The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-19
THEIDAHO SENATORS
Are Elected by the Legislature
on Joint Ballot.
FRED t. DUBOIS GETS THERE.
George L. Shoup and W. G. Mcconnell yictori.
ous-A Biographical Sketch Of the
Successful Candidates.

BOISE. IDAHO. Dec. Especial telegram to
THE HERALD. The deadlock in the legislature
over the election OF United States Senator's has
been broken. This was the result of the Repub-
iican caucus held last night, and this morning
The ie ;slature, in joint session, elected
three United States Senators Twenty-eight
votes were necessary TO elect Three ballots
were taken, which resulted follows
First ballot Shop 81 Mcconnell 1;Claggett,
u; Mayhem, 10. Shoup was declared elected.
Second ballot-AIcConnell, %; Claggett, 10;
Ainslie, 10; Briggs and Dubois men voting for
Mcconnell. Mcconnell declared elected.
Third ballot-Dubois, 80; Claggett, y; Haley,
10; Dubois was declared elected. This gives
Fred Eubois The full six years term.
Should any question of its legality be raised,
il was also part OF the agreement that the
legislature was to at once re elect Fred Dubois
FOR the long term.
Shoup and Mcconnell get short terms, ending
March /, 1871 and March 4, lS93 while Dubois
gets the full term of six years from March 4,
next
Hon. Fred T. Dubois, who was to day elected
Senator, was born in Crawford county. Illinois,
May %. 1881. His father, Jesse X. Dubois, was
one of President Liaeoln's warmest friends.
he was the youngest son of the family. After
thorough training in the public schools of
.DL'A-Ai=AttAN ciAN SpESlesl NOuAoSS uiutE
tutors, he was sent TO Yale, from which college
he was graduated in 1872
After mis- return from college he went to Chi
cago and accepte1 q clerkship in the wholesale
house Of John b. Farwell & Co., where he re
manned until appointed to a position in the
state auditors Office in Springfield. He resigned
This position to accept the secretaryship of the
board Of railway and warehouse commission OF
Illinois. But after two years of service in the
capacity of secretary. he was obliged. on ac
count of failing health, 10 resign ana return to
his farm. He remained at the homestead farm
until the summer of 1850, he when started for
Idaho, reaching Blackfoot IN August
Shortly afterward he engaged to take a band
OF cattle to Cheyenne Upon his return from
Cheyenne he was employed at the Fort Hall
agency where he remained until appointed
United States marshal for Idaho, in 1882 This
Office he held from August y, 1882, to Septem
her /, 1886, and in the whole term OF his incum
pency there was no cause for just complaint
lie Was the head and front of The anti Mormons
In Idaho. He was made candidate for Dele
gate to the Fiflieth Congress by both Repub
licans and anti MorInOns, and received 7s4:
votes against 7.4l6 votes for John HALEY Dem
ocrat. He was reelected to the Fffty-frst
Congrlss over James H. Hawley and Judge
Black
George l.. Shoup was porn in kitfaning, Arm
strong county, Penn, June Is, 1886. He resided
IN Freeport and Slatelick and LEFT the latter
place with his fathers family in June. 1852. for
Illinois, and settled near GalesburE on a farm
where he engaged in fal ming ana stock raising
Until the fall OF 1858 when he started for ths
newly diEro, cred gold fields of Pixies peak Il
sfciUSec, 1851, he enlisted in Captain Backus
company Of independent scouts OF Colorado
volunteers, and in the fail Il 1861 was commits
stoned second lieutenant. During the autumn
and wln1er of 1872 lie was engaged in thu
dian country on the Platte and Arkansas rivers
Coming to Idaho at an early day in the set
Element Of the territory. Colonel Shoup chose
as his home the upper Salmon Diver valley
where in 1855, he opened a store Of general
merchandise in Salmon city.
As soon as the election of President Harrison
in November 1888, was assured tie Republi-
cars Of Idaho hoiSted the name OF George L
9houp Tor the position Of governor of tie ter
rltary, ard on She 2Sth o. Mach 1855 ne re
cevsd the appointment at the hands of Persi
dent Harrison.
". J. Mcconnell IS the man in whom the
northern element, in coatrad csion to the south
ern element Of Idaho. have always reposed.,i
firm reliance, and his election a. this time is I
concession to his constituents for whom he ha:
made 50 indonitable fight.