Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-10-27

HON. T. +. SlNGISER,

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HON. T. +. slNGIsER,
who spoke substantially as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and fellow citizens
1t gives me great pleasure to meet so
many Of the people Of Wood River
face to face this evening. am not
an orator, and make no claim to be-
ing public speaker. Prior to this
campaign, | had never attempted to
make political speech. What have
to say, ! will therefore say as plainly
and briefly as possible.
| am Republican, and l have no
excuse to offer for being one. Yet it
is not as a Republican that appear
before you, tonight, as much as it is
as representative Of that very num-
erous and controlling class Of our Eel
low citizens, who oppose, irrespective
OF party, the advocacy and practice Of
the souldegrading tenets Of the Nor
mon priesthood.
In the southern portion Of this Ter
ritory we have an element which is
controlled, guided and directed by
a number Of individuals in Salt Lake
who blasphemously style themselves
the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
Day Saints. This portion Of our pop
ulation has no ideas, no will Of its own.
To it the interests Of this Territory
and Of the whole United States are
as nothing compared with those Of tho
Mormon church. This portion Of oul
population, voting as one man, is sui
ficently numerous to hold the balance
: of power, and its influence is sufficient
ly great to SO shape and control mat
tiers in the Legislature of Idaho tina
no legislation intended to put stol
to the wholesale crimes which they ar.
known to be committing daily can be
procured from that body.
, |, in common with the vast ma ior
ity of the people of the United States
believe in the widest and broadest re
ligious toleration; | believe that, un
der the ample folds of our stars ane
stripes, there is room for every specie!
or modification Of religious belief; blu
| am unwilling to permit, in the nam.
of religion, some Of the most stipend
; Gus frauds and gravest crimes know
to modern law to go unpanished.
We are in the midst of campaign
when representative from this grow
! ing Gem Of the Mountains in the Con
! gress OF the United States is to b,
e selected. Two candidates for tn
). honor are before the people-th,
: Hon. George Ainslie and the speake
and the voters would soon be Gale.
1 upon to express their choice. 1t wa
n therefore proper that each candidate
:, should address the people and endea
q vor to show that he deserved thei
: votes. That was why the speake
1 was here tonight. Mr. Ainslie wa
!. here short time ago, for the sam
i purpose. He had doubtless told tn
: people that Mormon Bishop ha'
II presented Mr. Ainslie's name to tn
: Territorial Conventions; Mr.. Ainsll
d had doubtless told them them that TIL
i Mormons had stood by him as on
man; Mr.. Ainslie had doubtless tol
them that the delegations to that cor
vention from Bear Lake and Oneid
counties were composed Of infamou
= polvgamists, everyone Of whom shout
= occupy a cell behind prison bars; NJ
Ainslie had doubtless told them thu
, the votes Of these Mormon polyga
!. mists had placed him in nomination
Mr.. Ainslie had doubtless told thel
that one half of the members Of I'll
- convention, unwilling to submit to tt
Mormon yoke, had withdrawn in
body from that convention; he doub
IS, less told you that in his pocket !
IN carried the commission Of Mormc
a. Bishop. The speaker supposed tn
,ff Mr.. Ainslie had told all these thing
,u for if he had not he had willfully SUI
pressed the truth. The Mormon