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Show iGIVES AWAY SECRET IH IMPULSIVE SPEECH Collusion of Some Idalio Democrats Demo-crats With tii e Mormon Hic-rarcJiyJs Hic-rarcJiyJs Proved. Special to The Tribune. BOISE, Ida., April 7. At a meeting of the pro-Mormon Democratic club of Ada county, held here last, night. Moses j Alexander, an avowed candidate for the Democratic" nomination for Governor this fall, "let the cat. out of the bag" as to a -collusion between a wing of the Democratic, party of Idaho and the Mormon Mor-mon church, both of which are evidently evident-ly seeking the overthrow of Senator Dubois. TljpStatesman this morning, in re. porting the proceedings of the meeting, meet-ing, gave tho following extraet from Mr. Alexander '? speech: "Dubois has a good deal to sav abnut the constitution and how it dis-Ti.-i'ieliised good citizens of the Stnte. but Domociats will fix all that with the initiative nd referendum if they get into power, and will give Dubois .one tlmig less to (alk aboiir by holding a fonst'.rutiotial convention aiid changing some of the objectionable features ol Jho document." This utterance harmonizes accurately with the effort five years ago of Apostle Apos-tle John rienry Smith of Snlt Lake, who, according to Editor Balderston and Publisher Cobb of the Statesman, came to Boise during the session of tho Legislature for the avowed purpose of starring a movement calculated to eliminate elim-inate the so-called "test oath" from the Idnho constitution. Tn their testimony testi-mony Cobb and Rnlderston involved benator Borah and ex-Govcrnor Morn-son. Morn-son. Alexander is erratic, impulsive, and the exhibition of loss of temper last night is being bemoaned hero todav bv those more careful members of tho 'club who-hnvp all along been inclined to! nard the secret lot on I by Alexander |