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Show f h X HIHl.l'lt Hill. Hi. ; IT leemi that the Idaho Democracy ii , ' ' haatakenn step which Is iiitaut tote B r ' nblgger bid lor tbo "Mormon" vote In H ,, that Htato than that mailo by tbo lie- Hf ' !ij pnbllcaus. Whether II will provo tu j j bo so reality will remstn to bo seen. H f' I l Tho comiuHteo on resolutions, an- l )f ' ' pointed by the llolso convention, aru Hf! V .ij!l reported as having agreed on the an- rS 1 '' jiS1 j nexud asa plank In the plntfonu of tbo !.'!!' !"'1' H ' lill'tH' "Wo denounce tho hypocrisy nf tho H'l 'I'll' j ltcpuMlun party In skallng with (be H J -j y j Mormon fiucstlont and H i I1 "Whereas, 1 he ton) oath cmtioillivl In K'. ; i tin Constitution ot tint SUlo of Idaho in VJ relation to tbo electlvofrsnotilsolssurn. p cli'titly far-reaclilng to protoct the rlgbts Ml , uf llio Blato and Insure llio rights of olec K ( ' t torsi 1 ' "Whereas, Tbo llepublloan lpgislaturu f Iho lut Koulon, bating lu view llio m . liorjmtual dtifranohlsemrul of tbo H i 4 ! large tloss of peoplo known as Mor- H : ) uions, addoil to the roiiitltutt)iul pro ; vltlou an rj'ufurMcoudltlouaud Ihls !, long after tbo Mormons, through their ' Vreoldsnt an J peoplo, lu llio mostsolcuiu innnner, hud abandoned all their ob ' IcUlonal teaohlngs aud praolleos; and Whereat, The uctlon nf the Mormon H jtooplolu theoroi(iotH bssUton aeoipt B ed by tho National Democracy In good B' fiiltht therefore bo It J. j "ltenohnllbatnehrindtlioprnrliiloii J j III the election liw paiied by tlio Us- HHHl publicans of the last leglslnturo as un HHH eoiutltutlouil and radically or posr tietot HHHM'j that -Ae demand Its absotuto und uncoil- HHV I illllotuil repeal,aud that wo ravor an tin- SiuedUto test aiM In the proper courts for the delvrmllintlon of the i-oiiitUiitloniilltr bbj i of said law murder tbst this proscribed H I class of oltlaeus may exenlso tbo right H ' of fraiuhtse at tho coining etcclous," B, That Is very good on apt r. It will B ' ii nil irobably bo ncctpted by the fl' ciiuventlon, or soinethiug substnntlally B' tin- same will hu udopted. Hut will jBjB unj thing be douu to protoit the "Mnr- BBK, limn" cltlzeus who are practically dls. BBBY frsucblicd by the liglalatlon rtfirred BBBB to, If any of them nttiiupt to vole n K the ( lection? B There will be great dlfllcully In BBS obtalnlugntlnildiclsloii In uuy case iBBH ' , V that ussy be brought bslore tbo courts. H 5 ' i Wo believe, however, that lioth parties H j 1 f I admit the tiuionstltutlouallly of the 8 r Hiala legislation on tho subject. Tile ) '. 1 Blato Cuiislitulloa lias u Clovlilou Baf'saf '-jam which liss pared muster as uot violating violat-ing tho Constitution ol tho United I BUtcs In lis letter, while It Is open to grave objections In the light of the spirit of that Instrument. Hut the fzpottncio character of tho law paamd by the Htato I.eglslaturn will, no doubt, render It void when leitod In , the courts, mid If we mlitake not numbers of both parties ft I led In Us pAietige. 'Wohopaour friends In the North will bu sure lliey are right huforo tbey attempt to go abend lu November. Tho Uenvcffltlc rly nf Idaho may now be very iiuxluustu remove their disabilities, but It Is uot forgo Urn in j Idaho Hut both parties worked to cieate thoso dlsablllllus.and that whatever what-ever has been done by II o Democracy ln;ialertlmes,thiiMMoriuon,veli.rs who leased themselves lu Jeopardy for that arty did not nt the time receive that support which they ha I a right to expect from It. This will naturally makothem cautious now, nnd If not It ought to do so. They slioull run no risks, but walk on ilrui ground to the lolls or olsc not go there at nil. Wo shall bu pleaaod to tie somithtng practical In reference to tho rights of "Mormon" citizens In Idaho, no mailer from which pelllloal parly It may come. Itisolutlon are all very well to Uglu with, but deeds are what will count. It uuy be that a demand for rrglitration may furnlih theUat case that Is needed, lut It Is ijnllo doubtful whether that cnu be fully and flnilly detcrinluod In tlmu to boofnvallat tho next election. If It inuba done, It will bo very Interesting to reo who will oppose, the application, and who will try to previ lit Iho case coming to an Issue In time to bu of any gool for either parly this )or. And If Iho way la cleared for the I at tho polls, II will be iullu as Interesting tone how either parly will view the certain fact that the "Mormons" will not rush In a budy to support either Iho Democrats Demo-crats or the Ilepubllctins. |
