The semi-weekly miner., 1883-06-16
loeno O@eia@s Interviewed-A
Fearful Arraienment of
MOrmona.

Irwin, Of Idaho, and Singiser. dele
gate to Congress from that Territory.
are In town and were seen by q re-
porter. In reply to the first question,
as to politics, both gentlemen offered
the assurance that politics in Idaho
turned only upon the Mormon cues
ton. The Mormon element is a
strong one. Mormonism is subser-
Went to the dictstion of the priest
hood. Slavery in the South was
never half so dangerous and bad as
Mormonism in Idaho The Ed
munds bill is all right, SO far as it
goes, but being founded upon the
basis that MormOns will not commit
per Jury, the provisions of the bill are
inadequate to the situation. The
machinery for carrying out the law
reaches only to Utah, and Idaho,
therefore, is practically receiving
none of the benefits intended. "There
are several things needed, ;" remarked
singiser. Ito break up this evil, and
which / shall work for to my ut
most. We need q law passed by
Congress prohibiting any man who
obeys the orders of the priesthood
from taking part in public affairs of
any description. Also there should
be q very stringent marriage law
compelling complete record of
every marriage, birth of every child,
and who are the parents. You have
no idea of the lOoseness in morals
and illegitimate offspring that are
born by wholesale and incest"
That is constantly occurring. These
people ought to be disfranchised be-
cause the evil is so terrible that you
cannot get the jacket too straight for
them. The necessity for public
schools is absolutely imperative to
break up MOrmo1lism among coming
As to the cattle busi-
ness there is no better field in the
world for alnassing immense for
tunes. Cattle feed twelve months in
the year on native grasses aud hay,
which cures upon the ground"
What is being accomplished in
business?"
1.-TWO years ago there was not a
mile of taxable railroad property in
the Territory. Now there are at
least 600 hundred miles. and more to
come. The Oregon Short Line and
Union Pacific people are rushing
their roads, while the Central Pacific |
and Denver & Rio Grande are sur
veying in several directions. In
Twelve months more or within two
years at most, we will have railroads /
to every mining camp in
the Territory and new fields opening
up"
"Of course your population must
be increasing rapidly"
Singiser leaves this evening for
and Governor Irwin re-
,urns to Boise City in a day or two.
"Are the Mormons Indifferent to
,he law of the United States ?'
"Mormons are more disloyal to this
than any uncivilized
ace on the face ofthe earth. In their
PROFESSIONS they treat with contempt
he flag OF our country. They permit
ho stars and strip to drag in the
lust and the oath taken III the en-
lowment house is worse than disloy-
Il; it is infamous, and every syllable
IT it is impregnated with death to the
United States"
do they respect the cD2StlIy OA
heir wives and daughters"
"They have no more dea of the
purity Of women than you and have
# tho wardrobe Of an angel. They
re utterly and hopelessly destitute of
my Of the finer feelings of mankind.
oOlygamy is the smallest feature of
heir institution. Perjury, lust, theft,
,igotry, ignorance, and all that is
eTrible are planks in their platform.
The leaders OF course control the rank
md file, to djsobey. One command
rom the leaders would bring upon
heir heads the wrath they all fear,
every thought of which makes them
The people of Chicago knew
10 more of the true situation than
he inhabitants of Greenland know
If your best society. We need the
assistance of the good people of this
country and we must have it in order
% wire out the greatest disgrace ever
Known to humanity
In speaking of Idaho as mining
md stock country both men were en-
;husiastic in their statements. They
ire larger, more valuable and more
numerous mines in Idaho than in
my other territory Of the great west.