Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-25

members that they were thus Afforded
AL opportunity Of pleasing everybody,
and speedy aud happy ending Of
the Senatorial election was anticipated
on all hands. But the condition Of
affoi,s ". s peculiar. With some ex.
captions. tho members favoring tie
eIe' ton Of Mr.. Shoup also favored ii e
clt cticn Of Mr.. Dunois, AID vice
versa. This is doubtless contestants
warrant for the assertion that there
vas combination between these
gentlemen 10 elect each ,ther. 1t has
no other foundation. II such were
the case, it is curious that of multi.
tude of such willing witnesses there
should rot be one who knows of a
single evideDtiary fact tending to
show it, but all content themselves
with the bald statement that such an
alliance was made. 1t is true that
most Of the members who favored one
also favored the other. but the vote
shows notable exceptions Among
the atlantis who join in tie memorial
are several who declare themselves
ardent friends Of Mr.. Shoup who we're
always opposed to Mr.. Dubois. They
ara Gray and Smith of Ada, DeLamar
ard Hawkins of Owyhee, and Emery
OF Custer counties. Besides these is
Swauger who voted for both at their
election and sfterward joined Mr..
ClaCet,'s minority, who says all he
wanted WAS to elect Mr.. Shoup. OF
the friends Of Mr.. Dubois who voted
for Mr.. Shoup and nftcrwa ard joined
Mr.. Clagett, and furnish statements
for bis memorial, are King, Smith of
Logan county, and Briggs. To make
such combination it would have
been necessary for these gentlemen to
induce their immediate friends by
some method of persuasion to 60 into
it; yet, in the statements of all these
men there is not one word to show
that single one Of them was ever
approached on the subject by Mr..
Dubois or Mr.. Shonp, or by any one
in their behalf.
There were popular reasons for the
support which Mr.. Shoup aud Mr..
Dubois received from the same mem.
bers Of the Legislature which no other
candidate enjoyed. Mr.. Shoup was
governor OF the State and had led his
party to splendid victory. MIR. Du.
bois III Congress had secured State
hood for Idaho, and the whole State
was ringing with their names. Even
in that section OF the State called
North Idaho, where the sentiment is
said to he so strong for local repro,
sentative in the Senate, the feeling
favorable to both prevailed extern.
sively. The whole Of Idaho county
aud half of the representation of Nez
Perces advocated and voted for the
election Of these two us against all
These two candidates lacked together
only four of a ma 'ri,y of both houses,
while Messrs. Mcconnell and Clagatt
from the north had at the most but
seventeen between thu m. Neither OF
the northern candidates could reach
an election without the aid of the
friends of both the southern caudi-
dates combined; while both north
ern men together required the
strength of Mr.. Dahois. 1t was
not to be expected that the
friends of the southern candidates
would abandon their first choice, and
to satisfy the clamoring OF the north :.
ern aspirants and their friends do
violence to their own opinions and
betray their friends at home.
So it was found, much to the
chagrin Of all the members, that the
situation remained practically IN
changed, even with three Senators to
elect.
The members insisting upon Sen
ator from the north were then asked
to unite upon a candidate from their
section, and were assured and they
knew that he would be elected. They
could no, unite.
They were then invited to caucus,
and they refused.
Here were twenty four out Of a
needed twenty eight Republican ME m
bers demanding that MIR. Dubois be
elected Tor the six years. term, aud Mr..
Shoup for one of the other terms,
willing and Offering to give to any
northern man who might be named,
anything else in the possibilities of
the election. They did nothing. Not
because they were opposed to Mr..
Dubois, for, for the most part, they
favored him, but because there was
an evident determination that both
Mr.. Shoup and Mr.. Dubois should not
be elected, and, il necessary to accom-.
pIish their purpose, to defeat them
both. There Is more evidence of a
combination Of this kind between
Messrs. Mcconnell and Clage,t than
there is of the alleged combination
between Mr.. Shoup aud Mr.. Dahois.
One Of these northern candidates had
eight and the other nine votes on