The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
DUBOIS LEADS
Reports Point to Signal Victory for
Silver Republicans.

Conservative estimates now give Dubois leg
islative candidates two-thirds of the Democratic
vote of the state while the state silver republic
can ticket will get over half. Many populists
are also coming out for Dubois and the Silver
republican ticket. II looks like landslide for
the silver republicans and silver democrats
The Spokane Spokesman Review is doing great
work for the cause of Silver. North Idaho will
owe debt of gratitude to that fearless, able
journal that it VIII take good many years to
repay. The Review has rendered great services
to the Silver republicans in Idaho.
The Idaho Democrat, the leading Democratic
paper of the state published at Boise, has bolted
the demo-pOp ticket and is supporting the silver
republicans and Dubois
The Blackfoot News, the leading democratic
paper of Bingham county repudates the action
OF the demo pops and supports Dubois and the
silver republicans and says it prefers to be in
line with the national Bryan democracy.
The POcatelIo Herald, the leading democratic
paper of Bannock county, has repudiated the
demo-pop arrangement and is for Dubois and
the silver republican ticket
The Boise Evening Mail, formerly a democratic
paper, but supporting the silver Republic
can ticket, is doing herculean work for the
The Ketchum Keystone is of the abest
edited papers in the the state, and while it is a
Populist paper, it has all along absolutely re-
fused to be made party to the Popo- Democratic
combine 10 assist tho goldbug conspiracy to de-
feat Senator Dubois for reelection.
The Silver Republican ticket contains the
same names as the Electors Democratic ticket.
The ticket is made up of Democrats and repub-
licans. The democrats get the governor, lieu
tenant governor, treasurer, secretary of state
and mine inspector and presidential electors.
7. Regain, a democratic war horse, is the silver
republican candidate for state treasurer. lie
was the choice of the Kootenai county dem
ocrats of the demo-pop kind tor governor.
James Graham won laurels for eloquent
speech in nominating him for that office.
Hon. James H. Hawley the democratic candi-
date for delegate to congress, at the last territ-
orial election, and the ablest leader of the party
in the state has just completed a tour OF South
Idaho in the interest of Dubois and the silver
republican ticket. Unprecedented crowds met
Mr.. Hawley and Mr.. Borah wherever they went,
and Mr.. Hawley reports that south east Idaho
will give the silver republicans such immense
maJorities that they can not be overcome He
is stumping North Idaho this week, speaking at
C@ur Alene, among other appointments.
Senator Dubois and Hon. A. A. Frazer the
democratic orator, receive ovations wherever
they go. Mr.. Frazer is doing good work with
| the senator.
Hon. E. B. True, democratic candidate for
congressman four years ago, is the silver repub-
lican candidate for lieutenant governor. Like
Hawley, he could not approve the demopop
deal.
Even the populists are coming out for Dubois.
over in Custer county the entire party is COM
mitted to the Silver Champion. Their county
convention declared for Dubois and pledged its
legislative candidate if elected to vote for him .
VIM. II. Clagett, the populist candidate for
senator has cancelled his engagements to speak
and gone east. The reason for this sudden
change of plans has aroused much speculation.
Some think that Clagett has gone east to see
Hanna to get him to throw enough Doodle into
the Idaho campaign to beat Dubois. Others say
that Clagett has been talking tn empty benches
and has given up in disgust.
, Hon. J. NJ. Ballentine, who was the democrat
ic candidate for congressman two years ago,
refuses TO abide by the demo-pop scheme to
defeat Dubois. He was nominated for state
senator in Ada county by the demo-pops and
later by the silver republicans.
t Willis Sweet has taken the stump. Willis is
a power among the people. He closes the
campaign at Moscow.