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Show fJIHS AFTER PIE II HIT COUNTY Idaho Brethren Are Grabbing All the Good Offices in Sight A resident of Fremont county, Idaho, informs Tho Tribune that tho church Republicans of that county held their convention in Rcxburg, Friday. The Mormons held the whip-hand throughout. through-out. Bishop John Hart of Rosburg received re-ceived tho nomination for Stato Senator, Sen-ator, James Fogg, Mormon Bishop of St. Anthony, and James Webster, Mormons, Mor-mons, wero nominated for Representatives. Representa-tives. The Mormons aro largely in tho majority ma-jority in tho Republicau party in Fremont Fre-mont county. As a result, the Mormon church leaders take everything in ' sight in tho way of political oflicos. In j this way all official and political re- , sponsibiiity aro removed from the . shoulders of Gentile Republicans. Their duty is mado clear, and is easily performed. It is not necessary that the' should take any further action in "politics. All that Is required of them and all that is expected is simply 1 to vote on election day to help the brothren into office and enable tho Mormon church Republican leaders to : live their religion in tho manner pro- scribod and practiced bT the Salt Lake . hierarchy. This is the way Republican politics have boon and arc being run in Fro- mont county, and in all the other coun- ; ties in Idaho where Mormons aro in the majority, Tho Tribune's informant says. Gentiles Disgusted. The disgust of Gentile Republicans which herctoforo found voice in whis-, whis-, pers is being henrd audibly on the streots of St. Anthony and in every 1 settlement and precinct in tho county. ' There is a reason for this. In pro- coding campaigns, tho Mormons, like I others, have kept pretty well within party lines, and as a general thing voted the ticket of tho party to which they belonged. It is different this year. It is safe to say that scarcely a Mormon Democrat i) Idaho will vote his party ticket. This is an eye-opener , to Republicans who have heretofore been sticklers for part' loyalty. 1 Tho paramount issue in tho Idaho campaign is loyalty to Government and , obedience to tho Jaws of the land; or, obedience to tho Mormon hierarchy and iis domination in the political affairs 1 of the Stato. That tho patriotic liberty-loving people of Idaho will settle this issue along American lines ought not to be any surprise to tho people of this great, t'reo nation. Thero is not 1 a Republican in Idaho but knows that I tho. re-election of Dubois to tho Senate of the United States will do more to extinguish tho blighting effects of Mor-monism Mor-monism in Idaho than any other one thing sinco tho adoption of its State constitution which contains the sacred test oath clause. |