| Show MORE ABOUT THE BAD BUSINESS IX IN IDAHO our OUK idaho exchanges come lo 10 loaded aided with denunciations of the venal bunn and his creature D P B pride the latter held a position in the united states land office and subsequently was secretary of the territory later governor bunn formulated a bill creating acim a new office that of territorial attorney general and appointed Pride pi ide to the position dunns the late session of the LeI lel legislature I 1 slature when the public sensed the situation they raised a howl on two grounds the first was the superfluous character of the office there bein being I 1 already a D district attorney for the tho territory land a prosecuting attorney in each county the next objection was the total antl aness of pride to fill nil the tile position even if the necessity lor for the creation ot of tile the office were apparent itis it is a somewhat singular incident that the first case tint taut canie canle up in ada county after the installation of the attorney general was one against 17 himself he being arrested on a charge chame of bribery anci ana corruption in attempting in to buy over members of uhe the legislature to vote for measures in which he and governor bunn wele interested ted in lia iia having enacted pride lid not on being an art ested demand a full fall investigation gatli bud hue waived an examination and was waa bound over to abaner to the grand jury now kow the peculiar spectacle is presented of the bar of ada county considering sider si lag laz the question of disbarring dis barring twi new legal legai advisor of the territory of idaho the outcome of the disreputable proceedings of an infamously unscrupulous executive and legislature whose chief object appeared to be to do the largest possible amount of 0 stealing of the liberties of a bertan class of the people and of the substance of the general community is only what was naturally to be expected Trea treating tim upon this subject the idaho lemoc democrat rat remarks it is not impossible in view of the character of the present federal officials of this territory or at least a larg large e majority of them that the people of idaho may tind und the cnance of ad incident to the election of mr cleveland not an unmixed evil idaho has had some bome sore afflictions afflict ions ious in the shape of governors and legislative assemblies but we think when the bictory of the thirteenth session is written it will prove to have been the very acine acme of corruption venality and sin A few more missionaries from maine and pennsylvania and we can vie with any of the old olm sin crusted coin coln commonwealths it is an open secret that during the session of the legislature just clos cios closed ednot not even the most meritorious measures could be passed the house of representatives until the executive department had taken its Us toll at 4 when the wicked rule the people mourn |
