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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, March 30, 1911, Image 1

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THE BLACKFOOT OPTIMIST
OFFICAL PAPER OF BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO.
VOL. IV NO. 18 BLACKFOOT, BINGHAM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MARCH 301**- v $2.00 PER YEAR
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Before You Can Vote at the City Election |
au MUST REGISTER
"By Request of
WHEN MAYOR WEST CALLED THE RECENT CONVENTION OF
BLACKFOOT CITIZENS, REGARDLESS OF POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS,
UNDER THE ABOVE CAPTION, AND OVER HIS SIGNATURE AS MAY
OR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING A MUNICIPAL TICKET
FOR THE APRIL ELECTION, IT WAS PRESUMED THAT THE EX
PRESSION OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THAT CON
VENTION WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO ALL WHO WERE PRESENT
AT THE MEETING AND THAT THEY WOULD SUPPORT THE NOMI
NEE OF THE CONVENTION FOR FUTURE CITY OFFICIALS SELECT
ED BY THE MAJORITY. IT CERTAINLY WAS NOT BELIEVED BY
ANYONE THAT MAYOR WEST WOULD ENDEAVOR TO MAKE A
FARCE AND A FIASCO OF THIS MEETING, OR STULTIFY HIMSELF
IN AN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY ITS EFFECT OR TO URGE THAT
THE ATTENDANT ELECTORS OF THE CITY WERE NOT CAPABLE
OF EXPRESSING THEIR SENTIMENTS WITH REFERENCE TO THE
OFFICIALS DESIRED TO GOVERN THE MUNICIPALITY.
HE WAS, IMMEDIATELY UPON MAKING THIS CALL, HEARTILY
COMMENDED FOR THE COURSE ADOPTED,AND THE CITIZENS DE
TERMINED TO MAKE THE CONVENTION A REPRESENTATIVE
MEETING. IT WAS AGREED, WITH UNANIMITY, THAT THE EX
PRESSION OF THE CONVENTION SHOULD CONTROL THE CANDI
DATES WHOSE NAMES WERE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE CONVENTION WAS MAGNIFICENTLY ATTENDED AND IN FACT
WAS THE LARGEST EVER HELD IN THE CITY. MAYOR WEST HAD
ABSOLUTE CONTROL OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE CHAIRMAN
AND SECRETARY WERE HIS ADHERENTS. THE RESOLUTIONS
COMMITTEE WAS PREPARED WITH PREVIOUSLY DRAWN RESO
LUTIONS HIGHLY COMPLIMENTING MAYOR WEST AND THE PRES
ENT COUNCIL FOR PAST ACCOMPLISHMENTS. REVEREND ED
WARDS, A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THE MAYOR, WAS GIVEN THE
FLOOR AND EULOGIZED HIS CANDIDATE, NOT IN A NOMINATING
SPBECH, BUT TO FAVORABLY IMPRE8S THOSE PRESENT.
THE RESULT WAS UNFORSEEN BY MANY. MAYOR WEST WAS
DEFEATED. L. M. CAPP8 WAS 8ELECTED BY THE CONVENTION
*■»& THE CITY'S -NEXT MaVöR. *» ........... J
mayor west is the insurgent candidate for re-elec
tion. HIS ADHERENTS HYPOCRITICALLY CRY "FRAUD," "BALLOT
BOX STUFFING," AND THE LIKE. IT IS THE OLD, OLD WAIL
OF THE DEFEATED AND THE DISGRUNTLED. THERE WAS NO
FRAUD. MAYOR WEST WAS FAIRLY AND HONESTLY BEATEN BY
HIS FELLOW CITIZENS. THEY PREFERRED ANOTHER MAYOR.
HIS HYPOCRITICAL, CANTING FRIENDS WHO TELL HIM HE WAS
UNFAIRLY BEATEN ARE DELIBERATELY FALSIFYING;ARE WRONG
ING HIM,AND ARE MAKING THEMSELVES CONTEMPTIBLE.
WE HAVE HEARD THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO URGE THAT
MUNICIPAL ELECTION IS A CAMPAIGN BETWEEN THE LOCAL OP
TIONISTS AND THOSE OPPOSED THERETO. THE CITY RESIDENTS
KNOW HOW UNRELIABLE IS THE PURVEYOR OF SUCH MALICIOUS
SCANDAL.
THE SAME MAY BE SAID CONCERNING THOSE WHO CIRCU
LATE THE FABRICATION THAT THE TICKET NOMINATED BY THE
CONVENTION IS A PARTISAN TICKET. THE REGULAR NOMI
NEES ARE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS; THEY WERE SE
LECTED WITHOUT REGARD TO POLITICS. THE CONVENTION
WAS STRICTLY NON-PARTISAN.
WE ARE FOR L. M. CAPPS FOR MAYOR. HE IS THE REGULAR
CONVENTION NOMINEE. HE IS CAPABLE, HONEST AND ABLE,
AND WILL SERVE THE PEOPLE FAITHFULLY AND WELL.
THE CHARACTER OF BOTH CANDIDATES IS ABOVE REPROACH.
ANY SCANDAL MONGER WHO ATTACKS THE REPUTATION OF
EITHER CANDIDATE BY SO DOING MAKES HIMSELF CONTEMPTI
BLE AND HE SHOULD BE DISCREDITED BY ALL.

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