Show THE IDAHO convention the mormon question is still agitating the idaho convention who seem to be in a quandary just how to apply a religious test to exclude american citizens and at the same time make people believe that such a test is not being made following is the provision reported by the re publican majority of the committee on OD elections sm SEC 3 no person is permitted to vote serve as a juror or hold any civil office who is under guardianship non compos mentis idiotic or insane or who has at any place been convicted of treason felony embezzlement of public funds bartering or selling his vote oro or ther other infamous crime or who at the time of such election is confined in prison on conviction of a criminal offense lense of or is a biga bigamist misto or r WO olya adist or who is living in what is is known as patriarchal plural or celestial marriage or who is living in violation of any law of the state or the united states forbidding such crime or who in any manner teaches advises counsels aids or encourages any person to enter into bigamy polygamy or such patriarchal plural or celestial marriage or to live in violation of any such law or to commit any such crime or is ia a member of or contributes to the support of any order organization association corporation po ration or society which teaches advises counsels or aids any person to enter into bigamy polygamy or such patriarchal or plural marriages or which teaches or advises that the laws of this state prescribing the rules of civil conduct are not the supreme law of the state nor indians until the right of suffrage is conferred upon them by the legislature SEC 4 the legislature may prescribe qualifications limitations and conditions for the right of suffrage additional to those presented in this article but never shall annul any of the provisions in this article contained the minority draft made by the democratic wing reads see sec 2 any person who is a bigamist or polygamist or who is living in unlawful cohabitation in what is called or known as patriarchal plural or celestial marriage or in violation of any laws of this state or of the united states forbidding any such crime or who in any manner teaches advises counsels aids or encourages any person to enter into polygamy poly gamy bigamy unlawful cohabitation or patriarchal plural or celestial marriage or to live in violation of any such law or to commit any such crimes aksoy also any chinese or people of mongolian descent not born in the united states and all indians not taxed who have not severed their tribal relations and adopted the habits of civilization sec 3 the legislature shall enforce the provisions of section by appropriate legislation 0 |