The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-02-06
Echoes From tho Silver Papsrs.

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unknown man in political circle
of Idaho and on all sides 10 hear
the query who 10 he?"
I. Salt Lake Tribune: Mr.. Duboi
was beaten in Idaho, because b
put principle before party. Thos
who put party before principle bea
him.
| Kootenai Herald: The Idah'
Legislature unanimously passed |
concurrent resolution indorsing TIL
act of the silver men of all parties
in Colorado uniting in electing Tel
Ter. Then the Idaho men turned
around and voted against Dubois
"Consistency, thou art indeed
goat!
DeLamar Nugget: It did MOI
take the unwise members Of the
Idaho Legislature quite half Of the
allotted sixty days OF the session
to hunt up an obscure man, with
neither a record or ability, and with
him knock outsuch men rs Dubois
johnson and Clagett for U. S. Sen.
ator. The winner was a very dark
horse, in the person of Heitfeld, OF
of Nez Perez county. AS soon as
enough fragments of his biography
can be collected to make a para.
graph, We will probably learn why
he has been honored with such a
distinguished position.
Pocatello Tribune: In Pocatello
the news of the election of Heitfeld
was received with a feeling of awful
injury. We do not believe there
are dozen men in the town who
do not feel as though Idaho had re-
ceived blow from which it will
take her years to recover.
Parties home from Boise say that
even in that city the same feeling
was noticeable. The announcement
Of the vote was received with dead
silence. Women wept and men
could scarcely keep back tears.
There was no demonstration of APP
proval but only feeling of terrible
injury.
Even Senator.elect Heitfeld seemed
ashamed, perhaps of the fact that
he voted for himself. When called
upon to speak, he could say nothing
but mumbling a few unintelligible
words, sat down.
Pocatello Tribune: The election
of Heitfeld il triumph for the
Gold Republicans. They were de-
termined ut any cost to defeat Du-
bois. The one member they had in
the legislature voted for Heitfeld,
the Populist Senator-elect. McNab,
the agent of Shoup, worked for him,
and Wooley. the agent of Mark
Hanna at Boise, was in constant
communication with Joe Rich OF
Bear Lake and Pierce, of Cassia,
who kept enough Democrats of the
combine together to make possible
the election of Heitfeld.
Idaho Falls Register r.. J: The
result of the ballot yesterday is one
of the strongest points in favor of
the election of a United States SEN:
ator by direct vote of the people.
Could a vote of the electors of the
state been taken, this man Heitfeld
could not have carried a county in
the state, while Dubois would have
been elected by a large majority.
Grangeville Free Press: Mr.. Heit-
fields election is eminently satisfac-
tory to the democratic wing of the
fusionists, and is doubtless equally
so to the populists. Thus the ia
nous agreement made last August
has been formally ratified by the
election of populist to the U. s.
Senate. The friends of Dubois
made gallant fight and deserved
better success, but even in the hour
of defeat he has made more friends
than ever, and had it been left to the
popular vote he would have been
elected by an enormous majority.
Idaho Avalanche: What will the
Silver Republicans do now7 What
can they do? The National Dem
ocratic party might attract them,
but the action of the state Democ-
racy almost precludes any such
utilization. It's enough to make a |
good silver man hurrah for McKin-
ley and gold.
That was a depressing piece of
news which was received yesterday |
by telephone from the State capital,
stating that Henry Heitfeld, state
senator from Nez Perez county, had
just been elected to the United
States Senate. As the word went
around a cloud of regret pervsded
The countenances of our citizens,
and feeling of shame settled upon
their hearts-not for themselves as
residents of Owyhee, for faithfully |
and truly bad they stood for justice
to the silver champion, Fred I. Du-
bois, but they were affected by the
thought of the degradation and dis
grace which Idaho had suffered
through the election of q man un-
tried, unknown, and of no especial
qualifications, and the defeat of
man who honored the state by his