Red Lodge picket., 1895-01-12
TIE sHOUt MEN won
| openinS S>irmtsh in the Fight for s.iaiio'-
Senator.

| Senator.
| Boise, Idaho, Jan 6-The republican
| senators We're in caucus all afternoon
and did not conclude until late this
| evening. The fight was over the posi-
| tion of president pro tenn. The senator
| ial question entered into the matter
and as Senator Bierbower is Shoup
| man, he met with determined opposi-
| ton. Finally, however, the opposition
| broke down and Bierbower was elected
| by acclamation. Following is a full
| list OF the senate attaches. President
| pro tenn, Senator Vic BlerboweI of Lo-
gan: secretary, Captain j. NJ. Wells of
! kootenai; rgeant-atarms, ]. T. Peter
| son of OWyhee; assistant secretary, j.
| II. Hutchinson of OWyhee; engrossing
| clerk, Charles n. Sain of Ada, assistant
| engrossing clerk, Miss Matte Jacobs of
Ada enrolling clerk, j. W, I<ieff of La
tab; assistant enrolling clerk. Miss
Phillis M Bailey of Bingham.
and journal clerk, Thomas D.
Page Of Nez Perce; chaplain, Rev
| f. +. Wright of Ada; committee clerk,
! Stewart Simpson Of Washington: door
keeper, John McGinley of Canyon: jani-
tor, j. ". Stevens of Elmore. Pages,
| Elmer Fuller of Logan and Thomas
| RAIDER of Ada.
| The senatorial situation has changed
| but little. Both sides make claims of
having a majority, but it is the judg-
| ment of your correspondent that Sweet
at this time has the best of it. If a
caucus We're held now he would prob
ably have - votes. This counts all of
the north, all of the southeast, Two
n * n o n
yon and two in Owyhee. krane of
Kootenai is openly working for Sweet,
| reducing the possibility of uncertainty
in the north to three votes. Cozier is
claimed to be against Sweet. but his
vote is confidently counted by the Sweet
men.
The situation is reflected in the fact
that the Sweet leaders are pushing for
an early caucus While the Shoup forces
talk of postponing it. While this is he
situation now, the lines may break at
any time and influences are at work
today which may bring about an early
change
The salient feature is that there are
number of votes put in the Sweet col
umn that are not there by the personal
preference of the men who are to cast
them. There are three in the north, one
in Canyon, at least 0ne in OWyhea and
one in the southeast Such votes are
extremely uncertain. 1t has been said
that Gamble, Henry, Coden and C0zier
would vote for Hepburn, while the pref
erenceS of several others are for him.
Hepburn has not arrived here Vet.
His coming may rally some of these
votes to his support and give him jhe
balance of power. In that event no one
could tell what the outcome would be.
1t is also possible that d caucus will not /
be held. Although Sweet and ShOup
both favor a caucus earnestly each has
some supporters who may refuse to go
into caucus. There are some Shoup
supporters who would rather take the
ton, and there are the dissatisfied
Sweet men who would prefer 10 east
their votes for Sweet. if al all, in joint
convention in the event they could not |
elect him.
SWEET PROPOSES ONE. |
Sweet today sent Shoup a letter pro- |
posing d caucus. AT this hour the an t
sWer has not been received. This letter I
simply laid down the general PROPOSE t
ton that they should go into caucus, no |
time being mentioned. and asking the !
senator to give it his endorsement. The
was that the idea is to head |
off as far as possible the danger of the
caucus idea being abandoned
OFFICIALS SWORN IN,