| Show SWEET IS OUT OF THE FIHT That is the Story Told by the < Adherents of Shoup I HAS YET TO BE PROVED The Nineteen Votes Still Hold Together fore Tnllc of Dark lore DI Willie Wily Mack Docs Sot SaT Mach 14 I Belicied He Hal I Knife Vp His Sleeve Tetter and Ills IVIUsIcers Take an Inning Inspired In-spired I IH Sniil by Dubo1 Bunting la Again aicatloned Dontnl Abn MeItonel j Special to the Herald 1 Boise Idaho March Development of the day have practically placed Vil I the senatorial Indeed i lis Sweet out of senatorml race deed some of his warmest suporters have thrown up the sponge but there are others who continue to battle against t hope their watchword being the Populists I Popu-lists I According to the agreement stated In t these dispatches yesterday the Sweet 1 t were to go to pieces at I oclock this evening eve-ning The result was a grand final assault f as-sault against tho Populists stronghold on the part of Sweets managers Th6 t battle was waged all of Sunday night but the Populists withstood the onslaught and came up smiling square In the mlddU of the road Sweets managers used a battering ram In the shape of a message from Pefferr advising the Populists to go to Sweet which by the way is said to have been sent at the instigation of Dubois ij not by him The telegram won over five Populists headed by McCarthy chairman of the Populists caucus but it is understood under-Stood that Claggett and other Populist J leaders put their feet down square against a break 1 is said Claggett was highly indignant at the attempt of Dtt I bols to dictate When the tlme for the joint ballot came some of tho Sweet men still claimed tho Populists The vote was Shoup 2 Sweet 1j Claggett 1 < j Sweet men made n futile effort to taKe a recess of the joint convention until 3 oclock in the hope ot setting a sufficient number of Pops in line before the dreaded dread-ed hour of 6 arrived The test came on n motion from the Shoup side to adjourn which was carried 2 to 2L a Tonight there is some talk of dark horses McConnell and Bunting both being 4 I be-ing mentioned llcConnell denies that anyone is authorized to mention his nams I in this connection His stand on the apportionment ap-portionment bill is taken as a sufficient 1 evidence of his lo to of hi loyalty Shoup Shoup men treat the dark horse story lightly and say their man is sure to be elected in a day or two It is stated the 1 are going to hold another caucus tonight 1 The Proceedings In the senate the house memorial to J Congress favoring the electors of United States senators by a direct vote of tha i people and Millers bill requiring at least 1 2 per cent of the road fund to be expended 4 ex-pended in the district where collected passed without opposition Goldens resolution to eliminate from 1 section 3 article 6 of the state constitution constitu-tion all reference to polygamy failed to J receive the necessary twothirds majority major-ity of all the members of the 1y member body the vote resulting 7 to 5 as follows i Yeas Golden Parkinson and Rounds Republicans Watt Democrat and 1 f ler Rees and Steen Populists Nays Browne Cunningham Day My er and Bibower all Republicans By a vote of 8 to 4 the House bill by eU Populist to repeal the hospital tan law was Indefinitely postponed In the house thE Elaine and Lincoln counties hill passedthe former by a vote of 20 to 0 and the latter 19 to 1 Idaho Falls Agricultural college subject sub-ject was again considered in the Committee Commit-tee of the Whole and appropriation cut A to 23000 by friends of the measure who I had assurance the governor would veto it with 150000 appropriation The Sweet men did not caucus Just how many of them will go to Soup tomorrow to-morrow Is not known but I seems certain cer-tain sufficient will go to rnauire but two or three to elect him Theset will likely t be secured on thefollowing day The Popullstq held another caufcub tonight to-night and detfded to give A J Cook of r Payette theif candidate for governor i two years ago a complimentary vote tomorrow I is likely they will voto for him toifie end of the session |
