The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-12
SENATORS FROM IDAHO.
A Gentleman Who Is Confident That
Dubois Will Not Be
Seated.
He Sets Forth tho Reasons for the
Faith That Is In
Him.
Political Lash to BE Employed by Dubois
ON the Republicans At Washington-
Law Disregarded.

State Senator De Lamar, Of Idaho, was
at the Auditorium hotel, says the Chicago
Post. Tho senator, who il credited with
the possession Of a very clear knowledge of
politics in his part Of ths country, is on his
way to Europe to rest up after five years.
steady labor. 1t was in 1886 he went to
Idaho. He bought up all the mining pros
poets Of the camp then known as Wagon
town, but where now stands the prosperous
town of De Lamar. He began in q sys-
tematic way to open up the prospects and
until a short time ago he had taken out
over 81, 100000 and expended 100000 in de-
velopments and surface improvements. in
Guiding a largo mill, two hotels, a tram
railroad and fifty dwelling houses for the
miners. He still retains an interest in the
mines, but recently parted with most of
his interest in them for $4,000, 900, which
no thinks entities him to q vacation.
The senator was a member of the last
legislature which elected Shoup, McCon-
nell. Dubois and Ciaggett. He declares
curing a eeat in the United States senate.
And for these reasons" he added:
"When the Idaho legislature passed it's con-
current resolution in conformity with the
United Sta ties laws 1t stated that it woa4d
on the following day at IL meridian pro-
coed to elect two United States senators.
The resolution passed both houses, but in
stead of adhsring...to this resol ution, as is
necessary to be legal, the legislature elected
three instead of two-hrst George L. sh CUP,
next w. j. Mcconnell and last Fred Il. Du-
bois.
THE next error was that the laws of the
United States governing elections plainly
state that no successor shall be elected to ill
a vacancy until the first Tuesday after the
organization of both branches of the legis-
lature. In this respect Mr.. Dubois also dis
regarded the United States laws, as the leg
islature was not entirely organized; Mr..
Dubois was in this respect elected five days
before that Tuesday arrived. Next the law
plainly states that it shall be made clear to
what vacancy q successor is elected, and az
Mr.. Dubois was elected in the very hour the
two senators were elected who had yet to go
to Washington and draw for terms, this
formality was also disregarded. In all
United States laws time is the essence. Mr..
Dubois did not care about time, custom or
usage; he was in a desperate strait. 1t
simply was now or never.
THE people wanted George L.. Shoup
from southern Idaho md W. II. Clagett
from the north, but bv an adroit comblna-
ton of the three who went through the form
of An election Dubois took his chances of
being railroaded through, rs he did not dare
to let the legislature take a recess for even
an hour for the simple reason that he held
his few men together by almost s%uperhuman
efforts. Dubois, as l understand it, has
given up the fight from a point of law, but
intends to beat Clagett BY persuading the
republicans in the United States senate
that Clagstt is not a republican, because
nine democrats as we'll as ninet Ell republi-
cans in the Idaho legislature elected him.
while he we'll knows that the votes of these
democrats to Clagett was on account
of his (Dubois') unsorupulous polit-
ical methods, and also because both politi-
cal parties IN Idaho had one plank in
common in their platform, and that was
that northern Idaho SHOULD have one United
States senator, Shoup and Dubois both be-
ing from the south and Mcconnell and
Clagett from the north. Thus. rs soon as
it became evident that Mcdonnell had
drawn the sixty-dav term. the legislature,
realizing then that Dubois election was al
together too irregular to be legal, and in Or
der to keep it's promise to give the north a
senator, at once elected a northern man to
fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of
SAnator McConpAlI,n tarrn1