Show r GOVERNOR BUNN 4 it will be remembered that the them lately elected legislature of idaho 0 territory has passed several bills I 1 which are directed against tl the mormon citizens with a venom r tho the acridity of which far exceeds even the infamies amies odthe of the edmunds and hoar legislation among amon k these bills is one disqualifying thousands of honest virtu virtuous ous and w worthy citizens of our northern neighbor not for acts alleged or real but for the sake of their belief in the cor erectness j 4 ness of a principle it odthe of the divine is engin L and sanction of which athey they have unconquerable testimony this bill has lias now become a law by the of governor bunn I 1 anew a new importation from pennsylva nia and a double doubled d distilled is tilled edition of eli H R murray the gentleman gent lemans 9 a I 1 I 1 sentiment and sense aa can i n be truly 1 aa gauged by tho following effusion of his brain the B awin combe bof which out Mi murray irray says the august executive of the gem of 1 I t IV 14 00 A the i we mountains Maun Moun laina lains e 1 1 I 1 EXECUTIVE BOISE CITY 1 feb ard 3rd 1 to the president and members of the council C bancil exi ex I 1 have this day ap proved council bill no 5 nn an act to provide defor for holding elections and prescribing b fig the qualifications of electors and for other purposes this law a w will in my judgment go far toward solving the mormon problem it is the first move toward bringing the 0 o question 0 of f polygamy to an issue I 1 within tho tile IvI mormon ormon organization I 1 the emissaries of that immoral institution who have been in the capital I 1 for tho the past two weeks endeavoring to la defeat this measure have argued that the young men I 1 of tho the organization T w are r in the majority int 0 rity and that they I 1 are opposed to all bigamous and polygamous 01 ga mou t teachings and practices if f they P yli leave been telling tile truth th they y li have a v a an easy remedy and feea need ne never r be disfranchise by the provisions of this law if they are in the majority as they represent they can easily crush out p polygamy ol 01 gamy and all other violations of lai law and morality taught advised R act c t w who 10 lo prefers the law of the land before indulgence in crime I 1 if t al simply in declares that any man who pr prefers e fers branded crime to the duty of th the e honest citizens shall not hereafter help make or administer the law conly that and nofU nothing ingmore imore any lionly considerations or modes anodes of reasoning that place the adherents of afi an avowedly hostile and law scoffing institution t 1 upon an equal plane with loyal and law loving citizens and their methods of association and ac acs s tion are aro not only illogical 1 but unjust and radically wrong tha the armons mormons Ir mons must either purify their organization or cease taking 4 part in the affairs of the government pit P it J tia is claimed by them that the provisions of this act invade their rights it does doe snot not it only demands that hatchey they eh allot bo lawmakers law makers and lawbreakers bre aliers the opponents of polygamy in id the mormon church should not I 1 longer sub submit mitto to the polluting of their 0 religion by the lustful minority the well meaning should no longer toler tate this crying evil and DO no cajolery no taunts no threats should prevail upon them to longer permit such pal 10 pable wrongs and outrageous viola 1 dons of law as bigamy and polygamy congratulate your honorable body u upon 0 rf the crea creation tion of this law and am respectfully youre fours AO W WM X bu Bmw 1 governor fis pis akina a and of a sunn bunn in the idaho bakery but now comes alent leman an old and honest resident of idaho hon W H homer i 1 dp e 1 of Oncida a county who inn beorn alli affidavit davit shows what a liar the carpetbagger from the t keystone state is says mr ir fisher whom many olour of our readers know as a thoroughly tru truthful ahful aman is if ifs j I 1 territory of idaho 1 I 1 ri rW county of i ads I 1 as I 1 1 I IV IT lio homer mer of oxford bingham county idaho having been 10 shown a copy copf of governor bunns message of 1 eftarpy 3 ard 3rd id 1885 to jo the 1 council upper branch of tho tile legis if P lature notifying said mid council of f il his 4 approval of council bill X no 0 6 in which message ines sage ho lie states that ki certain maln 11 c emissaries idries of that immoral institution who have been at the capital for the p past sat two weeks endeavoring to defeat thia this measure and as I 1 am one cne of those who are dis franchised by the said council bill no noa 5 and as I 1 have twice been to gov bunn to plead I 1 lea d with him not to disfranchise 30 af anno 4 4 cent ent persons because one person out of perhaps 31 has broken the united states law against bigamy and poleg F gatny jS amy and as I 1 baye bayle endeavored to defeat the said law which chases mo me and thousands of others iff T who havo not broken united states law I 1 may way therefore safely consider myself as one of the afore I 1 said emissaries referred to by the governor and as ills his excellency I 1 makes public the alleged reasons given to him bim 1 I have thought fit in justice to myself to make public also thelast the last interview 1 iliad had with gov burin relative to the ahe subject which araa nas on feb 3rd ard 1885 the dayce day be aps ap pr proved oved the said act I 1 I 1 asked the governor if lie bad had considered council bill no 5 he lie baid said lie had said he lie had devoted a great deal of attention to that bill that after considering it carefully he lie had first made up his mind to return it to the council with recommendations to amend that part of said bill which deprives au any person of his elective franchise L because cause he lie may belong to an order or r organization which teaches bigamy and polygamy poly pamy etc said that lie had looked up the law and authorities on the matter and had them written down showing why the rafil bill should be so amended but owing to pressure brought to bear on him in the tile shape of threats and public talk to the tile effect that ho lie dare not sign the bill and anti that he lie would be compelled to veto it lie had therefore ful fulla 1 nado n ado up his mind to sign the bald bill signed IV 11 II HOMER ilonen subscribed and sworn to before me this ath day of february 1885 JUULS JULIUS C I 1 notary public in connection with this it may way bo be as well to mention that the idaho statesman nan a i journal dyed in the deepest hue of anti mormonism p in a recent issue intimated that governor bunn was 3 offered ered ten thousand dollars to veto the bill disfranchising franchising dis three thousand citizens of the territory this thi however the democrat of boise knows to bo be a lie because bunn offered to veto the bill for and no takers to this the last named journal adds in vilo vigorous rous but well applied language bunn is trying to pose as the incorruptible rup tible might help him in liis his efforts to bang on to his place you know or in his fight for congress two years hence the paragraph in the Sl altsman was intended to assist in fortifying him no use walk the plank and sink whence you came along with the rest of the gang |