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Show HOW CLACCiTT WAS FLIM-FLAMMED. II Hlarti Out u ilia Carter at Washington aa a Uuuiurlat. Tho Cincinnati Kniiirer priuts a Washington sppoinl ia which the story of Pretender Claggott is told as follows: W. II. ( lapijett, a claimant against Dubois to an Idaho senatorship, is iu tho city, Ho is a handsome man and talks well, and mates a good impression. impres-sion. Ha gives what appears to be the most intelligent stalemout of the Idaho mnddlii yet printed. Ilia story at least illustrates the political wickedness in a state which vy&s in'upiitously admitted to the union for the purpose of preserving pre-serving the republican majority in the senate. Mr. Claggett explains that Idaho is divided into ' northern and southern sections by tho Salmon river mountains, moun-tains, and the barrier between them is practically impassabloi At certain times in the year a man might get across by chopping out a bridle path, but ordinarily there is not even the most primitive means of communication. communica-tion. To go from one section to the other a man must travel TOO miles through Wyoming and Montana on one side or Washington and Oregon on the other. Mr. Claggett says the territory was controlled by a ring in tho southern section, and that an attempt has been made to perpetuate the ring rule since the territory has become a state. In the republican convention itwasagreod to give a senator to each section, but Dubois and Shoup, both of South Idaho, got up a combination when the legislature legisla-ture met and drew MeConntdl, of North Idaho, into it. Shoap and McConnell were elected when the legislature met, and then Dubois hurried up his election for the long term commencing on tho 4th of March, having tho vote taken before be-fore the day appointed bv general law. Claggctt says Dubois had to hurry to keep the scheme from getting away from him, and that ho should have waited till Senators Shoup and McConnell McCon-nell drew lots and then the new senator should have come, from tho section which drew tho short term. McConnell, as is well known, drew the short cut, and Dubois having had himself elected for tho term commencing commenc-ing on the 4th of March, the northern section of the state was left out in the cold as usual. The legislature, Mr. Claggett says, came to its senses and elected him on the proper day for voting vot-ing under the general law. and he is going to claim. the seat. He starts out as a humorist. Ho says: "I have the law, the equities and morals on my side, and I do not see bow I can fail lb get the seat. I have searched carefully care-fully frr precedents and can find none which will sustain Mr. Dubois in his claim." |