Show A PAGE PAU OF perversity gov neil of idaho stuffs a gullible new york reporter caw to the herld I diw doc 12 Go governor nel nelt of 61 idaho nd acre hero wa was interviewed yest yesterday erlay by a tribune reporter port er on the subject of Mormonism 11 the former said mormonism is a serious question on tho tile pacific coast and mormons cormons Mor mons arc are making serious to control territories ries outside of utah whery they have already completed master mast erv if the tile press of the country wo would uld discuss the question thoroughly a sentiment would soon le be created create that would compel congress to act in the matter I would also like to say that tile lio di givson of parties in utah is mor hor mons and anti mormons there ard no or democrats known aa as such t there 11 ere and find among the staunchest diest anti ahoi mos mons such as judge Res risborough borough judge sutherland col samuel merritt and many other prom prominent anent democrats all as hostile as any can to the prevailing system it is part of tho tile plan of the tile mor in mon church to populate surrounding in g territories and states with its adherents h he rents with a view gaining control of them and then by bargaining with cither either of the political parties to lave have tho the territories admitted as states thus obtaining the tile balance of poll power er in congress in my opi opinion nion the tile mormon church is more inor e of f a politic 11 than religious organization and I am bonvin convinced ed that it isa is a trao treasonable organization ibo I believe that all in members embers of it who go through the endowment house take an all oath of hostility to this government I have myself heard beard treasonable doctrines preached in the salt lake tabernacle in my judgment it will bo be feces essary to deal deal with the quest question ign from tins this standpoint congress adopts adepts immediately very very effe dual inea measures to prevent the practice tico and spread of poly affey I for or that is the corner atone istone oft of the he ulu church rell Poly polygamy ganly gi gives ives all who join the tile boci soci ct a community of interest in in crime and a that chattoo too is by the priests insist w on the practice of pl polygamy I aliey cifa y know ow that interest in crime will I strengthen tr the tile church and make it better able to accomplish its dc de of ga bear lako lake county in in idaho is lie populated by morin cormons mormons Mor mons ons the last cencin gac it a population daLi of or Ond onada county n t y having the largest representation in the territory legislature is controlled by cormons mormons Mor mons aiho have a pol population ula tion of 1000 out of a total of bow in busm county the they y have v a number of settlements and anro r e enabled lebed iii IB their votes for those top who io are to them to decide the elec tons the territory lias has a it po ton of about and the tile mor for number nearly 10 mor is i opposed to all il our indus fies particularly to mining which B s the greatest interest on oil alke pacific slope if alie cormons mormons Mor mons had power they not permit an ounce of ore to lc Q mined nor indeed would they the illow an person hostile to their pe uliar institution to settle in their alid sl I am ain frequently asked how I i it that in fit a free country lile like iaia this tic mormon priesthood exercise so can a control over tile bullo followers odthe of alie church it is easy of cepla naion the mormon community is t agel y made up ill of tho th in meet I r stivous clas das of foreigners m afire alien e n braglia t to america they are put on at tit new york and taken eg af as possible to utah where tl alie e aie are placed laced safely in in A mormon lormon I liametz they have seen nothing and knon kilow nothing of american ideas and and are permitted to lean nothing of them they are visite constantly constant bv by mormon jj n prints their h d R N N etched and n fact there 13 alio most complete asten of anage that auld bly b devised do ased it is not surprising the aliat abey submit to that aich the ajo lo 10 oln in the con contrives tries from alicy came and arid anin a ain before they camo come here they had IT thing nn probably chich they could alt ill their own hereafter declaring L their intentions to become citizens they take up u hone home on go gov erdmen land in this respect their condi condition dox h infinitely bettor than bo lore fore ant the mormon hurt it receives acil Cs minds of thes ignorant I or dersom iii all the glory and ind ere credit d ii for this th is improvement in their affairs |