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Show DUBOIS ATTACKS THE i.iQ?J)iQ;iS'li( IDAHO BOISE, Ida., SepV 11 Senator Dubois addressed a Iv'rge audience at the Columbia Co-lumbia theater last night on the Mormon question. He declared the church heir-archy heir-archy had forced the issue on the people and It was incumbent upon Idaho voters to determine whether the Mormons were to have a free rein In the State and have the test oath eliminated from the constitution. con-stitution. ' ' ' , . He quoted from evidence In the Smoot Investigation to show that five of the twelve apostles were Ilvlnr in open polygamy po-lygamy and referreo to the Ave wive and forty-two children of President Smith, thirteen of which latter being bora since tho manifesto. i He scored the Mormon apostles, confessed con-fessed potygamists, for interference In Idaho politics and detailed the circumstances circum-stances connected with the visit of W. J. D'Archy of the Capital News to President Presi-dent Smith two years ago when D'Archy informed the church leader that the Mormons Mor-mons would be disfranchised if they did not keep hands off Idaho. He said the present fight was fcr manhood man-hood and womanhood and not political effect. He declared that every pledge made by the Mormons had been broken and their insincerity fully demonstrated. |