| Show IDAHO POLITICS trial of an ex 12 acx lous ious forebodings IN THE MALAD VALI BY MALAD CITY idaho nov 4 special to tte the DESERET the political pot is boiling and splashing here and excitement runs ruas high yesterday D W standrod county actor ney commenced his hia arresting business twenty who had been mormons cormons were arrested for the charge against them was perjury in having taken the tha oath that they di did nut ot belong to any order organization or association which teaches advises counsels or encourages its members devotees or any other person to ta com mit the crime of bigamy or polygamy amy eighteen of those arrested save gave bonds fred thomas refused to do so and was imprisoned david owens demanded an irame diate trial and several witnesses were called for the prosecution the registry books were also brought in as was the written request of david ow 0 M ens to be cut oft the church this paper was endorsed on the back by bv the bishop granting the toe request the prosecution were very anxious to learn from the witnesses a all 1 I about the endowments and the wearing of garments such questions as these were asked do dothe the mormons cormons consider the garments a protection against injury isit Is it not nota a custom never heverto to remove all of the garments at one time many questions of a similar import were asked but these are a darelle yai aple the sectarian ministers mini here are do ing all that they can to stir up political strife they are distributing a circular among the people ft is a protest against the cormons mormons Mor Hor mons moos registering and inveighs heavily against those woo take such a course it is signed by the revs drevs charles J godson malad city K R P boyd boya paris idaho W E renshaw Rena richmond utah and W H bonnell pocatello idaho n nt IN T COUNTY BLACKFOOT idaho nov 3 1888 special to the DESERET NEWS excitement cit ement is ri tuning very high in politics here the democrats are re confident of victory and republicans are using every effort to snow them under the eight men who were arrested in the northern part of the county had their cases called this morning only one wa wasti eard the others being postponed and the accused released on bail each pending ending examination which chic h will wil 1 probably pro probably batly be held eld on men d day afternoon the L abe case heard was that of H B simmons probate judge shoemaker hearing it it was called in thi the forenoon but postponed till 2 p m the result of simmons examination was that be was discharged he has been a bishops counselor at rexburg Bex Rex burz burg he severed his bis connection with the church last week he testified that he be dad not net believe to lu baptism nor in the holy ghost nor in polar polygamous amous marriage nor that josepn smith was a prophet ile he ad emitted that he wore garment but said ho be would take them off it if the prosecution would provide him falm with underclothing after his discharge he be laid them aside he said lie he was disgusted with the way the church was managed he denied having received any advice to pursue the course he had done the sheriff ot 0 the county has ordered the arrest of every supposed mormon attempting to vote on tuesday it is said there have been quite a number of arrests at soda springs and other pacas p aces there will be more mere developments by monday evening lively times are expected at rexburg and other places on tuesday election day and there is no knowing what may transpire both sides seem determined ter mined matters seem to have cooled off a little this afternoon but in some precincts the feeling is very high el indeed OTHER QUARTERS the tone of the idaho journals indicates the same condition as that spoken of in our dispatches dispa A boise paper states that in bingham county alone over three hundred mormons cormons withdrew from the church in two days this course being taken because while they were in fellowship in the church they would not be allowed to vote HIS this path is represented as being the one pursued in all of the coun ties where there are tany any number of mormons cormons Mor mons the eagle rock beg ter and boise Mn are emphatic in their declara declarations tiona that even those who have bave abandoned the church because of the deprivation of citizenship to members will not be allowed to vote under any consideration public opinion Is wrought up to an intense pitch and it is frequently declared that there will be serious trouble it if the ex mormons attempt to deposit their ballots for the democratic nominee all taken together the situation is a deplorable one and it will be exceedingly cee fortunate it if the election passes off without violent demonstrations this feeling of anxiety extends throughout cassia oneida and aad bingham counties countie 3 |
