Show THE IDAHO SENATOR HEIT nEIT FELirS FELDS SECRETARY REPLIES TO CHARGES he ILe recites cites tho the ante election combines and arrangements and tells how the rinal result was had I 1 correspondence tribune I 1 washington abill 3 the petition a of tile tho silver members ot of the idaho asking an tion or of charges that tile ilic election of heitfeld as senator from idaho was aves procured by the use of tri money oncy has been received by the senate collate committee on art privileges and election the petition or statement of at allegations sets forth briefly the history of tho the contest over tho the and tho the charges that money furnished by the republican national committee commit too I 1 al vas as use used d to secure the election of a populist and that the result was nam brought about by bribery A list of mit witnesses nesses suggested to be examined before tho the senate committee Is given nith a statement of what la is expected to be shown by them tho the name ot of mr han rin na la Is used in tile the document in an allegation that texas an get has in hla his possession ft a letter from a prominent citizen of cleeland alc eland which contain cont alna st the result of an all extended interview bet between meent tho the writer find and the aion lon AT A hanna of cleveland cleveand 0 0 in ili relation to tho the election of the united states senator train from idaho particular reference Is made I 1 to a the assistance that would bo be rendered by hanna to secure the defeat of senator dubols dubois and the election of a pop populist list fu senator who ki lie duld vote vole in favor 0 of tho the tariff policy of the incoming republican administration it Is made evident by tho the document that the iho intention of its authors Is to involve sir mr hanna in it a scandal connected conlie lie ted A till ith mr Helt felda election and it Is doubtful whether the iho republicans in the senate will permit the investigation tobe opened up SECRETARY FULLERS REPLY 1 mr C 0 fuller private secretary to senator heitfeld who was a member of 0 tile the legislature which named the senator gives elves tile the fol following loNIng otate statement ment out for or publication alt it la 19 not generally known except to those thon e personally acquainted with tho the new senator from idaho that ho he 18 t a firm bel believer bellesor levor inu ina protective tariff on account of the prolonged struggle gle and its ita bitter character few contests for a have excited more widespread interest than that which ended in tho the defeat of senator dubols dubois by bv senator heitfeld the democratic and state conventions had met on the same a me day august esth the call for the democratic convention expressly stated that one of its objects object sAvas was to unite with any party supporting bryan and sewall ani and upon its organization a resolution mag alas adopted to unite with tho the populists lists terms agreed upon between the I 1 he two five bartho gave to tile the democrats I 1 the be governorship and to the populists lists the congressman and senator the Democrats were to hake haic also a majority of other officers elected by the legislature A split occurred in the republican convention of august tho the dubols faction withdrawing and nominating a ticket composed of democrats and republicans public ans headed by the fusion candidate for governor fourteen of awen tyone ty one counties of the state saw sav tile the democrats united with the populists lists to the coonc convention atlon ment mont in the remaining seven they united with the dubols men thus dividing the Demo democrats craVI into two Imet factions lons the fight in idaho then resolved itself into one between dubois and the populism lists although the state was waa overwhelmingly for free asther everything was waa abandoned by tile the dubis dubols men an for the legislative ticket the state was canvassed by them u with ith remarkable kable ligor but whon the returns came in it was found that the fused populists lists and democrats mho were faithful to tho the letter and spirit of 0 th tho convention ha had d polled ink in round numbers votes and had elected forty three members of tile the legislature while the dubois men had polled about MOT find and elected hut but twenty ola members of tile th Legisla legislator tUrP of the forty three aati antl dubols members mem bora elect awen ty were populists lists and eighteen democrats Demo craK immediately on the ns as IF on bling of the legislature the two wings of the th body caucused caucuses caucus ed separately iut but voted for the same organization but when adilen the hour arrived to ballot for united states senator another a tory story had to be told the to ILL man mail voted for judge clagett do democrats am also voted for him but not enough to elect the balloting was C continued on this way for some time Y with fill occasional changes of candidates by tile alie populists lists until they were formally notified bv the democratic members that judge clagett coull could not lie a elected SETTLED QUICKLY when this advice was officially received by the populists lists in III caucus henry HeIt feldi was noal nominated n abed within fifteen n minutes the caucus adjourned and the populists lists voted lol iscil luly idly for heitfeld the next day in the legisla turp tare tile the of that day tho the decof rata noti notified fled the listle mucus caucus that they were fready eady to support any one of lye live gentlemen name hending heading tho the list the bavier given him that day their solid bup t had nothing to do I 1 eliut u t accept the proposition which aich they ill did d ILL at once when balloting took atlace tho elio next day 1 five of the democrats who ila were pledged to lo vote vole with walh the bolted the cauca an and 1 I voted for dubols such Is in the heslor Y of the famous idaho contest for the sena t so ko far as charges of cc colitis lion are cancer med they ire aro w kholl holly y without foundation tho the Dubol bit 00 in ill order lo in excuse their crushing defeat find let town down easy have racked a cry of lio E very populist in the JegU lature waa ALAS supposed omed to ile 1 find and in nearly every ca ease actually aa wai pledged oil t to 0 hi his people to KO go into tile ilie caucus and rid aalde the result The tharo wan no opportunity for boodle among tho the populists lists without a bolt boll from tho the caucus which by the way may the ilia dubois men inell were constantly attempting to foice it lit Is no secret eciel in idaho that the dubols men openly boosted that they buy enough to elect their man they kept open houff houat of john Cond saloon oon and mr con can doon dean waa supposed to handle their mock ack mr Jolli eki who made ili the now famous affidavit was wait a frequent visitor to this resort and held field repeated repealed in tie the back room of the eteoe und and mr was custodian of the tile mark honra hanpa I 1 otter loiter referred to in tin ilia noun dispatch aaa sprung early in the fight rind and in itself daa not refer directly or indirectly to mr ila alanna nna |