The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-21
DUBOIS Wins A VICTORY:
POPULISTS BLOCK FUSION
IdahO'S Silver Parties Are Still Unable to Reach
an Agreement
Democrats and Silver Republicans May Unite But the
POpuiSS Will Not Fuse.
Especial to The Herald from a Staff Cor
respOndent)

Pocatello. July 21.-At 1870 o'clock
this morning. after declining to enter
tain what the POpulists called their
uItimatum, the Democratic convention
took a recess until 9 o'clock. If the
Populists are sincere, fusion with them
is impossible. The amount of Hannaite
celebration that has been going on since
the recess was taken indicates they
think coalition of the reform forces is
out OF the question.
/ The Dubois men are by no means dis
couraged They still think it will be
possible to form a fusion with the
Democrats, if not with the Populists.
/ Such a combination, they declare.
would still enable them to carry the
state.
Democrats who have .labOred long
and earnestly for fusion do not regret
/ their action of tonight. They could
not have retained their self-respect if
/ they had accepted the almost insult
! ing proposition of the POpulists, which
required them to submit nominations
for state offices to them for ratification
or rejection The PoDulists excuse
themselves with the statement that
7 they feared the nomination Of Cover
nor Steunenberg or some man promi-
nently identified with him The posi-
ton is clearly untenabIe however, for
/ it was clear to everybody. from the
vote at yesterday mornings session.
( that the anti-Steunenberg element was
IN control Go
even to the Steunen bergers themselves.
that many. of them left for home dur
ing the day, declaring they could ac-
complish no further good TO their friend
by remaining.
The victory of Dubois in securing the
passage Of a resolution at the filsJ
morning session, providing for appOr-
tloning the senatOrship. left no doubt
as to who was in control. Everything
looked like plain sailing.
Hanna Money Used.
Then the Hannaites began getting in
their work From man to man thew
went, whispering against fusion. It
rs zen charged nat the use Of money
was resOrted to to influence delegates
in one or another convention. The
/ Democrats and silver Republicans saw
that 1t was in the PODulist convention
that the Hannaites got in their most
effective work
A Dubois leader said tonight: We
nave by no means given up hope of fu-
sion. The radical element among the
Popullsts seems to be in control, but
When the conventions reassembIe to-
morrow / believe matters viii be ad-
Justed- If the POpulistS insist on their
ultimatum, the coalition is all off so
lar as they are concerned We think
we can get the Democratic convention.
however TO instruct for Dubois for
senator and with the two parties work
ing under that arrangement we would
have big chance for victory"
Holding Conference.
At o'clock some of the less radica
leaders of the PoDulists IRE in CO..
sultatiOn with Duboie men. 1t is known
thaI they are trying to arrange a set
tIement and cleaning up of the muddle
tonight They do not despair of ?
union of the three parties. The con.
sentative element among the PoDuIists
VIII have time between now and con-
wing time to do some effective work
The situation is critical now and the
relations between the. conventions ex.
! tremely strained The work of the
peace-makers may meet with success.
The best posted POpulists are as dis
guSted over the action of their con
Vention as the Democrats and S:.ve1
Republicans They realize fully thar
as separate party they not only hav,
no earthly chance of eIecting thei1
ticket. but might defeat a combination
OF Silver Republicans and Democrats
ana insure the return of ShOUp to tn,
senate
The Populist convention did notbin,
today except pass the resolution which
has already been noted. The Silver Re
pubicans took no action of any kin,
| outside of expressing a willingness t,
agree with the work of their conference,
committee.
Heitfeld Is Hopeful.
At $3.50 O'Clock this morning asked
Senator Heitfeld if ne thought fusior
was still possible.
Possible" he replied, 1T is NOR,
than possible I consider it very prob
able
Further than this Senator HeitfeIC
would not be quoted. Neither would
. he give any reason for the faith tina
is in him. but something has made hin
confident that the reform forces viii
yet get together.
Joint committees on platform were
lost in the shuttle today. 1t is give1
out that set of resolutions has pracu
cally been agreed on, but it will not b,
given out until fusion is definitely &C
cOmplished or rejected
Dubois Wins Victory.
At this mornings session of tn
: Democratic convention the friends o
F. T. Dubois made good their prOphec
of last night that the vote by whicl
the senatOrShip was eliminated frou
the apDortiOnment of Offices would b
recOnsidered. They went futher tha1
this. for they succeeded in passing
resolution specifically instructing tn
Democratic cOnferees to include tn
place held by Mark Hanna's frien
Shoup in the distribution. There WASH
nearly as much Vigor in the debat
today as there was last night, but
was full of energy.
The motion to reconsider was adOpte
by vote of rs to 100 This Opene
the entire question 10 debate
Colonel Reid offered an amendmen
to Mr. Martins substitute against tn
nomination and aDoOrtiOnment of
senator The amendment simply pro
vided that the Democratic conferees
instructed TO include the Office in tn
distribution. The amendment carrie
132 TO f13. and the substitute as amend
ed got 138 ayes TO 1O7 noes
The delegates were slow in assem-
bling, for few of them had gone to be
before the small hours" 1t was ]
o'clock when Chairman Watts gave
fell and the convention settled down i
an attitude of expectancy. It was un
derstood that the battle would b
fought from the start to the wire an