The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
SHOUP AT THE CAPITAL.
IdahO's Senator Looking After Of
fetal PlumS.
TALKS OF CONDITIONS IN THE WEST.
EulOgizes Mckinley Says Hawaii VIII
Be Annexed and That Decisive Steps
as Regards Cuba viii Soon Be Taken.
Is Staunch Friend Of Cubans.

Washington, D. g., Nov. 29.-(Salt
Lake Tribune specially Senator Geo,
L. Shoup Of Idaho, accompanied by
Mrs, Shoup and daughters, Misses Lena
and Marguerite, arrived in Washing
ton this afternoon and is registered at
the Normandie. The Senator came to
the capital week before the opening
of Congress in order to attend to mat
ters of Importance pending before the
departments which he desires to have
cleared up before the heavier work OF
Congressional routine begins. His re-
ports of conditions in the West are
similar to thoss that he gave upon
his last visit here. Since then the ad-
vance, he says, has been steady.
with Ute, sheep and wheat still
selling ar greatly advanced prices,
money is becoming freer in the West
ern States" said Senator Shoup, sand
while we are not quite satisfied yet,
with the height of improvement now
noticeable we hope soon to be in the
position we were in few years ago"
Asked if he thought that this Con-
gress would be called upon to deal
with the currency question. Senator
Shoup said that he thought it doubt
full that anything would be done at this
session along bimetallic lines. II be-
lieve, however," he said, "that Presi-
dent Mckinley will continue to do ey-
erything in his power to bring about
an international agreement for the
coinage of the two metals, and / most
emphatically do not believe that all
hope for restoration of silver by in
ternational agreement is dead. Presi-
dent Mckinley is honestly in favor of
the plank OF the ST. Louis platform,
and the return of the currency com
mission from abroad without the de-
sired consent of the leading nations of
Europe will ouly have the effect Of
making him more than ever determined
to fulfil the pledges of the Republican
party in the campaign"
Senator Shoup stated that he believed
that Congress would be called upon to
deal with the Hawaiian and Cuban
questions. 81 am firmly of the opin-
ion" said the Senator, that within
ninty days after meeting the annex
alton of Hawaii will be provided for by
Congress and that the island win be
annexed to the United States very soon
thereafter. / believe that this should
be done and am in favor Of granting
them Territorial form of govern
ment, though would not desire to see
Statehood granted them at this time"
AS to Cuba" continued Senator
Shoup, sin my Judgment within two
months such a situation in that island
will be disclosed that the only result
will be that this Government will take
some decisive steps looking to the
close of the warfare in that island that
will be satisfactory to the American
people as well as to the Cubans.
Senator Shoup has always been a
staunch friend of the Cubans and voted
in the Senate for the recognition OF. bel
ligerent rights.
AS a result of Senator Shoup's early
arrival, something is likely to drop in
the Idaho Office holding orchard, and
several plums for which he is reaching
with his stick may soon be expected to
land. There are some good post
offices yet to be alled aud other federal
Offices, among them the United States
Attorneyship, which may be first to
head the list of appointments that will
soon be made.
1t is woman who tells us that ''real