Show THE IDAHO SCHEME THE idaho democrat does not seem tb be as entranced with the movement for statehood as some of the republicans of that territory it quotes approvingly the following from the malad enterprise on the other hand we cannot consistently become infatuated with a P proposition ro position which cannot be made clear to us by its most ardent advocates whenever it be shown to us that idaho can maintain a state government without danger of bankruptcy or extortionate taxa tion acion our voice shall be for it we do not ask we cannot hope for those tens of millions of dollars that enthusiasts prate about to us such ideas are preposterous is why the assessed valuation of all the property in the territory to is only some fifty millions of which not more than one tenth is land we do not mean by this that the taxable real estate amount 4 to only one tenth of all assessed property but what we do mean is tag this strip idaho lands of improvements and their assessed value would not exceed five millions As before said we are not fighting statehood but we prefer looking at the proposition from all points point of view and discuss it fairly without prejudice prejudice the democrat further opposes the movement on the grounds of its unconstitutional bearing upon th tha mormon question referring to the proposal to bar out all mormon citizens from participation in the convention the formin forming of a state constitution and the election to ratify it that paper says editorially the intention of the promoters of the movement is this IN we do not intend to give you a fair show we violated the constitution ution of the united states to disfranchise you so that we could elect our nominee rio minee for congress and by thus barring out several tho thousand asand democratic votes we have gained two elect elections lons lf if you ou believe bileve that going r in as a Stat ta g ewe we will turn you loose to again vote the democratic ticket and thus defeat our well planned schemes you will soon discover c that your belief was founded on delusion we intend to have a clause in the state constitution that will disfranchise you fb forever rever we may be rascals but we are not fools there is but one way by which you will regain the privilege of voting and that is by supporting the republican tom ticket from top p to 0 bottom but we must know that you will do it if before we help you and you are am wasting life if you hope for the restoration to of your sacred rights rats under any other condition the conservative solid and sensible men of Idah they really want that territory to go into the union as a state should see to it that the constitution framed when the convention meets is really republican in form it will not be accepted by ay congress tit if it is not so and it win will not be so BO if it shu shuts ts out from the elective franchise a number of its citizens who have broken no low law for the sole cause that they are members of a certain church the pro proposition position on the face of it is monstrous disguise it how they may it will be seen that it is an and improper provision band and it is bound to defeat itself there is time yet before the convention ven tion to make sure that no such violation of simple right and justice r shall be effected 0 |