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Show THE ELECTION IN I OA HO. Idaho remains true to the republican party. The counting of tho returns goes on slowly, but enough are now in to show that scarcely a sluglo doraocrat has been elected. Big republican majorities ma-jorities have been rolled up by almost every county and town in the state. The campaign has been an unusually bitter one. There were dissentions in the ranks of the republican party. This gave tho democrats some hope, and they worked like beavers. It was, however, all in vain, as the returns so far indicate a sweeping republican victory. vic-tory. So far as reported fow Mormons tried to vote. There is little doubt but that some did succeed in casting iheir ballot and that it was cast for the democratic nominees. The supervisors had all been furnished with lists of questions which were required to bo answored under oath, one of which was, "If you have ever been a member of tho Mormon Mor-mon church and such membership has been severed, state when and- how it was accomplished and by what authority." author-ity." Outside of tho Mormon question, the fight in Idaho has been a petty affair. A number of disgruntled ollice seekers did their best to dofeat Dubois. Yesterday's Yes-terday's election, however, demonstrated demonstra-ted tho fact that the people of Idaho had not forgotten his work for tho new stato and that they intend he shall return re-turn to Washington as a United States senator. |