The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-09
Is SOMETHING
DISTRESSING.
Condition Of the Idaho Dsiega-
ton at tie Capital.
n VERY PRETTY QUARREL AS 1T
NOW STANDS.
Dubois * Out to Beat shoup in Any
Manner Possibse. and He Doesn't
Care Much For DetRfas-shoup lis
ThorouEhIy Aware OF Fred's Aln-
bitfon, Which May o'erleap Itself.

washington, Dec. s. -[Specaal. The
eoG6ition OF the Idaho Congressional
delegation at the beginning Of thei-
aabors in this session Of Congress is
something distressing to eontempia te-
For several years they have been mod
els for q thousand--or less--of bril-
liant statesmen to hold up before their
eyes and hope to emulate. sboup. Du-
bois ana Sreet composed mutual adj
sniratson club. the like of which could
not be found if the whole land was
searched from end to end and The So
cial clubs s'fted of all their most affec-
donate members.
In fact, the special unity of the Idaho
delegation, small as It was. would nave
beer the appropriate theme fer the
masterpiece of some poet who is des-
tined soon 10 shine forth in the mean
future as the idol Of society. The
fatherly benevolence OF Shonp as he
c exercised it over Sweet and Dubois,
giving them counsel and receiving with
delicate submission the adnliring tones
in which they praised his acumen and
craftsmanship. would have been re-
plete with such situations that the poet
would have been carried ecstatically
away by the wealth Of his subject into
such flights of rapturous emotion that
the attention of the Engiisl-speakin
world might have been drawn to his
superb effort and he might have hoped
even for q translation of his work into
@ dozen different foreign languages.
Like the touching story of Damon and
Pythias, this might have gone down
the ages and given its author immor-
tality.
Like n Summer Zephyr.
But the opportunity has passed like
"a summer zephyr over the blue waters
of the Great salt Lake and one more
-uneful rhymester has no longer any
hope Of being brought to the surface.
Into this Utopia that had been created
by The three members of the Idaho
mutual admiration society crept some
germs Of ambition. These thrive6 and
now the three members Of the two
houses of Congress are as much at
aoggerheads as though they belonged
TO three different parties instead of
being supposedly bound together by
she ties of Republicanism.
No Harrony Possible.
In the first place there can be no
harmony between Shoup and Dubois,
because Dubois knows that Shoup'a
success In the senatorial campaign
now on in Idaho would put him under
tlC l1lCCCSSllJ III OCllAS 4l1SdSaIS 1LAA1tC-
6iate!y for his political Shroud. He
can hardly feel that he would be Sue
cessful in overcoming natural Repub
1ican opposition and opposition as well
from the Democrats and Populists, as
well as the accommodating demand of
the north Of Idaho for a. chance at the
sweetest and richest plums in the polit-
Zeal pudding The feeling in the north
of Idaho against the discrimination is
already strong. 1t feels that it has
been unjustly thrown in the cold in
the distribution Of the offices, and
should Shoup be elected, the indigna-
ton will be worked up to such a de-
gree in the next two years that Dubois
will have the hardest fight of his life
even if the Republicans should carry
the next legislature. Therefore Dubois |
Is out to beat Shoup in any manner |
possible He doesn't much care for |
the details. They are troublesome. /
His ambition is to beat Shoup; and |
Shoup knows it. Therefore there is no |
chance to form these two men into the |
active nucleus for a good hard and !
steady orking mutual admiration |
society.
Accused of Bad Faith.
In such a dire extremity as this in |
former years it might have been the |
appropriate and consistent thing for |
heart or self-esteem or ambition to |
Sweet and had him pour out the neces- |
eary balm in liberal quantities. But !
even this avenue has been closed to I
him. Sweet stands accusing him of |
bad faith in the senatorial situation |
He says 20 the senior senator from |
Idaho that it is hardly compatible with |
his former sincerity and uprightness |
20 turn on a friend and re-enter the /
race by promising him cordial support |
Sweet could not have anything to do |
with Senator Shoup, because he could |
have no high idea Of his sense of |
honor; and Shoup knows this. no mat |
ter what may be the equities Of his |
defense for his candidacy.
Between Dubois and Sweet there is
the best feeling that can be found |
among the members of the delegation, |
but this feeling is not one that could |
give Solace to a preacher of the doc !
trine of universal love. In fact, il is |
no better than the feeling that exists !
between many men Of opposite political /
parties. Sweet knows that Dubois |
would not hesitate to throw him over |
board if he stood in the way Of graf /
flying any ambition Of the Junior SEN
ator from Idaho, and knowing this. he |
Us prepared to watch him very closely. |
Still there is no open hostility here. |
and there might be some hope of a re- |
NlNSI OF. tne mutuaI admira tion society !
on 2. limited basis if Sweet should sue |
coed in plueking the senatorial plum !
for which ne is Sc eagerly and deter /
minedly reaching.
DistastefuI Interviews.
But IL the Republicans of Idaho
are as greatly divided as their |
representatives in Congress they would |
better go out of the business at once. |
Here it is an armed neutrality to which |
the condition Of Europe is not a cir /
cunStance. 1t Is true that three men !
meet and consult with one another |
about Idaho matters, but the inter |
views are as distasteful to each one of |
them as is a dish of crow 20 a. defeated |
candidate. They transact business only. |
They do not spend any more time in |
the company OF one another than they |
are absolutely obliged to spend, and !
their manner toward one another is
formal enough to sclidly freeze the |
senatorial apollinaris lemonade. /
What the outcome will be it is difficult |
Ito tell. But for the Democrats of Idaho
the spectacle should prove as entertain
ting as q three ringed circus.