The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-30
Has Made a Very Curious
Spectacle Of Him
self.
MIGHTY LITTLE COMFORT.
THE FUNNY SIDE 70 rHE WHOLE
AFFAIR.
Rests His Case ON the supposed In
tervfew With ssveet-Facts In tne
Case Are Wen Understood In the
Senate chamber-swees and shoup
Compared.

Washington, Dec. rs. Especial T.
Poor Senator Shoup. with his elongated
and somewhat obstreperous ambition to
succeed himself as the Republican Sen
Rtor from Idaho, is in bad way In
t!le first place ne made a curious spec
tacle Of himsi-f by showing what an
influence the ofice-hcIding habit had
gained over hiz1, by declining st first to
have his name placed before the people
or legislature and then siezipg upon the
1imsiest pretext that offered itself for
re-entering the fight. Whatever might
be the virtues or his defense. Of his
deserticn of Sweet, there can be no de-
nying the fact that Shogp's present
course presents symptoms Of the pos
session of q large and fine variety Of
political waevils in his brain He is
not dignified. He is simply chasing Of
flee with deterinination on his brow and
On MS mind The considerations Of his
own dignity should have kept him out
p1 the race.
Consolation Mighty Small.
BUT now that he is in 1t with deter
imitation and barrel of money, there
is little consolation for him which ever
way he may locz. At hest, he has but
his own words to support his claim to
being fair in re-entering the race in
view of the pledges he gave to his
friend No other evidence of the truth
Of what he said has been offered by any
one but him, with the exception Of Sen
ator Pettigrew, who presumably in a
moment Of temporary mental aberra-
ton, WIS interviewed by Shoup and al
lowed the latter to endeavor To uphold
himself by quoting him as saying that
ne was lunciling one day in the Senate
restaurant with the members Of the Ida
no delegation and distinctly remembers
fflar Sweet at that time declared he
would not be candidate unless he was
nominated by the state convention.
Quite Humorous.
The funny part of this is that Shoup's
Gupring Pettigrew has mixed things up
worse than ever. Shoup, in making the.
plan for his beautiful romance about
the withdrawal of Sweet, did not Law
the scene of the plot in the Senate res
Haurant. On the contrary, he lays par
ficular stress on the fact that the mo-
nlentous interview on which he bases
his candidacy, was held in Sweets room.
where no vagrant ear could hear the
words OF wisdom that are supposed to
ever fall from the lips Of such Replbli-
can politicians as Sweet and ShouD
Therefore Pettigrew,s statement does
not confederate anything Shoup has
Sald, and The later assertion of Petit
grew that he does not favor Shoup's
candidacy, makes matters worse.
That Sweet ever made such q state
n1ent in the Senate restaurant is denied
10y both Sweet and Dubois; and Petit
grew says chat Doth were present. Pet
tigrew will not insist upon it, as he
does not care to be drawn into the very
-odorous fight any further than he has
already been drawn by Shoup's palma
Die indiscretion in not regarding his con-
tidential statement as not being for pub
lication.
His Whole Case.
Shoup rests his whole case on the sun
posed interview with Sweet i'm. the lat
Iers room here in Washington. At that
interview the Senator saws Sweet nron1e
Esed that if the nomination was NOT
gwen him by the state convention he
woG'ld retire from the race. While Sweet
does not desire to take up the contra