| Show THE SCARECROW idaho the journal lis set up the scarecrow in advance of nil oilier republican papers for the coining campaign it is the saino that lie people of idaho leavo gazed upon for the past 20 years or inon and which in limes long gone by was avoided by many ns n would avoid a dark room when sonic half witted fellow would for a joke on some young lender mind yell shooks spooks the article to says that at the cx of all other aspirants for congress and the democratic borly alic cormons mormons arc favoring one individual of course the individual is not named 11 ll would not lie policy to do so because the one named may not receive alic hence the big gun could not bo discharged at taic dominco with anny effect it is ballor to wait until after the democratic territorial convention makes its nomination and then declare that the choice of alic party was alic man referred to the is an old dodge keep it before the people you may be able to deceive some of the new comers but while you arc doing that your party will be shown up by some who know whereof they speak and trill not he slow to use facts and figures cither wo arc not afraid of the records of the federal courts and penitentiaries aries speak volumes for what lias been done under a brief democratic administration since alio llio democrats came into power cormons mormons were to lie penitentiary until no more room necessitated sending a largo number to wyoming the republicans had splendid chances to do the same work 21 years but we heard of only two men being convicted of polygamy during alt that time hunt up something that will scare voters more than crying mormon people have heard that so continually that it ceases to the republican baity of idalio is in the same position of alic following who continually calls oit ait stop thief to divert public attention from to some one else the time lias come in idaho politics when lie land talkers and political shysters shy must take a back scat the people wad reasons and good ones too why a man should be elected to an or defeated dubois was denied once on bombast but he can not be agaid A two years test has shown very clearly eliat he cither can not or will not do any tiling for liis constituents either fault is to consign him to obscurity in Idaho politically speaking while his friends arc putting they should dig a big one and put it on alie origon short line it can bo seen by emigrants |
