Show NEIL OK OR HIL NIL the governor Joye filor of idaho bees sees snakes in his boots by W U Teler telegraph raph to the HERALD 40 A washington ap special bays gov ov neil nell of idaho p passed through here ere yesterday in a co conversation on the li question estion of odmor mor monism he said jy ilione lope to see congress take a hold of this matter at once it is a treasonable organization and has no more blvd claims s for peaceable exi existent a t e n cle than had the sons of liberty libert y and the knights of the golden circle it is hostile to the institutions of this government Gofern ment the mormon priesthood have gone systematically to work to obtain the cont controlling rollin influence in thia this government I save have heard it preached time and time again in their tabernacles that they must spread out until they had gained political control of the entire pacific slope and then with senators and congressmen and votes in the electoral collece coll esre after these rapidly developing territories had become states they would hold alie balance of power between the two great parties they noya now c coalesce with the democrats in in utah and idaho and by that means we I have ave democratic delegates when outside of the Mormon population the republicans republic public ans arc are largely in the majority ft it will come to be eo so in idaho montana IV wyoming oming and arizona they are re sending sending out colonies all the time into these territories still however keeping keepin ithe the center of their power at maitla salt lake eCi city tyso so that all marriages must be performed performed fOrmed there at the lai ier dowmont ouse in answer to a question as to whether the cormons mormons Mor Ifor mons in his territory were polygamists ista governor said ter tally they practice pol polygamy gamy much more openly in idaho than in utah because there is no way to reach them with us the marriages take placa jn n another territory utah and consequently our court has no jurisdiction and the territorial authorities ire are powerless to deal with them to what extent do the cormons mormons Mor Alor mons exercise the political power in your territory by combination with the democrats they control the legislation having 23 on a joint vote against 13 republicans public blicaus bli cans ans they control oneida rl county anty which has a population of some about ot of which is 31 mormon ormon in bear lake co the southeastern comer of the territory there is no soul livin living e mons having a pop population t I on of they intend at the next election to demand of th the a democrats that sil amor ifor mon delegate be sent to congress in in return for the past support of their measures they are aro becoming bolder all the time and lately an order has gone out from the bead of the church forbidding forbidding any good saint from selling land to the gentiles len tiles they mean business what do you propose to do by way of remedy the government must go right at it now and cut it out by the roots if not in the end it will have to be put down at the end of the bayonet already they think they can defy dely the united states and an d I have seen a mob of cormons mormons Mor mons in utah march by the federal court when it was in session and hoot in derision of the U S authority I have seen the flag borne covered with insulting mottoes and I have seen it drag dragged pd in the dirt wo we must get this thing now or it will cost bloodshed to put it down gov neil will return to the capital after congress meets and will make a personal appeal to congress to do something to throttle the monstrous reptile while it can bo be killed peaceably |