Show dally lf WHERE A VETO WAS WANTED the infamous test oath bill recently introduced in and rushed through the idaho legislature and framed to deprive of citizenship all who belong or within a specified period have belonged to the mormon church has now met with approval dhori the other proceedings of this body of alleged lawna akers are remembered it will perhaps occasion occa ion no that a measure of such a character should bo adopted in fact when the reading public recall any of the recent acts ft the clique which holds tho power in our neighboring territory all will make tho mental observation that there could be nothing outrageous against the mormon constituency which these not feverishly clasp to heir bosora and adopt as their own eliat governor stevenson however should sign the bill is a great disappointment to those who thought they knew the qualities of the man lie has given many proofs of his probity and love of justice during the term of his administration the manifestation of these traits is not wholly wanting in the feesago with which lie accompanied tho present bill on ltv return to the legislature in this he states that many lawyers of high standing regard the enactment as il lesal and unconstitutional the reasonable inference is eliat he holds similar views himself if it is correct it is so far creditable to him it shows that he appreciates the american fabric of government and senses the constitutional rights guaranteed ho citizen but if it elifas all this it shows with equal clearness the lack of that moral courage which would leave emboldened him to veto the bill hal he been as brave as he seems honert he would have said to alie rabid band of legislators 1 I believe this bill to be unjust outrageous and tyrannical it is a disgrace to american statesmen and would perpetrate an infamous wrong upon american citizens for the reasons set and in abo exercise of my prerogative I 1 return it herewith without my approval we regret eliat irstead of killing the monstrosity with a single stroke of hia pen in which he would have been sustained by all good men and his own sense of right the governer felt it his duty to leave the thrifty mormon community in idaho to the tardy and often precarious vindication they must now await through their courts |