The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-17
FRED DUBOIS.

FRED DUBOIS.
What contemplate scrub that fellow
FRED DUBOIS isl He is so Internally mean
and dirty that the wonder is he doesn't
march himself into the back yard every
morning and give himself a good kicking
just to keep in tone with his own vile dis
position.
DUBOIS aspires to a United States Sen
atorship and claims that he is Senator,
although his title to the Office is crooked.
A Senator should have some dignity and
show a little regard for the truth, but DU-
BoIs doesn't seem to understand these
things. Perhaps he has been wallowing in
the dirty mess OF Idaho politics long that
the little sense Of decency that he must
have enjoyed at one time has departed. On
the 10th instant, over his own signature, he
had in the Boise Statesman vile letter as
sailing the Mormon church and people in
characteristic fashion. The two columns
contain more than the usual number of lies
to the inch, but there are only two or three
to which we will refer this morning.
Here is a sample paragraph: 81 am aware
of the fact that the church has lobbyists at
Boise. All they ask is that no legislation
affecting them be passed at this session.
Bishop HoGE is there. He claims to be a
Republican, and processes that he will de-
liver the entire church vote to the Republi-
can party if that party, which now controls
the state government, permits them to
vote. Bishop bulge is willing to give
guarantees to leading Rep ublicaLs that the
Mormons will vote the Republican ticket
in exchange for the favor Of the franchise
1t would be easy to give the history of
both Bishop HoGE and Bishop BULGE.
have no doubt of the ability of these church
leaders to deliver the entire vote of the
church to the Republican party, nor do
question their willingness to do it. 1t would
not be hard for me to say, either, that there
is probably truth in the rumor that a large
fund will be in the hands of the church
agents at Boise"
The legislators who voted to send Mr..
DUBOIS to the Senate must be hattered by
his opinion of them, that they are susceptible
to the ''sackn Of what use would cor
rupticn fund be unless there was somebody
to corrupt. and who is there to corrupt in
the Idaho legislature except it be the very
men who acknowledge DUBOIS as their
boss? But the viciousness of DUBOIS as
pensions is made apparent by communi-
cation signed by Mr.. WALTER HoGK (who
is not and never was a bishop, which ap
peared in the Statesman of the 18th. We
quote portion of the letter:
Mr.. DUBOIS says: Bishop HoGE is in Boise >
There is nothing wonderful about that (only
that am not bishop, as I have frequently
been in Boise City before and expect to be
again. Furthermore, claim to have an equa
right with any other law-abiding citizen to bt
here. SO long as pay my way and properly be
have myself Mr.. DUBOIS says further: 'tHt
claims to be Republican, There is surely NJ
crime in that! AS can prove that was q citi
zen Of Idaho Territory and Republican a
least fifteen years before Mr.. DUBOIS crossed
the plains to come to Idaho. was residen
OF Kootenai and .Lemhi before these countie
were organized, and one of the honorable mem
bers of the present Idaho legislature supplie
me with milk while 1 was manipulating picl
and shovel in the placer mines near Leesburg
in Lemhi county, in 1887, so my citizenship an,
Republicanism dates fully as far back as that O
Mr.. DUBOIS.
But when the gentleman makes the followin
assertion, she processes that he will deliver tn
entire church to the Republican party" b
simply makes a mistaken and unwarrante
statement, and one that defy him to sustain
deny that am here representing the Mormo
church or any other church or party.
simply represent myself and the bus
ness firm with which 1 am assc
ciated. These to me are Of suficien
Importance to warrant my staying in Boise 70
some days. and probably weeks yet, and d
not deem it necessaryto ask MIR. DUBOIS priv
ilege for staying here, either. have yisite
Boise a good many times and l have Away
found a whole-souled, warm-hearted peoplt
and should my business affairs, which ar
being negotiated at present, turn out favorably
hope that my acquaintance with the people @
Boise will be increased, and should during m
stay here have the privilege OF talking politics
from own personal standpoint only, and i
furtherance of Republican principles-I sha
certainly avail myself OF the opportunity, r,
gardless of Mr.. DUBOIS and his gratuitous az
vertisement to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The HERALD knows President bulge $
well, and knows how utterly impossible
would be for him to sustain the characte
which the fellow DUBOIS gave him, that W
were not surprised yesterday by the r,
ceipt Of the following telegram:
PARIS Ida, Jan. is, 1891
TO the Editor or Tbs SAT- Lake Herald:
Just got home. Have seen DUBOIS lette
HoGE is not bishop and never has been. He b;
not been authorized by me or the people her
that know Of, 20 offer all or any Mormon vot,
10 any party. He is an ardent Republican ar
hopes to strengthen that party. and is perso
ally responsible for what he says. When a
authorized to promise votes will do it mysel
WIN. BULGE
And yet, we will not be. astonlshed
FRED DUBOIS shall republish his lies an
add TO them, hoping, as he will, that the
may have the injurious effect which he d.
sires before they can be refuted. He
one of the scru hbiest of men, and this is q
you can say about him.