| Show ANOTHER oppressive AND proscriptive MEASURE A SHORT snort time a ago go we noted the fact that the idaho legislature had repealed the election law of that territory the reason for this action was that thelah the law was fair impartial tand land and protected the purity of elections in place of that measure the judiciary committee of the council of that body have prepared and presented an election law to take its place weare we are unable finable to present its f fuli full ull uil text toda today to da day at but give below some of its more obnoxious sections they are sufficient to show its abominable tyrannical and iniquitous character should the bill pass the le legislature in its present shape it will be a plain e evidence that those who vote for it would properly be under the initiatory provision of section 2 i politically disqualified no words can express the abhorrence hor rence in wh which ic h the doings of the idaho anti antl Mormon lawmakers law makers should be held by all intelligent decent and fair minded people herewith we give a few detached sections SEC 1 all male inhabitants over the age of 21 years who are citizens of the united states and have resided in the territory four months and in the county where they offer to vote thirty days next presed preceding ling the day of election shall be entitled to vote at any elect election io and for territorial county and precinct officers ceis all persons having qualifications of an elector shall be eligible to any office within this territory except otherwise provided by law SEC 2 no person under guardianship non compos mentis or insane nor any person convicted of treason felony or bribery in this territory or in any other state or territory in the union unless restored to civil rights nor any person who Is a bigamist or polygamist or who teaches advises counsels or encourages ani ant any person or persons to become acome bigamists biga mists or poly amista or to commit any other cil cli crime me defined by law or to enter into chavis known as plural or celestial marriage or who is a member of any order organization or association which teaches advises counsels or encourages its members or devotees or any other persons to commit the crime of bigamy or polygamy or any other crime defined by law eiliah as a rite or ceremony of such order organization or or otherwise shall be permitted to vote at any election or to conold hold hoid any position or office of honor trust or profit within this territory sec ec 16 if any person offering to vote shall be challenged by any judge or clerk of the election or any other person entitled to vote at the same poll and either judge shall challenge any person off offering ering to vote whom re he shall know or suspect not to be qualified when any person who offers his vote shall be challenged one of the judges shall declare to ta the person so challenged the qualifications of an elector if such persons shall declare himself himself duly qualified and the challenge be not withdrawn one of the juds judges shall tender him the following lowing foi lol MR oath eyou do solemnly swear or affirm that you are a male citizen of the united states over the age of twenty one years rears that you have actually resided in thi this territory for four months last past and in this county thirty days that you are not a bigamist or polygamist that you are not a member of any order organization or association which teaches advises counsels or encourages its members devotees or any other persons to commit the crime of bigam bigamy or polygamy or any other crime cle cie defined lined TIned by law lav as a duty arising arising or resulting from membership in suc sue such ord order eror organization animation auiza aulza aniza tion or association or which practices bigamy or polygamy or plural or celestial marriage as a doctrinal rite of such organization that you do not either publicly or privately or in any manner whatever teach advise counsel or encourage any person to commit the crime of bigamy or or any other crime defined defined ned polygamy yla yia y law either elther as a religious dut duty or jin jon otherwise that you yon recard regard the constitution ution of the United States and the laws thereof andoe and of this territory as interpret interpreted ea bythe by the courts as the supreme law of the land athe the teachers of any order organization or association to the contrary notwithstanding and that you have not previously voted at this election so help heip you bod god 11 SEC 44 if any person offering to vote at any election in this territory shall willfully corruptly and falsely wear or affirm atilia touching his qualitz ail all fl sh guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof be punished by imprison 1 ment in the territorial prison for a term not less leys than three nor more than ten tea years SEC 45 if any person not a legal voter and possessing all the qualifications prescribed for voters in this act A lct let is laboring laborin gunder under any of the disabilities mentioned in section 2 of this act shall vote at any election in this territory or shall hold or exercise any office or position of public trust be he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor demeanor inis and shall upon oon condic tion be punished by a nine fine not less ithan than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or bv by imprisonment in the county jail not les ies less s than thirty days nor more than one year or both so fined and imprisoned in the discretion tion of the court |
