The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-31
IDAHO POLITICS
FULL OF TROUBLE
Republicans Sundered Into
Two Factions.
SUGAR BOUNTY QUESTION
DUBOIS, HOWEVER, REMAINS
THE DOMINATING FIGURE.
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Pocatello. Ida. Jan. Se.-The partieu-
lar brand Of political dope that - be
ing handed the Republicans OF Idaho
by what Is locally known as the Fed
elal crowd. ''is seeming 10 have a nause-
sting effect on the rank and file of
the party in the state. The Federal
FTcwd includes SUCH staunch and tried
eepublicans as Judge j. y. Stand
pa. a born and bred Kentucky Demo
srat and present national Republican
committeeman for Idaho: Senator ".
3 Hepburn, and the federal office
holders under the patronage of these
3EO. All who are not here cataiogued
sall themselves the Republican party
af Idaho, and they don't like the way
shings are being run.
The Federal crowd" does not include
hhe governor. nor the editor or the
proprietor Of the Statesman, nor those
NhO have always been Republicans for
She sake OF party principles. but it
Soes include the gentleman from Bear
Lake county who IS now the attorney
general of the state, and in speaking
OF him there is a good story out that
has escaped the comment of the entire
press of the state, except that OF the
extreme northwest.
Auditor and Politician.
The story goes like this: Theodore
Turner in his official capacity as state
auditor asked the attorney general,
whose name is Bagiey, for an opinion
~ the cOnstitutionality Of the pay
elent Of the sugar bOunties passed by
l1e Seventh legislature. The query
Fas innocently prOpOunded and was
beyOnd dOEpt in line with the duties
Df the auditor. The Idaho Falls sugar
plant had been pat into successful
opera ton and on its initial run had
earned a bounty OF S1,5O0 under the law
passed by the last legislature. Mr..
Turner simply asked the attorney. gen
eral tor an opinion as TO the consti-
tutiOnality of the law, but at the time
Mr., Bagley was on a junketing tour
through Bingham and Fremont cOun-
ties lit is irreVerently said, in the in
ferest Of the brethren aud to see that
they got all that was coming to them,
including sugar bOunties), and in q
speech, a political speech, he derided
the state auditor for raising the cues
ton as to the Legality of paying the
bounties and made q speech in sup
port Of his contention What the de-
rent people OF the state are asking IS:
When the legality OF the matter of
paying the sugar bOunGes comes before
slr. BagIey as attorney general, viii
he decide it as a jurist or as a poll
tician and an advocated It has been
suggested that Mr.. Bagley is ere
iigfOusIy" and personally interested in
having these b0unties paid. He has
publicly deEided the auditor for ask
ing the question as to their legality,
and now the people want to see what
ne does as attorney general. What
VIII Bagley 90? VIII he assent 70 the
payment of the sugar bounties because
he is "religiOusly' in favor Of theme
or viii he give an opinion as a jurist
tit To I'LL the high Office the people of
the state have honOred him with2 II
might be said that Turner, the audi
tor doesn't give a continental which
way the gentleman from Bear Lake
decides He simply wants 10 be adj
Vised as to his duties. But there are
many assertions that, in spite of re-
cent decisions against the payment of
bounties and the strong question in
this state as TO the cOnstituIionality
of the matter Mr.. Bagley viii order
the payment Of the bounties. because
the brethren need the money, not to
trust.
Borah Not Classified.
10 should be mentioned here that W.
J.. BOrah. who so unsuCcessfully con-
tended with Hepburn for the senator
ship, does not belong to the Federal
crowd AT present Mr.. BOrah is un-
classified The confidence game he
sprung on the last Republican conven-
ton when he incorporated the Iowa
free trade idea in the Idaho platform
has resulted in sort of ostracism for
Mr.. Borah. He is liked and admired by