The Anaconda Standard

Blackfoot, Idaho, April 30. —Word comes down from North Idaho that W. B. Heyburn has already announced his withdrawal from the senatorial race. This action leaves the field clear to Dubois, Shoup, Claggett and McConnell. Notwithstanding the position of Shoup that he is for Dubois for the first man, and almost anybody for second, provided, of course, that he be a man of ability and standing in the party, it is quite generally believed that since his stay of several weeks in Washington during the winter in the interest of statehood, he is very much enamored of the life there, and is hoping that he will be at least, the second choice of his party, in the event they have the choosing.

Judge Sweet of Moscow, seems to be the coming man for congress on the republican ticket. Sweet is a man of ability, a fluent speaker and a gentleman. He would make a good race, but it is feared the effort being made to force everything, from governor down, on the north, in order to leave Dubois and Shoup smooth sailing for the senatorial places will weaken Sweet too. McConnell is also a resident of Moscow, and while he has nothing against Sweet, he will probably endeavor to prevent his nomination in order to break the slate already prepared in Washington.

There is a factional fight in Boise City which promises to cause considerable uneasiness. Ex-Secretary and Attorney-General D. P. Pride and Delegate Dubois do not hitch. The trouble dates back several years. Pride is an irrepressible fellow and has quite a following. Recent developments there indicate that the fight is waxing warmer daily, and the chances are that as the election approaches it will assume gigantic proportions. The democrats are watching the progress of this row with great satisfaction. With the usual number of soreheads over their failure to get office, those who are "kicking" because some friend did not get the place he coveted, the attitude of the administration with regard to silver, and the fact that Idaho is democratic, anyhow, the democrats get considerable comfort at this stage of the game.

They will nominate a strong ticket giving all portions of the state a fair and just representation, reports to the contrary notwithstanding, and go in to win all along the line. Never in the history of Idaho has the party been in better fighting trim than now. There seems to be a spirit of harmony prevailing heretofore unknown. The cry is, "let bygones be bygones."

The fact that the constitution provides small salaries for state officers has dampened the ardor of a great many patriots who are always willing to sacrifice themselves for the dear people. This, however, can be remedied by the first legislature, and doubtless will be. It is hardly to be expected that a man competent to fill the position of state treasurer or state auditor can afford to leave his business, and move two or three hundred miles to the capital, and perform the duties of such an office for the nominal salary of $1,800 per year, with the chances of only a two-term tenure.

Judge Beatty, the especial "pet" of Attorney General Miller, who was appointed, contrary to the wishes of Delegate Dubois, as chief justice, expects to be United States district judge, and he will be if the attorney general has his way, but it hardly seems possible that the "powers that be" will be again ignored. The outlook now is that the Idaho influence will be for somebody other than Beatty, perhaps Heyburn or Claggett, in the event they are beaten for the senate. This, too, may account for Heyburn's withdrawal from the senatorial race.

The Idaho Statesman, published at Boise City, and the official organ of the republican party in Idaho, is causing a large amount of trouble just now. All the county officials of Ada county, in which Boise City is situated, are republicans. The Statesman has been scoring them lately for alleged unfaithfulness to their public duty. Hard things have been said against some of them, and it is reported that another big row is imminent, which promises to split the party asunder in that county. Of the various embarrassments into which the party has plunged in the past year this seems to be the most formidable. One of the publishers of the Statesman is R. Wildman, who has been furnishing his paper a good deal of material from Washington ever since the opening of the session of congress. Wildman expected a consulate somewhere in South America, and it was reported that the plum was already within his grasp, when, lo, and behold a Michigan man got away with the prize. He is still waiting in Washington for lightning to strike again, but for some unexplicable reason the much desired appointment has failed to materialize. Perhaps some "friend" in Ada county who has been the victim of an attack through the columns of the Statesman has given the truth of the matter to the president, i. e. that Wildman had not been long enough in Idaho to get his feet warm before he was clamoring for recognition in the shape of a good appointment abroad.