The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-13
FINALLY LOCATED HIMSELF.

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Senator Dubois made a speech at
POcatello in which he is reported to
have said that, "henceforth he would
be Democrat" That, of course,
means Democrat of the breed evolved
at the Chicago exhibition on the 9Th Of
last July, and which in all human
probability will be an extinct specie
before the beginning of the twentieth
century. There was really no necessity
for the Senator 10 declare his future
political intentions, except possibly to
remove any lingering doubts that
might have existed in his own mind.
He had long ago determined that il
he could not be a Senator he would not
be Republican. Speaking of Senator
Dubois reminds us of something which
happened about year ago.
One evening in January a few West
ern Senators held a private conference
the object of which was to consider
methods for securing the reelection
Of two quito prominent Republican
Senators in whose states the silver SEN
timent had become almost overpower.
ing. One result of that conference was
large number of private letters written
to persons supposed to be well inform
ed on the political situation and DOS.
sessed of some influence. Those letters
were indicted by members of the confer.
ence but Ostensibly done without the
knowledge or consent of the Senators
in whose interest they were written.
Naturally enough some of them reach
ed this state and the burden of them
was, what can be done to secure the re.
election of Senator DuboisP In one of
those letters, which the writer had an
opportunity to peruse and thoroughly |
c consider, II was clearly minated that
those Senators had determined to make |
the issue Of the coming campaign free
coinage of silver. 1t was believed that
The Democratic party would be con-
trolled by the gold element and that
The free coinage cry would carry the |
silver states with whOop. It was al
30 thought that the Republican nation
al convention would not declare for
free coinage, and all planned out and
arranged that the Republican Senators
rom silver states, who were to be
among the delegates, should walk out
u the convention. The point Is that
III this was arranged and elaborated
~ Republican United States Senators
n order to secure the reelection Of
Republican Senators, and that It was a
'urely'sellish political scheme in which
principle and patriotism had no share
whatever. 1t was politics; all politicsl
I 1t had appeared to those shrewd Sem
tors that the popular sentiment in
colorado, Utah and Idaho ran TO free
'eer and free lunches, they would have
made free beer and free lunch the
paramount question:" and just as
dramatically and cheerfully bolted the
republican convention for refusing to
ndorse free beer as for refusing to ,
ndorse free coinage at 16 to /. The .
lot was we'll laid and everything NOV.
d along smoothly until the meeting Of I
he Democratic national convention in I
hicago. Instead of being controlled. I
was expected, by gold bugs it was r
by rampant free coinage r
len. This totally upset the beautiful Il
program and so completely T
lscomfted some of the intended ben \
iciaries that they have remained in a y
artially stupefed condition ever d
nee. Senator Dubois appears to have v
'ceived the most stunning shock of t,
J, and his conduct since has been dis n
nguished by the most grotesque and Il
mless ftoundering about. In a dazed Il
1T OF way he seemed to realize that he 4,
I'd taken himself out of the Repub. n
IAN party, but until his arrival at o,
1catello the other night, after the a
II is over" he never could definitely At
cate himself. The confused and In
athletic condition of his usually clear 70
d active intellect is painfully evident de
zen it is considered that he was the fs
it man in the United States to dis. 20
yer that henceforth he would be a
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