Show cs IDAHO EDITOR it la is only a few years the lonnon as a po political lideal factor brgan began to lo ila ho felt in idaho at that thai time lima file alicy allied th them 1 1 S fllch tho democratic ailed parly aly 1 1 1 I 1 balses w ith t alio llio 1 solid mormon on etc ir could c carry arry til abo Terr iLor could co u id elect a mundon delegate pc legale to lo congieta a dellbo ciagle and every county officer tn lit tile soui sout born counties bilut tile demands upon th ho 0 D domo 0 me cratic party pany from froin their allies became more and more and the DIOIO they WOM were conceded tile more was de da IlI until fit at lab babl so borno sorno to of alie dern socratic lender declared that this barnacle 5 hould bo be sha en ot off 1 nl said soo so i 0 ot of the old granny leaders vt nal call we lot if wj w 06 cl with tile the cormons mormons Mori HO A a viii bo be defeated in it every in ill tory and will loso lojo our delegate to congress hallo bile will viii thorn them and sweep everything ono one bri lit young man in the iho dono delve bratle party parly said damn the I 1 cans danin tho ilia democrats and over thing else elbe aba has to rely upon the llie mordou olo late for success ae ve aro are slaves 0 a have to lo do luo be biddi bidding tim ol 01 0 j till tho mornion at al balt lake wu IVO have to consider t alio llio lie mornion I 1 in n lit congress and in ili till tills territory wo we dare not bay our soul Is our own tur fur fear aur of thim Va varallo IS all our actions I 1 say let cl us stand or fall by our principles principled the democratic party Is bol a slave nor shall ll it bo be die dic tilted to lo by the mormon priesthood look at our oar Damo democratic cratic Da delegato Dale legato galo to congress go I 1 a g ro ruu lirly to salt lake to re his well wall uh v hal lit can we do alicie fell lend t hat and kaintuck Kinti ick smith a A ri il tile the idaho tuie luie produced the alio idaho test oath 1 this bill proposed pio posed to ill who lie are members of any or organization ran or chur church c b ahli li tem lies polygamy ell the r republicans will assist us to ma make ke this uw law II 11 1 will knock out tile the mormon marmon political poll machine athine and then wo wa will stand or fill fall on oil our dior principles I 1 Is as democrats or alike this A was ai s t the lie first birst stroke at al mormon political 1 ule rule slid ami it was filially dually sus talked by uio the but supreme roune coult of the iho united si slates ates 11 in a low oars nato idalio framed a state stalo constitution and it incorporated tile I 1 principles ot of the idalio idaho test 0 it i showing herself capalla capable of managing hot political and nd other interests she wab wa admitted as detain abtam begun began to see thit that they had lost control of ilia iho young und and promising state slate of idaho that congress was mas about to lo disfranchise tho the mormons cormons of utah on account of the llie teachings of tile tho church and must bo done ho be a luani festo or nas as issued from their teachings 1 chib it thought would put the ito Mor mormon in ill political standing in idaho and Mat hiat chool for utah thus they would klotild bo be lutren clied in fit tuo poi powerful noer erful tul stales estates and would soon bo be a blo allo to realize their hopes of spreading tuy all oer the ilia unit united I 1 states state aut tho the idaho alato legislature convened cond and at al once p proceeded d to S CO president ident woodruff and raise him hill one bo be they enacted a law dishian chasing all who belong to a chuoc chur churchro chho it bo ever did teach poli gamy bigamy itte etc thus thui idalo idalio was again protected tho the conniel As wo we see matters tn in utah final our stand standpoint polia hero here it seems secfus the conditions are almost thebe tho the church Is determined to secure as a foundation for tho the pra eracleo cleo of their peculiar religion the fight with the united gentilo torres forces was a hard one already two or throe three of the ibo largest cities mejo fie lost to them including their zion the city of nt the iho saints so a move must bo be made to disrupt tho the Goti tiles lit in order to lo do tills this we appeal to their national political poeju alees wo 0 o must induce them to divide aud vio no can affiliate both parties par lies slid and th thus s control atrol both idaho thero there we had to go belld with oue becu because tiso wo ito vero not strong enough to handle both now in fit tile the of theitis parties the mormon element can control tile nomination of candidate from constable up to tho the Dele delegate Do legate gaLeto to congress and I 1 assure you that there vt will ill uoti bo be A lulu much less elected who he Is not a mormon isn sympathizer mpa they may put gentiles la IQ ollice but only such us as will do the bidding of the priesthood hood and I 1 feel safe in ili asserting that not a gentile will mill join lit in this dis islon unless lo be is all u auice saulor or a mormon s siu m path izor from caleb went dow dome n to kenner anil and that ilia t it the C lurch succeeds lu in accomplishing tile tho disrupt disruption iou of the liberal party in forty years thero there will riot not bo be a trian man a elected to date a in utah unless ho he cau can take the mornion mormon test find and will sub serio seno the iho norman mormon in to rests 41 0 Is abinion idaho july 13 1891 |