Show k PROSPECTS IN IDAHO I s 1 lie Political Situation as Viewed by the Various Chairmen SENATOR SHOUPS VIEWS ooMamxvr OF Einx7na HIS STATE TTCICET Claim the Mclvinleyltes Will Hold the Balance ot Power In the Leg Srlnture The Silver Itcpnbllcanx mil the FtiHioulstK fOUL Positive They Will Be SucccHhful Special Correspondence BOISF Oct 20There will be 10000 votes cast for McKinley electors in Idaho and what is more the McKin Icy Republicans will elect their congressman con-gressman and state ticket with the exception of governor and a majority of the members of the legislature This was the startling statement me to your correspondent by Joseph Perrault chairman of the McKinley tate central committee tonight I was indorsed by Senator Shoup who was apart a-part to the conversation I thorough organization and an abundance of money could develop such an unwishedfor culmination of the campaign in this state then Mr Perraultf statement might be given rom consideration but this is decidedly de-cidedly not a straight Republican year In Idaho The perfect organization and hard v urk of the McKinleyltes can only beget be-get admiration In every village ham Ifl iud precinct in the state is a Mc Kii ley emissary endowed with plenipotentiary pleni-potentiary powers At headquarters in this city is employed em-ployed a clerical force of 15 men and women who are Kept busy 12 hours a day sending ou campaign literature litera-ture and otherwise endeavoring to turn the tide In favor of the Canton statesman The confidence expressed by the 1 leaders is surprising to one imbued with the idea that the gold standard sentiment if of infinitesimal proportions propor-tions in Idaho SENATOR SHOUPS OPINION Senator Shoup was in a happy frame of mind when your correspondent interviewed in-terviewed him today He expresses whether it is the utmost confidence wheter assumed or real is a hard matter to decide In the final outcome and talks I enthusiastically about the McKinley JtPS chances j HP said esI we could prolong the I I campaign 30 days we would carry Idaho for McKinley Our opponents greatly underestimate our strength From our latest poll of the state I am led to believe that the McKinley electors elect-ors wH not receive less than 10000 votes John T Morrison the straight Republican candidate for congress H lie elected as will also the Republican Repub-lican state ticket with the possible exception of governor The contest for governor will be close as our candidate candi-date David H Budlong Is running against Frank Steunenberg the candidate can-didate of the Democrats Populists and free silver Republicans Ve will elect enough members of the state legislature to hold the balance bal-ance of power I do not think that Mr Borah the tee silver Republican candidate is in ihf race for congressman The fight Is 1 between Gunn the DemocraticPop Ilisi nominee and Morrison the Re puhllcan candidate Much as been said about my recent x ist to Salt Lake I went there to Jr Senator Proctor and my visit was entirely satisfactory I did not goo go-o confer with the church authorities In fact although I always visit Presi den George Q Cannon in Salt Lake I imrrosely avoided him while with Senator Sen-ator Proctor because I feared such a meeting might be misconstrued There Is quite a large church vote in the southern part of this state but it would be useless for me to onfer with the church authorities relative to I for such a conference would avail me nothing We are doing all we can to elect our ticket and I really think we shall We reele encouraging news from all portions por-tions of the state every day There is a big surprise in store for those who claim that there is no Republican party in Idaho ani more TONS OF LITERATURE Thp national Republican committee ha simply flooded this state with gold standard and protection literature through the state committee So great has been the flow that Chairman Per rault was compelled to telegraph headquarters head-quarters tonight not t lEnd any t 1ure Think of i Two carloads literature in pamphlet form has been distributed Jn Idaho The 15 clerks employed by the state committee have all worked like Trojans to dispose of It Where i com s from Is not definitely known but one thing is certain the committee commit-tee ha unlimited backing So much confidence does Chairman pprrault place in the thorough work already done that he prophesies the overwhelming defeat of both Gunn and Borah for congress and the election of Morrison He even declares that there is 3 strong possibility of this county < Ada going for McKinley He unhesitatingly unhesi-tatingly declares that Dubois will not j bare enough votes in the legislature to count It must b confessed that there Is a I good deal of gold sentiment in Boise but there i hardly enough to do any I damage to the Bryan electoral ticket daae However I may prove sufficiently IonS I tUong to injure Borah Of course this I is mere surmise I I DEMOCRAT POPULIST PREDICTION PREDIC-TION J M McGee chairman of the Demo II cratic state central committee in ant an-t Interview said From all the information L interIew informa-tion we have so far obtained relative t tio3 to the campaign I believe Gunn Demo craticPopulist fusion candidate will receive 15000 votes He will receive of the Democratic the solid support Delt0Cratc vote and a large number of silver Republicans 1 Re-publicans giving to him a majority of nil the votes cast A to the state ticket I feel sure the entire ticket will I Vie elected We will undoubtedly elect 11 majority of the DemocraticPopulist 1 candidates for the legislature thus insuring in-suring the defeat of Mr Dubois for 0 relcction The present rather anomalous ft anoma-lous condition of affairs i due entirely to Dubois action in ignoring the Populists Popu-lists and free silver Democrats Bryan will receive 75 per cent or the votes cast in this state THE POPULIST CHAIRMAN I P H Blake chairman of the Populist state central committee endorsed the I Ktatements of McGee and declared it I emphatic terms that Gunn will bury norah so deep metaphorically speaking speak-ing that the latter will never again be heard from He also said that in his opinion Senator Dubois will not have twentyfive votes in the legislature requires thirtysix to elect When questioned as to who would probably be the next senator from Idaho In the event of Populist success he declined to answer He laughlingly said however how-ever that there will be enough candidates I candi-dates to select from Mr Blake admits that he Is handicapped t handi-capped by the lack of funds but Insists I that tOw voters throughout the state I4 are so thoroughly aroused that i is not necessary to expend a great I E amount He maintains that the silver quesUon has been talked about PO much in this state for the past twenty < years that the voters are thoroughly familiar with I and do not need further fur-ther education in that direction In estimating the strength of the Populists it must b borne in mind that the Populist party in Idaho was to a great extent the result of dissatisfac dissatsfac tion within the Republican ranks and therefore a majority of the Populists it is safe to assert are exRepublicans asser exRepublc There is a silver Republican ticket in the field and feld whether or not the ex membersof the G O P will forsake wi the new party and return to their first love isa question that can be settled setted at the polls only I they should re turn then the estimate of Messrs Mc I Gee and Blake of 15000 votes for Gunn Is about 10000 too many I The Populists claim that there are no disgruntled members of their party and that instead of losing they I are gaining in strength every day In contravention the claim of the fusionists is tat of the free silver Republicans Re-publicans and McKtnleyites James H Hawley a leading Democrat who is now stumping the state in the interests of Boran and Dubois asserts that the assert Populist vote H fall short of that of two years ago He bases his assertion upon the supposition that inasmuch as free silver is the cardinal principle a of the Populists in Idaho they will naturally natur-ally hesitate before voting for members of the legislature opposed to Dubois despite his hitherto Republican proclivities pro-clivities which by the way he still adheres to with the exception of advocating ad-vocating free coinage BORAH IS HOPEFUL The free silver Republican candidate for congress W E Borah is at present pres-ent touring the northern portion of the state Last Saturday he returned from a tour of the southern counties and in an interview said When I started in on the campaign I felt somewhat some-what dubious as to the ultimate result re-sult bdt today I believe I will be elected by about 2000 majority Ihave arrived at this conclusion after a canvass can-vass of the state and from encouraging reports I receive from different sections sec-tions The McKinley ticket will poll about 4000 votes I da not think the McKin leyites will elect any members of the legislature and the sentiment in favor of Dubois return to the senate has so crystalized that he will have not less than 5Votes in the legislature I regard to the free silver state ticket Congressman Edgar Wilson who is our candidate for justice of the supreme court will undoubtedly be elected as will also the rest of the ticket Despite assertions to the contrary con-trary our cause is constantly growing in strength and no doubt need longer be entertained as to the outcome of the contest As will be observed all manner of estimates and opinions may be obtained ob-tained from the leaders They ail naturally express confidence but to a great extent it is assumed As a matter mat-ter of fact they are all more or less frightened and it is by no means certain cer-tain who will be elected or what party will the legislature elect a majority of candidates for In the opinion of your correspondent the McKinley ticket will not be in the race in so far as chances of victory are concerned The only possible effect ef-fect the ticket can have will be to decrease de-crease the strength of either the free silver Republicans or fusionists which cannot be foretold I may be that an equal number of votes will be drawn I from either party but it is more than likely that a majority of them will be drawn from the free silverites There is probably in reality no I stronger McKinley sentiment prevalent preval-ent today than there was six weeks I j ago but then aT approach of election has emboldened the McKinleyites and I they are no longer afraid to express their preferences o |