| Show WYOMING AND THE MORMONS SENATOR of wyoming while in now new york recently was interviewed ter viewed by a reporter of the tm times of that city he stated that the people of his state were not so eo radical in their ideas on silver coinage as many western folks that the mckinley hill bill was in the main satisfactory to them and that they were not troubled with the farmers alliance movement in response to a question about the mor mons he said when idaho adopted its constitution which contained the test oath disfranchise ing mormons cormons Mor mons there were stories afloat that the day saints would move out of that new state and come to live with us when the Sli preme court courtade declared that part of the idaho constitution valid v al id the stories were spin again afloat but I 1 believe they were circulated for some political effect there has been no movement toward our state we have along the western strip of wyoming many mormons cormons Mor mons they are not however polygamists and w when hen our constitution constitution was adopted it was not thought necessary to insert a test oath or any oth other er brov provision Is ion to disfranchise them should they come hrom from idaho or utah and interfere in politics or make themselves obnoxious by practicing polygamy they could be shut out as thaw th have been from idaho the mor mons in wyoming are a quiet law abiding people wyoming has never had any trouble with the mormons Mormon Mor mons sI because they have been treated like other citizens therefore thara there is ia no mormon question thereto there to be seved they are not discriminated against nor oppressed tha therefore there is no need for them to band together for vigorous self defense they we are republicans or democrats as aa their convictions and preferences may lead and they support at the polls such candidates as they believe will best beet the public interest the iare nowhere the aggressors but they are usually ready to contend for their rights when assailed and that is all there then is of conflict whenever it arises in which they feel compelled to take an active part |
