Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-07-17
DUBOIS Will
SEEK CONTROL
DUBOIS WILL ETA SEIR
RUMOR THAT HE WILL DROP
MORMON PLANK TO INSURE
HIS PARTY CONTROL AS STEP
TO SENATOHSHIp.

PORTLAND. July IA special
from Boise to the Telegram says:
The failure of Fred T. Dubois 70
get into the platform adopted at
the Denver convention I plank al
rected at the Mormon church. prob
ably means the end Of the anti
Mormon fight In Idaho for the time
being. 1t does not, however. mean
the end Of the fight being wagsd
against Dubois within the demo-
cratic party. After being defsats0
In their contest for seats In thu com
vention. the anti-Dubois delegates
accomplished all they had hoped TO
accomplish - delegates. and In Ida
no It 10 generally conceded that ~
though Dubois and his followers
won first round ct Denver. IN the
end they we're defeated In the rsal
object Of the fight.
Il had been the expectation oE
Dubois to secure Z plank IN the m.
tional platform directed 1t thu Nor
mons. and then 20 before the Wall
lace convention and demand that
the state platform comply with that
of the party at large. Having faile4
In this. II n now underwood he y
ready to make terms Of peace with
the old line democrats OF the state
who have been waging bitter ware
fare against him and who advocays
the dropping Of tho so-called Nor
mon issue.
It 10 understood that Dubois viii
60 before the Wallace convention,
which will convene August Tor
the purpose Of naming Z state tick
ct and adopting : platform. Ar
Will announce for the sake Of hsr.
mony and In the hops 81 carrying
the state for Bryan, he ID willinG
to drop the Mormon question for the
time being. By this move he hopsD
to end the fight against him and to
retain control Of the party machin-
cry. Then. In the event Of tho eles-
ton of q democratic legislature hs
hopes to be eleectsd TO succeed Sem
Ator Hepburn, Sa rasssttgas
As soon AZ the aeport OF Duboi1
contemplated move was circulated,
the anti-Dubois i men announced
THAT there would be- no compromise
! with Dubois, for the reason that -
long a. Dubois and his henchmen
controlled the party machinery
there would be NO hope Of carrying
the Mormon counties. I'VE want NO.
boss" said 4 prominent i anti-nu~
| bois man today. "and we viii fight
to the last ditch to defeat Dubois at
Wallace. A proposition from / him
to drop the Mormon issue will not
be considered 80 long az It would
leave him in control. II It 10 trus
that he will make such a PROPOSE
tion 1t will demonstrate more clear
ly than ever that he has been wag-
| Ing this fight for personal aggrand-
izement. Any way to get back into
the senate Is his policy. and we will
listen to no such proposition M
Indications are that, the fight. ae
Twin Falls. where two conventions
were held In the same. hall at the
same time, was but preliminary
skirmish and that exciting scense
will take place when the delegates
gather at the northern city to make
declaration Of principal. As in
the earlier contest the most bitter
fight is being waged in Idaho
county. Before II resulted in y
drawn battle. but the an;i-DuboiD
men are better organized than then
and claim they will carry the
county. -
! Primaries will be held In Latah
and Kootenai counties, where the
delegates were appointed by the
county ce>tral committee to the
Twin Falls convention. At the
present time the only certain thing
about democratic politics in Idaho
seems to be that the Mormon ques-
tion will not be injected into the
campaign. The fight Is no longer
on that question. but on the ouss-