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Show A SON DISMISSING HIS FATHER'S CASE. The Tribune ban all the lime maintained main-tained that the church, leaders are not anxious to maintain political power In order that tho right3 of their follower.! may be subserved, but merely that they and their practices which are either Illegal Il-legal or Improper, may be prctectcd from prosecution and publicity. An Instance comes to u from Idaho, which should be a notice to Americans that never can be forgotten. That brilliant young man,' W. E. Borah, of whom such high hopes were entertained, but who seems to have gone over to the hierarchy of the church, made a public challenge for Information concerning violators of the lawp against polygamy and unlawful cohabitation. Promptly he was supplied with a list of twenty cases, and Information was offered conocrning one hundred more cayes. His request was a political bluff, and probably nothing will come of It except that It will serve a a warning to Utah devotcco of the hierarchy not to ask for Information: for !( they do. they will as surely get It ao Mr. Borah got it when he did not want It, The case as It affects Mr. Borah Is of little Importance when compared with another development which ensued. One of the polygamlsts against whom the charge wan made and concerning whom evidence was offered was President William Wil-liam Budge of Eear Lake. , The names of his wives were given; '.the statement was made that he was living In defiance of the law; the gentleman who supplied tho list guaranteed that he would furnish fur-nish all the evidence necessary for conviction. con-viction. . A son of William Budge la Judge of the district in which William Budge lives and would be tried. Another rori of William Budge Is District Attorney In the district In which William Budge lives and would be tried. The son of William Budge who Is the Judge per-mlts per-mlts hlrnt?2lf to be Interviewed on a prospective criminal case, that against his own father, and denies that his father is living in violation of any law human or divine. Probably the District Attorney ' would make the. Game reply. And this 1b apparently the end. Not In all cases are the distinguished, J leaders of the church, who are violating the laws of the country and the revelation revela-tion of God, in so happy a position. Not all of them aro so fortunate as to have their sons In tho positions of Judge and District Attorney. But they arc able In moot cases to exercise such influence over these ofllcQs as that tho offer of testimony would bo as valueless In any other part of Idaho or Utah as it appears ap-pears to be valueless ln the case of William Wil-liam Budge. Can not the Mormon people sec why their leaders are willing to jeopardize the welfare of the whole community by exercising control In politico? It Is so that they can protect themselves In illegal il-legal practices by holding cour.ls and attorneys and other oIlcers of tho law in the fear and admonition of the high occlesiaets and law-breakers. What between a court in Idaho which tfonlcs that any offense has been committed and dismisses a case before prosecution can be brought; and a Sheriff, not unknown un-known in Utah, through whose ofllce. It Is said, leaks the fact that a warrant Is out for an apostle, there Is not much chance for successful prosecution, no matter how llagrant the wrong. And it Is to retain this status, as well -is to protect the Improper bus!ncs.con-nectlons bus!ncs.con-nectlons and control which the leaders hold and in which tho followers do not share, tliat the high eccleslasts jeopardize jeopar-dize the reputation and even the Statehood State-hood of Utah. |