The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-21
THE IDAHO SOLONS.
A Bill For an Entirely New
Election Law.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM.
Constructing an Important Wagon Road
The Recent Combination Genuine
Surprise Party.

BOISE Cry, Idaho, Dec. 1S.-TSpecial cor.
respondeuce of THE HERALD. Monroe. Of
Bingham county, has introduced a bill in
the house of representatives creating an
entirely new election law. 1t is claimed to
be the Australian system, but is not that
simple and strict mode of carrying on cleo
lions. 1t is very lengthy, occupying over
al hour and a half in reading. Should no
substitute be adopted, many amendments
Will be offered The Republicans have
claimed for the last two or three wears
IhaG the party was solidly in favor of
strict Australian ballot system, but if Mr..
Monroe's bill is that which is favored by
the leaders OF that party there has been a
Misrepresentation. Both the Republican
and Democratic platforms contain plank In
FAVOR OF the system and the latter con-
tanned 1T because every Democrat in the
state desires the enactment of law that
Will De so binding that monopolists, wire
puller3 and schemerS cannot control q
single vote or ascertain by any means how
any elector voted. That can De accom-
pllshed only through the simple, original
i Australian system, and we will be salts
ged with nothing less.
Yesterday b. w. Jones gave notice that
ne would at an early day introduce bill
providing funds for the construction of a
road from Banner, in Boise county, to
some point in Idaho county. This will, if
the bill passes, and it is almost guaranteed
That there will be no formal opposition, be-
OF great benefit to the state 1t will open
up mining section OF great magnitude
one that VIII Increase, in the course of four
or nve years, the mineral product of Idaho
by millions. The districts it will pass
through are Dead Wood, Sheep Mountain,
oea1oam, Cape Horn, Loon Creek, and all
OF the Salmon River country in central
Idaho. These districts are the richest in
tne state, but are so isolated that develop
ment Is slow and it is impossible to get ma
chiIery in. The ore that is shipped is
! necessarily rich, as it costs $50 per ton to
ship to Ketchum. Several mines in the
Sheep Mountain country have shipped over
pack-trail considerable ore that pays from
$500 to $500 per ton. When those great dis
trlcts are connected by road many of the
mines Will pass into the hands of capital
lists, and mills and shelters will go in IL
the bill passes central Idaho will be the
scene of great activity in year or two
To-day, when it became known that
combination had been formed between
Fred T. Dubois, William j. Mcconnell and
George l.. Shoup, there was considerable
excitement and half an hour before the
time Tor voting had arrived the lobby and
gallery of the house was filled to overflow
ing. When the joint session met Captain
Gum, OF Alturas county, offered a resolu-
ton that the body proceed to the election of
three United States Senators. Senator
John 5. Gray, of Ada county, offered a sub
st1tute, which was to the effect that they
proceed to elect two. A heated discussion
followed which was participated in by
Gray, Monroe, Price and Weller. The
latter three were opposed to the amend
ment The substitute was defeated, the
resolution carried and balloting commenced.
with the following result: Shoup. 81.
Ciaggett, ~; Mayhem (Dem.) J, 10; McCon-
nell, l. Shoup was declared elected The
second ballot gave Mcconnell, 80; Clag-
gett, IA; Ainslie (Dem.), 10. Mcconnell
was declared elected Lieutenant Governor
Wiley then announced that the body would
proceed to elect Senator for full term
of six years. The ballot gave Dubois 81 :;
Claggett, IL; Haley, Democrat, TO- The
combination was unexpected, as McCon-
nell was an enemy OF both Dubois and
!, Shoup, and bitterly hated by the majority
OF the Republicans throughout the state.
No Democrat voted for a Republican on
any ballot, and most of them had expressed
themselves openly never to vote for any
, but Democrats. They considered the fight
among Republicans alone, who will be held
responsible before the people. The result
: Will be that two years hence the state will
, go Democratic. There is now a breach in
: the Republican ranks that can never be
closed. The friends Of Mr.. Claggett feel,
, and justly, too, that he was used in the
, campaign, and his claims for the Senator
! ship are almost totally ignored They will
certainly retaliate when opportunity offers.
Now that the great fight is over the
legislature will get down to work, and il
is hoped that some much needed laws will
be enacted and some obnoxious ones re-
| pealed DEAN