Show TWO legislatures idaho which through the efforts of senator fred T dubois dibaia in the U S senate became known to fame as one of the most loyal of the silver states and one of the foremost in the great struggle for has in a great measure forfeited its place by turning down its ita champion its legislature saw fit to forget his valiant services and to ignore the claims of jud judge me clagett his only le legitimate rival either men were capable of making 0 a valiant fight 1 for free silver eiver 1 both are valiant both ore thoroughly 0 conversant with all phases of the issue and both are skilled deba delator tors senator dubois stood with senator teller at the head of the i silver ilver forces and nobly bore the brunt of the battle co colorados 10 legislature returned its silver silo ailo ver champion without a dissenting vote Dubois well deserved the same reward but politics prevailed over patriotism and a comparatively un unknown knowl populist was elected the new senator elect has but few if any of the qualities calculated to make him the leader of a great cause and his hie election is considered as next door to a 0 victory by the gold bugs it is generally deplored by the very people whom the legislature was supposed to represent senator dubois left for washing ton to take his seat as soon as the result was announced and in every city and town he be passed thron through h in his own state great crowds crowde thronged thron 0 ged the platforms and tendered him their sympathy and for eor row it is described as being mole moi c like the triumphal march of a conquering hero here than the retreat of a defeated man herein lies a golden opportunity for utah one by which much if not all the lost prestige may be regained by the election of a staunch able silver advocate to succeed goldbug gold bug brown the old strength will be restored and the gap left vacant by the defeat of dubois will be filled it will need a strong man a man capable of enforcing the unwilling 0 respect of his opponents aman a man vib who has a thorough knowledge of the financial lin ancial history of the world and whose de to the cause of silver is the legitimate outgrowth of such knowledge lie ile should be capable of arraying his facts in logical order and clothing them in living fire by theorge the force orce of his C glowing oratory and the strength of his hia own conviction there are three candidates prom before the legislature 0 of f utah for the Poi position tion one of them stands convicted of insincerity and ingratitude An others silver record it would take a prophet to foretell as it is yet too young to have been christened the third man is a logician a sA statesman an orator an ardent advocate of tho the liberties of the peopled peo plea tried and true exponent of jeffersonian democracy and his bitterest enemies cannot question his hia devotion to the cauce cau of bimetallism as dr defined fined by the C chicago t platform ile he is the favorite candidate of an overwhelm overwhelming in majority of the people of utah and has succeeded in maintaining his place at the head of the list against odds odda that would have easily overwhelmed a weaker man if the legislature is as aa popularly supposed a representative body it will perform its duty by electing the lion ilon moses thatcher to the U S senate |