The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-27
IDAHO ALL READY.
Its Democrats VIII be In Line When state
hood Comes.


Special Correspondence Of the Standard.
BLAcKrooT, Idaho, April 2i-The po-
litical pot In Idaho Is beginning To boil.
The prospects Of statehood In the NEAR
future has livencd up the political parties
to a great degree, considering that. as
yet, state hood is only prospective. OF
course the absorbing topic is, who will be
Idaho's first Senators. The woods, SO
far as our friends. the enemy, are con-
ccrned. are full OF candidates and the
chances are there will he a big fight for
the honor. OF course, Delegate Dubois
expects recognition for his services dur
ing the past four years. Governor Shoup.
IL is reported, would he willing to devote
few years Of his life serving the people
at the national capital. w. B. Hepburn
W. ]. Mcconnell and Judge Clagett, all
of North Idaho, have also notified their
friends that their business could he so
arranged as 10 permit Of their absence for
a while. As all of these are hustlcrs. the
outlook for a hot fight grows more prom
ising every day. Among the democrats
nobody in particular has been talked Of
plenty OF available men like cx-Delcgatc
Ainslie, ex-governor Stephenson, Attor-
ney General Johnson, George Hogan and
n long list Of others.
Idaho Is naturally democratic. Local dis.
scnsion, such rs the Mormon question
and the annexation question, has served
to disrupt the party, and send rcpubli-
can delegate to the 5lst congress. Now
that the annexation agitation Is forever
settled, and a clause in the constitution
Of the proposed new state prohibits men,
bcrs Of the Mormon church from cxcr-
cising the elective franchise. the cam
paign will be fought on straight party
lines, and with the record of the present
administration ON the silver question
alone, the democracy can go into the
pending fight with a degree Of con fidence
not enjoyed for several years past. Then
too, the action of the United States senate
in seating Sanders and Powers, has not
strengthened the republicans and precinct
".A" will be u "war cry" for the demo
Gratis in Idaho for some time to come.
Speaking Of the political situation, n
prominent Idaho republican said to me
age bill will do. Harrison has got us be-
tween the devil and deep water ON the
| silver question, and after all the promises
of the party In the past, the two houses
can't agree; and even should they agree
ON something finally, that little autocrat
from Indiana stands ready to veto any
thing and everything that would he at all
acceptable to the people OF the West. The
| situation in Idaho can be summed up
briefly. In the language OF Senator In
gals of Kansas, speaking To Secretary
Noble with reference To matters in his
dngalls', state, IL Harrison has friend
in Idaho his name is unknown.
When cx-Governor Stephenson issued
| his proclamation calling a constitutional
convention last summer, the two terri
torial central committees got together In
Boise City and agreed that the convention
should he strictly non-partisan; that dele.
gates from the respective counties should
he equally divided, and where there was
| an odd member from any county the odd
member was To he selected by lot. But
true Ia their instincts, the republicans set
out TO get majority, and when the
| convention met on July 4. sure
enough. they had succeeded in capturing
majority Of half a dozen. Prior To the
assembling Of the convention. the demo
crats endcayored tn persuade them Ia con
sent to an arrangement whereby the of
iiccrs would he equally divided. Con
ceting, however the president, and alter.
mating from that Office down. This WASH
according to programme, and by stric
party vote, the republicans elected al
their officers, save the vice-president, an,
one or two pages. This was the first ste,
toward carrying out the recommendation
mittee, that politics be kept In the back
ground, in this matter. The history O
the convention, from July 4th To Angus
18th, shows how much dependence can In
placed upon any promises made by re-
p,I5licans in matters OF that kind. Tn
leaders of the party of great moral idea
/ expected that the musty old chestnut
"1he Mormon question:" would furnis
: them ammunition for the next few years
as IL had in the past; that the dcmocra,
: would oppose anything tending 20 di,
1 franchise members Of the Mormon churcl
, But when the committee reported som,
thing more stringent than even the pre-
, ent test oath. unanimously, and the dem
r ocrats were ready to 20 farther still, the
) were "paralyked." l.. NJ.