The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-03
IDAHO STILL WAITING
Republicans Who are Willing to Wait a
While for Statehood.
They Want a Dead Sure Thing on
the Senatorship Before Idaho
Gets in-Some Points In Cur
rent Political Gossip.

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in the senate Of the bill for the admission
of Idaho is causing considerable COM
ment ia political circles. Various reasons
are given for the apparent lack OF inter
est on ilie part 81 the republican senators.
One w~cll-informed gentleman, high IN
the councils of his party, recently said:
friends in Washington are evidently
afraid OF another Montana. They got
awfully fooled there, and IL there X no
sure that Idaho will add two
.ors to the republican majority in the
United states senate, they are quite likely
10 hang the bill up for good" II is re-
markablo what a change has come over
our friends on the other side of late.
They don't seem To care whether we are
admitted at all, now. Wildman has said
little or nothing about statehood IN his
dispatchps To the Statesman, and statehood
has almost dropped out of sight ms "a
theme OF conversation among the little
knots who gushed in the bar-rooms, ho-
His. and other places ot resort curing thc
past two weeks here.
Court being in session at this place nee
cssarily brings "A large number oil peopic
from the half-dozcii counties IN south
eastern Idaho, aud IL is naturally the
place iu hold conferences. perfect states,
aud talk politics generally; but with the
exception Of the first few days, politics
are seldom mentioned. OF course this
may he attributable TO the detection
among tic republicans throughout The
territory everywhere. There Is no dis
guising IL, they are pretty badly split up.
la Boise City a fierce war Is waging. and
the Statesman. the leading republican or
gan Of 1he territory, Is threatened with "a
formidable rival IN the near future. a
re~organized aud rc~gcncrated party has
come To light in Ada county, and n great
many. il not all, of the so-called leaders
heretofore, have been ~relegated To the
background. The Stafcsmdn pitches into
the new party rough-shod, and warns
them that they are sowing the seed Tor "a
disruption of the party, IL their course ~
persisted ~, ~ other localities, ana
frankly tells them III the news reaches
Washington, we can say goodbye Ia state
hood. But all OF this IL OF no avail. The
work is going on steadily, ana the
organization growing stronger every day,
SO the reports from there state. The new
party in Bingham county is also hard at
work. They held "a meeting IN Blackfoot
during the past week and elected III. %.
Hardness, Of Met aminon, chairman. IL
IL also understood their platform was pre-
pared by A.. w. Eaton. of Oxford, ex-rc-
ceivcr of the land Office under Arthur,and
that il will, when SHE'D into the ring, ere
ate sueh a sensation as has never before
been Witnessed in the political arena. in
Idaho. Eaton IL an old newsrapermai,,a
forcihlc writer, and n g YORK politician
Of the old school. Hardness II probably
The wealthiest man IN this locality. He ~
said, as | have Indicated, To lie a candi.
date for the senate.
The new party has quite "A following.
composed principally OF men who are an
~tagonistic la MIR. Dubois Tor one reason ar
another; As the STANDARDS correspond
ami nr.li.t.sl the nl1 -Atnrunnn cry
has been rcsnrrccted. In this weeks
Eagle Rock Rcg,sfer appears a call for
June = of tue anii.Alormon central com
mittee OF Bingham county The
old crowd 81 standing candidates doesn't
propose II II can help IL To let
this issue disappear, as n political factor.
These people hope to get the assistance of
a few leading democrats again this year.
and thus pave the way. for their election
10 the best Offices. But Il won't work.
onc oil the most prominent anti-inormon
democrats in Idaho recently sand, "From
this time nothing u straight party lines
go. have stood In and fought the Nor
mons, all these years, ana the rcpubli-
cans, Ia be sure. have rcapcd the harvest,
but even that is Infinitely better than
being under the domination OF the Nor
mon church. Now that The question is
settled. and forever. ! hope, we will set
tlc down on party principles, and make "A
straight light hereafter.
This will he "a big disappointment 10
some, but IL will fall like a bcnc,liction
upon the substantial men Of both parties;
men who are not candidates for offices AT
every electlon, but nave fought the Nor
anon church from principle. Now that
they have succeeded in routing the enemy
they are willing Ia drop the question
and devote their time To something else.
Chief Justice Beatty dropped IN ON us u
f.ur slakS ~ nst.tatl.lx. A. .xax, 4. ...... A..
bis colleague. Judge Berry. Rumor has
Il. however, that he came over 90 have n
conference with some of the members Of
the new party. aud perhaps find out IL all
the good places had been morigag,h
Beatty is a resident Of Aluuras couuty.an
was appointed chief justice over Ia, pro.
hst OF Mr.. Dubois. prcsumably un acu,.i.l,t
OF his Presbyterian influence. u. il "A
man OF ordinary ability and has No follow.
ing to sneak Of. Since his triumph,
through the assistance Of Attorney Cen
cral Miller, over the leaders IN Idaho. il is