Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-22
TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.
How the Hon. George Ainslie, the Dem.
ocratic Nominee, Secured the NOmin.
alton for Delegate to Congress He
Only Got l ! Legal Votes out Of 81.

Boise Statesman, 19th.I
The policy of uniting the Demo
cratic party to the Mormon Church in
this Territory has from the first had a
quasi-opposition in their own ranks.
Conscientious, well-meaning Demo-
Gratis do not see where the necessity
comes in for allying their party to a
beastly, polygamous organization.
There might be excuses made for do.
ing so if the party was in the minor.
lty, but such is not the case and never
has been in all the past years. The
bosses of the party, however, do not
think SO. They see that it is only
necessary to have the Mormon strength
to rule the party. 1t is only about
ten years since this alliance was fully
established. The allegiance Of the
Mormons consists in voting the Dem
ocratic ticket. The allegiance on the
part OF the Democratic party consists
In the right of the Mormons to name
the candidate for Congress. As long
as the Mormons only hold u minority
OF the votes in convention, the can
didate shall not be named from the
Mormon Church. The Dem
ocratic bosses furthermore premise
the good faith of the Democratic par
ty that no law shall ever be passed
by an Idaho legislature as long as it
Is IN their power to prevent it, inter-
ferlng with their system of poiygamy
or plural wives. Our readers, in look
ing back over the history of Demo-
cratic conventions and the acts of the
several legislatures, will be able to yer.
ify every feature Of this alliance as
we have stated it. The Mormon
Bishops come here with as much sua.
witty and apparent cleyerness as ever
Joe. Lane exhibited when he distribu-
ted his Patent Office garden seeds
among his constituents and old-lady
admirers in Yamhill or Long Tom.
But when the time comes for action
these Bishops rule the party as abso-
lutely as the khedive of Egypt
rules his benighted subjects. they
90 not come to confer with the dele
gates or leading men Of the party as
to the best interests of the Territory
and people, but as SO many machines
labeled and numbered and to be count
ed for certain candidate agreed
upon by the High Priest or head Bish-
op at Salt Lake. The men who were
sent to cast their votes this fall were
from two to four-ply polygamists. Not
one OF them an elector, and having
no more right to sit in convention
than Chinaman or Digger Indian.
These men who live in polygamy in
defiance Of the laws Of the United
States, and who are DISTINGUISHED by
law from voting at any election and
from holding Office, cast one -quarter
OF the whole vote that nominated Mr..
Ali.slle as the standard bearer of the
Democratic party. No! we will not
say Mr.. Ainslic is nominated as the
standard bearer of the Democratic
party. He is nominated as the standard
bearer Of polygamy, Of Mormonism-
a set Of men who have crept in una
wares and stole the livery of the
Democratic party to serve Mormonism
and the devil. Was it any surprise
that more than onc-half of the legally
elected delegates to the Convention
withdrew when they found that nine
votes were held by polygamous, non-
elector Bishops, and would more than
balance majority of the legal votes
in the Convention? To figure Mr..
Ainslie's vote out by counties, the fol-
lowing is shown: Boise county, 4;
Owyhee, 5; Cassia, 2; Custer, l, and
Washington Ill in all. The oppo-
sition was: Lemhi county, 4; Ada,
1; Alturas, 1; Idaho, 2, and Washing
ton, making in all Is. The other
two counties, Oneida and Bear Lake,
sent their nine votes, as we have
stated before, by non-electors. They
had no more right to sit in the con-
vention than Pom Yam, of Idaho CITY,
provided they sent him as delegate Of
Boise county and gave him the bal.
ance Of the proxies or votes. This
is the brittle thread upon which Mr.. |
Ainslie holds his nomination. He had
II legal votes out of SO. The Nor.
mons, Of course, will support Mr.. |
Ainslie. They cast nine illegal votes
onehalf Of all he had-to
nominate him, and if he goes to Con-
gress we opine they will have to cast
similar proportion Of illegal votes
out OF all he will receive. It will not
be SO easy matter to cast illegal
votes next November. The polls will
be protected, and we look for Mr..
Ainslie to poll very insignificant
vote outside Of Mormondom. Demo.
Gratis are thoroughly aroused, and de-
nounce the action Of the Ainslie- Nor.
mon Convention in the mos, unaual;.
he'd terms. They do not propose that
Mr., Ainslie or any other Bishop shall
put Mormon halter around their