The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-12-27
AT THE STATE CONVENTION.
Sweet Says Shoup's Friends Violently
Opposed the Resolution.

resolution very lukewarm support
some doing nothing. and others opposing
1T. | found that so much bitterness had
been engendered that no man could afford
to take a nomination for senator at the
hands of that convention. and on the night
before nominations were made and reso-
lutlons voted upon, l suggested to the
friends of Mr.. Dubois that if they desired
to let the resolutions go, | would be sat
isfed by simply having some friend intro
duce it so as to force a vote upon it, to
the end that the question should be before
the people of the state. No friend of Du-
bois felt authorized to say that the reso-
luton should be dropped, and what fol-
lowed you well understand 1t was agreed.
however, among us, that if the resolu-
ton should pass, we would urge that no
nomination be made, but that the princi-
pie be referred to the next convention.
Mr.. S. b. Kingsbury will, l think, bear
me ut in saying that l so stated my in
tention to him at the time. A portion of
the delegates from Kootenai county re-
pudiated the instructions given by their
people, and by that narrow margin the
resolution was defeated, although no
one was working actively for its passage
1t could have easily been passed, and
should you desire to know how easily it
might have been passed. ask George
Robethan of Pocatello.
NO SUCH AGREEMENT.
have called up this subject simply to
direct your attention to statements that
are being made by your friends to the
effect that there was some understanding
between you and me, that if l were not
nominated at the state convention, you
would then be a candidate for senator.
AS no such agreement, understanding or
intimation that could be tortured into such
an understanding, was had, think it only
fair to urge that you should call upon your
friends to cease circulating such false
hoods.
The night l left Washington, you called
at my room; so did Mr.. Dubois. and other
friends. You came in and said to me that
you had heard something to the effect that
l would not be a candidate If Mr.. Nc
Council were nominated l said. no,
did not say anything of the kind. | did
say that McConnelPs nomination would
iniure me, because We came from the
same town and because he would use all
the power of his Office with which to ac-
| complish my defeat These statements,
| however, were divided, and you said that
| you did not think his nomination need
| enter into my candidacy If you will re-
| member, walked down one fight of stairs
| to repeat to you the statement that / had
| not made any such declaration as the one
| referred to. The result of any action by
| the convention upon the resolution, and
| its effects upon my candidacy were never
| thought of by me nor mentioned by you.
would certainly have been very stupid
| to have thrown away your support and
| the certainty of election which your sup
| port brought, for the uncertainty of a
| nomination.; and / repeat again that
| never thought or heard of such PROPOSE
ton until saw it published in the news
papers. I did not believe then, and I dc
| not now believe that you have authorized
1T, and 1 think you ought to correct it,
| CHARGES OF TREACHERY.
Now let us admit the statement made
| by your friends, to-wit That the failure
of the convention to nominate absolvet
| you from any personal obligation anC
see where we win land. When you frs
suggested that l be a candidate for you
seat you accompanied the suggestion tina
| yourself and friends, as far as you coulC
influence them, would give me your warn
support in the fight for the senatorship
OF course, our agreement related to al
election by the legislature, and we wer
in accord for nearly a year on the ques
ton of my candidacy before the nomna
ton scheme was thought of; but, conside
the issue transferred to the convention
and suppose that my candidacy was a
stake there. Did you carry out you
agreement to help me? On the contrary
every friend you had, and conspicuously
your brother and brother-in-law laughe
at the folly of your keeping a politca
agreement with me- and combined wit
elements that you have again and agai
denounced. to do something-anythin
that they thought would injure me- An
am l to be answered with the childis
prattle that you cannot control your ow
relatives when your personal honor is q
stake? Your brother wired you that
r was defeated and crestfallen. ! was neitf
er crestfallen nor defeated. The legisls
, tive district nominations were satisfactor
: to me and l shall be elected.
= Again, your friends are saying that
have fiirted with the populists. The charl
is based on the fact that one of my silv6
, speeches was published in the Nations
View. VIII you kindly notify your frient
that one of your speeches was publshe
r in the same paper? Also, that Senator
| Teller, Wolcott, Power. Don Cameron al
! many other republicans caused the san
thing to be done, thus demonstrating
I the populists that silver had true al
!. stalwart friends in the ranks of westei
4 republicaDism.
: Our next conversation on the senatori
. question occurred after we both return'
: to Washington for the present sessio
You said you were going to tell me Il
!, reason for your action on the senatorshi
u Now, what reason did you give? One w
that after my return from the state co
> vention 1 ignored you and refused to 7
q turn to Idaho with you, where 1t was 20
u intention to appear before the state ce
/ trail committee and from there issue
II statement through the press that "
/ would not be a candidate. And you att
u butte my alleged indifference to you
/ the influence of Mr. Dubois. You sa
ID that he was trying to buck you out
o. politics. Whether that is true or NJ
ID what had 1 to do with It? If he was
" huencing me. then certainly / was r
1t controlling him, and, as / did not cont
10 him in his efforts to buck you out of pc
E. tics, then how can you blame me for
W acts? The theory that he influenced
n, to ignore you is too childish 10 talk abo
II, | Why should / seek 10 injure you, VIII
d, the support and friendship which y
n had promised. and which / supposed y
10 were intending to give, would make
senator without any opposition II
need cause a moments considerable
ed Would IL not have been foolish indeed
he me to knowingly offend you in sue
in way as to bring you into the field agai
NO me, when, without your candidacy, tn
nv would have been no opposition of q
er moment: and how could l explain the
se tion of all OF your friends at Boise?
nd MccoNNELL's STUFFED CLUB.
ST. When l left here the nomination OF J
e. Cornell was the only thing that / did
en- like, because of the power 1t would pl
Ike in the hands of an enemy. You an
nut talked that over. and yet, when reac
Die Boise, every friend you had was work
ay to nominate Mcconnell, and there "
I'm other reasons besides your friendship
nd me why such a course was incompref
eel sible. 1t is true, Mcconnell says, I