Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-09-14

uCeS ueOaSt, ppIiutS anu VIC 'aoS
mothers, and brand with illegltimacy
eight tenths of the children born with
in the land accursed by its presence
some better reason for sudden change
Of faith? Bring forth better fruits OF
repentance than the simple, written,
eleventh hour declaration, at the dawn
OF political campaign, that they are
not fit for their longer association?
1t is possible that they can. But
the conversion is SO sudden. 1t came
so much like the "revelation is
claimed to have come from God to
Brig ham that polygamy is divine; so
much like the fiery professions OF the
Young convert who, excited by the
book banging, the loud singing, and
the rafting about the straw-foored
s'mourning bench" out-shouts the old
time shouters and t-sings the leader
of the gang.
The new converts to this political
boycott are wild in the freshness and
exuberance of their new faith They
have wailowed in the "revival" straw;
they have clasped the hands of the
brethren and felt the embraces Of the
dear sisters in the cause, and in the
newness of their new faith they are
put upon the Democratic stage to hop
and skip and jump, while to the tune
of the September revival meetings
they sing, "When | get in this Fix, it
takes two just to hold me!'
All reformers go to extremes Test
it by incidents IN everyday expert
ence. The habitual drunkard ere
forms" until, bless your soul! single
glass of colored lemonade, quaffed by
beauty at circus, brings thoughts
of "reform" and of "the devil at the
bottom" So with the reformed fire
quenters of pIayhouses; of gaming
rooms; of sin in all its phases-the
men and women who "leave off" are
more radical than those who led them
away.
The present conduct of our Idaho
Democrats, in connection with the
Mormon church, bears a remarkable
resemblance to that of man who
for years, has associated with, pettec
and used some poor fallen woman
He sees an opportunity to accomplish
a desirable marriage" if YOU will
He dscards and abandons the harlo
who has so long been mis- comfort, hi,
companion and bis support. He ex
lies the unfortunate from his heart; he
curses, derides and beats the poor sin
stained wretch, and then goes forth
clad in pure cloth, to some "religious
or moral society. Then he shout
and prays louder than the sold mem
bers." He teaches lessons of moral
ity. chastity and all that, until the OBJ
iect desired is secured. What will
happen then depends. 1t is one o
the secrets of the future.
But i: he fail, Just so sure as fat
he will throw aside the raiment of re
spectability and go right back to tn
embraces of the discarded wretcI
who, true to human experience, re
ceives him-and the "last end of tina
man is worse than the first"
The Idaho Democrats have exied
for the present at least, the Mormon
Magdalen with whom SO long the
have consorted. If they succeed il
the campaign this fall the abandon
ment may be final. II they do 10
succeed, who knows but that the ain
terlocutory Order" entered at Belle
vue will be set aside, aud the loya
people Of the Territory again behol,
them visiting the haunts of the evi
ones and taking to their eager EN-
: brace the discarded and outcast friend
of Yesterday?