The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-20
DUBOIS BEATEN
BY A CLOSE VOTE
Idaho Democrats Refuse to
Nominate Senator.
NAY DEFEAT FUSION
UNLESS RECONSTRUCTED
POpulistS and Silver Republic
cans May Quit Democrats.

Especial to The Herald from a Staff Core
s3ondenti
Pocatello. Idaho. July 19.-Once more
all is turmoil and trouble in the polit-
ical maelstrom that surges over Poca-
tello. After heated debate that lasted
something like three hours, the com
bined Steunenberg and Hawley forces
succeeded in preventing the Democratic
convention from voting in favor of
nominating United States senator.
1t was clear to everybody. in fact it
was openly stated. that if the PROPOSE
ton TO nominate went through, nobody
but Fred T. Dubois could or would be
chosen. The allied forces won by the
narrow margin of four votes. the bal
lot standing 125 against nominating
and 121 in favor of it.
A proposition is already on foot to
move a reconsideration at the session
tomorrow morning. Senator Dubois
chief lieutenantS claim that several del
egates were under Misrepresentation
and that one of them will ask that the
question be taken up again. A parlia-
mentary question is involved.
The Steunenberg- Hawley people say
that no reconsideration can be moved,
because notice of intention must have
been given tonight. This step was not
taken
Senator Heitfelot saws that the Du-
bois people have twenty-four hours in
which to secure reconsideration
Chairman Watt wasn't prepared to-
night to say whether or not he would
recognize such a motion. He intends
to look the matter up between now and
the time the convention reassembles.
In the meanwhile chaos reigns supreme.
Start of the Trouble.
The trouble came up with the sudden
ness of lightning out of a clear sky.
The Democratic convention, at its aft
ernoon session, found that the COM
mittee on platform was not ready to
report The time was filled in bv a
ringing speech from General Weaver
of Iowa, who is still on the ground in
the interest of fusion. An adjournment
until 7:S0 o'clock was then taken and
II was generally understood that moth
ing would come UP except the plat
form.
In-the Silver Republican convention.
however, a resolution had been passed
instructing the conferees of that party
TO insist on appOrtioning the senator
oAAlP cAiOAS VIII lllc OlltI OillCeS-t lie
instructions went 50 far as to say that
nothing else must be taken up until
this question was settled. The Popu-
lists. by a unanimous vote. passed a
similar resolution, but the Democratic
cOnferees refused absolutely to go into
the question without instructions from
their convention.
When the night session was opened
the first thing asked was for a report
from the platform committee This
body was still not ready to report and
then the SenatOrshio matter was pre-
cipitated. A Dubois man moved that
the Democrats concur in the demand
made by the Silver Republicans and
Populists. To this. Martin of Ada
county, hot Steunenberg man, offered
an amendment or substitute providing
that the proposal be rejected and that
no senatorial nomination be made
A Warm Debate.
The debate was as warm a lot of
partisan pudding as was ever dished
up at a political banquet II looked
for time as il the question would be
decided without a word being said ex-
cept by the delegates as they cast their
votes. Colonel Reid of Nez Perez
started all the trouble. The colonel
had a close shave. He came in late
and the matter before the house had
TO he explained to him. Chairman
Watt went over the proposition Col
onel Reid. after he heard how matters
stood, promptly took the platform. In