Show HOUPS RUlE IN UTAH I Idaho Senator Has Ha Hand in Patronage of r This State Stater X Is 4 ING POWER WHATEVER HE I SAYS GOES WITH PRESIDENT PREE MX t Necessity of Retiring tg to Private Life Le Pour Fau Intermountain Senators Who Have Betrayed the Cause Causa of Sil Silver Si ver ve and ad Misrepresent present Their Tei Con Constituents u S 1 t Special Spec J Correspondence or z C March Mach of tire lira most important matters mate to to be determined ined io at a this thia ti falls fals elections electon judged from the th Washington point of af observation is i whether the little syndicate of at goldbug Republican senators which has h arbitrarily controlled Rocky Rock mountain patronage for the te last la four fou years yer shall continue to misrepresent the sentiment of those thoS states in the te United Unie States senate sete Senator Sentar Wol Wolcott cott ct Senator Shoup Soup Senator Carter Carte and ad Senator Str Warre Warren the of af Hannaa Harmas Hanas particular political pets pet are all allup al up for reelection There Thera Tera is i also als at issue in Utah Ut one an senatorial seat and the possibility of ot one more In Montana Manana an ac ar according cording to how Tiow the Clark contest may mm be finally decided dode The vast vt importance of those tho elections on the silver Question it itself i self set can cn hardly harly be b stated The Te statement is now often oten made In the te eastern eter press that by b reason reOn of the heavy majority the Republicans have in lii the te senate s there tC Is no possibility P of any ay silver siver legislation dur lag iRS in next Mr November Bryans Brys term ter should he be elected The Te Rocky mountain states state the te very ver citadel of silver strength and ad the seat set of oC almost almot unanimous silver sentiment have it in their power to t retire four of the most pronounced gold men of the senate In the present preset congress COn all al four of af these thesE senators senators nave have cast cst off of the last pretense of friend friendship fren ship for silver and supported without re reserve re servo serve see the te administrations financial bill bl designed deige to fasten faten the tho gold standard permanently on an the people Therefore In Inthe inthe the mattes matter mate of the senatorial elections electon In Inthe inte the te mountain states there tre arises arse the th dis distinct dI issue ue as to whether hather men who flag flagrantly fg flagrantly betray betry the known and declared sentiments of af their ter constituents on the great get money question Which will wl be the lae prime issue of the Bryan Brn campaign shall be retained In office Leaders Lade Are Ae Watchful The national lenders leaders lea of all al the te silver parties partes are watching the tho to shaping up of politics In the mountain states state with deep dep concern concer There Tere is not the slightest doubt expressed by them that all al the te mountain states will wl go heavily heily for Brn Bryan But deep concern c en Is shown in the alliances to be b made in each ech of ot these thee states state It Is is riot not nt enough that they should cast their electoral votes for Bryan Bran it is more im un that they t y should wipe out their Republican representation In the senate The Tha heavy hev Republican majority which is deemed deeme such sch a certain block to th t the te hope of sliver silver siver legislation will wi be vastly dimin diminished by the te retirement of these four men and ad Democratic silver elve Republican and Populist leaders leers are a all uniting in the tue hope hoe j i that minority representation from all al these states in the senate may my be ended eride ende In dispensing with the services of at this gold quartette the th mountain states slates will wi also be ridding themselves of one ane of the te temos most mos complete patronage oligarchies ex ox existing e in the United States Wolcott and Carter Cater have he been ben absolute In matters maters of af patronage in their teI states and under no circumstances have any ay other Republicans cans can been ben given the slightest consideration ties tion ton Shoups power has h been If i possible even more despotic and extensive for fr he ho hohas has not only controlled the offices in his hI home state state but has ha been ben able able to erect eret Utah Uth into a political dependency of of Idaho Idao It I is only oly lately become known kown that Senator Shoup iran has h practically been the Utah appointing power and nd while he has ha not nt in all al cases ce recommended men direct I ly hiP l he ho has been heen at all al times powerful enough to defeat the t nomination ton of or any ln 1 person his hi Utah friends did dia not desire for j jany any peron particular office I Clark Cark Runes Kules Rue Wyoming I In Wyoming Senator Sentor Clark has joined join with wt Senator Warren Warn in recommending some persons for appointment but it jt has ha been ben palpably a case cs of af me too and there them ter is 15 small smal doubt that tt Warrens rem would have gone through in I Ian any case ce where Senator Clark laO haa hat the l an assurance ance to to oppose Dpp shi his colleagues i 1 It is in well l understood lucre here he that the Re Re publicans have no hope of ot carrying car ing any a of o these thee states on an the general generl ticket with wih the possible exception of ar Wyoming V oln but every one of af the four tour senators senator whose terms expire are ae giving their colleagues to t understand understand that owing awing to tp o divisions and dissensions among the several state parties partes they the wilt will wl return to the senate with wih ease ee It is I also aso boldly claimed clame that Utah will wi send a Republican senator and that if i any anything thing to to Senator Clark of ot Montana the Mountain state will wl send two Republicans The Democratic and ad silver leaders leer in inthe Inthe Inthe the senate are all l deeply concerned in m inthe inthe the defeat of these senators senator and do not think there tee Is any possibility p of the elec eec electon election tion ton of any of them except by failure of silver sU men m n in the states to act In Inhar liar bar mony The recent rent letters leters of Senator I i Henry Hen M Teller Teler to Dubois Dubols Dubis and the declaration delato of at Frank Fank J I Cannon Canon to to Chairman Moyle Mole of the te Utah Demo Demo I 1 I cradle cratic committee announcing his support of the Democratic ticket In i that state state have been ben received here with wih much much pleasure The only anly former silver sIver i lican of any particular national prominence i nence nene who is i known kown to be openly opey affiliating J aUng with the gold Republicans is 15 Lee i Mantle Mante of ot Montana He is I said sid to to be I slated elated as the Carter candidate for fr goy gov governor O Ambitions Abiton of Mantle Mate MateI It I is well eU known here that Mantle Mante was wasn never n v r in sympathy with wIt the true tre silver siver Republicans He never considered him himself himself himself self as s any part p rt t of the Teller Teler Dubois Dubis Cannon and Pettigrew party part and never voted vote with them except on n a direct ques question queston question tion ton of free fee silver siver On every corollary question arising and there ther were many of f them during the last lat two years of his term ter he voted ote with the Republicans and ad was particularly active in the effort eort to pass the Dingley tariff tant bill bl and was so ps good a supporter of the administration that Carter found four it convenient to ap appoint appoint appoint point several Mantle Mate to of rice nee in n Montana Montana a If I Mantle Mante is really realy nominated for gov governor governor Y eror as the te gold men here hee expect nim to be he will il probably be e claimed cabe as a asHer sliver silver man which is very amusing in view Yiew of o his record In the senate senate He never sought to o disguise here his hi In terest in the straight Republican Uc party pay or the fact that that he should return to t that party Pay when the silver ihrer Republican organization orn organization Democracy either disbanded or ar went to t the While Senator Mantle ante Is 15 personally pop ular among his colleagues who ha are ae silver Republicans It Is a fact tact that long before the close chose oi of t his hs term ter he was wa long regarded by them as wholly out aut of or political fellow fellowship fellowship ship and as a being bing quite as reliable for fo Clark administration lark measures ne ute as Senator Silver Siver Men Active Wih With the he exception epton of oe Mart Man Ma tle tIe every ever one une of the silver Republican leaders lear of o the 1596 15 campaign is active and energetically in favor faor of af the closest closet possible affiliation between all al the th silver siver forces and ad many of af them theta are In favor of t an absolute merging of ot all ail al parties to to the 1 and 1900 19 compacts compact under unter the name of the greatest of the parties panes Yet notwithstanding thin unanimity of at senti sentiment ment mont on the part pr of the men me who led le the revolt four years ago the te four wo mountain gold Republican senators are ar mainly re lying lyng for success on on the return of af t th silver siver Republicans to the old aId party pa Representative of af Denver put the position of the true silver Republicans very ver strongly when he said sid today toda How any silver siver Republican who was wa honest in 1856 1896 1 and 1198 can possibly support the Mc Kinley Republicans Is iz 1 beyond be ond my corn com comprehension cm The Te only change chang that has ha been ben made In the currency situation is that the McKinley Mainley party pary has riveted and spiked the gold standard on an the tha country and ad relies on a Republican senate to io to keep it spiked That any ay of the states state of th the west wet which exhibited such sch loyalty to to sit sil sI th ver can cn be expected to retain In the sen seer ate the men who helped held to do the spiking Is beyond belief I 1 do not think a single one of o them the will wl be returned The Te Uth Utah Election The Te approaching approaching Utah Uth election for fo con congress conge congress gress ge Is looked upon here as us likely to prove of great get Importance in determining tIre the th attitude of all al the mount mountain states and an as a having particular Influence on the th fortunes of ot Senator Shoup The le fortune Seato Shop eon sen senator sn ator is known to l he e deeply d interested In the Utah election electon His friends rely reh on the moral Influence of Republican victory there here and nd on on the hOpe hone hODe that the Populists in i n Idaho Idao may may not cooperate with the Democrats Demort D and sliver silver h Republicans R to save sac the t he state Ono One 01 feature of Mr Bryans Brans trip to to the west wet w est end and ad his hs participation In Iu the te Utah Uth campaign ca cah will bo be a strong appeal for b stron mI harmonious h cath action by members of or all alle tho to th e three the parties parte acton not alone on the presidential denta d candidates but ane on all aU tickets tate state ste s and county Utah Uth conditions conion are regarded r sr an as exceptionally good in this re ye respect goo s as the tha Democratic and Populist parties arties pare p sp sa have named nae the te same a candidate and ad a nd he is receiving the te earnest earst support of ot o f the te silver sile Republicans of af the t state sate This T his Is pointed out as a the very vary condition a the te th the e Democratic leaders leer hope to see In each ach e of the te mountain states state and In that tt vent event een e ea they tey have hae no n fear fer of at the te result rt in inny any a ny of ot them the Cause Cuse a a Plain Pla One One Charles Chale S Hartman of ot o f Montana who was ws one ana of the te leading ble b at St St Louis Lus and is now Montana an member m ember of ot the te silver sUver Republican national committee c said sid today toda The Tho future course cure of the te men mn who left the ire th t Republican party parts part for the to se of af principle p tp in i 1596 l is a perfectly plain one The Ta T he course coure of those thoe who who pretended to bo be adverse a to the Republican R party in 1196 for f or the purpose of aiding aing their own ow poll poli political ti cal te ambitions purse without regard to to principle princIples is I I s equally eQual plain Men Me who who were wae advocates tit tio of ot o f silver sier and supporters and ad defenders of ot the hp t Chicago platform because beus of a a sin sincere sn ore cere the cre c belief In the doctrine of that plat platform pat form fo f cf orm will wl support suppo the te declarations of ot the platform p again when reaffirmed in 1900 1500 1 without w regard agn as a to whether r their the sup support port p ort will aid or ar hinder their ter individual wi pp personal peo p ambition abiton The Th trimmers tImmer and ant j who fire Are re ready to take any side ide s of any am question In order to further their heir t political ambitions will wi many man of to them hem t be found faund supporting the te political organization o which is now naw the open ad advocate a ocate v of the gold standard and ad its it as associate s evils el Price Pc of af Their Te Treachery Te I It will wl not be difficult for such sch per persons 1 sons ons S to satisfy their own minds and con coa consciences cn sciences science s on this complete reversal rera of their t r f former orme ormer declared creeds for la in in some cases esses oes oest they hey t are drawing ces salaries saares from fm this tb ad administration a ministration m as a the te price of their changed opinions pinions o and an in others other they tey hope hp to achieve chieve a political preferment in exchange for f or their violated promises For example who who w hohas has ha been more enthusiastic in his hs ad advocacy Q voc v c of af bimetallism than the chairman chaan of o f the t great get hippodrome that President McKinley M sent ent to Europe ostensibly to achieve chieve a international 1 bimetallism but actually ac to to destroy detry IL it Who has h for forgotten fo gotten otten g the splendid argument of Senator Carter arter C In January Januar 1196 18 in advocacy of the t restoration r of ot bimetallism Of course cou in the case ce of Senator Man Ma Mane tSe ae ti e no one would presume to say s that tt In point p of af argument amet or r Intelligent support ha he li e lies has b ever eve contributed anything a hin to the to cause cuse but his protestations of af loyalty lo to t the he te t restoration of or silver siver were exceedingly fervent ervent ferent f until convincing argument of the te administration a against bimetallism was resented presented p to him in the shape of an ap appointment ointment p as a 3 member of the industrial commission c The he same sao contradictory positions posto have been b een assumed by b other oth western senators s or and an a nd representatives and a if the te constituency ency ncy e they represent were In earnest er in their heir t support of the th cause cuse so splendidly sedy assented a in the Chicago Cica a platform there ther will wi w aw ill be a number of gentlemen who ll tt tte bo be b e involuntarily retired to to private life |