The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-08
SAKE TALKS BACK.
10. Rich Enlightens an Idaho
Newspaper Man.
HIS VIEWS OF THE CONSTITUTION
A Reporter Who Fooled With the HumOrist
Not Knowing He was
Loaded.

-'O1 AWHILE mas
u Loaded.
l. Reporter are the Afor-nons doin
in Southeastern Idaho
f Joe-Multpiying and replenishing III
e earth
Reporter-How do they do it,
Joc-Strictly in accordance with the Ed
a munds-Tucker bill, with an occasiona
variation.
Reporter-How are your cropsl
Joe-Baby crop over the average; other
, crops only medium.
Reporter-How was it that Bear Lake
sent Republican to the state convention!
Joe-Bear Lake pleads rot guilty; the
people up there never sent any one; they
were never consulted anything about it,
nor were nine-tenths of the balance of the
people of the territory. Mr.. Underwood,
the so-styled representative from Bear
Lake (and a very harmless man by the way)
being out of work, was sent down with a
family certificate purely for the purpose of
making his grub and in the interest of
family economy only. His nearest neigh
Dor5 had no idea where he had gone and
when they accidentally heard that he was
a volunteer delegate in the convention.
they felt sure no mental eruptions would
ensue.
keporter-I see Judge Berry has decided
the Mormons are good jurorsa
Joe-Yes; best in the world. In Bear
Lake county they can sit on iuries, sit on
| the fence, sit on WOodpile, sit on the side
walk and in the middle of the road if they
want to.
THEY ARE GOOD Settlers
so long as they confine their sitting procliy-
! tiles to that county. Geographical lines de-
termlne the application of the law
Reporter-Do you think the Mormons
will take any interest in voting the consti-
tuition?
Joe-Of course they will There is noIaw
in heaven or on earth to prevent them from
voting early and often on that thing-the |
opportunity Of hacking up the razor in
tended for cutting their Threats is alto |
gether too good and inviting to be lost.
Reporter-How do they, the people up |
there, generally regard the convention and |
its labors, anyhowl
Joe-They regard its inception and man
ner i'll which delegates were selected to it,
and the supreme contempt eyinced for the |
will of the people throughout the checklist
piece OF political clap-trap and popycock-
ism ever heard of outside of Bingham
county. AS a gathering of mutual admira-
tlonists for the practice of primary parlia-
mentary tactics, they think it may possibly
result in benefit to some of the more
Weighty Drained members
Reporter-You don't seem to think the
people down your way will enthuse on the
adoption of the constitution
Joe-Nary "thuse." Why, the thing will
break its own neck. Even if the conyen-
tlon had been called legally and everything
in the constitution unanimously endorsed
by the people, Congress is not going 10
establish
SO DANGEROUS a PRECEDENT
as DISTINGUISHING any member of the COM
to say nothing about commun-
tiles by the thousand, because of arelig1ous
tenet or anything else. They will simply {
say, Gentlemen, if we let down these bars
there will be no let up" The precedent ,
would open the door to the prescribing of s
any Objectionable class of citizens. religious
or secular, would extend to nationalities ,
and every part and portion of the social
tabr1c. Congress cannot afford, and is not
going to make any such ass of itself An
other thing, the test oath of Idaho is now
before the supreme court of the United
states, will probably be advanced c
Oy January. The opinion of the best /
egal lore OF, not only the territory, but of +
Inc nation Is that the supreme court will :,
SIT down on it in italics. If such should be I
he case, will you point out to me what re-
mains OF the labors of our great solons? b
fhey might have met and lodged the issue
oy leaving it with the legislature and o
nus safely cleared the breakers, but over
confidence in their over-rated abilities
wouldn't allow them to depend upon any
hereafter con ingent.
ReoCrte Then you think the constitu-
ion has 10 show.
Joe-Not bit of it. When it is voted b
Upon Of it ever is the total votes cast all ii
round will show we are not entitled to a 81
tate government, being deficient in both d
equation and sense. Congress will E.
hink it is ~
ANOTHER NEVADA OUTFIT. M
l wouldn't be surprised if the thing Y
vas not voted down, although Dubois NAV
fectually guard against this in Bingham
ounty. In view that the election for the
doptlon OF the constitution will be free,
asy, go as you please affair, and no penal n
les Tor ballot-box stuffing, think, if nee ia
ssary,. Bingham county can roll up any e'
here from 10000 to 10000 majority for it, tc
9 may be needed. sc
l-epC ~ter-Who do you consider were our ~
martest men in the late convention? ~
joe Don't know them all Lewis. of %
media, was undoubtedly the handsomest
ian; Standro1 the dudyiest one, while
ieorge Ainslie probably knew more than fl
ny half-dozen of them put together
Reporter-How about the Mormons 10
'aving the church last election to get the nj
nance of voting! s.
JOe-Well, there was lot of them with 7,
rev from the church, for the reason as -
ley asserted, they could not assert and
lioy their rights as American citizens by
anding in, but in the celebrated con
sted election case of Chamberlain against ca
'ooden for the Office of sheriff of Bingham ba
'unty' Judge Berry decided they didn't
It out Of the church. In this case it all sri
,pended upon what ticket they voted -
hethtr they were in tie church or not. 81
they voted the Democratic ticket they
ere in, and their votes must be rejected, yo
they voted the Republican ticket it was
right, and the votes ought to be counted. on
nder the ruling of judge Berry it would
robably re spt CT il act of Congress and ba
TWO POWERFUL JACKsCREWs -,
get a Mormon far enough out of the W
urch to cast valid Democratic vote
ne district court of the third judicial
strict Of Idaho is the only court now in
e United States that assumes exclusive
iiginal jurisdiction Of church member
Up, and defines the modus operandi of
tting in and out.
Reporter-Well. do you know anything
sc OF interest on these questionsl
Joe-Yes, but as you don't propose to
y anything for what you have now
'rmed out of me, l guess 1 will quit
hit here
2eporter-Very much obliged.
Ioe-Yes, l have large assortment of
)se now on hand.-Boise City Democrat.
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