The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-04
POLITICS In idaho.
The Milk in the Co
c0anut.
DUBOIS LITTLE GAME.
The Democratic Outlook Said
to be Very Blue.
THE ACTION OF JUDGE BERRY
Self Respecting Democrats VIII Not
Recognize HIm-Bingham County
Bankrupted-Idaho News.


HERALD. ]-"I don't give d--n
whether a man is Mormon or
not. II ne obeys the law. he is
just as good a man as l and has
the same right to vote" This was
the first thing l heard when alighting
from the train at Pocatello last night.
While walking along the platform to
the b otel, heard this: Pm Demo-
crat, and no s. of q b of a
R. can scare me or make me take
water" The man uttering the last
classical remark had in his hand a
flaming light and had turned his head
from the oil box of car wheel which
he had just been examining. The in
cident was one to convince fellow that
politics was subject of warm remarks
In Idaho.
Governor Stevenson came down from
Blackfoot Thursday night, where he
had been consulting with the Democrats
of Bingham County, who seem to view
the situation in a very gloomy light as
10 this particular county.
On Wednesday, H. NJ. Bennett, prose-
outing attorney for Bingham County,
Robert Hays. deputy sheriff, and some
six other prominent Republicans, were
arrested by Marshal Baird on complaint
of J. Ed. Smith, assistant prosecuting
attorney for Idaho, charging them with
conspiracy, in that they were attempt.
n ipfipniHatn writ nf
habeas corpus was Immediately sworn
out, and the prisoners taken before
Judge Berry and discharged on the
ground that there was no such officer
in Idaho, as United States Commits
sioner, though there was in Utah
The ruling, while it may be good law, is
considered surprising one, in face OF
the fact that for years polygamists have
not only been bound over by these Of
6cers whom Judge Berry says are not
officers, but have drawn their pay reg
ularly from the Unite ] States.
The arrest of these men is said to
have been a movement by Democrats
TO counteract plan of the Rspubli-
cans, who propose
ARRESTING EVERY MORMON
who has registered, whether he has left
the church or not, and one of the points
on which Bennett was arrested is said
to be that he has written declaring he
would have certain men arrested if
their names were not withdrawn from
the registry lists by Wednesday last.
Furthermore, it is known that war
rants have been issued by Probate
Judge Shoemaker for the arrest of
something like 100 or 125 Mormons, and
it was just about as Hays was going
out to Rexburg to make the arrests
that he was arrested himself.
The plan of the Republicans is said to
be: To arrest every Mormon whose
name is on the registry lists, bring
them to Blackfoot and have them
taken before Shoemacher who would
place their bonds at sums ranging from
So, 900 to So 600. Taking it for granted
that 100 of them were arrested, it will
require from $500 600 to 100000 in
bonds to secure their release. This
amount cannot be raised. as the law of
Idaho requires that IN securing bonds
the assessment roll shall be consulted,
and that a man must be worth the
amount of the bonds above all iudebt-
edness and property exempt from exc
cution. tits said by some that there is
not enough property in the whole of
Bingham County to bail the men out if
the number arrested be equal to the
number of warrants, and the men
would be compelled to languish in Jail
until after the election and their votes
thus be lost.
To further this plan, Judge Berry
was to close his court THURSDAY night
until the Goth day of November, so that
it would be impossible to secure the re-
lease of the parties on writ of habeaS
corpus. Whatever the arrangements
to this last end may have been, it is
certain they have failed, for the court
remains open and will continue open
until after the election is over. Rumor
has it that Berry was interviewed by
Governor Stevenson.
On Thursday, the supervisors of cleo
ton were appointed by Judge Berry
Despite an invitation to prominent
Democrats here to be present and ad-
wise with him as to the appointees, the
invitation was universally ignored and
none attended. Then summonses for
their attendance were is ued and they
appeared; but would say nothing. When
they entered the judges room, they
found D. w. Standrod and the legal
orb of luminosity from Ogden, ken
lucky" Smith, already in attendance.
Feeling that
THE MATTER WAS CUT AND DRIED,
the Democrats refused to speak until
the judge made direct appeal to them,
when J. Ed. Smith said that ken
lucky" Smith, the Ogden lawyer, was
present and might enlighten the court,
as he knew all about Idaho politics.
The other Democrats said they had no
suggestions to make, and the appoint
ments were made, it is said, on the
recommendation of Ogden's blue
Grass Smith," 1t is also averred the
Democrats feel that they are deserted
by Berry, and that he has about as
much Democracy in him as DUBOIS,
since he has apparently played into the
hands of the Republicans, though no
one contends, so far as have heard.
that he has gone in the face of the law
to do so in any of his decisions. There