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

me Q NJ. IN saytnE that 30 stated my IN
tenfion 20 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.
II could have easily been passed. and
should you desire TO know how easily IL
might have been passed. ask George
Robethan Of PoeatelIo.
NO SUCH AGREEMENT.
have called up this subject simply 20
direct your attention 20 statements that
are being made by your friends 10 the
between you and me. that " were not
nominated al the state convention. you
would then be a candidate for senator.
As no such agreement. understanding. or
intlmation that could be tortured into such
an understanding. was had. I think u only
fair to urge that YOU should call upon your
friends TO cease circulating such false
hoods.
The night left Washington. you called
at my room; 80 did Mr.. Dubois and other
friends. You came In and said to me that
you had heard something 20 the effect that
would not be a candidate n Mr.. Me-
Cornell were nominated l said, O no,
did not say anything OF the kind. 1 did
say that McconneIrs nomination would
injure me. because we came from the
same town and because he would use all
the power os his Office with which to ac-
compiish my defeat. These statements.
however. were divided. and you said that
you did not think his nomination need
enter into my candidacy. IL you will re-
member. l walked down one night of stairs
to repeat TO you the statement that had
not made any such declaration ar the one
referred 10. The result of any action by
- -.
its effects upon my candidacy were never
thought OF by me nor mentioned by you.
would certainly have been very stupid
10 have thrown away your support, and
the certainty of election which your sup
port brought, for the uncertainty OF
nomination; and repeat again that
never thought or heard of such a PROPOSE
tion until saw 1t published In the news
papers. I did not believe then, and do
not now believe that You have authorized
u. and think you ought TO correct Il.
CHARGES OF TREACHERY.
Now let MS admit the statement made
by your friends. to-wit: That the failure
Of the convention 60 nominate absoivad
YOU from any personal obligation. and
see where we will land. When you first
suggested that l be a candidate for your
seat. you accompanied the suggestion that
yourself and friends, as far as you could
influence them. would give me your warm
support In the Tight for the senatorship.
OF course. our agreement related 20 an
election by the legislature, and we were
in accord for nearly a year on the ques-
ton OF my candidacy before the nominal
ton scheme was thought of: but. consider
the issue transferred to the convention.
and suppose that my candidacy was at
stake there. Did you carry out your
agreement to help met On the contrary
every friend you had. and conspicuously
your brother and brother-in-law. laughed
at the folly of your keeping a political
agreement with me. and combined with
elements that you have again and again
denounced To do somethlng-anything
that they thought would fnjgire me. And
am I 10 be answered with the childish
praitlc that you cannot control your own
relatives when your personal honor is AZ
stalker Your brother wired you that ]
was defeated and erestfailen. was Meth
sr crestfaIlen nor defeated. The iegisia-
tive district nominations were satisfactory
to me and shall be elected.
Again, your friends are saying that
have fiirted with the populists. The charge
IL based on the fact that one of my silver
speeches was published In the National
View. WIN You kindly notify your friends
that one OF your speeches was published
In the same paper2 Also. that Senators
Teller, Wolcott, Power. Don Cameron and
many other republicans caused the same
thing 20 be done. thus demonstrating 90
the populists that silver had true and
| stalwart friends In the ranks of western
republicanism.
Our next conversation on the senatorial
question occurred after we both returned
to Washington for the present session.
You said you were going to tell me the
reason for your action on the senatorship.
Now. what reason did you giye2 One was
that after my return from the state con-
..aA
turn 10 Idaho with you. where II was your
intention to appear before the state cen
trail committee and from there issue n
statement through the press that you
would not be a candidate. And you attri-
butte my alleged indifference 10 you Go
the influence of Mr.. Dubois. You said
that he was trying to buck you out of
politics. Whether that IL true or not.
what had to do with Il? II he was In
finencing me. then certainly / was not
controlling him, and, as ! did not control
him In his efforts to buck you out OF poll
ties, then how can you blame me for his
actsT The theory that he Influenced me
TO ignore you II too childish to talk about
Why should I seek TO injure You. when
the support and friendship which you
had promised, and which supposed you
were intending TO give. would make me
senator without any opposition that
need cause a moments consideration ?
Would IL not have been foolish indeed for
me TO knowingly offend you IN such a
way as to bring you into the field against
me. when. without your candidacy there
would have been no opposition of any
moment. and how could explain the &C.
ton OF all of your friends at Boise7
MccoNHELLs STUFFED CLUB.
When left here the nomination of Nc
conneli was the only thing that did not
like. because Of the power Il would place
In the hands n nm Van nd
talked that over. and yet, when 1 reached
Boise, every friend You had was working
to nominate Mcconnell. and there were
other reasons besides your friendship for
me why such course was ineomprehen-
sible. II is true. Mcconnell says, that
prior TO the county convention In Latah
county he was looking for me with an
olive branchs hut Mac does not know the
difference between an olive branch and n
Canada thistle. He never looked for me
with anything but a stuffed political club.
OF course. you know that as well as I.
and the olive branch story was invented
for the Marines.
The conclusions reached are these:
First--You wrote me stating that you
had fully determined upon your course in
the next campaign, and thought Il Inn
portant I should be in possession of the
facts.
Second You told me that your chief Do
sire was 10 see me In the senate and the
action of yourself and friends. so far as
you could influence them. would be dedi-
Gated 20 that end.
Third-You have not. from that day to
this. told me anything different
Fourth-Isut you are yourself candi-
date.
The following facts appear prominently
Your friends are circulating a report that
sou and ! understood. or that you had