The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-09-29

state he was United States marshal, for
the next four years representative
in congress. II was not his abil-
ity but his indomitable gall ard
his unscrupulousness that secured
for him these favors. And now he is
plotting for seat in the United States
senate.
Dubois seems TO have taken out u sort
OF rowing commission TO rule this state
and live of her generosity as long as she
will stand il. His sublime audacity is all
one sees in him To admire. He has no
business in this state. He does not pound
a drill or WELD pick or shovel; he does
not raise stock, keep store or employ men;
he contributes in no manner TO human
happiness by his industry. He is pro-
fessional politician who has no other
business but who has made that pay him
handsomely for some years. lie has
never performed a single act in congress
or out Of il that entities him 60 considera-
ton at the hands of the electors OF this
state. His energies before election have
been expended in wire pulling to get into
Office, after election they were devoted to
keeping the job.
Dubois secured the appointment of
United States marshal for Idaho through
rich relatives in Washington. The man
ner in which he prosttuted that office for
his own selfish purposes is by-word in
all this land, fact familiar to even the
school children. He was appointed in
1882. In that year there was a law passed
looking toward the suppression of Nor
monism. Prior to- the Inauguration of
Cleveland in 1885, but one Mormon was
brought to trial in Idaho and that man
was not convicted. That was his record
for three years out of his term of four.
But sudden change came over the spirit
of his dream. From the friend and coun-
sellor of the Mormons he suddenly he
came, to outward appearances at least,
their most bitter. their most implacable
enemy. He pulled them into court upon
the slightest pretext; he pursued their
footsteps with vengeance. All this time he
was organizing an anti-Mormon party and
placing himself at its head he was pushed
by his followers into the halls of con-
gress. With characteristic effrontry he
now is once more the friend of the hated
Mormons. A treaty has been patched up,
by what means | told you in former let
tiers, and he now occupies the dual posi-
tion of commander OF the Mormon and
anti-Mormon forces. What a man for the
harlworking honest miners and ranchers
of this state to follow! II he loses his job
I'm Congress next "Wednesday Dubois won't
remain "A hours in Idaho. The people of
the state can afford TO spare him. He has
not been their best friend. Let him go.
A better man than Dubois once misrep-
resented Idaho in congress. He too had
come into the state with federal COM
mission in his pocket and got his hands
upon the republican party. In a fit OF
blind folly Singiser was elected by the peo-
pie over their tried and true fellow citizen
George Ainslie. In vain the democrats
warned the electors of the folly of picking
up the political fakir and rejecting a man
who had ever been a true friend of the
territory. The republicans would not be-
lieve that Singiser was unworthy of their
confidence. They believe il now though
and when he left the state between two
days mutiied like "A criminal, he was fol.
lowed 10y the jeers of the democrats and
the anathemas of his outraged republican
| friends. All this is history-a little an
cient perhaps, but well worth remember
ing at the present crisis in the affairs OF
| this state.
Dubois should be allowed 10 join Sing
User. Ii would be discreditable TO elect
him TO the United States senate. There
are better men, but depend upon il, il q
republican legislature is elected he will &c
| to the senate. Let his rich friends in Wash
ington provide for him, for depend upor
il, he won't work.