Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-12-02

present term, and thus the question he
taken out of the strife between the North
and South of the Territory Of Idaho.
The democratic convention which NOM
mated you at B.llevu. went so far as to
endorse your act on the question in the
last session while you was in congress.
which acts were fully in accordanbe with
the platform upon which you accepted
the nomination two years ago, and upon
which you was elected. Had the demo
cratic convention Of Idaho wished you
to have taken different course, they
should have 30 signifed by plank in
their platform; not having done SO, the
plain unmistakable inference is that they
intended that yol should m 'iutaiu and
uphold the same policy upon the ques
ton of annexation which they had iu.
structcd you to maintain by the platform
OF 1884, and il from any cause, arising
out Of annexation they did not sustain
you, they were traitors to the principles
and policy which they had authorized and
required you to adopt. 50 far as the
North is concerned, the vote which
Dubois received against you was not the
result Of opposition to aims xation, but
the result Of deliberate charges made
against you on the ground that you had
changed from being an advocate Of an
nexation to be an opponent after the Bel
Ievue convention. Could we have met
you among our people 10 the North, and
had the assurance Of your true position
on the question, We could have silenccd
the men who werc maligniug y and
secured your election despite the charges
which Dubois and his friends were max
ing against you to the effect hat you was
now opposing annexation. As matters
now stand, you cannot BY any stretch Of
right, or reason, infer from the vote
which Dubois received in the North that
the people Of the North had changed in
their d sire tu be annexed to Washington,
as for instance, in the Moscow precinct,
alone, where Dabois received out OF 4UO
votes, Al majority, the vote ON annexa
ton direct was BIT for annexation to
Washington and only six against it.
And the Lewiston precinct, out Of 3392
votes, Dubois received l22, while anncxa
ton to Washington received 3S2, agains,
IA opposed. In the Grnesee precinct ou,
Of 1T votes Dubois received 30, while
annexation received l76, wi h only on
opposed. Thus We could 90 through and
instance all the precincts ia this county,
where Dubois obtained quite large vote
annexation to Washington received near
~ al. This is conclusive violence that the
Dubois vote by him or any one Of his ad-
vocates cannot tie construed, as against
annexation to Wa>hin .ton. To US it ST. m
that there Is not the r..Motest argument
ur reason to be based upon the Duhui.
vote in the North az any evidence or in
,lication that the people of the North are
not as strongly in favor Of annexation
to Washington as they ever have been,
But it may reasonably be inferred that the
vote for Dubois 10 the North was owing
to the doubt which Dubois and his allie,
had begotten 10 the minds Of the vo,er.
as to your fealty to annexation, and their
own partisan republican affiliations
Your friends in the North will b. great,
disappointed in case you should not US,
your influence strongly in favor OF thu
passage Of the bill now before the Senat.
TOR the annexing Of the four Nor,her,
counties OF Id ,ho to Washington Terri
tory. In relation to the admission BIZ
large number OF both democrats an,
republicans are induced to believe tina
tho largely increased vote in favor o
VOORHEES, may be taken as evidence tina
Washington Territory may now be cou
sidered as democratic and especially If tn,
state admission bill should pass thi
winter, it would certainly induce th.
election Of two u s. Senators who ~er'
democrats to enter the Senate trom tn
new state. The vote OF North Idaho
notwithstanding all Of its embarrassment
and Misunderstanding among the peopl
10 case the annexatinp clause is no
stricken out Of the admission bill, vii
swell the democratic veto Of Washington
to about 1900 majority. Without W
| my into all the causes which induce tbi
large vote, the fact il patent that tn
democrats in Washington Territory an
in North Idaho, and in congress hav
good reason to urge the Immediate pass
age of the admission bill in the stron
hope that the new state would be demo
cratic. And If the effort il made to pas
the admission bill in the House, withou
any amendment, 30 as to carry 1t bac
into the Senate, there is good reason 10
believing that that effort may become sue
cessful. You as delegate from Idaho vii
be in position eve long to determine III
disposition Of the House upon this qnes
ton, and We you, friends in North ldah
will expect your CT operation aud labo
in all reasonable ways to accomplish thi
end. But If il be foreseen that tn
admission bill cannot pass this session
we shall hope and expect that you
un,iring energies will be used in securin'
the passage Of the annexation bill in III
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