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Show TRUTH. 10 SENATOR DUBOIS. recent special In the Tribune from Washington, wherein the corrc A found his occupation gone. lie had led a largo faction of his party into tho wilderness of 1C to 1, and there bartered them, horse, foot and dragoons, to the dynamite faction of the Democratic party for a seat in the United States senate. Such a man MUST think that Borah has made a trade with the Mormon church. His wholo life has been a trade for seats, consideration promises, often going to protest. Ho has given Borahs political record, with tho double purpose of exposing his one weak point staying too long by tho silver crazo (which ho did, because ho would rather suffer spondent (evidently tho mouthplcco of Senator Dubois), attempts to cast as persions on Mr. Uorah because ho was one of the attorneys for Senator Smoot seems to demand a reply. Senator Dubois is egotistic. I am very proud of Mr. Derail as a citizen of my state, ho cays, as If It mads any difference 1o a man of Dorahs attainments whether Dubois was personally than violate his promise to proud of him or not. I am his friend ids friends), and to give an excuse for Borah. so long as ho scratches the political trying to estrange lleyburn andNow let Wo have seen Borahs ways. chestnuts out of tho flro Into my pan, us look to Dubois devious track. but "I cannot say anything about his I have asked how did ho get to the Dubois is senate? Twenty years ago the Morretention in this case. more famed for what ho cannot say mons in Idaho were solidly Democratic. Then it was that Dubois and than any senator except Heldfeldt, or Kentucky Smith conceived an idea Kearns. Dut who is this doughty Du- which they used for mutual benefit. bois whose eloquence consists in omln With the Mormons voting tho territory ous head shahlng, who cannot con was Democratic, and Dubois then wa3 a Republican, and with Mormons votcnlvc of a lawyer accepting any re ing Smith could not receive the recogtaincr without a political advantage nition in tho Democratic party due a attached thereto, whoso strategy is du- gentleman from the Blue Grass region. plicity, and whoso capital has ever These two conceived the idea of disfranchising tho Mormons by means of been promises? a "test oath. To carry out this People who know smiled when they scheme tho Mormons must be disfranshow that telegram beginning "Borah chised at the coming election. So, is tho peerless political leader, etc. with a full legislative ticket, with Kentucky Smith at its head and a Why, Borah is as guiltless of politics few ballot box stutters on the .flank, as is ITcyburn, and neither of them and a judicial wink from the bench, would over got Into tho United States they proceeded to the battle of ballots. senate or anywhero clso If It depend- When the stuffed ballot box from Ka-mastation came in and a few altered ed upon a promise that trenched one returns from other precincts were juIota on tlioir honor or patriotism. "ITo dicially counted, Smith and his Mormon was the defeated (Borah) by friends duly took their seats in the not true. is Dubois. That legislature and duly disfranchurch, says chised Mormons. And the Mor the In tho break tho Mormon members dimon, like the negro, was eliminated vided, going to Iloyburn and Borah. from politics. Judgo Stand rod decided tho contest in Then Dubois proceeded to rake up baked nuts and with the reputed tho wlioso favor of lleyburn, "through Green confession In his pocket, drove agency bo Is now employed, says Du out of the field and went as delPride bols. Again tho fine Kalian hand stabegate to congress. bing Borah while it substitutes the The first state legislature sent DuIn lieu of bois, Shoup and McConnell to the senMormon church as defendant ate, with tho gray eagle of the north tlio Republican party of Utah. in their rear. Arriving at Dut I have asked who Is this man speeding Washington, Dubois, whose term had Dubois, who is stricken with inexpres- not begun, promptly urges' his senasible grief that his friend .should ac- tors from "my. state to the Democept a retainer from a Mormon? Has crats to vote against the force bill for ho never accepted a retainer from certain votes on the silver issue, which Senator Gray subsequently refused to Mormons? Any one of a dozen lead- deliver. Years rolled around and another ing Mormons In this city could answer that question moro definitely senatorial election was In sight. The tlin I. By what ladder has lie climbed northern and middlo portions of the to tho exalted position of owning a state were uncertain for Dubois. Then, state? "My state. By what right docs after a conference with the powers ho sound the tocsin that summons the that be in Salt Lake City, Dubois reg and tho to a pented that he had cussed the MorMormonism? crusade mons, and he and his friends duly reholy against one in who moved the legal restriction and the enthis Why patriotic frenzy never beforo had any frenzy except franchised Mormons fairly worshiped d (for a time) their oppressor and reWhy tho conviction in a man who Is generator. A veritable Moses leading wont to change his politics as readily the oppressed to the promised land. as ho changes his shoes? It is all for Then came the Pocatello convention. Senator Dubois personal and individ- Dubois, in the meantime, having diual There is no murder- vested himself of his Republican habilin Idaho prison, iments, and having dawned the feathers Corcoran Paul ing a promise of whose pardon could nom- and war paint of a veritable sachem, inate him four years lienee as Demo- became a full fledged Democrat, free cratic candidate for senator at a Dem- trade, states rights and anti everyocratic stato convention, as was the thing good. He presented himself to case when lie was nominated at Poca- tho Democratic party in convention as . s anti-Morm- God-lovin- g Clod-hatin- deep-seate- self-interes- t. tello. Ho has used tho Republican party of "my stato nnd his friend Borah until they ceased to bo longer able to sustain bis mighty weight, and then he stabbed them both. After tlio potty triumvirate, Teller, Towno and Dubois, with tragic strides, which they expected would shake tho body politic , into 0110 chaotic mass at their feet, out of which the triumvirato would carve a national party with a single idea (for neither of them was ever ablo to have mere than ere idea at n. time), Dubois on AMONG THE ODD FELLOWS. sembled at Pocatello, demanded that he be nominated as a candidate for the At Its meeting on last United States senate. By a series of Tnr.ay bewilderevening, Golden Rule Encairt.inent tricks and promises utterly he No. 2, I. O. O. P. conferred ing, even to an Idaho Democrat, the Patricarried his point and Jules Bassett archal and Golden Rule on fivo new went on the pardon board and Dubois to the United States senate. To accomplish this he was obliged to satisfy the "dynamiters, the Socialists, Populists and the Democrats. The latter ate the crow, hut did not smile. The The dynamiters got all they asked. Corcopardon of the murderer, Paul ran. The rest got the glory on electing their bitterest enemy to a place that is honorable for some men to hold. This man, who sold and tried to deliver the Republican party, hated and adored by turns by the Mormons, deesspised by the Democrats and justly timated by the Populists, because his methods are their methods, assumes to proclaim a holy war against the Mormons, while devout Christians and womens organizations, the salt of the earth, are assembled at the feet of the great reformer Dubois, little heeding his sardonic smile while he thinks that the cry from such an army in the east renders his party in Idaho an assured fact, and his return to the senate assured. Some people, when they see a Mormon, can think only of polygamy; others, when viewing a church, can think only of infant damnation. Both are IDAHO. things of the past. non-politic- al anti-Morm- on Securities, Yielding six per cent, compounded twice a year, make an ideal investment. They can be procured from & Co., investment hankers, Salt Lake City. The investor holds the security. We do the work. Interest-Bearin- g Me-Gurrl- n The Knights of Columbus opened their new club rooms in the Jennings block on Tuesday evening with a reception and dance, which was very largely attended and was a most enjoyable affair. The new quarters are and the elegant and commodious members are to be congratulated on acquiring such a home for their organization. The Knights of Columbus is comparatively a new order, hut has made great strides during the past few years. The branch in Salt Lake was organized about four years ago, and it has grown very satisfactorily. It includes among its members some of the very foremost citizens. It is a organization, the members being exclusively of the Catholic faith. Its leading features are sociability and charity. semi-religio- us members, and the Royal Purple n;i ten This encampment is growing very fast. Within the last two months it has increased its membership from. r and is still growing thirty to At the next meeting there will be a fifty-fou- dozen Odd Fellows from Corinne and Tremont who will take the three degrees. Ridgely lodge is practicing degree work and the members of the team are attaining considerable proficiency in the work. For the first time in months the lodge has had one meeting night at which no candidates presented themselves for Initiation or reception of degrees, but the resting spell was a brief one, as the indications are that Ridgely will be busy again with a fresh lot of members. Brother Simpkins Utah Odd Fellow was a few days late this month, but the contents indicate that the parson had a busy old time of it. The following candidates for grand officers have been nominated and will be voted upon later: For Grand Master: F. E. Straup, of Bingham, No. 10. For Deputy Grand Master: C. A. Walker, Mystic No. 22, Salt Lake . . City. For Grand Warden: Warren Foster, Ridgely No. 9; T. M. Stringer, Park W. No. F. 7; House, Corinne, City, No. 4; J. J. Pilgerim, Tintic, No. 30; W. S. Giesy, Utah, No. 1. For Grand Secretary: P. A. For Grand Treasurer: E. T. Mystic, No. 22. Simp-kin- , Hula-nisk- i, Ogden, No. 5; J. P. Curtain, ScoNo. 32; A. Stuart, Sandy, No. 11; field, H. D. Trenam, Milford, No. 42. For Grand Representative: W. 0. . Carbis, Bingham No. 21; J. T. Buckle, Jordan, No. 3; H. C. Wardleigh, Ogden, No. 5. o Utah coals: Castle Gate, Clear Creek, Winter Quarters, Sunnyside, are the best ever.' : o k Adam Paul has returned to the city, after several years passed in Oregon. o Less Profanity Than Formerly. The habit of swearing is not as common as it used to be in this country. Gentlemen no longer use the language with the unvarnished freedom of the days of Sheridan, when a gentleman was accustomed to consign himself, collectively and in sections, to the lowEBER W. HALL, est depths of perdition in the presence Em-- b Undertaker and Licensed of ladies while paying tribute to their aimer. 110 West Seoond South, charms. Undoubtedly many youths PoRtnflleA. Tl. 1010. who were brought up to swear do o swear now and then under provocaMr. A. E. Wallace, who for the past tion, but there is, all things considsix years has been connected with the ered, an Increasing respect for the Stickney Cigar Co., at Denver, Colo., English language. o has arrived in Salt Lake City and will Still Make Lace by Hand. enter on the management of that comof Notwithstanding the progress pany in this city as the successor of lace there are in France Mr. Lanius, who retires to other fields machine-mad- e y of labor. Mr. Wallace is accompanied about 200,000 women who make by his wife, who will be cordially re- it by hand. Many of them get only ceived in the society circles of Salt 30 cents for twelve or fourteen hours Lake City. work. o op-poalt.- fl -- to-da- |