Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-10-21
DUBOIS IN LEWISTON, AND HIS
SPEECH.

III LeWistOn, on FRIDAY evening at tn
|, Grostein e. B nnard hall. The hous
e was well filed with very large percent
J, age of ladies, as they had been special
/ invited, and they occupied lar poi
+, ton OF the chairs in the front part of tn
D hall and the male auditors the benche
In the back part and the standing room
AS woman suffrage is not in vogue her
the unusual interest taken by the ladie
, on this occasion must be attributed to on
$ OF two things, either the ladies are dc
srous Of qualifying themselves to use tn,
ballot when they get into Washington OF
else they were eager to sec and hear tn,
reputed handsomest candidate for congress.
that ever ran for that Office in Idaho anC
an unmarried man. The ladies'. We
doubt not. would be offended il we should
intimate that the personal appearance o,
beauty OF the candidate was what attract
ed them, and so we had to conclude that
they want to become woman suffragists
and acquaint themselves for their dates
before hand, which was highly proper.
Whatever may have been Their purpose
in giving their presence on this occasion
we know not, but at any rate We are al
ways glad to see the presence of ladies' to
hear the discussions on any question of
public political importance. 1t was a
proper policy for the candidate to invite
them, knowing that even if they could
not vote they are liable to induce many
votes among their husbands and friends
when at home and in the family circle.
, Mr.. Dubois opened the discussion by
an euunciation OF his position upon the
different questions which are now cl.im.
ing the attention OF the people of Idaho:
the two principal of which were Nor.
monisn in the South and anne xation in
the North. His position on Mormouism
was opposition to the institution az
defined in the Haley convention, which
docs not differ, materially, with that
upon which Mr.. Hailey stands as enact
ed in the Bellevue convention, hence no
issue between them upon Principle
seemed to be raised BY the speaker, but
on the question of annexation he openly
declared that he was not 10 favor of the
northern counties OF Idaho going to
Washington, or at least not until thi,
question of Mormonism was settled in
the South; aud that he desired that the
North should stand in aud help settle
that question first, as though that Wa
the paramount question that we people of
the North should endeavor to have set.
tied. lie however stated that if he were
elected to congress he would present any
petitions We might send upon the cues.
ton, or Introduce in congress any out
side committee we might send to influeu e
our measure Of annexation, but he did
not say he would do more than that, he
did not say he would either endorse the
petitions or further the views Of any
committee, which We might send UPON
that subject. The open frankness of the
expression Of his views we commend him
for, because it leaves him no chance,
hereafter, to dodge or belle the fact that
he is opposed to annexation. Mr.. Sweet.
while Claiming to support Mr.. Dubois
because he was republican. with good
record as such, desired to have US infer
that if the people of the North desired
to have anything accomplished on annex
alton it would be advisable to send an
outside delegation from North Idaho to
Washington to further the measure, and
intimated bis willingness to be a member
OF such delegation. He narrated the
circumstances under which, claiming to
be an annexationist, he had been induced
to support Mr.. Dubois in this canvass.
Many other things were said but none of
them bearing upon our annexation issue
except intimating that Mr.. Dubois Oh.
posing candidate was no more of an an
nexatiou candidate than he Was. With.
out going into particulars We think that
what We have said is fair inference of
he position Of Mr.. Dubois upon the an
'cration question, as given in bis
peech on FRIDAY night. The people
re to say at the polls whether be is the
ind of candidate they want to repre- ,
ent them in the next congress as dele.
ate. Mr.. Dubois sends us from Moscow 1
written statement Of his speech at Lew. |
'ton, on annexation, for publication 9
Ihich We here insert.
"The annexation question is the most G
erplexing issue in your politics. Per. y
'nally, as yon know, I am opposed to :
40 segregation Of this Territory, so is /
" opponent Mr.. HALEY. I will no, n
ledge myself to work officially for the
assage Of bill anncxiug these four
crthern counties to Washington or