| Show THE CRAWFORDS tin following which originally ap tip feared isder ister will be appreciated wherever the parties referred to are known it is rumored that the honorable judge willard crawford esquire 0 of f malad oxford soda springs binck klack foot footland and eagle rock the honorable geo N C rawford crawford esq member of the last legislature ot of idaho the hon schuyler B crawford esq broncho rider and the hon frank S crawford esq of profession unknown will ca each et hold hoid a democratic convention in blackfoot commencing with that of willard crawford member still at large of the territorial democratic association on the 2 lieth dinst individuals who make tip up an unsavory family name should not be made the subject of reproach or ridicule through that name as a rule since it is principles and acts that thai tha maneor make or unmake names having nothing farther to do with ii than in merely rely to answer purposes of identification abd anad and classification but the name above referred to has become so conspicuous and malodorous throughout nort northern herh utah litah and southern ida io 10 as to place it beyond the pale and wit without OUT incurring ne the charge of invidiousness the family titie title may ay be freely referred to these hese crawfords Craw ra fords have been beien floundering around Inthe in the pool pooi of politics for several years lears never having any present affiliations they are ever and always on the alert for the next probable or real development that their sails maybe may be trimmed to catch the breeze quarter and by such geuns tuey have been blown about on the 0 pen open seas at the mercy of the capricious winds till they hey have lost thein their bearings and have no port in sight or expectancy in idaho especially they are political ishmaels Ishill Ishm aels running against everybody in turn and being 1 run ran agai again against nit it by everybody al iva vvs ways S the one first named in the satirical reference of the willard crawford once pretended a conversion to the principles and practices of the latter datter day saints lie he joined the church outwardly and remained ii iu it long enough enouch to marry v a mormon I 1 girl after which chich there was a P perceptible and steady decline in 11 ilis liis 18 fussy zeal and subsequently hu be got to looking upon all references to li hi connection with the saints as so many ann aff affronts bonts if there were any outsiders present but in the pres presence elice orthe or the former exclusively he was as loyal as the essence of loyalty royalty gold going to idaho and living nomadically as a lawyer be he was as shifting in hiat hii professions fes as in his places of residence sometimes a 1131 mormon ormon sometimes not sometimes a democrat occasionally aa an independent and ery veny very cry frequently nothing at all tuia tula last named condition seeming 11 to lit him so exactly that it is a pity he ever tried to till any other the crowning feat teat of his absurdity was the tho suit sult for da damages maes to his bis reputation against the tae ushers of the salt lake theatre for not rushing around f frantically cally caily to provide him with a s eat seat in a crowded house bouse when lie he could establish no title to the ol 01 one lc lie he claimed and after making I 1 a spectacle of himself himsel 1 withdrew the second on i he list printed above george N craword Cra crag tord established a newspaper at oda boda sprin aprin springs s and claimed to be able to show people thereabout there about that he would someday some day be de the moses to lead them out of the wilderness he would n not nod t be a 6 na mormon 0 r but would publish publish not nothing hill T against that creed and nothing offe offensive personally to its members as as such and thus by ladling 1 out to them in weekly doses an artcle article of pure and unadulterated democracy would make southeastern bout heastern idaho a democratic stronghold protection to them from political a aggression coming as a measure of necip reciprocation ro cation catlon for their steadfastness of course A i sop to this cerberus from the enerva camp soon broke up the moses business and whooping and hurr hurt hurrahing hur ahing for the awkward squad whose object was the and ant legislating I 1 themselves out of office by destroying the mormon mohall vote ivah irah vas ivas his care by day and his watch by night the infamy was bucce successful sf al and that most outrageous of all recent legislative villainies Villa vill a it inies I 1 e t tiie tile I 1 I 1 C disfranchise me lit jit MW bill became a law by its terms every voter who tho refused to take aa antl anti mormon oath was deprived priced of the right of voting toting or holding in 1 office and when the foul treachery was consummated this janus faced varlet shouted himself hoarse with joy that is ii the kind of u I 1 man h an he is the registers Ke gister f suggestion Is timely and proper the Craw crawfords fords are not wanted by any party because not to be relied d on lor tuo tue whole of one campaign I 1 pai pal k and thi bihy ihy jy might as well hold a convention of their own and arla accomplish what they can from that the sensible people of that part of the country will do well to let this particular family severely alone |
