Show PARTY S SUCCESS THE MAIN IDEA 1 Idaho Democrats Feel Feet Sure They Can Carry the Gem State WILL DROP MORION MOR ON ISSUE RANK AND FILE TIRED OF MAK MAKING MAKING MAKING ING LOSING FIGHT Special Correspondence Boise Bolst Ida March 12 Great Interest attaches In overy every section of ot the state I to the revolt of ot prominent Democrats I against the further exploitation of ot the Mormon I rmon question In this campaign and making the of ot Bryan and na national national issues paramount In some Bomo quarters an n attempt was I made to make It appear that this is a personal fight on Senator Dubois but such s ch Is not the case caseIn caseIn caseIn In fact tact some of at the tho men most prominent in this protest as for example Judge Karl Paine K X I L Perky have been chain cham champions plODS of ot Mr Dubois Dubols in the past and andare andare andare are his personal friends pow now but they place the tho success of ot the Democratic party and the election of ot Bryan above any merely personal consideration The position taken that seems invulnerable is that this Is a question for the tIle courts to decide and not one for party action except to call caU attention to the situa situation situation situation tion and this has been done in two campaigns Remedy Too Radical Mr lr Dubois Dubols In Inaugurating his Ida fda Idaho Ida Idaho ho campaign from Salt Lake Lako at i the Ithe recent banquet tendered him by the American party of ot Utah took ad advanced advanced grounds and now proclaims en on entire tire Uro disfranchisement of the Mormons as IJ the only settlement for this ques question question question tion that will meet the case When en asked by Democrats here whether that was his hla position he admitted ad admitted d mUted that it was Now the tho only wa way ay that this can be accomplished is by placing the thA old test oath on the statute books thus forc fore forcing forcing ing tho the Mormons to take an oath that they do not belong to any church that teaches or practices or ever has taught or practiced polygamy thus making an ex er post facto law which is certain certainly ly averse to all aU people Courts Must Decide Should the oath that Js is in the be held to b hi as even Mr Hawley who is the attorney attorney attorney ney for Budge in the ease case now at bar tutor before the supreme court says then this oath will have to be administered and of course all who take It will be b I allowed allow 4 to vote I There can be no question that every Mormon in the state will take this oath as they hold that they do not now n w teach or practice polygamy poly amy In Incase Incase Incase case this position is disputed it will come up in the courts and nd they will have to determine the facts in the case It will no doubt go to o the supreme court whatever th the c decision in the lower loner court maybe ma be and the supreme court will have to pass on it When they do pass on i It ii of course that will willbe willbe be the law lag la o so that in case the Mor Mormons Mormons Mormons mons are disfranchised at all It will have to be done through th thi courts Too Late for Decision As the case ease is now in the supreme court and will wm no doubt be referred back to the district court the appeal lying to t the point of ot Jurisdiction the whole question will have to be gone over in the lower court and It will be too late to get a decision from the su supreme supreme preme pr me court until after the election All that leading Democrats ask is that a chance be bo given to carry the state for Bryan which cannot be done doneIt if It the Mormon issue is injected again in this campaign i t tA iA A canvass of oC the situation in inAda InAda InAda Ada Blaine Elaine Owyhee Elmore Lincoln and Canyon counties shows that hundreds of or Democrats in all these counties are aro flocking to the standard of ot Bryan Democracy and these coun counties counties counties ties will all aIl send nd delegations to both state conventions In sympathy with this view Word has been received from Nez Perce and Idaho that a sim similar liar ilar feeling prevails there A prom prominent promInent prominent professor protessor in the State university at Moscow Latah county wrote wrt te a prominent Democrat here that beyond question Latah would also be In line It is confidently expected that both conventions will be captured by those who desire a campaign along national lines The only aim is to make Democracy Democracy Democracy racy victorious In this tl s state |