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Show I II .'Democratic. Central Committee j of Bingham County. Idaho, I M j ' Uses Plain Language. M' huORMOX DfiMOf HATS HAVE ; . BROKEN THEIR PLEDGES Iff ! M 'Polygamous .lohn Henry Smith , W o'f.Salf Lake Delivered In- j IS st ructions to "Faithful." ; j j -Special to The Tribune. - . iVACKFOOT. Idaho., April 21. The ,( , J following resolutions wrc unanimously 4 ; J- 'adopted at the rotrular meeting of t ho Democratic county central committee: m U " Whereas, Tho- so-callod .Mormon S TJoniocrnts of Bingham county at the Ft' i "beginning of each campaign hnvn NT L nWggcd for an opportunity to vote the democratic county ticket. eHmiunting HI ! (all reference to Mormonism and havo W J promised that if they wore givon such Jsi -R 'opportunity they would vote their parly III n 'ticket in the county and ?' P i ""Whereas. The 'po-called Mormon i 'J ; j 'Democrats of Bingham county have il jj ,votcd tlio Republican State and county j f'l.j' ticltet straight in accordance with in , jjt KtrtU'tiotis from their church and in di f lj .raet violation of their pledge and prom ; M,-I vise to their fellow Gentile Democrats ' ' Viiid. It'ftfll I "Whereas, The ocallod Mormon i af ( Ipemocnits at tho last election, after 1 fij'3 J. undtu-iug some of their fallow Gentile, ill , -.Denioernts to join them in placing a I Democratic county ticket in the field, 3 j. which did eliminate all reference to !h lMormonism, openly opposed snch Demo ijliji I emtio county ticket and voted the J?e kH . nmblicnn ticket straight, as shown by Jtjj I pho election returns, even the Mormon lij(. ! candidates on the Deniocrntie county lljllill ticket secretly opposing and voting L, r.gaiust such ticket, and ktLf" k. i " Whereas. John Henry Smith. lyll g (Salt Lake Citv. Utah, a polygamous jlip v iflpostlo of the Mormon church, oamn in H.n i to Bingham county on the last Stindav IflflL' i (preceding electiou day with instructions lllyl, arom tho Mormon church to the Mor- ' ijinl k 3uons of Bingham county to vote the !fl' Republican ticket straight, and j Kjjil ' ''Whereas, The Mormon bishops of !nr 23inghnm county, immediately after re- i H: r ceiving such instructions and pusuant. (HI - hereto, openly and boldly commanded f.j ' 1he Mormons, whether Democrats. So- ,, f c.inlist, or whotnot. to vote the Itepub- ' fl' " 2ican tickot straight, and Mlj ' , "Whereas, Such command was cheer- I ' tfttlly and literally obeyed, and I1 j Intolerable Interf ereuco. jf "Whereas. The influence of the Mor- j , w w snon church in politics has become in- , V T tolerable to tho Gentiles of Bingham ;' & count3', now therefore bo it ) I, ' ''Eosolvod: That the Bingham county j i, Vr Democratic Central committee duly and )( lie ' regularly assembled -most emphatically 1 1 'i f condemns such interference and that the fj !,r committee indorses the anti-Mormon i ' V planlc contained in the last Democratic 'j i : fetato platform and pledges its, heart- j i , support to Honorable Fred T." Dubois , f an his struggle against Mormonism in js politics nnu that tho secretary spread ;j f' this resolution upon the records and jr- -'aiail a copy thereof to ex-Senator Fred M IT. Dubois. 'I " W. A. BEAKLEY, 8" Chairmnn. GEORGE CIIAPLTX, tj Hr Sccretar3'." |