Show LETTER FROM BLACKFOOT the district court convened here on the last much interest being manifested by the political parties of the county over the contested election case of chamberlain against wooden for the office of sheriff of bingham county idaho other offices are being contested but they await the result of this a test case chamberlain ran for sheriff on the anti mormon ticket wooden on the regular democratic ticket wooden was declared elected by a majority of ninety three votes and chamberlain contests on the ground that certain illegal votes were cast for wooden at rexburg Rex burg chesterfield and gentile valley precincts in other words that all the votes cast by persons who had been members of the mormon church at said precincts illegal with the further charge that the officers of election were so intimidated timi dated at the rexburg precinct if where wooden received receive one hundred and thirteen votes majority you will remember that just before the election last fall the then county officers who were members of the anti mormon party entered into a conspiracy to prevent persons who had withdrawn from the church from voting and rexburg was particularly selected as the principal battle ground for furthering the anti mormon scheme of disfranchisement bulldozing and rascality generally the sheriffs sheriff posse armed with from to warrants for the arrest of obnoxious voters put in their their appearance at rexburg the day before the election and commenced the arresting process but their little efam game e had been discovered by the democrats moc rats and a checkmate scheme was set on foot by the united states marshals appointed who re paired to the scene of oi action and the result was that the deputy U 8 marshals arrested the deputy sheriff and posse and sent them prisoners to blackfoot and pocatello the election was duly opened at rexburg Rex burg and the officers being members of the anti mormon party a new pro gramme was invoked to prevent democratic votes from being deposited in the ballot box this scheme was for the officers of election to challenge every vote presented which would necessitate the administration of certain qualifying oaths under the statute and others improvised for the occasion thus occupying from twenty to thirty minutes on each voter a mathematical estimate of which would show that about one tenth of the legal voters of the precinct might possibly get in their votes if everything went off smoothly the deputy marshals however remedied this matter by promptly arresting and removing one of the clerks and some others who were delaying and hindering the election and all the voters were permitted to cast their ballots the case has now occupied the whole of the term since the the plaintiffs plaintiff s closing their case on saturday last on monday defendant made a motion for a nonsuit which was ably argued by J N kimball J H hawley and W H savidge attorneys for defendant as against H W smith and J F morgan attorneys for plaintiff the facts and the law were clearly in favor of granting the motion and when the motion was denied by his honor judge berrey expressions loud and unmistakable were in the wind that there was not only a I 1 in inthe the shed but a in the sta stateler st atele fale a upstairs down cellar I 1 in n the back yard and a whole family of african descent around in over and through the plantation generally the position of plaintiff is that all who ever were mormons cormons are mormons cormons still and hence fience illegal voters any withdrawal on their part notwithstanding withstand not i aig the case against wooden has been virtually decided and the defense are introducing their testimony simply for the purpose of getting gettan it in the record for the purpose of 0 appeal during all the examination freddy the hands handsome omell delegate to congress has been in constant attendance in the court which fact with another significant ne that the constitutional convention convenes in boise july ath would indicate an explanation of so many gentlemen of color in and around the woodpile kentucky smith during his argument against the motion for a non nonsuit sult waxed exceedingly warm and expatiated at great length on the purity of american ballot tears flowed freely from the audience the picture ought not to be permitted to per perish kentucky 2 smith standing u up P i in n a sanctified hall of ju justice astl ce in the full strength of his beauty dignity and manhood advocating the godliness purity and unimpeachable pea chable bori honesty esty of the anti mor mon ballot in bingham county idaho presents a view that should be yea recorded in oil colors with the brush of a raphael that future generations might view admire worship selah on the united states side of the court but little has been done the government failing to have the nee necessary funds on en hand band to pay the ru running n expenses the grand and petit juries have been discharged and the following cases continued for the term the united states vs J H hart unlawful cohabitation two indictments the united states vs E N austin unlawful cohabitation two indictments the united states vs thomas E ricks unlawful cohabitation two indictments the united states vs christian hogansen unlawful cohabitation two indictments the united states vs bert jense erickson unlawful cohabitation one indictment the united states vs amos B R wright W right unlawful indictment in the cases of john cozzens and samuel kunz who were tried and convicted of unlawful cohabitation one year ago and whose cases were appealed to the supreme curt court the judgement jud gement against them having been affirmed they will be resen re sen fenced next monday also the case of roberts laid over from last term will be sentenced for the same offense the territorial grand jury found fifty three indictments about forty of which are against parties who had withdrawn from the mormon church and who voted at the last election these are for perjury pei jury this action of the grand jury is considered as ch chapter apter no 2 of the contested election case now under way for pure straight unalloyed double refined yard wide all wool rascality deception hypocrisy ana and commend us to the anti mormon party of bingham Bingha oa county idaho and their elders and abettors abet tors 0 PSHAW BLACKFOOT idaho june J |