The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-26
THE IDAHO SENAT0RSHiPs.

The strife in the ranks of the Idaho Re
publicans which was manifest during the
late campaign continues, and is even more
bitter according to the newspapers up that
way. There is a faction, led by ex -Secre-
tary PRIDE, which does not like FRED DU-
BoIs and never has liked him. PRIDE was
a party boss and DUBOIS SCI out to make
himself boss and succeeded the necessary
consequence being the shelving of the ex-
secretary. PRIDE is shrewd, cunning and
vindictive, aud has had his knife into
DUBOIS for years, but to little effect, as the
ex- Delegate managed to make the party
believe that his bossing was essential
t Republican success. Last summer
tJere was open war between them, and
PRIDE succeeded in drawing away from the
support of the d elegate a considerable fac
ton; enough OF faction, at least, to carry
in the state convention resolution tia
one of the United States Senators should
be taken from north Idaho. The object of
this was to defeat DUBOIS, who halls from
a southern county-Bngham. AS every
body conceded one of the Senatorships to
Governor SnoUP, it was thought that b Y
awarding the other-in conventional the
northern part of the state DUBOIS would be
left. The willy FRED did not oppose the re-
solution; he was eager to secure a Repub-
lican majority in the legislature, when he
would take chances on his ability to mani
pulate things to suit himself, regardless OF
the convention resolution. PRIDE begins
to fear that DUBOIS was more cunning than
he, and to think that the Republicans in
the legislature may have more respect for
DUBOIS than for the promise that north
Idaho should have one of the Senatorships.
The consequence is a very pretty and very
interesting quarrel, led on one side by
PRIDE. backed by MCCONNELL, the north
Idaho statesman whose money, he thin ks,
entities him to and qualities him for the
Senatorship; and on the other by the man
ayers of tho DUBOIS campaign.
THE HERALD is entirely disinterested,
and if the decision between the two aspir-
ants for the Senatorship were left to us we
choice than by calling MCCONNELL "head''
and DUBOIS ''tail," and tossing quarter
for decision, being careful to see that the
coin did not fall within the reach of either
of the gentlemen. Being able, however, to
look at the situation dispassionately, and
having mighty little respect for either of
the men, we may be able to remark that it
is nard to understand how, under the cir
cumstances, the Republican party in Idaho
can refuse FRED DUBOIS anything he may
ask. He has hundred claims upon
the party's gratitude to every one
which MCCONNELL can present. In our
opinion there are mighty few men who are
meaner or more unprincipled in politics
than FRED DUBOIS who would not hesitate
to disfranchise Democrat or stuff ballot
box in the interest of himself or his party !;
but the Republican successes in Idaho of
late years are largely due to him, and that
Idaho is Republican state is owing to his
efforts more than to those of all the rest of
the party combined. 1t doesn't make any
difference as to DUBOIS political morals and
methods, the party owes its present power
| to him and 1t would be ungrateful were it
to deny him what he wants.
1t would be shame for such a man as he
to be sent to the Senate, but that would be
and the national Republican party rather
| than of Idaho.
We confidently expect, notwithstanding
the conventions resolution, notwithstand-
| ing MCCoNNELL's big ''sack", and notwith-
standing the efforts of PRIDE and his fac.
ton, that SHoUP and DUBOIS will be elected
United States Senators, and elected almost
without opposition. If they are not chosen
it will be impossible for the law -makers to