Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03
Senator HeitfeId.

Ahuieudy, the great sena
torlal fight at Boise came to an end
by the election OF Henry HeitfeId O
Nez Perce county. Mr.. Heitfeld il
man OF the common peoples
neither dude nor leader of min.
uets-but plain, honest unassum
ing man of good sense, and sound
judgement, as his success in life in.
dicates. He is not an orator, it is
true. but in this respect he will no,
be alone on the floor of the United
States senate, and can certainly
match Senator Shoup in flights OF
eloquence. The vote stood, Heit.
field 80, Dubois 30, Nelson 1.
Henry Heitfeld was born in st. Louis
Mo-, in January, 1859. His father
Henry Heitfeld, was of German birth
The future Idaho Senator attended
the common schools of St. Louis until
1870, when. with his mother, he moved
to Seneca, Kansas. There his mother
remarked. Young Henry lived at
Seneca until 1882, being employed at
farm work and learning the trade OF
stone-mason. In 1882 Mr.. Heitfeld
moved to the Northwest, located at
Pomeroy, Wash, where he remained
one year, while there he took up two
claims in the Big Bend country, one
homestead and the other timber
culture. While holding the land, he
worked in the shops of the Northern
Pacific railroad at Sprague, continuing
IN that employment until the fall of
1888, when he became a resident of
Idaho. He settled in Nez Perez county,
a short distance from the Washington
line, his postofiice being Uniontown,
Wash. There he has since been en-
gagged as a farmer, fruit-grower and
cattleman. He has $40 acres of land
and has been conspicuously successful
in his operations. In politics, Mr..
Heitfeld was Democrat until he
joined the Populist party. He is a
member of the Farmers alliance, and
it was through his connection with
organization that he was influenced to
ally himself with the Populist party
He was elected to the State Senate as
a Populist in 1894 and again in 1896.
In speaking of the defeat of Du-
bois the Rocky Mountain News hits
the nail square on the head as fol-
lows:
The mistake of Dubois was tactical
one. He believed that by cutting the
Republican convention of Idaho to in
dorse Bryan and Sewell, and by max
ing stiff uncompromising silver fight
in the name of the party, the Repub-
licans would carry the legislature and
he would be returned as Silver Re-
publican. He failed to comprehend
that by reason of the selection of Bry-
an and the adoption of the Chicago
platform, the greatest stride towards
true Democracy ever before taken by
one OF the old parties in a national
convention, the whole trend of the OPP
ponents of the gold power was towards
the Democratic party, and that any
party covered by the name "Republi-
can" in Idaho had to be the loser
thereby.
If Senator Teller had made the
same mistake as did Dubois, he, not
unlikely, would have Jared the same.
Ii he had returned to Colorado and or
ganized the Republican party upon
the Chicago platform and under the
Bryan banner, but sought to carry the
legislature under the name OF Repub-
licanism, he would not have succeeded.
1t was because, when he walked out Of
the convention he walked out of the
party, and renounced allegiance to it
forever. that all parties took him up
and united in making his reelection
as unanimous as was possible.
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]. NJ. Johnson departed this morn
ing for Payette valley.
Mrs. Allison of Rocky Bar has
gone to Hagerman to visit with
relatives.
Nellie Turner has returned from
the hot springs, considerably i'm
proved in health.
Mrs. Gearhart, an aged lady, was
yesterday suddenly stricken down with
paralysis at her home on Bennett
creek, and her recovery is considered
extremely doubtful.
Herb Howeth, was up yesterday
from his Snake river placer mines
after supplies. He reports his last
cleanup of gold dust from fair tt
midling.
The lassoing contest at Bruneau OF
Monday attracted quite large GROVE
and considerable money changed
hands. Benton, the Montana cowboy
won the pot of $3.50. He lassoed
downed and tied three steers in jus
minutes and 90 seconds.
On the 3rd of January Geo. P
Halls residence was destroyed b.
fire. On the 29th Geo. l.. Cole
agent for the Hartford Insurance
Co, paid over to Mrs. Gertrud
Hall the sum of $3.50, the amour
of her policy. Prompt work, that
Remember that it only costs L
cents to vote for the lady whom
you desire to see capture that hand
some quilt at Roscoe Smiths dru