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Show TIIK FIGHT OX DIHOIS. The senatorial light in Idaho was protracted enough to give all the aspi-rants aspi-rants a fair opportunity to organize their forces to the greatest degree of effectiveness. It was a fair and open fight which ended in a compromise as the best solution of an interminable struggle. 15y that compromise the republicans re-publicans of Idaho should stand. There is no question as to Mr. Clag-gett's Clag-gett's towering ability and his conspicuous con-spicuous fitness for the senatorial honors. hon-ors. He is an eminent lawyer and a natural orator of great personal magnetism mag-netism who would shine by the side of tho brightest men in that august body. There is also no question in tho mind of those who watched or witnessed the senatorial election in Idaho that Mr. Claggett might have been elected in the place of one of tho three successful candidates had he unbent his dignity a little and entered into the canvass with the whim of his rivals. What is worth having is worth working for in politics as in all other walks of life. l'erhaps, however, he thought that reserve was the best policy to pursue in an election of that kind. If so ho has discovered his mistake by this time. The American sovereign, whether he cast his vote iu the ballot box or in the legislature, disdains haughty airs. Hut whatever action or inaction might be responsible for Mr. Claggett's defeat, he ought to abide gracefully by the result. re-sult. His opportunity may come another an-other day. lie cannot unseat Dubois if he tried, and he cannot alford for his owd sake to compromise the party. What ho should do is to put a quietus upon the efforts now making to elect him to the office for which Fred Dubois holds the legal credentials. i ' |