Show WOULD ETRAY PARTY I Idahos Secretary of State Creates a Sensation I LEANS TOWARD GOLD BUGS ADVISrS THE SURRENDER OF SThVER REPUBLICANS Writes a Letter Advising Them to Join Hands With the Hannaites His Proposition Treated With Rd iculc and Contempt By the Advocates Advo-cates of the White Metal I I Speciai to The Herald Boise Ida Nov 17The Boise CapItol Cap-Itol will print tomorrow a sensational letter from r Patrie secretary of I state in which he invites cooperation of other silver Republicans of Idaho to his proposition to go over bodily into I the gold bug part I He states in substance that the all I ver RepublIcan party shoulll connect I itself with one or the other of the national na-tional parties and says as for himself he cannot become a Democrat and that I In his opinion silver Republicans should I gp over to the IcKinleltes I Patrie and the letter which was written b3 a prominent goldbug here are the laughing stock of the town I Silver Republicans treat it with rIdIcule i I rIdI-cule and contempt and say that Pat rie who is accused of having made some kind of a deal with Shoup and I who last fall was suspected of Infidelity I Infidel-ity to the silver part which made it difficult for him to get Democratic support sup-port may go over to the goldbugs but I they wlll stand by their principles and effect fusion with the Democrats Patrie Is absolutely without followIng follow-Ing anwhere and stands wrapped in the solitude of his own political disgrace I dis-grace His letter is repudiated by C J Ba5ett chairman of the slIver Republicans I Repub-lIcans and by C E Arne sedretary I who openly denounce PatrIes betrayal of their part I Patri2 Is Denounced Wires come In from prominent silver Republicans in different counties to whom Patrie sent the letter denouncing denounc-ing him in strong terms State Au dltor Sinclair a silver Republican I says if WaJ fl1 ln It will fall fiat all over the state Referring to Patries letter the Cap ltol tomorrow will say editorially among other things I The Capitol wants to hear from the sIlver Republican press of this state I before paying the letter my attention I I save the cold respect of a passing glance Thi paper sincerely sympa I thizes with the loyal bimetallists in thp silver Republican part of Idaho In the I I unmerited shame and confusion I brought upon them by this letter from a man selected by them for official po I siUon The bar suggestion that the go 0er1na bdytd apa t I bnT r fully committed than ever to theatrO cities of the Single gold standarcI h9 a tihity to which causedthe sller nepub lIcan parts existence Is sufildlent to excite the wrath of every earnest bimetallist bi-metallist in that party As for the Democrats of the state they plead guilty to their part In electing elect-ing Mr Patrie to office When Mr Patrie became a candidate he was acquainted ac-quainted with the Democratic plat I form which seemed very acceptable to him at the time he needed Democratic votes If he Is now horrified at its provisions and Is ashamed of his po I litlcai associate It may not be amisa to remind him that possibly the feeling is mutual and further that should he i see fit to resign some silver Repubhi can might be Induced to aept his office of-fice who will not use it as a recruiting i station for the goldbugparty in Idaho |