Show THEN AND NOW Senator Fmm DUBOIS was in Boise the other day and had himself interviewed to the extent of nearly a column of fine type on the political situation It was a rosy picture which he painted for the Republicans Republi-cans Ho told the reporter the Republicans Republi-cans would certainly carry New Yorir while there was a strong probability that they would also carry New Jersey and Connecticut These statements are fair samples of the interview and indicate how far a reckless politician will go when ho feels it necessary to brace up the drooping spirits of his constituents Coming down to Idaho the paper quotes DIJBOIS thus Speaking of our stat tirttet the senator said it was most satisfactory Taken altogether it would not be reasonable to expect any eonven tlon to place a better ticket before the people rn Eingham county ho found the party was J united for tho ticket and that the vote there would compare favorably with tho best record made in the past It vas JUS1 ten months ago In November Novem-ber 1891 that the Washington correspondence correspon-dence of the New York Herald contained this paragraph ts > mo ofthe Democratic leaders with whom I talked today express a strong hope of carrying Montana and Idaho at the next general election elec-tion They believe Montana is already safely 1 > f Democratic and Idaho can be mad so by a i little missionary work They have tho authority I author-ity of so distinguished an Idaho Republican iiI ii-I Senator FREDERICK DtnOIS that the stqte will shift from her Republican mooring if President I HARRISON shall veto a free coinage silver bill inc winter Such action on his part Senator I DUBOIS assorts would make the state overwhelmingly over-whelmingly Democratic in 1692 I Now President HARRISON did not veto a free coinage bill for the good and sufficient suffi-cient reason that no such bill reached him The enemies and friends of silver alike knew that a free coinage bill would certainly cer-tainly encounter a vigorous veto The Republicans Re-publicans of Idaho wore also aware of the fact for did they not when the news reached them from Minneapolis that the officeholders and the enemies to silver had renominated Mr HARRISON lower tho stars and stripes to halfmast and put crape on their hats 1 In Idaho the president presi-dent Is given full credit for vetoing a free coinage bill the action which the senator said last winter would make the state overwhelmingly Democratic Wo believe DUBOIS was right in November and that he is wrong now Then ho talked what he knew was the truth now he talks in the interest of his party and with a view to Inspiring courage in the men who repudiate repudi-ate HARRISON because he is opposed to the great industry of the state The indications indica-tions point strongly to a sweeping Democratic Demo-cratic victory in Idaho this year and our belief is that Senator DDBOIS agrees with this though he does not openly confess it |