The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 29, 1918, Page 3

In the interest of a square deal for the farmers VOL. 7, NO. 4 & ¥ Tlonpartidin Teader Official Magazme of the National Nonpartisan League A magazine that dares to print the truth P et ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, JULY 29, 1918 WHOLE NUMBER 149 - IDAHO NAMES LEAGUE TICKET H. F. Samuels, League Farmer and Mine Owner, Indorsed for Governor <= at-the ,Nonparusan Convention — Enter Primaries on Democratic Ticket ITH the largest and most rep- _tending a political convention in Idaho, the Nonpartisan league of Idaho and organized labor held their first conven- tion in Boise, the state capital, July 2, 8 and 4: The conven- tion indorsed a state ticket, decided to file 1ts indorsed candidates in the Demo- cratic- primaries, adopted a _state platform and statement of principles, held an enthusiastic rati- fication meeting and' adjourned, tired but happy and enthusiastic, late July 4. “The: paramount issue before the people of the nation’ today is to win the war.” This-was the keynote of the convention. This was the first principle in the state platform adopted, outlining what the League and organized labor in Idaho stood and would fight for. - The members of organized labor in Bmse turned over their hall to the visiting farmer delegates. Six delegates from labor were admitted to the League convention with full powers of delegates. The work of the convention proceeded slowly, the delegates declaring that no haphazard action ° was to mark. their work. ‘When the ticket and ‘platform were adopted, the thousands of farmers who had gathered for the ratification massmeeting ~ placed their approval on the action taken by the convention, in giving each candidate indorsed an ovation as he was introduced. ; DRAFTED FROM THEIR FARMS :Most of those indorsed by the League. delegates were at their-homes when the action of the League convention® became' known. Mr. Samuels was in =" Boise, but conld not be found for some time after the convention "sent for him. He was the most surprised man in Idaho, but told the delegates he “would accept the indorsement and would not be- _ tray the confidence of the farmers. Oscar G. Zuck, who has been named for lieutenant : governor, was mending an irrigation ditch when he was called to the telephone and told to come at once to BoiSe, “We want you to be in the senate - this winter, ”-He was told. Mr. Zuck is a former state senator. “That’s all right,” he replied, “but why, come fo Boise now?” “We want you to pre- _._side over the senate next winter,” he was told. “OH, all right, I'll come. I guess there are some was called . to the ratlficatlon meetmg. Many had “no. ided their; names ‘would even-be considered.: “ They were not candidates, but WERE DRAFTED . ~FROM -THEIR FARMS OR FROM THEIR WORK." 5 And they came for the ratification meeting. Some ithought " their ;uelghbors were attempting to play - practical jokes-on them, and telephoned’ to state .- headquartérs-to see if they really had been selected -office. resentative delegation ever at- ° true. ; ditches m Bmse that ‘need patchmg %s well as. ( Each candidate had been tested and found Senators Borah and Nugent were notified. Sena- tor Borah is one of the most progressive men in the United States senate today. His indorsement meets with the approval of the vast majority of the men and women in Idaho. Senator Nugent was appointed by Governor Alexander to fill out the unexpired term of the late Senator Brady. His indorsement meets with the approval of the vast majority of the people of Idaho. In these indorsements the farmers and labor proved that THEY ARE REALLY NONPARTISAN. The League will enter the Democratic pri- maries in order to give the national adminis- - tration its fullest support and confidence dur- ing the war. - The League is behind President Wilson to the man. It seeks to lend the gov- ernment every possible aid and support. It in- tends to send to congress a delegation which will stand solidly with the administration in all war measures. Henry Floyd Samuels, the gubernatorial candi- date, is a retired mine owner and operator, who < He has now 2,000 acres under cultivation. -~ ranch building has cost a small fortune' yearly in . for several years past has been engaged in carving out a farm from the logged-ofl“ lands of Bonner county. He-was raised in Crawford county, Ind., and he attended high school at Leavenworth, walk- " ing five miles daily to and from the school. FROM LAWYER TO MINER TO FARMER ® At -the age of 18, Mr. Samuels moved to Ne- braska, where he worked his way through school. He studied law and was admitted to the bar ‘in 1892. In the same year he came to Idaho, attend- ing the opening of the Coeur d’Alene Indian reser- vation. He located at Medimont. Mr. Samuels here constructed his first law office, going into the timber, felling trees and whipsawing his own lumber. That winter he taught school at St. Marys. In April, 1893, he moved to Grangeville and practiced _law for two years,-moving to Wallace, Idaho, in 1895. Here he was elected in 1898 to the office of prosecuting attorney. His mining ventures started about this time, when he obtained -an interest in the -now famous Hercules mine. It was then a prospect, but a rich ore body was uncovered. “He devoted his entire time to mining after that. In 1904 he purchased control of the Steward prospect and developed it, opening a great ore body. Money made in the Hercules developed the Steward. He took an active part in the development of Wallace, building its large hotel known far and wide as the Samuels hotel. Continuing his mining activity, he took hold" of the old Granite mine, which had been idle 13 years, and his luck followed. A rich ore body was un- covered on a new level. Zinc predominated. Mr, Samuels visited zine-producing sections of Amer- ica, studied methods and finally installed a reduc- tion plant on his property, giving Idaho its first zine producer. This is where he won the title, “The father of zine” in Idaho. In 1912 the call of the farm got him. ~He dis- posed of his mining interests, which had brought him huge returns, and purchased 10,000 acres of logged-off lands and there started ’che enormous task of hewing out a home for himself and family. This : ‘;NONPARTISANSHIP R -gan since the war. .- form for ‘economic reforms. ‘% Dakota and Minnesota, where he was unknown,: and made a complete probe of the League, its: leadershxp and its loyalty, which convinced him . that this farmer movement was the biggest thing . clearing and cultivating, Mr. Samuels estlmatmg' that he has spent ‘more: than $25,000 annually in “+ 7 clearing this land. * A PREACHER OF His connection with the Nonpartisan .league be- A producer and ‘an earnest ~worker, he was attracted to the League by its plat- He visited North in America. < His trip of mvestlgatlon carried him as candldates gto the ‘national capital, where he is well known, -+ from' the George Washington university there.- “Zag chairman of 'the Bonner county Repubhcan cen- %having received his degree as a master of laws . -’} On his return to Idaho, Mr., Samuels resigned ' " going mto the: Demo«:rgt:c ‘primaries threw a bomb into the »o,l ndpat Democratic ring in Idaho. ent°was made public: * There was a sudden dive ‘guarters/for 2 seat on the bandwagon, but scurrying-around when the announce- Tlus is H. F. Samuels W ‘the Nonpartisan league for Samuels is known as a p citizen both by the farmers & ‘tral committee and devoted his time at his own 1 {oxpe‘nse in preaching the doctrine of the _League the farmers of northern Idaho. He' did ‘not seek any public office. When the eague .convention, after tendering the nomination for he has spent his lifegfl t dustr)é :hnd t;‘::‘kein agric ‘‘one of ‘the s TS at | ashington' Gr. }:ammomly to W G. Scholtz, state manager of .