Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-12-29

An Open Letter on the idaho
Senate iaI Fight.
NOT in A SPIRIT OF ANGER
The Moscow Cengressmsn Reviews the
Contest from fts Ia-spssea at
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candidate for the United States senate.
has addressed The following open letter
TO Senator shoup.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. IN, ls9i.-Hon.
George l.. Shoup. Washington. ID. c.--My
Dear Colonel; You have announced your
candidacy for the senate. In doing so.
you state that no person was authorized
TO say during the campaign that you were
not candidate. made that announce
inent In the north, and further. stated
that you would support ma. In your In
terytew you impeached my utterance and
presented me TO the state as having made
statement that was not true. As sf
course you are aware, my opponents are
making free use OF the Inference. But
this letter In not called forth by your an
nouncement alone Having great respect
for you personally. recognizing your many
excellent traits of character, and appre-
chatting the valuable services rendered
by you to the state In various capacities.
while at the same time realizing your
environments, could have passed the an
nounccment without comment. Hut your
friends are urging your candidacy upon
statements which. far az ] am con.
cerueds are not true. / would not be true
to my friends. nor yet TO myself. ~ failed
10 review ~ length the senatorial aIes-
ton and its relations To you and me-
from the beEinnins.
~ ~ vi XVI Wy hQsf4F VI yWNV IItNut@ tuAt
two designing young men, either by work
ing upon your sympathy or crcduiity. per
suaded YOU into making utterances which
were In fact contrary TO your real wishes
and that thus, BY some intellectual hocus
poeus. you find yourself In condition
which. prima facie, leaves you In danger
OF being accused of personal actions un-
worthy or your character and fame. In
saying this, your friends do not stop TO
think that when they anouse you OF being
thus played upon. as Hank, says. Like
a stick" they utterly destroy the subse-
qnent reputation thexsSive you FOR sagac-
ity and adroitness IN the AFFAIRS OF men.
/ undertake to say: firSt, that no one
has deceived you. or attempted To deceive
YOU: second. that the parties named could
not have deceived you had they wished,
because you are far more adroIt than
either of them Let us Sc whether the
facts Justify this conclusion.
THE BEGINNING OF THE CAMPAIGN
The first word or thought IN connection
with the senatorial contest now at hand
came TO me In the following letter:
Salmon City. Idaho. Jlly .. 1893
.'My Dear Sweet: When / wrote you a
few days ago. II WAS my Intention TO meet
you at Moscow next month. Since writinE
the president has disarranged all my
plans by calling an extra session of con
gress. Now. friend wins. the object OF
WFtAuk TINS letter ~ 10 hdNihe you thhf
l will be very much disappointed IL do
not see you before we leave Idaho. When
wrote you last. my plans. so far as they
effect me H. the next campaign In Idaho,
were fully matured- I did not care to
place myself on record, however, prefer
rims TO meet you and inform you In
personal Interview. Letters are some
times rnislaid or go astray and tail into
the wrong hands. Now believe u IL moi
aui~ Aua VIM htff also ms that Won ahOfsiN
know my position before you leave tne
state for Washington. ! VIII leave for
Boise In twelve 10 fourteen days, where
we could meet provided what ] have
written interests you. j will remain IN
Boise from three TO i've days. With re-
CARDS to your family, I am
N& Very Eincereiy Yours.
GEORGE T.. sHouP.n
I'D not meet yoa In Boise at the Tins
indicated, but did drop you q line from
Pdeakelih. stating briefly the reasons why,
Within a month from the date OF your
letter. we were In Washington In at
tendance. upon the special session. The
bill to repeal the purchasing clause OF the
Sherman act was hurried 10 the senate,
and that body began the long and exciting
consideration OF the silver question. IT,
which we were all so deeply interested.
The struggle I'm the senate had probably
lasted a month before any reference was
made by you TO the letter above quoted.
You will remember that you and l were
ut work In your room upon various oc-
cRsions. and that upon certain Sunday
morning. have forgotten the date, In
deed. made no note OF tour task was
over. i had taken my hat TO go. and we
were Just passing through pleasant for
maifty before parting. q formality which
your generous hospitality so often sug-
gests. when you called my attention TO
the above letter. We Immediately pro
ceeded 10 a discussion Of II. You stated
that what you intended TO say was that
you would
NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR RE
ELECTION.
10 the senate. and that anything
you could do. or anything you could per
snade your friends TO DO IN my behaif was
al my disposal You said that your chief
desire in politics was 20 see me occupy
your seat In the senate In reply, | said
IN substance:
Colonel II You wish to return 10 the
senate, Will give you my cordial support
me In the position now occupy. The re
In working together. have been such TINT
would be the last enc 70 break that del
egation or destroy those relations. / do
position 20 your return TO the senate
To this YOU replied that you had fatty
made up your mind and that the course
yen had Indicated was the one you had
long since decided 70 pursue then said.
Colonel Il often happens that Mt this
length OF timo before "a campaign begins
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