| Show ON FREE SPEECH W apostle john W taylor bild lild apon pon a trumped up charge M id to tid stop free speech has 00 belittle comment in this city b pu put t forth for the outrage in the name of law is a no idao to have been delivered baylor byr taylor at oxford idaho in 1 he urged upon the people ity of contending for t political rights and spoke of as a polygamous son ai account of his remarks in the tribune of this his prosecution was becom ake latest news is to the effect that U bar ed with inciting rebellion blast the tb laws of the united states and was to have an examina U S commissioner house toe today to day house is a bitter pt Hormon ormaul or and a coworker co worker with dote to the late U 5 marshal of in memory the charge is ludicrous 0 ous but bat there are people a apale b eo ot of pushing it to serious extremes in order to effect their pur T haige charge of treason which is so akin made by semi lunatics of the hen a mormon morison preaches ing that does not suit salt the them is 9 e entirely untenable in re regard ar A whether spoken or printed t aroon n is if defined in the Cons constitution titu n of the united states and I 1 only ln in levying war against ted 8 states es or to their les giving them aid and comfort it is ii no such thins thing as treason in age known to the laws of this pry that may be dismissed from de ration in iii reference to this case b section of the of t the united as effs avery person who incites sets on assists lots or engages in any rebel r insurrection s ur against the autho athe e united states or the laws of or gives aid or comfort there be punished by imprisonment than ten years or by a fine of I 1 amore mor than ten thousand dollars or I 1 ath th such punishments and shall i lover er be incapable of holding any i under the united states ta lt itis Is under tinder this section we presume athe abit the present prosecution is at opted of course it is too bat that does not matter when a mormon is the object of or political political oli malevolence boquet iBro taylor US has not incited a any ayin in or rebellion against the united states or its laws or authority A so called law of the territory of ushe was passed at the last session of ike legislature providing for a test th designed to exclude all mor from the franchise that it is institutional and void no n lawyer ise wt we ve W have heard of privately enter mua doubt A test case before judge abys qa oa this chis question guestion has hag been argued but not yet derided whether he susi A u the law or not that will make no rence to the position of elder or he is charged with urging the famous cormona Mor mona to vote at oming InIng election he had a right to I 1 whether the law is valid or in L the acceptance of their votes t r to be decided by the judges lection election and the courts a x brought to a test we i the idaho mormons cormons Mor mons will avor or to vote to a man if they are dot poly ga mists in urging them to this coarse caum no law of the united states is acted neither is anybody incited to sebel rebel the laws jaws of the united in advocating the exercise of aa elective franchise by all the mor almor mons mom of idaho no law of any kind is bated violated Ia ted whether it be national or territorial 1 what then is the object of this vexatious prosecution it is a political dodge tor the pur purpose lose of tiling abing the mormon voters and all who take part in the politics politic g fit at southern idaho ex marshal du boo has been laboring with unabated a ts and spending the the money gained in lees by his diabolical labo lical crusade against etke mormons cormons Mor mons for the purpose ot of the position of delegate to fro rom m idaho he has staked 14 he a hazard hazar dof of this die he is it the republican nomina the democratic vote rote is sure it ID it the monogamous imor mar I 1 M mans allowed to go to the polls jear of the ae mormon vote has been expressed la in all the republican organs oi gang 1 0 l the territory and the tribune of this city hu baa published repeated warn i lap and jeremiads Jeremi ads on the probable i of the mormon vote this wf B the mormons cormons Mor mons vote dubois dijt end dead d duck dock to all intents and pur 1 to prevent this he and his as opiates oci ates t are now bending all their en the animus against apostle N for urging the mormons cormons Mor mons to stand up tor for their rights can be easily amer food in the light of these facts 1 jac 4 we hope that our friends in 0 wm will not net be intimidated by such erl in the smallest degree they r should struggle for their rights ib 1 illegitimate means the rascals love stolen a march u udom them sm la their boots the mor WA IBM mew meana a democratic victory W id A toul ae publican defeat duglest ta in idaho it if the party that bas basteen been sustained by that vote does not now stand by the citizens against whom the diabolical plot has been made to deprive them of their undoubted rights it deserves to be wrecked as ala it will be in the coming election to deprive a voter of the franchise because of his membership in any religious body is rank heresy in democratic doctrine as well as an outrage upon constitutional liberty the fate of the democratic party in idaho depends upon the action on the mormon colp vote this year the position is well understood on both sides and now if cowardice prevails prevails the democrats will go down into into deserved defeat and political destruction the prosecution cution against elder taylor has been attempted for a political p purpose ru and to gratify spite it will fail of its object we hope and believe and of one thing we are sure and that is that those who imagine they can muzzle the mormon pulpit and the mormon press pres swill will find that they have made a most miserable mistake |
