Show SENATOR GEORGE L SHOUP hERO OF TUB IDAHO CONTEST IN TOWN He Was Hid Guest of Honor at the Alta Club Lust Evening He Is Happy But Hns Little to Say Senator Shoup of Idaho the triumphant tri-umphant hero of one of the hardest fought senatorial contests in the his z 4Th L SEArATOR GEOItGE L SHOtTP I tory of the count i was the guest of honor at the Ala club last evening He is now on his way to Washington where he goes to catch up the loose threads that were left when he came out last winter to begin his contest However he stopped over one day here to meet his friends and receive their congratulations As all measures for the benefit of Utah have hid to find senatorial chaminons In the persons per-sons of members from other states and particularly Idaho and Wyoming the senatorial fight has been watched in Salt Lake with peculiar interest In fact It might almost have Been Imagined that a senator from Utah was being elected Congressman Sweet who was the Republican caucus nominee nom-inee was not very well known here except by reputation as he lives in Moscow in the far northern part of I the state Senator Shoup however I has often lived t here for good sired Intervals and has always been in active rel tons with various merchants At the Ala club in particular he has been a central cen-tral figure Yesterday therefore ne was in receipt of the most enthusiastic enthusias-tic congratulations When seen by a Herald man during the evening he saidMy friends agree with me that this Is hardly a time for me to talk much Of course I am glad I have been elected However during the canvass I didnt have me hour of sJcknefJ though I did Jose threat deal of flecp In one way and another Later I may say something more about general poi itics and my future course Senator Soups election does not necessarily beat Sweet two years hence I does almost certainly seal the fate of Dubois however as the north will demand the next srnator and wU not give Dubois any suppoit Sweet must fight McDonnell n the north and it is very probable that the compact between Sweet and Dubois will be continued in order to defeat the governor However all slates of that kind are < likely to be smashed The Republican party of Idaho has been broken wide open by thlq fight and the opposition are likely to creep in two years hence |