| Show politicians KEEP OFF the following is in the boise idaho special correspondence of the salt belt lake herald today february ath the fact that the six mormon members of the legislature present an unbroken front for sweet is the subject of much comment it is freely talked on the streets that the mormon church has interfered to secure sweets election and thus advance the probability of duboiss success two years hence ben rich is said to be the church emissary who has h as secured cured this result disinterested citizens wonder what sweet has done and particularly what fruits worthy of re entrance oen tance that former arch opponent 0 f ahe the church fred dubois has brought forth that the church should stop step in to assist in their election others 01 hers say that the unity of the southeastern members may be explained by the fact that dubois is from that section and they wish to retain him in the senate and so are united now to elect the man from the panhandle whatever may be the cause of the united front of the mormon members it is unfortunate in that it leads to the repetition of the 0 old id charge that a mormon has no mind 0 of f his own but bat votes only as he to Is directed the of stion stuff and the comments injected therein will be re carded by decent people as kooij ooij tempt ible business even for a political the wondering of those how alleged disinterested citizens doubtless is due to the fact that hat six of the republicans elected to the idaho legislature happened to be mormons cormons Mor mons and their political affiliations rather than their church membership is the cause of offense to disinterested partisans the attitude of mormon on OD political matters maggers both in utah and idaho has chown 0 o eon elusively clue clu ively that mormons cormons have bare just as aa good minds of their own as have other citizens citizen and that the church does not seek to influence them that rushing ruining r before the public with this bowl because halt half a dozen of thiem happen to go be united u am aa to one candidate candid ate in either party cannot be fitly described as other than inspired by the basest of motives the mormons cormons have demonstrated demonet rated their good faith on political issues issue and decent politicians will not be found assaulting the church or disseminating baseless rep oito while politicians decry church lu influence fluence irona any denomination it might be well for them to be consistent in minding their own business to the extent that they demand the be same course in others when churches as such do not inter fere with politics let politicians as such cease to interfere with the churches |
