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Show BORAH'S BLUFF CALLEDBY OWEN Boise Mai Must Show His Hand. Expose Regarding Polygamy in Idaho Is Great Sensation. Number of PolygamistB Now on the Anxious Seat, and Great Upheaval Up-heaval Ib Looked For. Special to The Tribune. BLACKFOOT, Ida., Oct U. There Is consternation in this locality. The saints as well as tho Republicans are uneasy. It Is all on account of tho raeh break of Mr. Borah In thc north, where he denied there was any polygamy being practiced. Charles Moystn Owen comes forward with twenty caseB wherein he gives names and residences. Borah said he would prosecute any case presented to him to tho bitter end. It 13 up to Borah and tho Republicans. Thc compaot between tho Mormons and Borah to elect the latter lat-ter to tho Senate In place of Dubois, two yeara hence, Included tho dofenso by Borah of all that is good or bad in thc church doctrine or practice. Uneasiness Among- Faithful. The offer of Owen to furnish plenty moro cases, and tho fact that he haa boen working in this part of the State for Bomo time, has caused uneasiness among somo of tho faithful It has been mooted for somo months that several prominent church dlgnltarletj, as well as other lay members, havo indulged in tho forbidden practice vory reocntly; the rumor ru-mor as to one or two haa been persistent; persist-ent; lt is claimed by those who should know that they are in positive possession of the facts necessary to convince the most skeptical. Owen Calls the Turn. Ab indicated in The Tribune a fow days since, the Republicans have ostensibly scoffed at the Idea that thero was any polygamy or church dictation, but overy speakor from highest to lowest has do-votod do-votod the major part of his time to explaining ex-plaining to the people that lt is all "a scheme of Dubois." They have dodged the main Ibbuo and hammered away at Dubois. Up in tho north Mr Borah makes hln bluff and 13 promptly called by Owen. Recent Polygamous Marriage. To those pooplo in the southeast who aro familiar with the situation the call was not surprising and has been anticipated antici-pated for eevcral days. Tho list furnished furn-ished by Owen does not inoludo the names of sevorol strong suspects about hero, consequently tho unrest which is an apparent among a number in this locality. lo-cality. It haa been claimed that a well-known well-known church man took a second wife but six or eight woeks ago, and that he resides in this county. This Information is vouchsafed by a Republican of undoubted un-doubted standing. On to the Curves. Tho campaign has but a short tlmo yet to run, but thero aro people who bellovo that tho church Ib distinctly of tho opinion opin-ion that "Dubolslsm," as they please to call lt, has demonstrated tho fact that there aro people outside of tho church who are on to "their curves." Tho action ac-tion of Mr. Borah Is anxiously looked for. |