Boise Doise and mixed WIth W tl the delegates in a n friendly way wa protesting the while that lie ho was after ael nothing which he lie wont won't lie at attended attended at- at Ie tended the lie m meeting of the thc state committee com corn an and agreed to act as us permanent permanent perma pernia- nent heat chairman of ot hc tile convention the thu foli wing day He lie le hiked con b back CI to his room and cu cudgeled his fertile brain for a ii live Speech Ho lie found one still without an any Intention of stampeding the Ule least least influential delegate In the tho ball noli hal Tho rho first da day of the tho convention Chairman Hamer Hamel presided with wih be becoming be- be coming grace graco and the Fremont county delegates were Vere proud of him Tho The Whole holo convention went vent wild wId over his speech He had eyer every one ono of the 23 3 counties countes bursting wih with At the end of every er e well turned turned wel-turned sentence at the zenith of or every el c rise of rich rhetoric the tho delegates cheered When hen Hamer had concluded he ho had the convention convention con con- for fOl him But nut ho didn't want anything so nothing happened That night It I wa wag vas learned that a movement mo was on foot foot to defeat Charles Hastings state treasurer for and of ot course if It Hastings Hat Hat- Hast Hast- ings fags had shinned Bob Dob Lansdon secretary see sec sc reb I of state would also bo ho trimmed The Bolso Statesman had hac ma made e a a bitter biter lIght against Hastings and when Calvin Cobb proprietor of the paper ha had a conference with wih some somo of at tho the party leaders the thc nl night ht before boro the nominations it I was known generally what that conference meant meant It I was was' generally hinted among the delegates that Cobb threatened to withdraw his paper from the time support of the ticket I II I If Hastings was allowed to go on it I. I At any uny rate rato Hastings figured that he lie had a nights night's work before him He and Lans Lansdon on Joined forces It I is said that Lansdon on started the tho scheme for a trade At any rate Washington count county with wih nine nino delegates started in into into into to break things up That was wa Lansdon's Lansdon's Lanson's Lans- Lans dons don's county G G. G W W. Thompson of Nez fell fel Into line lne and added 21 n delegates to Washington's nine That made mado 30 Kootenai county went vent into the tho combination thinking that C L L. L Heltman Heitman would be Indorsed for state chairman That was about all al Kootenai wanted Anyhow that mado made a total of 43 delegates The Tue trading continued With these 13 43 delegates lh thee as asa asa asa a basis the friends of or Hastings and ant don Lant-don went vent to Fremont remont county which had ha 37 votes vote and promised e to support Hamer for con congress if It Hamers Hamer's county would woul support Hast Hast- Ih lags ings and Lansdon Tom Hamer Wa was aroused from his lethargy The boys boya told him what was In the wind an and he began to sit si up and tako take nourishment nourishment Like many others other he didn't go goto to bed bee that night an and before 2 o'clock In the morning Burton Durton L. L French ha had no more show v of ot being nominated than Idaho has of or going into tho hands hants of ot the thc Social Social- Ada county contributed 20 o of Its Is 2 1 4 delegates to the combination Boise Dols and Donner Bonner fell fel Into line lino lne and then Oneida gave o 22 delegates delegat s to tho the proposition proposition pro pro- position providing McDougall 1 was wn nominated for attorney general general By scanning the thc list of ot nominees you OU will wi see that each county count that clambered on the han band wagon received something for tor Its Is effort efort Congressman French and his friends tried to break Into the thc combination combination combi combi- nation naton but there was nothing stirring There was no opening The Time delc delegates ates had actually up and there were IH votes pledged sed to and the combination by 9 o'clock In the morning of tho the convention which later got in In would not Join forces with lh the l rest st of or the tho bunch hunch because because because be be- cause Barney 1 F. F O ONell ONeil tI who wanted wante to be state chairman was wa to be sacrificed I heed for the sake ke of or Kootenai's support sup sup- port Each county count had agreed upon a I tate stale committeeman and It all aJ appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap to be Heltman Heitman Heiman But Barney ONell ONeil Oel Is no slouch of or a politician himself himself himself him him- self and ho lie hE helped swing Into Inlo line lino for or Hammer taking his chances at being elected state chairman chairman chair chair- man afterward Twelve of f Sho- Sho Shoshones Shoshone's sixteen votes went vent to Hamer and I by 10 o'clock cock that county had signed up making It I a rockbound certainty that French was defeated Colonel Tom Hamer Hamel went to tho the convention con opened It i with wih the thc usual formalities and ant then something happened happened hap hap- again Knowing that the tile tide was against t him French mounted the platform at the request o of the tho convention con con- and ma made o the tho speech of hi his lIe life He Ho spoke of ot local and national natoMI conditions and brought Into play pla all al the arts arL of or ora oratory ton but he hue didn't arouse an any enthusiasm He lie He didn't change a vote Faces In tIme the convention conven conven- tion ton were set The delegates in the combination re regarded him curiously I and without enthusiasm When he lie had finished they proceeded to nominate nominate nomi nomi- nate a candidate for the tho ho bench and then started In on the congressman congressman con con- gressman greman business To one who did not know krow the inside of or tho the combination who didn't understand understand understand under under- stand that the night before nad been beau one of trading In which Congressman French was isas caught 8 asleep leep with wih his fences awn away down the scene following following follow follow- ing the tho nomination of Hamer resembled bled a stampede The demonstration was only mechanical and amid merely a apart apart apart part o of the general program Th There ru ruwa wa wasn't an any need of or a stampede Tho Tue marching o of the band bant and ant the lie falling In iii line lne of delegates was entirely Unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary but It was wag spectacular When hen French was nominated it I was with wih admiration for his courage that tho the Hamer delegates regarded d him Other candidates who saw what hat tho they were verc up against withdrew from the tho race leaving a clear field feld to th the combined forces Snow withdrew from tho the race for attorney general general- general general- In fact who iho didn't climb every eQ e man dint on the bandwagon in time dropped out save s sone one 13 E. A. A Burrell Burel who wanted to be he returned as lieutenant governor But Lou Sweetzer Sweeter had looked ahead ore moves than Burrell DUrrel Bur DUr- rell relt rel an and ho he was nominated This Is 18 the tho wa way the tho vote ote went County Vote French Hamer Ada 24 24 4 20 Bannock 18 is 18 Bear Lako Lake 1 14 14 1 BIngham 23 23 Boise 6 6 6 Bonnor Bonner 10 io 10 1 i 3 Blaine Illaine S 3 7 22 7 2 7 G s 7 5 Canyon Canon 18 18 is 16 is' 2 I f 7 Cassia 7 7 Custer 3 3 Elmoro I l 4 i Fremont 37 37 37 Idaho j 1 13 13 is Io 13 13 Latah Lata i 8 is 18 18 Lembi I C I f r Lincoln G tj 7 Perce 21 I 21 Owyhee O t 1 I 2 2 Oneida 2 22 22 Shoshone 16 1 12 Twin Falls 4 I 4 Washington ash II ton 9 9 Total 7 1402 7 7 2 1 7 C C 7 Tom rIom Hamer watching the thc scene of ff wild wid commotion from behind the scenes on the stage was the tho new idol of Idaho The band started around the halt hall haJ and e cr every count county fell in line lne with wih Burton L. L French close clos behind the tho big bli drum Congressman French took his medicine and he saw tho the value of or organization organization or ur- and tile the folly of con over o er Never will wl he lie close his eyes eres in sleep during another state convention convention conven conven- tion ton I if ho happens to be bo a n candidate Tom Hamer Hairier Is a young oung man buthe buthe but buthe he Is IB popular all al over tho the state state He was colonel of tho ho Idaho re regiment Inthe in inthe the tho Philippines and arid served senet In the Islan is islands islands Is- Is lan lands s for tor three years eon Ho lie was In the state tte senate and ho he has hn held ev every r position polton If f r trust in a wa way that math mado malf his constituents rc regard ard him as an un ideal public servant ser ant He lie le is a goo good mixer can cn tell tel a glo good sto story and remembers remember faces faces faces-a a quality ity absolutely necessary I In any uny politician In tho the telegraph dispatches to Th The Republican excerpts of Colonel Hamer's Hamers Marer's speech were printed but now that It I Is considered hl his oration oraton f figured materially In i securing his nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion ton it I should be printed It I Is worth reading Here Hera it I Is First t of oC all al I want wait to thank tank you for this honor in making me mc perman nt permanent chairman of or this convention I regard It as a U gl e t honor Whenever two or three Democrats are aro art together on a L i street t cornel cornei yr tr r elsewhere and ono one of oC tho the misguided individuals Is constrained con con- strained to declare that this Is a Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic year 1 am reminded of oC the small smal bo boy walking through h th thA cemetery at midnight who Is 18 obliged to whistle as a loud ax a he tie can to kee keo up his coinage coul ageDo ageDo age Do you ou remember that a n short time ago tho the mayor of oC Denver lifted the tho lid lidIn lidIn aso ld In hl his town In r to a Democratic convention and on eli Oi tho the third day a dele delo- from Crom Georgia lost his false Calso teeth On toe very da day that Bryan Dryan was nominated for Cor tho presidency for Cor the tho third and let us hope for Cor tho the last last timo you will wil find find- by referring back to your almanacs and the weather re reports reports reports re- re ports that thu zo zodiac lac was in tho the sign of oC the tho craw fish and the wind was In Inthe inthe the Hie cast If I under those circumstances with wih these awful handl handicaps handicap p tho tile peo people pro pro- COplo CO- CO plo pie say in |