| Show SHOUP GETS ANOTHER VOTE Myer of Boise County Deserts The Solid Nineteen Nine-teen DUBOIS IS WORKING HARD Rumors Afloat that He Does Not Want an Election TVrelie of tIle Original Sweet Men Have Signed an Agreement to Stand By Him to tIC End Shone Expects to Receive Aid From the Mormon Meml > ers Wlioae Votcn May Be Cast For Him Toda The Saicamnn Ieu1 time Riot Act Special to The Herald Boise Idaho March GA break in the Sweet 19 occurred today and move have promised to go to Shoup tomorrow tomor-row Senator Myer of Boise county 1yer who has supported Sweet from the first went to Shoup The vote was Shoup 21 Sweet 18 Croolr H I is expected some I not all of the Moron members will go to Shoup tomorrow to-morrow This nrlll give him S7 sufficient suf-ficient to elect with one absentee The Populists have joined the remainder of the Sweet supporters to prevent more than one ballot a day in the hope of preventing an election and they maybe may-be able to do so although Shoup managers declare they cannot It is stated on good authority that Dubois is lending all his influence to prevent an election seeing In such an event a combination of a northern man and himself two years hence I the Populists can prevent an election they hope to use I as an entering wedge Into the state house at the next elec ton But two more ballots can betaken taken provided the combination sue coed in resri to ballot restricting voting one balot a day I It Is said twelve of the original Sweet men have signed an agreement to stand by him to the end The Statesman in speaking of the situation will say editorially tomor row Whoever may be elected the Statesman States-man makes one demand In the name of the Republican party of the state of daho that the Republicans shall hold the joint convention in sesssion today until a senator is elected The party and the people will expect this of the < Republican membership and no puerile plea will be sufficient to ward off the < wrath that will fall upon the heads o f those who through disloyalty to the < paty and to the state should open the way for the election of a senator to goby go-by default TIC Business Done In the house the Populists made a vigorous attack on the general appropriations appro-priations bill aided by a few Sweet men who are bitter against McConnell McCon-nell Efforts to slash cleric l hire etc failed after a heated debate The house passed the bill requiring a license of 200 from persons Belling liquors in quantities from half a pint to one gallon not to be drank on the premises The senate bill extending the time for the filing of mechanics liens from 60 to 90 days was unanimously passed The general revenue bill came up for final action and was passed without with-out a dissenting vote Wymans bill authorizing the Investment Invest-ment in school bonds of moneys arising aris-ing from the sale of state lands was passed 19 to 1 In the senate a bill was passed providing pro-viding that the governor secretary of state and the attorneygeneral of the state shall form the board of trustees for the home and that they shall serve without compensation The house bill appropriating 26500 for the completion of the Salmon River division of thp state wagon road and 7000 for the Elk city branch was also passed |
