The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-21
THE IDARo sENAToRSHIPS.

To be frank The HERALD believes that
she first two Senators from Idaho will be
GEORGE L. SnoUP, the present governor,
and FRED L. DUDoIs, the ex-Delegate to
Congress. We think it will be bad politics
to send the lastnamed to the Senate, but
bad politics cuts no figure with the Repub-
hcan party in Idaho 1t will also be a
breach Of faith TO elect both these gentle
men, but that will not trouble the party
bosses. We don't understand how he has
done it, nor can we comprehend how man
of his cslibre could get the grip upon
Idaho that FRED DUBoIs holds. He is not
an able man; he is not Influential at Wash
ington; he has done a good many things
which have caused him to be severely and
justly censured, and as boss has been de-
nounced By prominent members OF his own
party, And yet he seems to have his own
way. Bright Republicans bow to him as to
their master, knowing all the time
that he is unworthy. He deies
those who oppose him, and does
as he wills with the party, though
leading Republicans will tell you that be is
a handicap and ought to be cut adrift. We
say the power of the fellow is imcompre-
hensible when we know that there are
many bright and clean Republicans in the
state. How great the power is is being
illustrated in this senatorial matter. North
Idaho-the panhandle section-has not been
recognized by the Republican party as
fully as was felt was its due. The south,
under the leadership of OF Mr.. DUBoIs, has
interest. An antagonistic feeling between
the sectors has long existed, and last sum-
mer manifested itself in most pronounced
manner, so pronounced, in fact, that an
open rupture in the party ranks was
threatened. The north demanded as the
price of harmony, that it be allowed a fair
share of the Offices, and among other things
insisted upon one of the United States Sen
atorships. everybody, by common consent,
conceding the other one to Governor SHoUP
as a reward for his party services and in
part payment of the cash debt due him. At
first the demand was scorned, and
an attempt was made at bulldozing Find
ing that tbis would not do, that the north
was in dead earnest and that promise to
comply with the request was necessary to
Republican success, Mr.. DUBOIS, as the
leader of the southern wing, advised the
concession, knowing that to keep the
promise would confer the prize which he
coveted upon another. He never expected
the promise would be kept. The state con-
vention adopted resolution that one of the
Senators should be taken from north Idaho.
That satisfied the northern wing of the
party and kept it in the traces until the
election was over and the Republicans had
secured control Of the legislature. Mr..
DUBOIS was content, apparently knowing
that he could handle and control the legis-
lators easier than he could the voters The
election resulting in victory for nhe
party, the north Idaho aspirants to the
Senatorship began urging their respective
claims to recognition, when it was sud-
denly brought to their attention that Mr..
DUBOIS proposed to take the Senator.
snip, regardless sof the convention,s
resolution; and he will take it in spite OF
the ambitious gentlemen in the north, who
felt that they had accomplished their pur.
pose when they had the party convention
declare in favor of their position. The
immortality of breaking pledge of this kind
is nothing to Mr.. DUBOIS. His ambition is
personal all the time, and he has no use for
boss-ship which doesn't benefit FaEp
DUBOIS.
Some of the Republican newspapers are
protesting against the bad faith which is to
be practiced, but their protests will no,
avail; for one Senatorship will go to Gov.
ernor SHoUP, as matter Of course. an
the other will be taken by Mr.. DUBOIS,
who seems to exercise absolute control OF
his party, which is made up of ADLER and
better men than he.