| Show MORMON YaTES IN I IDAHO WAlia A 4 number of ot Idaho MAllO papers are much up u over 01 tho Iho lormon ef of efforts oCt forts t of ot the Boise Statesman That pa paper paper 11 per pet which has lina long been u n organ appears to 10 be he In lit league with prominent Democrats who have havo failed to obtain of or tha hu Mormon vote ole ns liS n they call rail It to 10 accomplish their theft pur purposes i t poses pose und the effect of ot the Iho combination seems likely to 10 divide HVid tho the party In III that St te to 10 the te l e of oC the th opposite party jart This naturally arouses the tho straight He III in III Idaho Is iu m OJ mien Alao to 10 many genuine Democrats The Tue utterances of ot 1 Mr AIr Ir Calvin Cobb of at the th Ih be bt before fore foro orl tho Iho Senate ente committee on gel geln and n elections have hit 0 to odd add fuel tuel to tin time dame against his paper paler He lie Ig fa thus reported Counsel for COl fo the prosecution pro ex CX obb tn in n to 10 the tho Inductive the tho III n alleged to 10 have at nl attempted tempted to lu bring to II boar beul for foi tU the roten reten thin linn of ot Senator This woe uns shown oiti by IJ II a n delegation of or the Idaho whirl called W K g I Horah Borah candidate for Cor the Hie senate would be he his hili attitude as o senator scan tar if IC till the th COM of ot should come up Counsel for Cur th Ih hr defense opposed the Introduction of lit thin hIs t testimony on Oil the ground that what told lold Cobb Cobh wa 10 Mr hr h that he ht to lu show lull declined to 10 himself In tn to Smoot and anil on that account was ivas not nol elected to 10 the th le The rhe Ogden Standard referring to this tithe testimony adds Cobb 1 claimed that i 1 10 the th required rei tutu received tine the vote VOlo OtO of ut the Mormon In and Will was elected while W V 15 l I reused to make any III nI wan vat not nOl The effort of ot Cobb was WAR apparently to 10 make It appear that titi Will was elected nt itt the dictation of at thu Iho Mormon Church authorities These assertions have ha e provoked much unfavorable comment from fron rom newspapers rH of ot both parties In III Idaho and Mr Cobb Cobh has hac hn caused excitement though not In III Mormon circles Our OUt have itne been li accustomed to 10 so en much misrepresentation that Cobbs calumniations count for mi very 01 little to them Tim fits facts In lb the time Senatorial olee olec than CM ralle cusa so do io not appear to 10 leave have hll e been heen brought 1 out In 10 the this examination before herIe the committee t That body has hal listened to lOlL a IL great deal of ot hearsay talk ui on tho the abject I of or the tho Mor Mur Mormon mon muon Church reb h und a it politico joI I t I etS but iU It I line hns so 0 far tar amounted to tu little moro moo On the Idaho part paiL of o t It U the Tribune makes this succinct anti Irre statement showing that the bit hit bitof bitor or of testimony te teet 1 referred w richer het over tIme tho mark murk There were Veere eleven Mormon mom mem member ln betH ber In III the Ih last IMI legislature who were wre ere On the tho final ballot In III thus thu which nominated Senator RonalDI Hey Heyburn Jill I burn hurn four tour Mormons voted for tor and anil seven Ien Mormon for Cor This rule does doc not eOIn to 10 Indicate Mr hi 11 Will was not satisfactory to lo the Ihli people The rime Mormons who voted ole l for or I hey ley lie Inn n were ore Hunt J und and of o Ban flati Bannock nock and and Clark Chuck and anet Reuth l of ot Dear Lake The Mormons who ho voted for tor r vf NI r Day of ot CURia Cecilia Heath and of Fremont Owens and of ot hum mind and Preston und and of ot onilda That Thill ought to tn I he MI for ni 01 un mm people opIe to satisfy II them that the stories tout told by I Cobb and the con continual on pretenses of ot his hll paper pallor aro are base baseless less and ammil Th utmost that has hn been adduced in inthe time the way Ill of ot evidence ol of o In In Idaho politics Is ii I the of fit souse Koma Mormons at al elec ele election ion tion I times time This U ii I admitted Hut But It has been hroon in lit evidence on ott both oth sides aides I ll of or the hl contest l And why should a vigor OUR nUll politician be bo barred from part In lit public affairs because he lie II Is I a Mormon 1 And An why should time the con comm bo be 10 Jumped at nt he ime In Is under anthem f from rom its his Church no matter party 1811 ho he belongs to lo or which ho hL h favor The lOok these theliA remarks nn tO this subject In I 11 i r m Mulio elections during durin tin thO ii p I mt t year however wo wm ho yet ot to toUN UN Instance where whore all thin bid bill fr rr t r 11 i and has apparently if I fO r i t nf the Ih votes of ot the Mormon poo pon eo L I 1 j i 1 MI 1111 n results In Mormon coun I 1 i I shown hown any peculiarities 7 lu hI I n II i h i i I appeared In th Ih the non lion w u Jl ti i In Iii fact Ca t the HM ot In iii Idaho to 10 been boemi Li rno d by b the same MOle as os tho the thonon non voters of ot the time state stateS S S SWe We would suggest eugest t to 10 political load loaders ers erg rl that they let et tim tho Mormon Church Ch alone that they stop their visits sieRe to 10 Salt S ll Lake Inka during a II political campaign anti and stop their thelt cars to the Iho claim of ot politicians who are tt members of or time the Mormon Church and amid who make mako prom lw tiers I II of or ChUNh influence Treat Trait the Mormon Church just as all you df till tho the Methodist church the tho Catholic church or o 0 thee tho th Presbyterian Ir church rhe The Pocatello Advance which Is I on the till other tilde side of ot the Iho political fence ence has bee this to 10 say on the seine same subject Hut BUI action by U the Ih party against this the Ih Mormons In any all way will open time the way vay for action along alone other lines that may never have bue un tin ending nil hi The of nt f know that Ihal Mormon religious lUll ious teachings ate are not the only religious teachers against whom lh they have he n mi 1 ID Iii 11 fact If It time the question were welo answered by h the Democrats of o this timie town It II would lie lee found that nine tenth t of or them would not no think a 11 Mor Mormon ot mon Inn mo at Till 1111 If asked askel to 10 name the they lied halt the K realm greatest cause for Ot complaint against I I Action of ot thin thi character Is III distinctly und undemocratic nu The file Democratic I has hal alo tOOtI for tilt time the largest ul III possible consistent with the Ih general good gODI It If this title fact Is kept strictly In mind there will 1111 be hI lit III little littie tle tie hanger danger that the Democrats will wili make the th mistake ml lak of o deliberately tiny driving ing In several thousand votes oles from horn party The nto Statesman however hower keeps beeps up ullIs Its I venomous Irrational and at nt attacks tacks lark on all the tilt Mormon Church as AI It lid did in the matter mallet of ot the In which It WAS w so 0 defeated In response to 10 the false Cal witness before the llie thi tonate commute commIttee com milt Hon W K J lorah has hu ha the following In that paper of ot Sunday lust last Statesman ThU communication cation would be lie unnecessary were none er It not nol nO for the statement nl of ot Mr It Calvin C bb before betor time the Investigating committee at 11 W n t cannot In silence per permit or mit mil other people t III IJ Interpret of ut Ital concern to 10 myself anti when wilen such much Interpretation upon men who at nl one time lime made known their confidence ton In tn me by giving me rue their thelt support for tor n II high ollice o ce The Time truth should be J stated sIn III regarding ro l of ot whom It affect and regardless re of ot what whal line the th ones retiro before It The rime charge that t I was defeated or Ot that Senator was IUS elected through h the of ot the lie Mormon Church Is I unreasonable to tn those thole who are arc at AI nil familiar with the facts fact Time The Mormon members who were vero with me mime at 11 atthe the lime start Mart were tIIe at ot time the close clola just JUAl ns Its loyal as us men IMn could couill be bt Not ol only that lust hut they were In Inthe inthe the meeting which was wu itch held after time tho caucus determined In III favor ot of Senator JJ hurn hn the breakup kup came caine oath and Oil Judice tenth Senator Shout Shoup re retired 1 retired tired from time the I he content contest more moie Mormon Votes vote came to me In I than GentIle Hut they t h ay atty that Ihal I 1 did cUti not receive enough Mormon Monition votes anti and that hat the division Will als wade made ado HO so us 1111 to In let Itt mo limo out cut enough Mormons voting vat log for tOl me mime to 10 conceal tho t I Ito he situation Well Sehl I 1 dPI dill not receive enough votes voles cither It oc occurs tI occurs curs to lu mo limo that hut they Ihy divided Up lip HO o as asIn a In 10 I a let lei JIll HID out nUl atm I If I t I 1 had received the ha I volt vol ota which I 1 thought I 1 had reason to believe I would receive 1 I would have hen been elected easily costly enough I simm am not mint charging bath bad faith or anything of ur that kind but hUI explaining what ought to 10 ho bo apparent that this Idea of time the Mormons either electing Senator Heyburn or III me 1111 or that there thore any nimy other cause for tor their division than that which divided the lentlie vote voto Is i To those who saw time the bitter hitter controversy all day before the Ih last caucus between tim the Mormon members of ot the tho legislature ammil their friends nUll anti time the earnestness which prevailed on omm both holh sides the idea Idoa that they timey Iho had n a secret understanding ns as to 10 a n certain division Is BO 60 Sd unreason n abi hi I that only thos who Ire are Ignorant of time the acts facia would give gle credence to a it 1 proposition Tine Tim members of o time the legislature who ho talked with mo limo about Senator Smoot being seated did not exact any RII 1 to 10 ota OIA for fol him him They seemed tI to feel Ceo I the charged against him would prove groundless and If It to so 0 they timey wore were ore desirous of knowing I waa wae In lit such a 0 mama frame of o mind nn on to 10 give him hima a 1 fair or whether 1 I would bo hu boIn In lii favor of or ousting p IL member simply l ho ito was WaR aH 11 a I Mormon ormun I stated sill led to 10 them In lii substance that Hint of ot courno cOUI e I 1 could make no pledge ay mI to what whal I do tie dl In iii tIme the of ot seating Pen Sen Senator ator that I would have hAvo to hear the tit facts and aliI pass II d upon them ns us time the facts appealed but hili that they timey th ought to tobe be ite judging front from my attitude upon tho time Mormon Place ISO that Senator would get a n fair hearing They The stated that that was It nil all they wanted II anti and lint that they did 1101 not ex cx expect any pledges and amid expressed them themselves selves ns mu being li entirely satisfied I 1 nm ummi satisfied those thoas men voted for or mo me In tIme the caucus So upon littOn no theory or II upon no II III state I I of or farts facts can caim It bo ho assorted not 1101 con call facts Iw Ita given rota which n talc Inference cnn can be lie I drawn to time the effect that I lost lo l votes by hy renton of ot a ii 1 refusal to 10 make a it 1 pledge In lit regard to lu Senator Smoot holding baldIng his hl seat HAI Judge PriM PrIce IH in just na as familiar with lIh these facts as asI I II I 1 nm mima anti and I 1 have hilI reason to believe hello he ho would agree uree with mo Ito In iii nil all these mat matt t temi s sI I nm ant utterly tired and disgusted lel with this tM constantly rinsing th time changes chunges on mm tho t lie senatorial scant trial election e II I 1 had my I mid I friends and enemies as nl I 1 were la lit the lIme th Mormon membership and 1 I have yet el hut but I nm Rm able Alii to 10 ii elm In twee n some comae mens I dislike the opposition of or an all organizatIon organisation anti and other men mn would lx let elite also If It I they IhA did 1111 ill not nol have an object and purpose In tim view Immediately after time the election one cite of ot time the staff III art of ot time the Portland Oregonian un under undertook der took to give Ule tIme the reason why I was wan ilef nail I 1 been Informed that he III secured hit his reasons largely larrI from mci Mr lI Cobb Cobh In fact tact Mr Ir Cobb hits has hasso so stilted and front from the I would have II judged that to III be Ite true without his imis statement In that article It WAS stated ted that I 1 was Willi defeated because of my m 10 separation from rain the party In Itt 1 anti tar for the further reason an Ril I 1 remember her ber that I J favored a revision of ot tho timie Ih tariff tarin That article was lIIS written Imme illat ly this the affair wits wall over end and when nil all those thole nets facts with reference to mat matters tore touching time the Mormon members I were Just JUlit as MI Il 11 known much lre fresher hr III In th Ih time minds of or those mImic connected with Ith tIme the affair now anti and yet It here thero van isae no mo 0 thought of ot charging It to 10 It Mom Mor Mormon mon Inon Influence 10 W IV time the whole truth t of or the Ihl matter In a it nutshell Is III simply this that the time combined of ot Senator Hey Heyburn heyburn burn Judge 51 roll anti and George h I Choul was WIlM to 10 elect 11 el I 1 urn There II Is no mystery about It nothing very vel surprising anti nil oer 1181 there therl WIN ivaN s nothing about II It to me Inc They lh were werl all men man with lIh n It strong with years or service In lit theme tho party behind them IhlI were myers nil mill working together antI would Its is a I ly accomplished my de tie defeat feat 1 If It th Ih ro rl had hod not be hen n a n Mormon In the In State tate of ot Idaho did 1111 what they thy hud luul a ti ht to lei lo In mid anh what they th set out ont to do and amid sit In t till ur as I 1 nm ant Indi Individually concerned 1 I would like t tO III havA this mustIer matter passed un once dice mimI for far all It cannot be he it used UfO sal It I shall II not be lu UMed so en tar far ns as I am aOl to tn fur fUt further luCy ther off offset et a lit disturbance ll In the Ih n pub haiti party or nr tn to any ah y faction or factional feeling That I Is R it manly fair auth convincing resume of ot th lh the ease case anti ami plants It 11 In lit a t light that thai dear away awn th clouds of o suspicion si h he tIme States Stale r man has hOIl coat cast It The ho Mormon ormon residents of or Idaho have Just Jut the caine political rIghts ns as their neighbors have ha and any attempt lIy by either cither party part or faction or cm class of at politicians In Idaho to 10 deprive them of ot those rights will bo be followed by II I disaster to those who cn en engAge gAge gago In It oven even though they Ih might gain gRin tome sonic temporary advantage by II 1 S their folly roll ANNOUNCED OU V VAn l lAn An Ogden Ogdon paper states editorially that The Deseret Ne New Nea definitely an announces announces announces time the that a subcommittee of ot Senate will visit 1111 Utah to take lak tosti testimony many mony In time the matter of ot th the Ihn protest against Senator Heed retention 1 UH Ul u I ill I This 1 Is 11 followed by 11 gome some editorial re ro based upon lipomi the Iho announcement Without commenting at met nil all on time Iho views expressed 0 by h our ur Ogden contemporary we wt simply explain that the announcement wan 1111 In ri II die Patch from Washington W I 1 n C end anti ap tilt a u as such uch In title tills paper The Th DM Iee ret sews tin hns not definitely announced ed ll anything of ot the kind except In the time manner manlier here 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