The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-02-14
FOUR.
The Senatorial Machine
Grinds Slowly
But Gets There All the Same.
W. n. Claggett is Elected
Idaho's Fourth Senator.
He will Contest Fred r. Dubois
for McConnell's Seat.
Verify Somebody is in the
Soup.
Special to THE TRIBUNE.

Special to THE TRIBUNE.
Bo1se CRY, Feb. IL, 1891.-All
legislation Of any importance has
been at q standstill since the sena.
torial war broke out anew last Fri
day. Following is the joint resolu-
ton that was introduced and pass.
ed in the senate on that day:
Whereas, The present session of
the Legislature was organized on
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1890, and
Whereas, The state constitution
and the admission act required
that two United States senators
should be elected within ten days
after the organization Of the legis.
lature +; and
Whereas, On Tuesday, the 10th,
day of December, 1890, the legisla-
ture, pursuant to the require ments
of the constitution and admission
act, voted for a United States sena.
tor, acting separately. And there
after, a. provided by law, met on
December II in joint assembly and
voted for q United States senator
and thereafter on December Is,
1890, again met in joint assembly,
and within ten days after its or
ganization elected, in the manner
provided by law, Hons. Geo. L.
Shoup and w. J. Mcconnell, Unit
ed States senators and
Whereas, The legislature there
upon Immediately proceeded to
vote for Hon. Fred. T. Dubois, for
the term beginning March 4, 1891,
in advance Of the drawing for terms
by the two eenators-elect, in ad.
vance Of the time fixed by law,
without first voting in the two
houses, acting separately. and
against the protest Of members Of
the joint assembly, and
Whereas, Upon full considera-
ton of the facts, it is. the opinion
of the legislature that if the alleg.
ed election of said Hon. Fred. T.
Dubois is not void, there is at least
grave doubt as to its validity.
Therefore
Resolved, By the senate, the
house Of representatives concurring
that at the hour of IL o'clock mer-
idian of the first legislative day
after the passage Of this resolution
the legislature will proceed to elect
q United States senator to succeed
Hon. w. J. Mcconnell for the term
beginning March 4, 1891, and that
such election shall be conducted in
all respects in the manner provided
in section Is of the revised statutes
of the United States.
It passed the senate by q vote of
nine to eight-three democrats vot-
ing in the affirmative and one alb
sent. Under the rules the reso-
lutions did not reach the house un-
til next day, when by sharp par.
liamentary work the Dubois men
succeeded in preventing . vote and
the matter laid over until the next
legislative day. On Monday, after
two hours Of the liveliest parlia-
mentary fighting ever witnessed in
Boise, the resolution finally passed
the house by . vote of nineteen 10
seventeen-five Of the democrats
voting with the majority.
FIRST ROUND.
Promptly at noon Tuesday the
presiding officers Of both houses
announced that q ballot for United
States senator was in order. The
result in the house was
Claggett .....................lS
Geo. w. Breeze. ............... l
The Dubois men, to the number
Der of sixteen, refusing to vote.
Those voting for Claggett we're
Armstrong, Briggs, Cameron, Casey,
Emery, Hanley, Hawkins, King,
Martin, Porter, sco6eld, W. H.
Smith, Sperrv, swauger-repub.
licans, and Ballentine, Dryden,