The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-23
I.ll!N' IN I D | |: !. EAR WEST.
Political Situation Enco nragingt
From Republican Standpoint. 80
So! SENATOR .5s;,H0uF's INTERVIEW.
States Which Democrats viii Surely;
y Loss Next Novoniber-Thc Fight,in
Idaho-Money aucstionSWill Cut a,
Small Figure 81:

WASHINGTON, August Ex-senator
4Shoup, of Idaho, who arrived In Wash.
igton from the west last night. re-,
ports avery encouraging situatloa from
! p Republican standpoint in that sec:
ton OF the country, where silver sem.
Stiment entered largely into politics
Sfeur years ago. Mr.. Shoup Is a very
close observer, and has as close poIit:
;7ieal Judgment as any man in the SEN;
ate. He Is never carried away by en-
sthusiasm. but Is very cautious ard de-
1 tberate In arriving at his conclusions.
He says that In the far west the RE
pu6lleans will lose no. state which they,
carried In 's6, while the y eInocrats VIII
certainly lose Washington. Wyoming
and Utah, which they carried In S'se,
The Republican ma orItlcs In 5califor-
mia and Oregon, he says, will be in
creased, and there Is n good fighting
chance OF their, carrying Idaho and per-
3haps Nevada. ~ .tisitSS Z. I.
The Fight in idaho.
n The. fight In Idaho, where he Is a can-
didate for reelection. ex-senator Du-
Shols being the opposing candidate, sun.
ported by the fuslonists. Will, he
says, be very determined, but he is
confident OF having a majority OF the
legislature, and thinks they may at the
Z same time carry the state for the Re-
publican electoral ticket. He Is con-
fident OF the legislature, In spite OF the
hard fight the fusionlsts are putting
up. and is hopeful OF the situation on
the presidential ticket. The situation.
With reference to the fusion be tween
the Democrats. Silver Republicans and
Populists at last reports required some
details to be settled before It will be
2 complete.
AT the first effort at fusion the Silver;
Republicans and Democrats fused. but
the Populists. who feltithat they were
not being fairly treated, refused to
fuse. and put up separateq,icket OF
their own, giving the executive COM
mittee, however, authority to adjust
matters II 1t could be! done. Since,
then representatives OF the three elc.l
ments held a meeting in Chicago, and
agreed to- join forces, butt this agree
ment has yet TO be considered by the!
Populist executive committee, and. II
accepted, the difficult question remains
Stol determine who of the Populst can
5didates shall be pulled down. Fully
: 90 per cent Of the Silver Republicans
in Idaho; says Senator Shoup, have
gone back to the Republican party.
The Situation Generally.
Z In reference,to the political situation
generally. Senator. Shoup says that.
Bryan VIII surely lose Kansas: that
8 Illinois, Michigan. Minnesota, and Wis
Z cons!n ure surely Republican, a hun.
sidred thousand Republican majority be-
ling claimed In Illinois: and that In In
$ diana there promises to be a close and
determined fight. The situation with
respect TO the German vote he. says.
has been very thoroughly looked into
by the Republican managers at Chi
easo. and they say that no serious dis
affection exists. and that the loss from
that quarter will be very small. indeed.
In his own state, the senator says. the
leading Germans are all supporting the
: Republican ticket earnestly.
81 In the far west. he says the mone,,.
question will not enter largely into
the campaign. Tho Democrats will
try, to keep 1t alive there. but they Will
mot be able to do so. In View OF, Bry-
! ans speech OF acceptance and the OBJ
syious purpose OF the party to push 1t
aside. In the east. Therefore. the ques-
tion OF expansion. or imperialism. as
the Democrats term It. will be. given
most consideration. and the. Democrats
will not have public sentIment3in the.
west with them on that issue. The
people who iiveIin the territory which
was acquired by this government from
France or from Mexico are not, he
says. opposed to expansion. They
know that the same sort OF opposition
that Is now being made to expansion
was made to every addition OF terri
tory to, the Union. and tina, every ar,
gument OF the opposition has proved
false. Moreover. he says, the west.
more than any other pnrt Of the
country, Is benefited by the expansion
policy OF the administration. N,