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Show ;:cl ?c?iCE test oats; oriALLiicsriori voters IDAHO FALLS, Ida, Nov. 2. Senator Sen-ator Dubois spoke last evening in the Armory, the largest hall in Idaho Falls, to an appreciative audience that packed the building to anffocation, while hundreds who came to hear him were unable ' to get inside the building. build-ing. ' . A -political -meeting to compare with it in point of attendance, interest or enthusiasm has not been held in Idaho Falls for years. Before Senator Dubois began - his address a statement concerning the now all-absorbing subject of the application applica-tion of the test oath of the Idaho constitution con-stitution in the 'coming election was made by C. H. Jackson of Boise. He said the Democratic State Committee after full consideration and after consulting con-sulting and advising with the best constitutional con-stitutional lawyers, not only in Idaho . - I ' -and Utah but in the Fast', were satisfied satis-fied that the test oath clause of the Constitution - was operative without Legislative enactment -and that it was proposed to resolutely enforce it. Challengers will be placed at every polling precinct - and he warned the Mormons that if partisan judges - refused re-fused to recognize a legal challenge, or if the advice of Governor Gooding at Bexburg was followed and violence against the challengers was attempted the consequences would be upon the heads. of those interfering. Any elector elec-tor has the right to challenge any person per-son offering to vote and the law fully protects him in the exercise of that Tight. , The speaker then quoted from both the Constitution and the law on the subject and gave a brief but full and clear exposition of the same. He read from the instructions prepared by the Democratic State Committee for the guidance of challengers, showing show-ing that the committee advised them to avoid . becoming involved in -arguments or wrangles, or violence of any sort. If a challenge is disregarded by the election officers and the voter, challenger chal-lenger is instructed to rest that ease right there and continue in that line. Challengers are instructed not to resent re-sent insults or abuse but to stand on their rights and quietly perform the duties of the position as defined by the law. When Senator Dubois rose to speak he received an ovation. He spoke for an hour and a half, holding the closest attention of the audience and being interrupted by frequent and hearty hear-ty applause. |