Show THE IDAHO SITUATION If It political postmortems were at all profitable It might pay pa to discuss the recent Wallace Valla e convention of oC Idaho Democrats and draw some more or orless orless less fervid conclusions con from that mud muddle muddle dle As It Is no Democrat who has any regard for his party part or for the tate fate of ot the state and national ticket in Idaho can get any an satisfaction out of ot the situation The tight fight which terminated at Wal Wallace Wallace lace In two conventions and a double ticket was inevitable It had been ap apparent apparent parent for some ome time that Senator Du Dubols i bols meant to control the party part ma machinery chinery at any an cost and the proceed proceedings I ings showed that that even the loss of oC the state was preferred by b the senators friends to any sort of ot compromise with the men who opposed him To retain control of oC the machinery the Dubois faction throw threw out the delegations from the southeastern counties who had been regularly elected and who were plain plainly plainly ly entitled to their seats eat and the in inevitable evitable followed That Is past history now what con concerns concerns cerns the party in and cut of ot the tho state Is some way wa of oC salnA the wreckage It is not too lute late for tor an arrangement which will permit the consolidation of the electoral ticket so that Sir Mr Bryan Br an shall have the benefit of the full party part vote In the presidential election The national l committee should make every ever effort Cort to secure this arrangement and It should make known where the re responsibility lies if It it tails fails In its ef et efforts torts forts There Is no good reason why the presidential ticket should be sac sacrificed sab along with tho th hope of ot electing the state ticket and whatever is to tobe tobe be done to unravel the tangle should be bedone bedone done at once The factional tight fight in the state has hassone gone sone so far that It Is hopeless to ex expect fe t any an compromise this year Jear on local lo al issues but the tho interests at stake in the national campaign are so large lare and so that no obstacle should be permitted to stand in the way of ot a single electoral ticket |