| Show AN BETTER TO THE VEX OEM PARTY OK OF IDAHO southern idaho independent a PARIS bear lake county idaho sept 8 iwa G is laurn in behalf of that part of ef the population of this territory who commonly are called cormons mormons Mor mons I 1 address to you this communication A k political conflict Is just about to commence that will determine for gome ume lime to come which party iball have the oversight of local affairs the ae jemo democratic cratic party which is iu in the majority or the republican party which ia in the minority if 11 justice honor and equal rights were allowed to prevail there would beno be no doubt as to the result the established principle that the majority shall rule would at once settle the question and under democratic influences the territory would rapidly and peacefully ally progress towards that State statehood nood which is its ultimate destiny but these have been M made d subordinate to trickery cupi duplicity ity and fraud issues have vo been invented that should not DR 6 be allowed to enter antek into political icil affairs by which the public mind has and a lurge number of voters have been hindered in the exercise of their political powers and tans the democratic party has been weakened and the minority have pined gained many advantages j for 15 years the people with whom I 1 have the honor to be connected have 1 united with and supported the demoi I 1 have this be fause cause the true principles of democracy come nearer to their idea of correct government than any others adopted int in ittia great country local self govern i mentis a right dy dear ear to them in corn com i mou with other citizens religious werty liberty they consider as essen essential Rii as a civil liberty the freedom of the individual and also of each j community to worship and serve d in any way desired so long ion 49 human adaa rights are not net infringed infringe il pon n they hold bold co 60 be an inalienable I 1 gif taxation without represents p they declare to be oppression to without the consent of governed ed they look upon as ty lany govean Y laws they believe should be acted ted to secure liberty liber tv not to enach hup upon onit it and all public officials kaald uld be held responsible to the pub land nal be the servants not the wasa masa of the people within the lines the democratic party they find these caples hicl ples and therefore there foie they desire too to talu latain it in every way that is lawful d consistent tio so long as that party remains true to itsell it will be true to the mor PODS 1 JIB i when h hajt it allows traitors and tricksters trick to influence it to the betrayal df t the mormons cormons Mor mons it will betray itself aad 4 reservedly lose its power recent indications and utterances of leading iino crata intimate that the party is 16 atio to perceive this thi sand and to see woo who ane aae jr lends who argites are its ena enemies gies and where its real strength lies the party parly i loll 1011 au prevail by be being ilg true to its own in 1 I 1 arity 1 r I 1 an and standing by its own 1 ti lea 4 uninfluenced nin encee by other a jons 1 1 I conof of those principles is the i exal excl exclusion buslow ol of reli eion from politics true democracy knows neither C catholic nor protestant mormon norl non methodist christian i stian nor pagan Is ha democrat is the only oily creed I 1 query it puts concerning any man put jut the I 1 mormon morino question has been alred dammed lato the politics of idaho I 1 he almost fatal injury ary of the party iti it hafl a trick of the laicans polygamy was ono one td of i the bugbears which they held up to libich frighten democrats from fl affiliating h with the cormons mormons Mor mons 11 they cared no more about that chaa they did about the real vices and flagrant immoralities which they winked at and many of hem participated in when pretend pretending in 9 ahre most violent and virtuous indigena 1 0 a against polygamy B ut that prace ce now cuts no figure in the politics the territories it has been effee ally sponged oft off the slate by the ed undo lands 0 act of 1882 no polygamist bigamist Iga i mist or berbon who cohabits with lore c taun one woman can now either 40 beor teor 0 te or hold bold office in the territories it 6 dead issue politically he who es it holds up a political corpse and nd he be who is f frightened right ened by it would MB I 1 from ia a scarecrow the mono 1 0 cormons mormons Mor mons only oaly can vote and ald id office but too the party party that pretend to be so uylous irilous Ux lous to suppress pol polygamy gamy and yet inep keep it prominent in politics politics have ob the pal passage of an infamous and 00 tonal law of the th territory to prevent reve t by means of a test oath ah boolak cormons mormons Mor mons from vot mrk to encourage monogamy abey 4 4 imoehl monogamists to dis 11 es a olura plurality lity of wives they t take eke tte re voting and office holding power tom the mormon citizen who has wife this Is republican con acy acy and mark this the much to ed d ever maligned and albars always to UP pud cormons mormons Mor mons aou would d be I 1 enough tor for the republicans gamy my and all if they would only inear ir votes for republican candi cwi wwi I 1 their tuffil influence ence has been wd b by y the republicans time tame and time wn b when polygamists isto had votes vote a 41 jsu LM since they have been dis franchised mormon on support has been sought 1 I tte ke very republicans who have been loudest to denounce them alte whole anti mormon outcry is 4 Ni dodge to defeat the damoc la ali it is so with the false char charge e of enlen of church and state there 18 tf aing in it each is kept as sepa V 4 distinct from the ot other her among ormondo ons I 1 as aa the straightest awret could desire the aunch alarm is empty sound it should not even laign trig ten nten children the pretense that utah ecclesiasticism forces political issues in idaho is a specious ras fabrication ri there jl is 4 no truth in it where is the man who iia hag been compelled to vote or abstain from to hold an office or vacate it to du do anything or retrain I 1 from roin doing anything by means of churan corer coercion clod he cannot oe be produced SO bo with the charge of the use of 0 church money I 1 challenge our def retainers detainers deta iners amers to bring forward a wan luan who has had been bribed or offered a bribe bv the mormon church Ci let him be lb show us as the political curiosity barnum would buy him film tor lor the greatest living wonder he is nothing out but a republican myth and what of the alleged undue influence of the Mor in idaho poll what have they ever demanded that was not fair what have they ear evy opposed that basfor was for the interest of ahe territory in what cOnven convention tiOu have chev ever been overbearing or unreasonable in what legislature le have they lent their aid to s support P u any job or withheld it fro from auy a U laudable L d able project I 1 defy the efiem enemies 0 of the mormons cormons Mor mons to show wherein they have overdone ever dobie anything inimical to the best good of the public in all ail their political career in ia idaho the fact is they have been always modest in their movements and considering their numbers and the influence they could wield by their recognized unity they have been deserving deservi Bg of praise for their unselfish course co urse no ho fair man of any an y party can truthfully dispute this assertion all that t the he republicans have alleg alleged ed against mormon influence in idaho has been aldest kind balderdash and yet some professing democrats have beebi frightened by it into a most ridiculous attitude they have joined in republicans to weaken their own party they have violated violate ct their own political faith to axetell the lous ions principles of others the very name nameon of anti mormon party is a sign of political heresy A true democrat knows no religious distinctions in politics A true republican will not mix religious with political issues the proper posit position ioa for all non mb rmon derao democrat crat to take was defined at boissat Boi seat the recent mass meeting by hon J H hawley he announced himself la in lavor favor of a vigorous enforcement of the laws but against any interference with the voting powers ot of citizens if a man breaks the dawlet law let him be pUni punished sUed by the law bull buff while he does not render himself amenable to the laws jaws penalties fenald he should not be deprived of the fhe franchise whether he be mormon or methodist episco or baptist believer or infidel ind del the position nosi tion taken by bv this thas uble 01 e and influential democrat should be assumed by every sensible man in the party it was waa adwir admirably ably presented bythe by the 3 oung loung mens democratic democrat C club at baise in ia their vigorous us declaration tat no DO mans franchise franc hirie should he be taken away by legislation tha is sound bound democratic doctrine and is in accard with mr harleys hawleys Hawl Haw leys cys views the courts should decide ou on the conduct of persons charged with the filec elective tive f franchise ran chise to is property and cannot be taken aw av a without due process of law that d es not mean legislation buta but a fair and impartial judicial proceeding ce the test oath act is a disgrace to the territory every true democrat will determine that it ic shall be from the statutes 1 was placed there by a political trick it wax was designed to weaken and destroy the democratic party in idalio idaho let no one professing to be ve eive y a it countenance lor for any purpose he who does so is a traitor to his party parly and unworthy of the confidence of any honest man for the same purpose the recent assault on free speech was made by the republicans at oxford itis it is claimed that elder john W taylor is advising the mormons cormons Mor mons who are not poly to vote and if necessary to carr carry their case to the highest c court art in the land and 4 and in statin stating be was ll 11 the e son boa of a polygamist luette incited S the people to rebellion against the laws of the united states and for that ne is under heavy bonds bends to await the action of the grand jury could anything be more preposterous Is the idaho test oath a law of the united states Is it 16 a law at all Is it worth the ashes of the paper it was written upon and if it were as sound as it is hollow and void would the advising of voters to test it be an incitement to rebellion and what wrong wron can be construed f from rom a young mans declaration of his bis parentage but what can caa be thought or of a cause that needs to bolster it up an attack on the right oi of diee speech freedom i of speech is 18 one of the guaranties guarantees guaran ties of the constitution of our common country which wll will be maintained at any cost by every even true democrat and no matter what his politics an adversary who would resort tv such a contemptible trick deserves defeat and to be despised by all honorable men this arrest and commitment were devised as a republican club clubton to be held during the laign over every man who would attempt to advise the cormons mormons Mor mons one to vote and why simply will not vote the be republican publican ticket every lawyer and man of cora common luon ability can see that the charne charge is trumped up and like the boys big is nothing in it the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 do not intend to be seared scared from the exercise of a single legal right they Ther have no fears on thai ahat score will W ill the democrats whom they support also cast aside aide an all fears and aud tor for what Is right moral cow ardice at this juncture will wreck the party these theft republican bugaboos buga boos must be treated with the contempt they deserve the davad of being chat charged ged with affiliating with the chemor mor mon conf 11 worked for kli hll it is worth by republicans and apostate democrita Demo crata luuba be thrown to the winds religious issues must be abandoned and all true democrats welcomed regardless of creed the bold and statesmanlike stand of mr hawley harlev must I ie fee e taken by the party the laws daivs even though harsh anu unjust must be enforced until repealed but the franchise of men not amenable to the laws must not be interfered with if the mormons cormons Mor mons sustain the democrats the democrats must sustain the mormons cormons Mor mons in all that is lawful f ul not because they are mormons cormons Mor mons 71 but because they are democrats and in spite of theory anat thep are mor mons the mormon vote is counted on as solid it is therefore powerful and valuable Itis it is usually united anthe on the principle of unity each in is free as air but when brought to see as hs his friends see and his sentiments unite with theirs union and harmony of views make union of votes and actions and this is the rel reil strength of mormon polities politics coercion cannot bring true unity pledges and promises were the heart is not interested tare only like ropes of sand gentlemen if you want the support of oe he mormon voters in tuis this political calar crapis sis you must be prepared to stand by them as they stand by you there must be no flinching no faltering no cowardice they want nothing but their lawful rights while they break no law they must have trie protection of the law while they work with the party they must he be recognized and sustained by the party free speech must be maintained there must be no muzzle for the mOu mouths this of law abiding men test oaths must be abolished religious 0 us liberty when lawi law is 8 not invaded must be upheld equal rights to all must be the watchword noman no man must be counted a democrat who affiliates fili Al ates lates with the enemy under any pre tence let the party be true to its principles faithful to its friends fear less less of all 11 taunts insinuations and threaten ings united in action determined to sustain the best men regardless of personal ends and preferences and let the interest of the party and the territory be the common aira a and a sweeping victory will crown the struggles of the Derro cruey in no vember and idaho will enjoy that i peace and prosperity which have been withheld under republican rule for the truth and the right yours sincerely i WILLIAM BUDGE |
