The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-10
A PRETTY QUARREL.
The Four-cornered Struggle for
Senatorial HOnOrS.
WHAT DUBOIS FRIENDS CLAIM.
He Made Idaho State, Therefore the People
should Make Him SenatOr-Some
Peculiar Proceedings.

BOISE CRY, Idaho, Dec. {, $780,
Especial correspondence of THE HERALD. i
The legislature convenes to morrow at
noon Nearly all the members have ar
rived in the city and are fixed for their
work The session will probably be long
one and many bills very important to the
welfare of the state will be passed. 1t Is
a settled thing that the north not only
wants but openly demands Senator and
though the Shoup and Dubois men nave
done their best in the Hobbies to work 1t so
as they could both go from the south, stlll
they have been entirely unsuccessful.
Yesterday caucus of some OF the Repuo-
lican members from the north already mere
was held, and they voted unanimously IN
favor of demanding their Senator, as
promised IN the platform This means
nRny things dispIeasing to both 5houp and
Dubois. "If both can't go, which one Will
gol" is the question. Neither one can Sc
cure the necessary twentyeight votes
without the other will Withdraw IN his
favor, and it is pretty well understood that
they viii not withdraw. For the north
the fight between Claggett and McConnell
will be long and bitter and while McCon-
nell is surely little stronger at present,
still the '.Old Man. is a politician who
understands thoroughly how TO work. and
with his experience and ability can never
be counted beat until ''the race IS run ana
the members hung up"
This will make it as predicted in The
HERALD away back in September,
FoUR-CoRNERED FIGHT,
and no matter who wins, will make numer-
o,,S corn haods and pp0aa several splits In
the party. 1t is pretty generally conceded
by everyone that if today popular vote
was taken in the state to elect Senator
from the south, neither Shoup nor Dubois
would be elected, but dark horse" who
has not antagonized the party in the way
these gentlemen have. Governor Shoup
declared his intention of resigning if elected
governor, if ne could be elected Senator be-
fore the election. So, although the people
do not like his action, still they cannot help
allowing that they were warned he would
do as he has, and they cannot charge hlm
with not keeping faith.
Dubois is hoisted upon his party as the
man who
MADE IDAHO STATE
and served it so wonderfully well that he
should surely be a Senator. This, If 1t is
true, the people claim is not sufficient rea-
son to keep on electing him every term.
They say if he did these things he was pal d
for them, ana consequently, while they
fully appreciate his work, still they do moi
consider themselves bound to elect him
again. but believe in giving some one else
a chance.
The result of this four-cornered fight
will almost surely be a deadlock, and viii
probably cause the shelving of both ShouI
and Dubois and the election of a comprom
Use candidate from the south. j. r. Dt
Lamar is The strongest man at present Il
fall back on.
At any rate. no matter Who'll successful
it will be so close as to give the Democrat
THE BALANCE OF POWER
and it is to be hoped they will improv
their chance and secure all the good pos
sible for their party.
The Boise Sun this morning publishes tn
following in answer to ''what is your opin
ion OF the Presidents message!"
Attorney General George H. Roberts
He is not pronounced enough in favor o
free coinage. After the political revolt o
November, | had hoped the President woul
have interpreted the handwriting on tn
wall to have read. ''Thou hast been weighe
in the balance and found wanting" on tn,
silver question. But then it is hard for tn
leopard to change his spots, or the gold bu
to have silver wings.
Hon. w. d. N1CSOuuell-l Uuluh w
should have free coinage just as soon a
Congress can pass an act for that purpose
Judge Claggett-The silver question is
very large one. 1t involves the considera
ton of both our foreign and domestic eS
changes, and especially the debt-payin
capacity of our people. / have always bee
in favor of the RECOMMENDATION of silver, it
free coinage upon same established rati
between it and gold, and making the col
Il, cd OF .hn Of .
holders OF gold or silver bullion, and IN
limited legal tender in the payment of a
public and private debts.
During the campaign your correspond
ent had the pleasure of hearing the tW
latter gentlemen speak IN several differel
parts of the state Then they elaine
that the free coinage of silver would mea
the ruin of the miner, and that the On
reason the Democrats demanded it, was b.
cause the Republicans had passed b
which Twas practical and absolutely Il
best possible act to help the silver men
and that with their usual foolishness ii
Democrats advocated 1.-THE free and unlin
tied coinage of silver,'' not because tn,
believe in it, but to deceive the people al
10 secure Republican votes. Silver w
then sl.19. Now it is only Sl044, al
realizing, as they must,
HOW LITTLE THEY KNEW
of what they were talking, they make
lightning change and come out this NOR
ing with the above. Let the miners THU
this over and bear it IN mind when ne
election comes
These case are cited not because tn
are the only ones, but because they are I
most prominent and the gentlemen ha
been heard by thousands of people throug
out the state, who can testify to the CT
RICHNESS of this article. The election
over and it is no use to kick, still we cam
resist showing what lightning chan
artists our best Republican speakers al
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