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Show rOLlTHS IN IIHIIO. Ma'ra'fnl r tbc ilnatlou Ironi an lMli."JIorrfloi" Source. Biarkfoot, Idaho, Jul 2s In the il. strict court this mornirg, Uniteil States ttorni Wood presented pre-sented petitions from leading cili sens cf Bingham, Bear Lake, Onehla, and Cassia counties requesting re-questing the apj ointment of United stales suieriMrs of election. The amplication- weie lgned ly anti-Xormoti anti-Xormoti demoerat n well is re-pub'icans, re-pub'icans, ind were made for the jtirpotc of keeping the Mormon vote from registratioii. James II. Hawks afiired and resisted re-sisted the ii ilications Mating that lie ippcarcd as nu officer of ihe court ind as a representative of one of Uie ixditlcil iirtics he being a member of tin State Democratic Demo-cratic Committee AI-o that he had been riijue-te-J to ai pear by one of the Count committee of Ins party. He stated that he and his pary wanted a fair election, but made a Ion.; and animated argument argu-ment igalnt the jurisdiction of the court to appoint supervisor". Tnis indicates an inten-e de-ire to prevent pre-vent auysupervi-ion of the rwri'-tri-tion and election, and leaving it t ntireK ope u for as mm Mormons to regi-ter and vote as presented lheinwive Judge Iterr decides In favor of his jurisdiction aud wi'I apjjmt uirvisors for all Mormon counties tomorrow fins action of tnc democrats is -iirnilicaiit when it is contdi red that the election officer are in their bands or in the hands of the Mormons Mor-mons f jt the four counties named, several prominent democrats were in attendance, among them Jones of the sta'e democratic committee, J. Edward bni.ih, w ho, as as-itant altorue , two ears ago caused thearre-t of all leading Republicans an! auti-Mormuns at this bee for attoaipting to prevt nt the Mormons trim voting in this county It lias Iwen clear for some time that the Mormons Intent! to vo'e, ind it is now certain that the Democrats in tins count intend to secure that voie Judge Ber-j holds flr-t that the jurisdiction of a D't'iet Court of a Territor to ixerci-c this function ufa Circuit Judge of tho United States Court is undisputed rMxond. that b the idortion of thet onstitutiinthc jieoj leaunulled all puuersof the Territorial courts from ami ittir the qaallfiritinn of eler-ted ji ilges nnj up to the time nf suihqiialiticition left them in all resiieets intact. Tii nl, that this action of tue peo pie Cougrekj confirmed. Fourth, that ULdil the district judges of tiie Stale of Idaho rro-v2ted rro-v2ted for b the Constitution shall have been elected and qualified, the district courts of Idaho continue widi all their former jurisdiction aud pom er. Triune. |