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Show 'I- ! ,) ' a: r 7 -J- Lt w J -i u It L) Vi- - k -U U f --". . . , Judge, Third" District J. D. Cahallan, Ada county. Jud?e, lourth District Quj C. Bar-Bam, Bar-Bam, Blaine count r. Judjfe, Fifth District C. A. Boyd, Bannock countr. , Judge, Sixth District Ous D. Quarlee, Lemhi countji " Judge, Serenth District Edward L. Bryan, CanjAn eountj. At 1:30 o'clock a reoess was taken until un-til o'clock, when the State committee and the Judletal ticcet were chosen. At 10 o'tlock the conrentten concluded Its work and adjourned without day. Most of the delegates left for their homes tonight. The State committee teld a meeting tonight, and at an early hour this morning morn-ing had set agreed upon a chairman, that question finally being left with the nominee far Oorerner. -He. will decide tomorrow, "We demand tke extirpation of po-Jygamr po-Jygamr and unlawful cohabitation in the State of Idaho and the complete separation of church and state in political po-litical affairs." This is the lead to the plank in the Democratic State platform which will proride for the re-enaetment of the famous fa-mous "test oath" which disfranchises the Mormons of Idaho. Text of Platform. ' ! The platform follows: We, the Democrat of ldho, In Slat en-Tentioo en-Tentioo sasemblad. hereby nnequlrocally reaffirm re-affirm ear allegiance to iha tlma-oonorad principle prin-ciple of Democracy a'a adTOeated by Jaffar-eon. Jaffar-eon. Jack inn and Bryan. - Hon. William Janning Bryan being one f the greatest tiring Americans and the foremoat exponent ef Democratic principle, we Indorse him for the Presidential mi-nation mi-nation in 1908. ; Wa heartily Indorse and commend to iha thoughtful people of Idaho the record of Hon. Fred T. Dubola in the United State Senate and in hi patriotic struggle for the welfare of hi Stat and Nation. The Democrat Dem-ocrat of Idaho pledge him their hearty support. sup-port. t After a long career in the .hells- of Ooa-greea Ooa-greea during period In which boodle and corruption In high place ran riot, he return re-turn to his constituent a poorer man) than he was on tha day he wa drat elected. - We moat cordially and heartily eommead hia eourie in Congre in securing for Idaho National aid for the great irrigation enterprise enter-prise that are now making the deaerts of Idaho the garden tpota of the world. We heartily indone the policy of nominating a candidate for United Bute Senator in the State eonTention, a policy that ia prorarbially and essentially Democratic Appreciating the great advantage that will com to our State from the meeting ef the fourteenth National Irrigation Con rr ess to be held in Boia September 8 to 8, inclusive, we pledgee. our Legislature to work for tha appropriation-of $5000 or so mneh thereof a mar be needed to aaaiat in defraying tha . ' COEUR D'ALENE, Ida., Aug. $."1 prophesy new that' within three years there will net be a man in Idaho who will defend the hierarchy la Salt Lake." Thua declared Senator Fred T. Dubois in a speech te, the Democratic State convention of Idaho, after ' he had received re-ceived the unanimous vote of the convention con-vention as the nominee of Idaho Democrats Demo-crats for rutted States Senator. .It was the ellmax to his address, for be stood out as the leader of all men in bis battle bat-tle for the American home, for the retirement re-tirement of the. twentyslx men who have so long dominated the. polttlca ot Idaho, whose law-breaking leaders, seU-oa f eased criminals, have held Utah so long in their grasp. ' - - , v . ' Party Platform Bead. When Chairman Parke of the resolutions reso-lutions committee began , reading the platform there was unusual quiet, but as he named the party, leaders the applause burst forth, and when he read the plank indorsing Senator Dubois (he convention went wild. . The planks .pertaining to the wiping out ot polygamy and advocating the "test oath" were 4oudly applauded. There was unanimity when the platform was adopted, the entire convention rising to show its approval. Then Chairman Helt-feld Helt-feld called P. M. Davla to the chair, and taking the floor In a brief, but well-timed well-timed address, presented - the name of Senator Dubois to succeed himself as United States Senator. ZXabolg Was Olren Oration. Former Lieut. -Gov. Hutchinson , seconded sec-onded the nomination, and the Senator was nominated by acclamation. He was given a great ovation as he walked to the platform, when he spoke In part as follows: "I can say with perfect truth and sincerity sin-cerity that no matter what honors have come to me, I wa nver so proud as at this moment. Indorsed, as I am by a splendid citizenship making a fight against a tyranny which, if unchecked, would undermine the foundation of the country. I prophesy now that within three years there will not be a man in Idaho who will defend the hierarchy In Salt Lake. The Republicans cannot dodge or evade the question. People throughout through-out the United States know what yon have done today. No matter what comes to me I cannot Uke away the pride 'which comes to me in your indorsement. "Will the Mormons take the 'test oath?' For ten years 'there wasn't a Mormon in the State who would subscribe sub-scribe to that oath. If they Uke it now they will not be good Mormons. I hope the enactment of such a statute as we contemplate will make them either leave the church or force the church to cease Interference with politics and desist de-sist from the practice of polygamy. lane Clearly Defined. i ' -. "If, as they say. there is no polygamy, the answer is simple;, they. need not hesitate to subscribe to the test oath. But what they fear most of all is the law permitting a change of yenue in prosecuting them and the law against unlawful cohabitation. Polygamy Is the one Institution that cements them . together. to-gether. "I was ashamed when I saw the spectacle spec-tacle of Congressman French sitting between be-tween two apostles of the Mormon church and giving testimony ia their behalf. be-half. i "I shall -talk during this campaign as I voted' in the Senate, and I'll vote in the Senate as I talk In this campaign. Republicans have only won applause by carrying out the principles of Democracy. Democra-cy. Two years hence, when our peerless peer-less leader, William Jennings Bryan, is elected President, we shall have an opportunity op-portunity to apply all the - Democratic principles for the welfare of our country." coun-try." When Senator Dubois concluded, and after the applause had subsided, the work of completing the ticket was pushed. Balance of State Ticket Ktmed, M. Reese Hattabangh ef Idaho eeuaty was nominated by acclamation for Congressman; Con-gressman; C. O. Stockslager of Blaine, for Governor; Stewart Denning of Latah, for Justice of the Supreme Court. George C. Chapln of Bingham county was named for Lieutenant-Governor, and Floeurnoy Galloway ot Washington, for Secretary of State. Attornej-General Karl Paine, Ada county. Treasurer J. D. Morris, Lewiton. Auditor J. M. Bennett, Canyon conaty. Mine Inspector Samuel Norman, Shoshone county. Superintendent of Public Instruction Miss Perineal French, Blaine countr. Judge. First District Major W. W. Wood, Shoshone eoanty. Judee, Second District Authority delegated to committeemen from counties coun-ties of the district to select candidate. may be needed to aaaiat in defraying the expense of laid con r ess. W are heartily la favor of municipal ownership own-ership of public utilitie. W believe that the time ha come when there should be a revision of the present tariff to meet the conditions of the country today. - We hereby denounce In unmeasured terms the grossly willful, extravagant and corrupt manner In which the- present State administration adminis-tration has conducted the State government during the past two years, and we condemn the preaent State administration for the manner man-ner in which the business of the State Land Board Is conducted, and especially ita action In contesting the homestead claima of the settler who have in tba. utmost good faith expended their time and Invested their money in securing homes for themselves and their families upon tbe public domain within the State of Idaho. We are heartily in favor cf the enactment of an - employers' liability law and we hereby pledge our representativjs In the Legislature to enact such law. We favor the enactment of an eight-hour law applicable to all men employed und ir ground. In smelters, concentrators and ore reduction re-duction works. We pledge the faith of the Democratic party to the enactment of auch a law, and we denounce de-nounce the inconsistency of tbe Republican party In advocating such legislation, which has twice defeated the eight-hour bill In tbe State Legislature'. We are opposed to the domination of all trusts and monopolies in, tbe Judicial, political po-litical and commercial life of the State. We therefore pledge our representatives in tbe Legialature to secure the enactment of such law that will sumarily auppresa these evils. In this connection we specifically denounce the Interference of the smelter trust in the selection of the Judge for the First Judicial dlstirct. ' ' . W hereby pledge tne nominee of this convention for Governor to appoint aa ln-uraace ln-uraace commissioner who will see to it that the so-called "six-bit" insurance companies com-panies be prevented from doing business in Idaho until they pay their honest debts. We further pledge the people to pas more effective legislation to protect policy-holders. The Democratio party pledgee itself to en- ' courage and assist the homestead settlers to the end that the unappropriated portion of our State land be taken up by useful citizens citi-zens and transformed into happy homes. We favor the enactment by our Legislature Legisla-ture ot a primary election law whereby candidates can-didates for office shall be nominated by dl rect vote ot the people, and we pledge our :Klslatlve candidates, tn tbe event of their election, to work for the passage ot such law. We deplore the untimely death ot our honorable hon-orable cittaen and ex-Governor, Hon. Frank Steunenbcrg, by the hand of an aaaasain, and we demand that the person or persons responsible re-sponsible therefor, whomsoever tfiey may be, be puniabed to the full extent of tbe law. We favor the submission of a constitutional amendment to the people providing for a separate - election st a time other than the general election of State and county officers, when shall be elected Judges of tbe Supreme Su-preme and District court and County and Stat superintendents of schools. Until luch constitutional amendment can be adopted It should be the policy of the Democrats of thl State to aelect candidates for these Important Im-portant offices with regard solely to ability, integrity and moral worth, disregarding political po-litical affinities and demanding and expecting expect-ing no partisan support or surrender of political po-litical conviction on the part of a nominee. We pledge the party to enact a Stats' Board of Health law for the. control of contagious con-tagious and infection diseases and for the collection of vital statistics, . We demand the extermination of polygamy and unlawful cohabitation within tbe Bute of Idaho end ths complete separation of church and state In political affair. W pledge the people of Idaho that In the event ot Democratic success at the polls In November we will make effective by legislative legis-lative enactment the wise and patriotic declarations dec-larations in our State constitution contained In Section U. Article . which reads as follow: fol-low: "No person Is permitted to vote, serve a a Juror or hold any civil office who la under guardianship, idiotic or Insane, or who haa at any place been convicted of treason, felony, fel-ony, embeztlement of publics funds, bartering barter-ing or selling, or offering to barter or sell, his vote, or purobaalng or offering to purchase pur-chase tbe vote of another; or other infamous infa-mous crime, and wbo has not been restored to the rights of dttienshlp, or who at the time of such election Is confined In prison on conviction ef a criminal offense, or' who la a bigamist or polygamist or la living la what ia known as a patriarchal plural or celestial marriage and In violation of any law of this- State or of tbe United States forbidding any such crime, or who in any manner teaches, advisee, counsels, aids or encourages any person to enter into bigamy, Klygamy or such patriarchal, plural or ce-itlal ce-itlal marriage or to live In violation ot any law or to commit any such crime, or who i a member ot or contributes to tbe suo-port suo-port or aid of any order,- organisation, association, as-sociation, corporation or society whl:h teaches, advises, oouneefa, encourages or aida any person to eater into gibamy. polygamy or such patrlarchlal or plural marriages, or which teaches or advises that the laws of this State prescribing fuleo of civil conduct a-e net the supreme law ef tbe Bute; ikmt shall Chlnqse or ofrsgna oi Mongolian jk- scent not born In the United 8tatee, nor Indiana not taxed, who have not severed titelr tribal relation and adopted the nabits of civilisation, either vote, serve as Jurora or-hold any civil office." We favor further legislation in harmony with the unanimous recommendation of our Supreme court te the laat session of the legislature, providing for a change of venue. on the application of the State, upon a proper anew Ina, cn behalf of the proaecution that Justlco demand such Chang. Kecogniilng the paramount Importance f affording adequate opportunity for tbe higher education of the young men and young women of our State; appreciating the priceless Value of the work that our 8tate university at Moscow has been doing and the high standard It has taken among the great educational establishments of tbe Pa--ciflo coast, and viewing with profound regret the embarrassment because of tbe loss of the administration buildlnga by Bre, we hereby pledge the Democratic member of the Legislature Leg-islature to enact such measure as will enable en-able the regents to rebuild at once, and fully equip the great Institution In order that It may continue its career of usefulness in which the people of the State have taken such met ited pride, ... - 9 |
