The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-20

Senate-COnversatf With w. f..
James--Plans For Nominating a
Senator in the state Convention
Wants Shoup's Friends to Cease
Circulating Falsehoods-Did the
Action of the Convention Absolye
the senator .-Flirtfug With Pop-
uIists-McConnclI as Cassins.
Washington, Dec Especial In
view of the fact that Senator Shoup,
in his efforts to be reelected Ito the
sMillionaires' club" otherwise known
as the United States Senate, has been
intimating that Congressman Sweet
had no right TO believe he had wholly
withdrawn from the race, the follow
ing OPEN lfjtter, which VI Sweet re-
leased to The Herald correspondent
tonight, is f-explanatory. To be
frank, it leaves the senior senator from
Idaho and the states representative in
Congress in a peculiar position, with a
question of veracity between them and
the documentary and a great deal of
other evidence to support the declara-
ton of Mr.. Sweet, and Mr.. Shoup with
little more than his own bare word
and a plea that he was buncoed- into
the action by Senator Dubois and
Sweet.
According to Sweet, he was drawn
into the race through the efforts .of
Senator Shoup, who promised his cor
dial support, and is now being deser-
ted by the man who is responsible for
his action, Further, Sweet disputes
the contention that Shoup's promise
was based on anv agreement regarding
the action of the state convention on
senatorial nomination, as that ques-
ton came un long alters houp had
voluntarily Withdrawn from the race
and Sweet had entered it through his
protestations.
The letter is as follows:
Washington. D. c. December Is. 1894.
Hon. George L. Shoup. Washington
D. c.:
My Dear Colonel-You have an.
nounced your candidacy for the Sen.
ate. In doing SO you state that no per.
son was authorized to say during the
campaign that you were not a, candi
date. 1 made that announcement in
| the north, and further, stated that
you would support me. In your inter
view you impeached my utterance and
presented me to the state as having
made a statement that was not true
| AS. of course, you are aware, my oppo.
nents are making free use of the in
| ference. But this letter is not called
! forth by your announcement alone
| Having great respect for you person,
ally, recognizing your many excellent
| traits of character, and appreciatine
the valuable services rendered by yor
i to the state in various capacities, while
at the same time realizing your en-
announcement without comment. Blu
\ your III nds ire urging your candi-
dacy up n statements which, so far as
l am concerned, are not true. would
/ not be true to my friends nor yet t.
myself II 1 failed to review at length
the senatorial question and its rela
tions to you and me from the begin
ming.
Was ShOup Buncoed.
| It is urged by some OF your friend:
that two designing young men Ou
bois and Sweep either by working up
on your sympathy or credulity, per
suaded you into making utterance:
which were, in fact, contrary to you
wishes; and that thus, by some in
tellectual hocus pocus, you find your
self in condition which, prima facie
leaves you in danger of being accused
of personal actions unworthy of YOU
character and fame. In saying thi
your friends do not stop to think tina
when they acuse you of being thu
played upon, as Hamlet says, Like
stick" they utterly destroy the sub
lsequent reputation they give you TO
sagacity and adroitness in the affair
OF men.
l undertake to say, first, that no on
has deceived you, or attempted to de
ceive you; second, that the partie
wished, because you are far NOR
adroit than either of them. Let us Sc
whether the facts justify this conclu
sion.
| ShOup's First Advance.
The first word or thought in connec
Ition with the senatorial contest nov
lat hand came to me in the following
letter:
Salmon City, Ida, July 8, 1893.
My ] Sweet When / wrote yo
a few days ago, it was my intentio
to meet you at NJ Sow next month
Since writing, the President has dis
larranged all my plans by calling a
lextra session of Congress. Now, frien
Willis, the object OF writing this lette
lis to advise you that 1 will be yer
much disappointed if 1 do not see yo
before we leave Idan. When I wrot
Iyou last my plans, so far as they al
feet me in the next campaign in Ida.hC
IWere fully matured. l did not care t
tplace myself on Cord in Writins
however, preferring to meet you an
inform you in a personal interview
Letters are sometimes mislaid or g
lastray anG fall into wrong hands. Nov
II believe it is not only due you, bu
lalso ne. that you should know my pc
Isition before you leave the state fo
Wa j. nsto1. [ will leave for Boise
twelve to fourteen days, where W
could meet, provided what 1 hav
written interests you. 1 will remain
Boise from three to five days. Wit
regards to your family, 1 am very IT
lspectfully yours.
Il GEORGE L. SHOUP."
I did not meet you in Boise at til
time indicated. but did drop Won a lir