Show IDAHO TEST OATH tho following test oath recently passed both houses of abo iila turo and waa siguid by abo governor bonco is now ft liw cf abo 1 I do swear that I 1 am a male citizen of abo united states over alio ago if twenty rno acara alint I 1 have actually resided in idaho territory for abo period of four months and in this county thirty days next preceding tho dato of my election or appointment that I 1 am not a member of any sect or organization which teaches advises or encourages tho pra elice of bigamy or polygamy or any other crimo donned by liw as a duty or lego resulting or arising from alio or practice of such order sect or organization or that teaches counsels or alvisa any person to commit tho crimo of bigamy or polygamy or any other crimo donned by law a a ach gaius duly that I 1 am annl 1 bigamist or a gi mist and that I 1 do not cohabit with any woman not my lawful wife tint I 1 do not cither publicly or privately loach counsel encourage or advise auy per san or persons to outer into bigamous or polygamous relations or into the relation cnown as plural or celestial marriage that I 1 regard tho constitution of tho united stites and tho laws thereof and cf this territory as interpreted by tho courts as alio law 0 iho laud and that I 1 will support and ephod alio same abo cathings cach ings ol 01 any order ecat or organization to tho contrary so help mo god if tho legislature ia composed of virtuous men they are tho first flo have ever read of who were so radical on mormon question they aro usually sensual ligato men and jowill bat our old hat against a that tho idaho leg is no exception tj t j abo rulo it will bo that alio oath is directed against religion and meant to disfranchise tho lilter day and no other class of citizens the oath could have been varr much by pulling it oa ahia wise I 1 swear thai I 1 am not a latter day saint or mormon murray persists in his right to appoint officers which are already elective our statutes in fact ho seems to have a mania fr doing what ho has no right to do and neglecting pain duties hiis persistent attempt to appoint tho territorial auditor end treasurer shows an amount of impudence seldom found aanon other upon iho rights of tho but ho is liko satan iio has camo down having great wrath knowing ho lias but a short lime when ho bursts ho will bo like tho frog that burst in trying to get as largo as tho ox and will sink into insignificance |