Show MORMONS AND IDAHO POLITICS the anti Mormon schemers in idaho still try to work up a hostile feeling against the latter ter saints and make out of it poh capital capita in the interest of the ia faction we have express expressed e d 0 out 6 r opinion that our co religionists in the north would refrain from taking any part in the political contest now in progress the bear lake independent speaks with no uncertain voice on this question it has been charged that the mormon element would unite to help the democrats into power the independent dissipates this notion with the following blast we were asked the other day how much we would take from the democratic party for the editorial columns of the independent during the next two or three months the propos proposition Non nearly paralyzed us by its audacity after being betrayed deserted and sold to its ita political opponents for less than thirty pieces of silver by the cringing servile and pusillanimous democrats of idaho we should be deserving universal contempt should we raise our hand band or voice to help sue such h ignoble cowards in any extremity our answer to the proposition is no eternally no we would rather laugh at their calamity and mock when their defeat cometh and as to their monetary considerations for the the use of our paper we pay fay let their money perish with their party unless they repent of the great wrong done the people we feel proud to call our friends notwithstanding this the idaho statesman stateman and other anti mormon organs continue to raise their hewl and see in every democratic movement an attempt to gain the mormon vote we venture the prediction that the returns will fail to show any effort on the part of the idaho mormons cormons Mor mons 1 to 11 ach affiliate ate with either party but what a joke it would be on the democrats who were too weak kneed to support the friends who risked their liberties in support of democratic candidates if these same feeble fellows were knocked out at the polls as alders and abet tors of the mormons cormons Mor mons on the hypothesis po thesis of the alleged attorney of bingham county anyhow we are of the firm opinion that the mormons cormons Mor mons of idaho will let all political parties most severely alone and will not ro swell virell the number of ballots at the first state election |