The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1912-10-24
QUESTION THAT ST|Rs
|DAH0'S CAPITAL IS,
WHO WILL Be SENATOR
SCRAMBLE FOR APPOINTMENT
TO FILL TEMPORARY vAcAN.
cY is A LIVELY ONE.
Great Many Names Advanced and
Belief Prevails That Governor Haw.
ley Will Make Shrewd Political
Move in Naming tho Man.


10y VIII wake ShreWd Politica
Move in Naming tho Man.
BOISE, October 23.--Political circles
are alive with reports, rumors and
counter rumors as to who Is to receive
the United States senatorial toga from
Governor James H. Hawley, who by
virtue Of the pawer vested in hi.,
through the constitution, can select
the successor of Senator Weldon B.
vacancy until such time as the leg
islature can meet and elect United
States senator. Three democrats have
already doomed large on the horizon.
They are Governor James Fl. Hawley,
ex-United States Senator Fred T. Du-
bois and exUnited States Senator
Henry Heitfeld. These three men re-
present respectively, the western CEN
trail, south and southeastern and nor
thern parts Of the state.
Many Are Mentioned.
The names of other democrats were
mentioned. In fact now that there is
possibility for democracy to gra-
ciously pass a senatorial toga around,
democratic leaders are springing up
In all parts of the state, suggested
as possible timber. For instance, in
Boise there are two men prominently
mentioned in Judge x. l. Perky and
John F. Nugent Then there are
George w. Tannehill of Lewiston,
Judge Woods of Wallace, Frank R.
Moore of Moscow, Senator Jerome J.
Day of Moscow and many others.
The Nugent Hawley fight. it is be-
lieved here eliminates Mr.. Nugent
who, while manipulating the demo-
cratic state convention at Occur
d'Alene deliberately lead his followers
then in the majority out of the way
to slap Fred T. Dubois, close friend
of Governor Hawley, and who later
clashed with the controlling Hawley
forces in the state platform conven-
ton in this. city and lost in the fight
to have nailed in the platform a plank
pledging the party to the primary
election choice for United States SEN
ator. 1t is claimed by party leaders
to be well known fact that Nugent's
one ambition is to go to the United
States senate and he is now a candi-
date for that high office in the event
the next legislature is democratic and
there is an opportunity presented to
defeat Senator Borah. But it is gem
orally admitted that Mr.. Nugent is
hopeless as a possible successor of
Senator Hepburn at the hands of Gov
ernor Hawley.
Dubois Looms Up.
Elk United States Senator Fred T.
Dubois stands in a very different light.
He Is known to be on particularly
He has honored the state in the Unit
ed States senate and aspires to be re-
turned If even for so short a time as
several months That would give him
prestige as a political leader in Idaho,
probably greater prestige than he had
before the Mormon issue was raised
resulting disastrous1y to Dubois. Gov
ernor Hawley is said to have the
greatest respect for Dubois ability
recognizing in him man of power
and strength at Washington.
May Pick Northern. Man..
It was the opinion of party leaders
last night that in all probability Gov
ernor Hawley will go north to select
the successor of Senator Hepburn and
the plum would fall to ex-United
States Senator Heitfeld, who is a
democrat representative of the north
ern part Of the state and stands high
in the rank and file of the party.
That the governor entertains a
burning ambition to go to the United
States senate himself Is also well
known 1t Is pointed out that is why
his friends defeated the senatorial
plank the Nugent forces wanted In
the platform. This desire Of the gov
ernor, would, 1t was argued last night,
open a way for the placing of himself
in the vacancy. Lieutenant Governor
L. H. Sweetser, staunch republican
would in the event Of the resignation
of Governor Hawley become acting
governor. It is pointed out that Mr.
Sweetser also has a burning desire
to become governor and his, friends
confidently believe he will at not far
distant date.
In view of the fact that both the
appointment of senator and the pos
sible succession of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sweetser to the governorship
would be complimentary. many party
leaders believed last night they could
see the possibility of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sweetser becoming governor,
after November and Governor Haw-
ley becoming senator to enter upon
the duties Of that office in December
and remain until republican legis-
lature elected his successor. . I
Speculation Is just as rampant
within the republican ranks. The
names Of Ex-Governor James H. Bra
dy, Justice James F. Ailshie, ex-Gov-
ernor Frank r. Gooding, Paul Gag