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

DufiiiR LUG past. tHicc daSS Ih'S
community has beard at least twenty
Democratic speeches, or harangues in
tended as speeches. The first out
burst was at the Bellevue ratification
immediately after the convention that
nominated Mr.. Haley and entered a
sort of interlocu'ory order of divorce
from Mormonism, in the case of "tlal-
ley VS.. Dubois" now pending in the
Peoples Court of Idaho. The charac-
ter and excuses of the harangues on
that occasion may be overlooked as
the oatbursts of high spirits and ut
terances at imaginary victory.
There was another occasion of like
nature witnessed In Haley last even
ing. 1t is true that several gentlemen
who spoke at Bellevue did, after they
had time to reflect, absent themselves
from repetition of the former out
bursts. But some did not absent them
selves on the contrary, they added,
SO far as they were competent, to the
performances of Saturday night last.
The burden of their song on both
occasions was abuse of Mormonism as
an influence and active agent in this
Territory's politics. They acclaimed,
with arms Beating the air and voices
strained beyond the pitch of cracked
Arkansas fiddle, against the doctrines,
tenets and practises of the Mormon
priesthood and its blind and servile
followers. And, as a principle, they
did right in thus declaiming; for Nor
monism is treason, and it presents an
issue to the people of the Republic
that cannot be lodged or avoided any
longer.
But do our Democratic friends re-
ally believe the loyal men of Idaho
are altogether fools Do they think
these loyal men have no memories, O,
are blind, or forgetful? Do they
think that dust can be so easil,
thrown in the eyes of the opposition
party aud its supporters? If they do
either they write themselves simple
tons land they are not), or arrogat.
to themselves all the wisdom, common
sense aud patriotism of the land
They have not monopoly or over.
share of either, and whatever portion
they do possess is not leavered mucl
with modesty.
The great evil of Mormonism is the
doctrine that makes its followers sci
the orders of the priesthood above ant
superior to any law of the Repu1lc
In this particular it is treason. The
most active and fepulsive feature il
that which teaches as divine the deg
radiation of woman to prostitution an,
eonsigns bel pless babes to bastardy.
Ii would be good sign, welcome
fact, If our Democratic friends wer,
earnest in their newly declared hos
tilty to the Saints Of the Latter Da,
Church and its followers. Are the,
in earnest? Is it true repentance
or dodge ior political policy? The,
alone know, or rather their leader
alone know. The TINES hopes the,
are sincere; bat the hope that certain
state OF affairs exists is not the knowl
edge that snch state of affairs doe
exist.
Why have our Democratic fellow
citizens so suddenly awakened to
realization OF the sins of their Mormo:
political bed-fellows ? What ha
opened their eyes, that these people
whose votes for years they hsv,
sought, won aud counted, are M
longer flesh of their flesh and kin o
their kin? Surely they are as deyou
in their treason as before; surely a
attached to the pollution of wholesal
prostitution Of women as before; sure
iy as bosstfui of baieful bastardy a
when, in 1884, they were welcomed t.
the arms of those very gentlemen VIII
now mock, deride and cast them on
upon the lone, cold world
Can these gentlemen, so suddenl'
become electic and so recently purge,
OF their former unclean association
give 10 the multitude who will glad
ly aid them in the work of throttlin:
this hydra headed monster whicl
would destroy free institutions, an,