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Show H THE "SOKMON" ATTITUHE IX j . IDAHO. fl 1 TEpurpaseoftheanU.'Jtormon" f, furore which Idaho Kspubllons , m are endeavorlnj to ferment Is rather K diracult to perceive. There i no H t tangible reason for it. and what" its lpJI j agitators expect to assomplish bj it liWB ls somewhat of a nuzzle to llissowho Hf ' knowr th facts." That the -JIor- ppfl mons", of whose votes so much fear ppf k pretended, have no Intention of pH ' attempting to take part In tho coro- 1S election, his been established J 5 bsyond all reasonable doubt; yet the ppff , nntl-"Moraioa" agitation Is kept ppJI f up, false rumors are spread and the ppfl telegraph Is employed to mtsreprc- ppf 1 nt the situation. Tlio following, fl whlcii we clip from a ieclal to the ppfl Salt lake Tniunc, dated Mout- PH pelicr, Idaho, Sjpt. 19, is a sample SH of tbe 6tu" which Is being sent over flj the wins: Ppfl Mr "The ilormons are still refining lo Bpj W correct ha registration lists, and all ppft 1 tho registrars aro holding tliecielvos ppB J L liable to criminal prosseution and In- ppff 1 f dietraeet by the UintoJ States. The ppfl B J '"j Mormons have nominated a tarpay- Bpfl I era' ticket In this county, and claim PH 4 that they will beat too Itspubllean Hpfl 5 t)Uto ticket. The necesiary uteris will 1 bo taken by the protwr officii, to m EKB 1 that ever3 Mormon vote is kept oat ppB J of u" ballot-box. Judge Claggett, ppS L in hia Poeatello sjeech. dsclaroj tha: ppC j this must be don, and the bsllot-box ppB J f - protectot agains: the Mormon steal, BBBJ If u " required the entire exeeudve BBBJ -1 . authority of the State lo aeaomrdUh ) fl y- BBS I - "The speeohs of Judgs Claggett BBBJ j , aad Judge Sweet have thsroughly BBJI s' ; aroused tha Gentiles of the Southeast, BBBJ "od the Itepublicans are sure of carry. BBBJ J laS these countie by theold-fash- BBBJ ' ioned anti-Mormon majority." BBB j Ifowjscilng that no"Mormon"can BBS either vote or hold office In Idaho, BBBJ ;" ,- tlie stupidity of the fdregoing Is self- BBBJ 1 evident. What have the "Mr. BJ T I t nwns" to do with the ritration BBS s. HsW How cau they correct or re- BBa I '- fuse to correct Hats which are not In 1 I tlelr poewioti? The nonaenMi of I 4 all this Is only paralleled by the al- ' IedgeJiUtenientof Judja CUggett E aWjt the "ilarmin tteal". 2fo pHS "Morniou" can be an election offl- BBJl cer, and If the "Mormons'' do nut BB3 vte, ttiey etnnot 'fsteal" or iu any BBBJ way turn the tile for or against BBS cither (arty. ! But the ckiu wjiileaco of what I I we have quoted above, throws some I light on the reason why so much work has been doue to fosterauantl- BB . ' i "Marnim" feeling iu Idaho. BBB "i I "The old faihtoaed anti'Mormou PBB ' .1 nnjority", It secau, is the object to BBB I be gained by all tills. Tills means BS a departure from strict jtxriy lines, BBH , RaJ au aUempted fuon of persons BBB (M In both parties whj lmve been reu- BBB H dcred partially Insane on the "itor- BBB ttl mon'' question. We do not believe BBB A lt vi" occompiitu much. It may PJ W- Citel1 a ver-r :j" ve'" frm thu BflH ml Democratic ranks, but everybody PBJ 5i w bo knows anything about tlie matter, mat-ter, unlvrsUtuJs pjrfeetly well that (the plitios f Idaho cjnaot now be aOVcted l.y the '-Mormon" attitude", whatever it mcy have been in the Tnis momlnj wo hoj tiie pka. ure of mjeUug President William llujge, whose niuitf hasoeenmvJ promlueut in nsoon: press dis- j m pileha,aud who is known to beas BPJ g E01 a" a-iUiority on 'Mormon" BPJ ,j affiir in I-Uho as can In found. pjBBm H On qieitiouing bltu closely we BBBJ learned these facts: BPJ f 2 There Is ,, "Jformou" In Hear BBBB M I"ike County acting as a regUtra- BBBB fe tionotllcer. The registrar at Paris BBBB ft hlJ Jufunoed him tint though he PBBj " I,iai"riady,athijomcj,toregis. H j, ''ai'i'JiraalsuccirJingWlaw, not BBBB i one"ir"'-"a-'hadapJ-aredforthe PJ ' ' i- Iriwee. mat s deputy marshal had X, I" re.jueted him ,0 mite a clean , weep of the registration list 'J ex- i punging all the names therefrom. xTnis he had refused, beause OiAt . would have bsen contraiy to law. h ; f "uthehadMguifledliU willingness BBBj ' J toJowhattheUwrefimres; that Is, BBBB otnfceofftheinmeoraay jwrsou BBBB , rrom the Ibt who could be shown to BBBB X liave no right te vote. H President Iludge saiJ tha 'Mur- BBBB f moat" are not registering or at- BBBB k temptlag to rktcr. They do not BBBB g inteni to vate or attempt to vote. BBBB ' I HehaJempbaticaiy cxpred his BBBB I vieW3 on this matter to all with BBBB whom he hal convert,! n, .- PPB muniuteJ; namely, that after B I making every legitimate effort BBBB preserve their civil and BBBB political rights, of which they PBflj f "J tu deprived through staU PBM ' utes f which tho whole country PPPJ wi" ?tl ashamed, there is no BBBH further reason for contention or In- PJBBB I tcrference iu r-olitlccl aualrs by, cr pBBl fO in behalf of, any member of' the BBBK Church in Idaho. As to the "Tax- PBH payers' ticket" ho explained that PpH the deltates who were rejected at BBBB E " 'Iso lmocraUc Convention BBBM were bona fide taxpayers and proi- BH ertJr owners, and oa their return H they started the Taxpayers' ticket. BBBJ ot one of them Is a member of the PBH "Mormon" Church, nor are there Hj any members of the Church iu the BBBM :f Jf011 iarty tbey have organized. BBpBJ j' Soaie r them were once members, H f othe neT were, and there Ij no BJBJBJ 1 Kood reason for Eayine the"Mor- M mow" tar,, anything" to do with PBH that or auy other ticket, a, they are I taking no pracUcal IDt-rt wnat. B ever In this election. 1! We have received private Infor- tin on this matter, from which s ,Mm"t wme at least of the BJBJBJ taxpayers' party arc so opposed to BJPJPJL the pretended Democrats who hre PJPJBB betrayed them, tliat they desire the BJBJBJ A J defeat of the iarty even If It fceals JBJ Jl - Dubois. B J InturUiercjnversation with Mr. WWW f ' BbBBBmw' '- ::pBJpBBjMBaBHBjlBBjBpBpBBPJ Badge, La expro" ed the opinion that tho It:puu)icans would carry lheSLale,and that the chances for Dubois are good, but that It depended upon the strength with which the Xortli pushed its claims to one Sena-torship. Sena-torship. Governor Shoup, he said, Is pretty sure of election, both as Governor of tbo Stale and then as United Stales Senator. He thinks the gentleman eminently fitted for cither position, as ho is able, honorable, honor-able, hlghmlndcd, opposed to trickery trick-ery and fraud, and the tool of no man or party. And this he said was the prevaillngseatlment among the "Mormons" in Hear take County. Coun-ty. In answer to tho question as to what was the motive of this outcry about tho "Mormon" vole, be said there could be only two causes: One, (hat notwithstanding tiie facts, perhaps per-haps tome Republicans were really foolish enough to Ulieve that because be-cause the"Mormons"had made such persistent efforts to maintain their rights at the polls for several years, Uiey intended to make another struggle. And the other, that foreshadowed fore-shadowed In the expression In the special dispatch the desire to com bine all the anti.-'Mormon" elements ele-ments in support of tho lisiiubllcau ticket. "But," he repeated, "there is not tho slightest foundation for the Idea that any member of the "Mormon" Church in Idaho intends tj vote at the coming election." Wecousiderthsarrests that have been made and others that are in-tended.andtheoutcry in-tended.andtheoutcry which Is being made,are both for political effect and for a malicious purpose. Seeing that there Is positively no ground for believing be-lieving tliat the Mormons" Willi attempt to take part in the election. the trouble, expense and d Uturbance caused by this new assault ujon them Is without excuse. And we believe it is prompted by the came deviliih and autl-ChrUtian spirit which has burned In the bosoms of many lectariatu and some iu II dels, agaiust a peoplo whose faith they cannot comprehend and whose virtues vir-tues they will not emulate. However, How-ever, we are comforted by the conviction con-viction that such a people cs the Latter-day Saints cannot long be kept uader the heels of opprer. sors, nor long remain withoutrccog-tiltlou withoutrccog-tiltlou as good cltizsus, worthy of every right and privilege that can be enjoyed in tills free land. |