The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-24
EXPLAINING THE DELAY.


what our Washington correspondent says
regarding the admission of Idaho than GER
tain politicians here and others in our
northern neighbor are willing to confess
Whatever others may have thought, what
ever were the motives actuating them in
seeking statehood. Mr.. DUBOIS was work
ing for Senatorship. The gentleman is
not a patriot of the self sacrificing order
Whatever he does is for pay. His ambition
is lofty, and it always has in view the eie-
walton and advancement of Mr.. FRED d.
BoIs. HIS reputation is that Of being
true as steel to friend-so long as it is to
his personal advantage to be true to him.
He also has the reputation of sacrificing
any friend when he can no longer use him
for his own purpose. AS remarked, Dr.
BoIs sought statehood because he saw a
Senatorship in sight, CIR, at least, thought
he saw one. There is one other, If no
more, whosplunged into the cause with the
same object in view. That is Governor
SHoUP, who has given much time and spent
money freely TO advance the scheme, all the
time dreaming of the toga he was to don.
1t is SAID that the state movement has cost
the governor a sum equal to the Senatorial
salary for full term, and the old man
sane, saving, hard-fsted and cool headed
as he is in other espects-stands ready to
''blow inn more cash to secure the coveted
honor, or distinction. 1t has been under.
stood by DUBOIS and SHoUP that they would
take the Scholarships, and we have heard
it stated that certain renegade Democrat
was to be made Representative as his re-
ward for turning traitor to his party, going
back on his principles and supporting the
wicked scheme. The state offices were to
be apportioned among the Republicans who
have gone down into their pockets for the
cash which has been an essential element
in the statehood campaign. The arrange
ment was, seemingly, entirely satisfactory
to everybody until the state was in sight,
when it suddenly occurred to some of the
active politicians that If there were
plums to be had they, the active
politicians, had as good right as
anybody to go into the scramble for
q share of the fruit. One MCCONNELL, Of
North Idaho, spent some weeks in Wash
ington last winter lobbying for statehood,
and he cannot be convinced that his sec
ton of the coming state ought not to be
represented in the Senate, and by him
AS MCCONNELL. went to Washington on
SHoUP's money and is the governors per-
sonal friend he cannot think Of racing with
his excellency for Senatorship; hence,
yielding gracefully one seat to SHoUP, he
appropriates the other to himself, DUBOIS
being lief. to skirmish for anything else he
Ia,
certain that the renegade Democrat re-
ferred to above will be willing to trust the
people TO send him to the lower house of
Congress. He may insist upon Senator
ship, the getting of which involves fewer
chances, as the legislature can be controlled
much easier than the people. In the
event of the Democrat demanding a Sena-
torship, of course it will be the one upon
which DUBOIS has set his heart, as every
body comedies the other place TO SHoUP
Now, as matter of fact, Mr.. FRED DU-
BOTS is not popular among people or poll
ticians of Idaho. He is recognized as an
earnest, INDUSTRIOUS INSCRIPTIONS worker,
and clever schemer, but he is not liked,
and having served his term of usefulness
the better element up there would not be
averse to letting him go in peace with the
admonition that he sin no more.
The above !: the status of the case as il
exists IN Idaho, and it seems that some OF
the facts, at least, are known in Washing
ton. Mr.. DUBOIS has it in his power, we
sincerely believe, to defeat the admission
bill by delaying action on it, and oul
opinion of the man is that he would rather
keep Idaho out of the union eternally thar
see it go in with political enemy triumph
ing over him. Unless he gets an assurance
from the western end of the line that he
will not be left unprovided for by the ad
mission it need not be expected that he will
be eager to advance the bill, and if he shall
receive a contrary assurance in our opin-
ion the efforts in behalf of statehood will
all come to naught The situation is some
what humorous in its aspects.