| Show STRIKING OUT THE mormon people who reside in idaho are in a political plight not calculated to excite envy they are beset by foes on every side those who have formerly professed friendship for them from a political standpoint operate with as mu much dh unscrupulousness ulous toward them as those who have these many years been their open and avowed enemies indeed it is hard to draw the line as to whether the republicans or democrats of our sister territory are the worst foes of the most solid citizens of eliat th at section of the country it looks as aa if politically speaking the mormons cormons Mor mons were discovering covering that those of their own political complexion are their bitterest or at least their most dangerous enemies in consequence of this predicament the victims being raked by two fires the mormons cormons Mor mons have as related ty ous paris bear lake correspondent in yesterdays issue organized an independent deje party they propose not mot to affiliate with either of the great political organizations but to operate in the way that seems conducive to their I 1 best interests john halley having upon the mons they together with men of both the republican and democratic parties who desire fair play and good government I 1 intend to nominate and alid put antho in aba field for delegate to congress a candidate of their own this proposal is the result ot of J haileyjr Haile harleys Hai leys pronounced injustice to W hi bis 1 own friends having sus tain eythe the auti anti tM mormon ormon plank in the democratic platform and ana the action of the par party ty convention in expelling lil am mormon ormon delegates from that body it bein being impossible for the solid citizens ol of southern idaho to tb vote for the infamous dubois and john halley hailey having lost his backbone under the vindictive pressure ot of an unreasonable popular prejudice and thus shown himself unworthy of the confidence of the people an independent action by the DOMI nomination Dation of a candidate appears to be the only resource |
