The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-28
ABOUT IDAHO.

ADVUI IDAhU.
Fairly good news continues to come from
Idaho. The Republicans are making
dashing compaign. They are indulging in
more fanfaronade than was ever before
put into a political contest. They are
nightly harrInguing the people. Every
town, village, hamlet and camp are visited
in turn by the orators, and brass bands,
professions and red fire are heard and seen
on all occasions and everywhere The
party also seems to be well supplied with
money, which it spends freely and some
times recklessly. 1t is show campaign
In every respect on the part of the Re
publicans. whose effort seems to be to daz-
zle the public with display and induce
forgetfulness of reason.
On the other hand the Democrats are do
ing nothing in the hurrah line. They are
making very little noise. But they are
working all the same, and work
ing hard. They are covering the
ground thoroughly, and reaching the
people Their speakers are logical and
convincing, in this respect being the di-
rect opposite from those of the enemy who
indulge largely in clap trap. If the Demo
Gratis do not win it will be because the in
telligent thinking men are in the minority
in the new state, and the argument of the
bass drum and the torchlight are more con-
vincing than truth and logic The Demo
Gratis realize that they are contesting with
an INSCRIPTIONS foe, which in the past has
not scrupled at tallot-box stuffing and
other crimes against popular government.
They know that all sorts of fraud are con-
templated and win be practiced unless they
can be prevented By close watchfulness.
Democrats are on the trail OF the scoun-
drels and doing what they can to have the
election conducted honestly, so that the re-
suit will be the truthful expression of the
popular will.
a good sign is the persistent declaration
on the part of the Republicans that they are
united and working together tremendously,
whereas it is known that the party is
racked and torn with dissensions, friction
everywhere asserting itself TO the discom-
hture OF the campaign managers who long
since despaired of smothering the Jealous
les and subordinating individual ambitions
to the welfare of the party. Notwith-
standing his declarations TO the contrary,
there seems to exist settled determine
ton 10 shelve Mr.. DUBOIS His only chance
for getting into the Senate, it is said, lies in
knitting Governor SHoUP, who is conceded
one of the senatorships by common consent
in the event of the Republicans carrying
the legislature. The convention declared
that one of the Senators should go to the
northern part of the state, and nominations
TO the legislature were made with the un-
derstanding that the conventions instruc-
tions would be obeyed. Governor SHoUp
belongs to the south, ard as all admit that
he has earned and paid for senatorship and
must have it, DuBoIs, who halls from the
southeast, will be left out in the cold.
SHoUP accepted the nomination for gov
ernor with the perfect understanding that
In the event of the election of 4 Republican
legislature he would be chosen Senator
and the lieutenant governor would become
chief executive. SHouP did not want the
gubernatorial nomination, and only con-
sented to take it because his party said that
only he could be elected, and his personal
strength might carry the entire ticket. If
there had been no doubt as to the success
OF the Republicans, SBoUP would have
held aloof and been free to take the Sen
atorship. y decidedly weak man was NOM
mated for lieutenant governor. and it
ranspires that DuBoIS engineered the nom
NATION, his sinister motive having since
appeared. AS strong and popular man is
on the Democratic ticket for lieutenant
governor, 1t is expected that he win be
elected, even if the rest of the
Ticket fails. Then Governor SrouP
could not resign and make Democrat
governor, and pelng compelled. through
loyalty to his party, to retain his office the
legislature would be free to confer the Sen
atorship intended for SuoUP upon DUBo IS
the other one going to north Idaho man.
The tricky hand of the ex- Delegate having
oeen discovered in tue scheme, the honest
men in the party are disguised with DrBoIs
and saying he should be punished for
scheming against the party and in his per-
sonal interest.
The Democrats are not claiming every
thing, but they are working for every
thing and are hoping to win They are
united as never before, and say that fraud
being kept down, they believe they will be
victorious. May their hopes be realized.
and the young state, about to enter upon a
severe trial, start out right,