The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-30
DID NOT TACKLE
THE QUESTION
Senator Dubois Challenge Ig-
nored by Fairbanks.
TWO SPEECHES IN IDAHO
THEN RODE ON A COLD WAVE TO
SPOKANE.

y POkANE, Wash, Sept. 29-From
y Helena, Mont, TO Spokane, Wash.
Senator Fairbanks Travelled today.
crossing the northern point of Idaho
en- route. The day was more marked
for its devotion to sights seeing than
TO experimenting, and the striking
beauties of Bitter Root and Cabinet
ranges. as well as the swiftly flowing
Clark's fork OF the Columbia and the
Pend d'OreilIe lake. were fully appre-
clated by the vice presidential candi-
date and his colleague. Senator DOlh-
yer. senator Carter and other mem
bers of the Montana escort were left
behind at Helena and Aissoula, and as
the Washington committee did not
come aboard the special train until the
middle of the afternoon the senators
were left TO their own resources dur
ing the greater part of the day.
The train out of Helena was in
charge of conductor ana an engineer
both of whom are candidates on the
Democratic ticket for the Montana leg
islatUre.
1t was al Hope. Ida. that the Wis
itors first came into sight of Lake Pend
dOreiHe. There was a brief stop at
that point, but instead of delivering
speeches, the senators put in their time
watching the drOil performances Of a
pet bear which was exhibited for their
delectation.
Speech at Sand Point
In Idaho the train was stopped at
sand Point and Rathdrum for speeches,
and at both places the talking was
from the rear platform of the Edge
more. Sand Point being an important
numbering point, Senator Fairbanks de-
voted himself largely TO a discussion
of the duty on lumber, contending that
Republican policies are necessary to the
proper protection of that industry. tHe
made 10 reference 10 Senator Dubois
challenge TO discuss polygamy at the
stopping places in Idaho. but at Sand
Point spoke i'm praise Of Senator Hey
burn, saying:
You have done Wen by rending Hey
burn to the senate, but you would do
better by sending another Republican
to sit with him..
At this place a lady with little boy
by her side quietd him by telling him
TO keep quiet and listen to the presi-
dents partner"
f. r. Gooding, Republican candidate
for governor of Idaho, greeted the par
~ at sand Point, but ord not continue
with them.
At Rathdruzn.
Senators Fairbanks and DOlliver were
introduced at Rathdrum by Bartlett
Sinclair. who presented Mr.. Fairbanks
as The candidate for vice president,
and we hope The future president.
Senator Fairbanks said that the Dem
ocratic party had done nothing to de-
serve success in the past eight years,
and urged that it should be defeated
this year, as it was in 1895 and 1900. In
his brief speech at Rathdrum, Senator
Dolliver expressed his pleasure at ad-
dressing ladies in a state where they
have the right of suffrage, and said:
AS good a man as Senator Fair
banks is, have no doubt that if Mrs.
Fairbanks were the candidate, she
would get even more votes than he.
Party Reaches Spokane.
The Spokane committee met the Fair
banks train al Sand Point IL consist
ed of a number of leading Republicans
of Spokane, including Mayor Boyd and
State Senator Crow. the latter a for
at college. United States senator An
keny was also a member of the well
coming party as a representative Of the
state al large.
The party arrived IN this city at 80,
and at o'clock the senators were es-
eorted TO the Spokane theatre by a
number of marching clubs. They en-
countered an opposition demonstration
on the part of the Socialists. whose
candidate for president, Eugene Y.
Debs spoke i'm another theatre in the
city during the evening.
Ia his speech tonight Senator Fair
banks made an exposition of the Re
publican policy ia the Philippines. his
leading topic. lie also discussed the
tariff and urged continuance of the
Republican policies as necessary 10 the
( welfare of the people at large.