Show A SAMPLE ANTI MORMON he instructs the registration officers not to register a mormon V S district attorney D W stan rod of idaho has issued a circular instructing ting the registration officers of oneida county which is largely settled by latter day saints to propound certain questions to mormon voters with the view to prevent that class from participating in the elections of that ter citory he says at the general election held in this territory in 1886 no member of the so called mormon church offered or dared to take the oath prescribed by the statute then existing and now contained in section of the revised laas of idaho it was then claimed by them that they could not take said oath with out perjuring themselves now without any change whatever in the teachings and practices relating to polygamy etc still holding the practice of plural or celestal marriage as a doctrinal rite of its organization they assert that they expect to take said oath and vote at the election this year in view of these facts it would appear that their attempt to vote at the coming election is nothing less than a bold and unconscionable determination to evade and disregard a law that has been declared to be constitutional tut ional and valid by the highest court of this territory it therefore becomes your duty and mine to see that this law is enforced maintained and respected alie oath must be taken as interpreted as a whole and if the applicant be a member of any other organization which teaches and practices bigamy polygamy etc that alone disqualifies him for registration it being so well known BO much so that the courts could almost take judicial knowledge of the fact that the so called mormon church is an order or organization which practices and teaches bigamy polygamy plural or celestial marriage as a doctrinal of said church I 1 think if the applicant answers affirmatively to the question are you a member of the order or organization commonly known as the mormon church you should on this answer alone refuse to register him I 1 have therefore embodied this question in the enclosed draft of questions to be propounded by you to every applicant who may apply to you for registration this blank X have prepared for your guidance in arriving at the qualifications cf applicants for registration should alie applicant refuse to the blank you may still examine him under oath writing the answers in the blank as given by him and stating on the margin thereof that ho was sworn to answer themi clearly you have the right to do this under subdivision first of section of ahto revised laws if the applicant should answer said questions negatively I 1 think it then becomes your duty to register him provided be is otherwise qualified but should you find that he has sworn falsely and that he is a member of said organization you will please report the case to me at once below is the test of the infamous oath passed by the idaho legislature for the purpose of preventing mormon citizens irom voting ido swear or affirm that I 1 am a male citizen of the united states of the age of twenty one 21 years or will be the day of 18 naming date of next election that I 1 have or will have actually resided in this territory four 4 months and in this county for thirty 30 days next preceding the day of the next ensuing election in case of any election requiring a different time of residence so make it that I 1 have never been convicted of treason felony or bribery that I 1 am not registered or entitled to vote at any other place in this territory and I 1 do further swear that I 1 am not a bigamist or polygamist that lam not a member of any order organization or association which teaches advises counsels or encourages cou rages its members devotees or an other person to commit the crime of bigamy or polygamy or any other crime defined by law as a duty or resulting from membership in such order organization or association which practices bigamy or polygamy or plural or celestial marriage as a doctrinal rite of such organization that I 1 do not and will not publicly or privately or in any manner whatever teach ad vise counsel or encourage any person to commit the crime of bigamy or polygamy or any other crime benned denned by law either as a religious duty or otherwise that I 1 do regard the constitution of the united states and the laws of this territory as interpreted by the courts as the supreme law of the land the teachings of any order organization or association to the contrary notwithstanding ahen made before a judge of election add and I 1 have not previously voted at this election so help me god |