Show VALE DUBOIS It Itis Is with mingled feelings of ot satisfaction and rc regret ret that many people witness the passing of ot cx- cx Senator Fred T. T Dubols Dubois politically regret that one who could have havo been a power In tho the of ot his state elate and a potential factor in placing her heron heron on Oil tho the highest possible piano has line so sadly misdirected mis mis- directed his energies satisfaction that the inexorable able rule of ot elimination still obtains fo for tho the guidance guid guid- uld- uld ance anco of ot others others others-a a horrible example as It were There have hac been tow few men in tho Vest West who have havo enjoy enjoyed ci tho the opportunities laid at the door ot Fred T. T Dubois thero there aro are mighty few who would have havo disregarded cl them an as ho has lb Ho came camo to Idaho a ayoung ayoung y young ung man possessing a heritage o that In this now country should have havo had fruitage In lasting pres pre tige Tho The people hero gave him th their lr fullest Unest con con- Thc They bestowed upon him ono one post of ot honor after another until they placed him in the tho highest t position within their sift gift Having attained I tho the utmost rung however he seemed to either olther scorn tho the baso bao de degrees by which ho did ascend or to have havo become puffed and reckless through successes And nd tOda today wo see fee ee him for tho the second time repudiated by his party Wo We have o not used the term heedlessly for w wo we take tako it that tho the recent d developments at at Wallace Vallace leave him stranded hl high h and dry dO so far as ns th the Democratic party is concerned Tho The repudiation of or him by tho the Republican party Is a matter of or histon his his- tory ton Tho The downfall of or Mr Dubois Dubols dates datos from front th the moment he lie rushed toward tho the rainbow of ot free free silver sUver In 1896 1836 At that time the people of or Idaho Idah were hysterical over silver sliver The Tho sentiment I In favor lavor of the get et in ln now new idea of Democracy car car- ned tho the people oft orr their feet as though by witchery witch witch- cry ery and Mr Dubois was not strong enough h to withstand the thc spell of ot the incantations Ho He joined tho the dance For Fer preferment of or a chimerical nature ho turned his back ack on those who had boosted him up tho ladder With tho the subsidence of tho the silver SU fever Mr Dubois Dubols found himself In Ip a Do weakened condition Th The Tho to which he ho had given party allegiance sought now no gods but these did not appeal to tho the people o of Idaho They hey declined to do obel obeisance nce at the their I shrines and Mr Dubois Dubols decided ho must then res rest his ambitions upon somo Bomo local Issue So ho he sought sough to force his party to io subordinate all else to his po pet Mormon anti propaganda propaganda- His plan met with th tho stubborn opposition of ot conservative men of th the tho DemocratIc party part and men who had been Democrats Democrate Demo Demo- crate when Mr Dubois was aligned against them Backed by a committee made mado up to a a. largo large extent extern by Republican discards he ho entered upon a campaign campaign campaign cam cam- marked by unprecedented After It had developed that he intended to rule with the absolutism of ot a Dionysius or ruin with tho the abandon of or a Nero tho the Democratic party of Idaho quietly quiet left him And here wo we find him today this man to whom such golden opportunities had come marooned on the Isle of dissolved hopes Analysis of ot Mr Dubois Dubois' career leads to tho the conclusion that vacillation at times whon when firmness was demanded and autocracy when whon wisdom dictated dIe dic tactful consideration for tor the views of or others s nr are tho the faults that have o brought about his Isola isola- tion lion His conduct and tho the manner of ot his retirement mont should hould bo ho taken home for tor thoughtful review b by allour all allour allour our political leaders Bolso Bolso Statesman |