Show j I W < CllUIELlI INFLUENCE IN IliillO Scheming politicians regard the use < I or misuse of any Inllueaee to make Again I A-gain their own ends as perfectly legitimate I hence II la not to be wondered won-dered at that the game la being worked < In thesenotorlal contest In the Idaho legislature as It was at the election Then as now It was alleged that Jtorruon Cliurol Irlluenoo was being If used to street voters and then as now t the allegation was without foundation In fact Sometimes the use by politicians poli-ticians ol Church Influence la I sought direct et other times It Is aimed to i I obtain It In negative form asserting that Ibo opposite party Is I mint It I I and by telling denials of authorization therefor for political purposes Just whom tho blame Is to bo placed In lull Instance I we are not ficraKd to toy but that thorn la blame attached to somebody Is apparent from the ratio wIng w-ing dispatch which It was necessary to tend from this city on Saturday tho t me Pigs being directed to ft Demo cratlo member of the Idaho legislature and also a Morran HALT IVKE Utah Jan 10 lion Thomas Unison Wo have received the following dispatch dis-patch from Senator Teller Word reaches us here that local leaders of your 1001 II Jdb a 011010 I nator ssu = Qu0 uIer1r1oAI or nttcld uborIlJ f tile Ibo Cburb > lJolI and obro of your felt ad at 10 you how unjust To JO 11 cap 11111411 lies a I wa u hat you Illpm I air ouh 10 1 Ube to eta 0 Ly wro to Jour logilatore Ra Ilm1 sint the Church is not opposed 10 blo For Ibo Information of yourself and fellow leeUtatom or our lHllli wo desire It llatlnctly understood that wo at a i Church are not opposing Senator 1Iu liuU roololloll ao1 tbal Chucl1 IIInll once must nol ho ood for or against ilia senator WIL1OJltI WOOIlIIUrF Tho position stated that the Church li not seeking lo or dttlroua ot affect Ing the result In Idaho one way or the other Is 1 wt believe pretty well uudentood At least It ought to to When A church laossalleJthen It must uio euch measures ot defcnta aa are at its hand but there In no such assault In the Idaho tenatorlil proposition Itself although there la I In any effort to use Church Inlluenoo to affect the result there bouo It li u nmsuro of defense to forbid tho use of that Influence In-fluence All Church numbers have the right aa citizens to their choice between candidate and no church or other society baa the right to combine and act In relation thereto unless tho constitutional rljutiotsuub orittuiia lion are Involved which latter emergency emer-gency It not the cage In Idaho |