Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-01
HALEY AND DUBOIS.
An IdahoHn's Opinion of the Merits
of the Two Candidates.

The following communication was writ
ten in answer to certain publications in
the Republican morning paper. The re-
fusal Of that journal to publish the reply
caused the writer to request that it be
given publicity through the columns OF
the DEMoCRAT:
Mr.. EDToR-I notice in your paper d
number OF severe criticisms upon ouI
Democratic candidate for Delegate to
Congress, Hon. John HALEY, which in
my opinion, and in the opinion of many
others, do that gentleman great injustice
Knowing Mr.. HALEY as good and true
Democrat, loyal citizen, and in no man.
| ner bound by any ties whatever TO the
Mormon interests, am confident that
he will, if elected, faithfully represent
the people and the peoples interests in
the future as he has done in the past. TIC
explain the reason why Gel tain person
is so bitter against Mr.. Haley, namely
the editor OF the Shoshone Journal, will
make the following statement: lie came
into our Territory about two years ago
comparatively impecunious, and solicit.
ing aid to start u small country paper.
| He secured more subscribers in this than
in Alturas county. He came here solicit.
ing donation OF $780, proposing to
print a paper at Shoshone and
date it at Albion. This proposition
was declined, but he was told that
he would be given $1,000, or rather
that stock to that amount would be taken
here, if he would actually publish his
paper in Albion instead of Sheshone.
This proposition he did not accept, for the
simple reason, probably, that the people
OF Alturas county had set him up in
business, and he did not own printing
outfit which he was at liberty to move.
We finally secured u paper-the Cassia
County IfmeS-which represents the true
interests OF the county and the Demo-
cratic party. The Shoshone paper nat
urally lost its greatest support in the
matter OF legal printing and subscriptions,
hence the bitterness oil the editor against
the Democracy, and especially its repre-
sentative, Hon. John HALEY. His op-
position to both is based entirely upon
pecunary interast, and not upon princi-
pie. So far as Mr.. Dubois is concerned,
he made a tolerably fair United States
Marshal, though probably no better than
hundreds OF others would have made,
who would never have dreamed of lump
ing from that office into a seat in Con-
gress. Other and better evidence OF his
fitness should be given before presuming
to fost himself upon the people for the
highest and most important position
within their gift. The people want a
man to represent them who is identified
with the interests OF the Territory. How
will Mr.. Dubois compare with Mr.. HALEY
in this respect? The latter pay dollars
aye, hundreds Of dollars in taxes to the
formers cents. Mr. Haley has large
property interests here, while Mr.. Dubois
might take all OF his worldly possessions
with him in carpet-sack to Washington
II elected, or to some other locality, as he
| doubtless will do if defeated, as he is GER
tain to be. | would respectfully inquire
who this Captain J. r. Watson is, to
whom such notoriety is given through the
columns of the Wood River Miner and
the Salt Lake Tribune? Who is he, and
what has he done to entite him to such
wonderful praise as the great Democratic
mugwump of Idaho? No one outside of
the Miner office appears to know him or
anything about him. Is he new i'm
portation who expected Office from the
Democratic President and was disap-
pointed, and now sooths his sorrow by
making Republican speeches? We would
like his pedigree and record, and If he is
entitled to trot in the 2 20 class we would
| like to know it, and he will be accorded
his proper place on the political track
G. E. PoAGE.
CAssIA COUNTY, Sept. 81, 1886.