The Idaho Convention Scandal of 1908 BOISE, ID (idaho) - The Democratic National Convention is underway in Denver this week. The city hosted the convention one hundred years ago but during that event, Idaho politics raised eyebrows. Boise State Radio's George Prentice has this little-known story of power politics and bigotry that played out with teh 1908 Democratic convention as its back-drop. © Copyright 2009, idaho