Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-01-29
IDAHO Has A VIRTUAL. DE6plo6l
CIagett, and Dubois Hold \
Strength as at Ffr4G

Boise, Idaho, Jan. 22.-The vote h6,< Z
for senator was: Clagett ". Dun6n =
Nelson Is, Lewis !. George G. Rez<&
son 1. F&S -
McMurrin Of Oneida and Elder OF t1ssS
were the only democrats who voted ~ ~
Clagett. Ballentine of Ada voted h Z.
Lewis. =
Tonight there has been no caucus, ~
the political situation Is rather QuI,
A good many. have been inclined ID ln "
terpret the vote for Clagett as an ird<5 n
ton Of hopeless defeat for him, and u
anti-Clagett popunsts have been Tram.
ing on urging that view. His sppportsrx
however, are not of that way OF thirt
ing.
One of them said tonight that 1t M
absurd to suppose that he could be dr0o.
ped out of the field at this stage. hs
was the overwhelming choice of the pop-
u1ists The democrats had pIedgsd
themselves to support a populist. II thu
intended to keep that pledge they sho1ld
support Clagett, because he was Tue
choice of the populists. and because he
was the ablest man whom the populls,s
could present. The democrats had SO FAT
refused to elect him, and seemed deter.
mined to force the populists to select
some one who was not their choice. The
session was yet young, and In the game
of forcing the populists could play a.
strong a game as the democrats. They
certainly could not be forced to abandon
their man at democratic dictation. lie
did not take any stock in the repor1s
that the democrats would elect Dubols
If they were not so determined to mana
some populist other than Ciagett.
The same argument, he said, was used
with the democrats to get them to break,
they being told that the populists would
go to Dubois in sufficient numbers ID
elect unless the democrats yielded. He
| was convinced that Dubois could not win
| and he was equally convinced that the
democrats would eventually come To
Clagett. rF
While such views are held by some Of
the more determined of Clagett's sup
| porters, 1t is by no means certain that
a majority Of the populist caucus will DO
| of that opinion. Lewis Is making a hard
| fight for the populist nomination. Hhs
gets it and the populists vote solidly ior
him, he will be elected. 1t Is believed
that Governor Steunenberg has promised
to appoint populist secretary of STATE
in the event of the election of Lewis
This is a point in favor Of the latter
Walton is also active, and 1t Is said the
fight In the caucus tomorrow will be BE-
| tween him and Lewis. But the uncef-
tainty about Clagett's action stands be.
| tween all estimates. The judge shows no
| signs of having given ZIP the struggle,
| and If he holds the caucus no name will
| be sent up that the democrats will sup
port If he fails of control, the only hope
| of preventing an election will be in the
refusal of his closest supporters to abide
by the caucus action. Populist and dem
| ocratic members are receiving greai
many messages from their national lead
ers urging them to elect Dubois.
| Lawmaking Matters.
In the senate today the printing con
| troversy came up again. The COMMITTEE
reported contract for printing the gov
ernor's message for $3.50. After the con
tract had been ratified it developed tina
the committee had been led into mis-
apprehension, the job not beirs wort
/ mos tnaI. : e. Jseeze over the matter
is expected in the morning. The house
devoted a part Of the day to debate
upon the advisabiry of retaining the
services of the chaNain. After a long
discussion the house voted to continue
the official.