Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-03-22

II IT sINCEnirYs


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Ms!ad Enterprise
That is . pitiful howl the Demo-
Gratis are sending up because Repub-
licans have thrown down party bars
and invited Mormons to walk in and
enjoy themselves. Democrats pro-
nounce it denomination Of insin-
cerity and few Republicans are
weak enough, or fanstical enough, to
adopt the same reasoning. Will
some one please point out where the
insincerity comes in? Is keeping .
solemn aud oft-repeated promise, in
sincerity? Democrats might % con-
strue, but other people would not.
Are Democrats in any better position
than Republicans to open their arms
to Mormons? Will the Democrats
kindly look back to the last campaign
and recall the fact that the Boise
Democratic league not only de-
nounced the Mormons, but solemnly
pronounced political curse on the
issue " of Mormon parents. The
other cry Of Democrats that Repub-
licans used the anti Mormon cry sim
| ply for effect, and trampled down the
rights of the Mormons because of the
political capital it furnished, is mere
buncomb. The anti Mormon move
ment was inaugurated while the Nor
mons yet exercised the franchise; it
was movement directed by Demo
Gratis, as well as Republicans. But
the Democrats never went into the
combination with any degree Of sin
cerity except in isolated cases. They
cursed the Mormons and coquetted
with them at the same time. The
action of Democratic leaders has al
ways been SO vacillating and uncer-
$ tain that neither Mormons nor Demo
Gratis could have any confidence IL
their professions. The inevitable
consequences followed. Now, thu
0 Democrats, with Characteristic hypoc
$ ricy undertake to give out that they
: never, no never, even had leaning
S towards anti Mormonism; they hav'
0 always been the friends and devotee
i of the church; they nearly all nov
! wear, and always have worn, the en-
n dowment robes. They would impres
d that all the ills of the Mormon peopl
: are chargeable to the vindictiveness
dishonesty and selfshness of Repub
licans. The Republicans do not pre-
!, tend to deny or discla;m their ant
Mormon history; they were RADICAL,
: honestly and uncompromisingly ant
i Mormon; they fought the Mormo
-s church openly and with all the powe
!. at their command, and under simils
/, conditions would do the same thin
again. The Republicans are just 1
strongly anti Mormon to-day as ev,
!, they were; the principle remains Il
4 same; they were opposed to churC
h; domination ten years ago; they al
:. opposed to it to-day. If the Mo
70 mons hope or expect any support
comfort from the Republican part
they must base their expectancy {
; the integrity of their professions, th
z the Mormon church has changed
II polygamy is abandoned and temper
,b rule of priests rapidly slipping ava
: The Mormons declare that they ha
% abandoned polygamy and everythiI
- indicates that the temporal power
., passing away as rapidly as su
-, changes can possibly transpire. U
% on what ground, except fanatics
- ana HatTGu eau dutt- NlOEtiOiiioth W
:. tinue to exist? But, possibly, t
Mormons are ia bad faith. We b
u lieve that some of them are not
he the best of faith. Twenty five yea
all ago a national amnesty proclamati
lso was issued, but there are men
es- Texas and Mississippi to this day W
Of do not hesitate to trail the Americ
IS flag in the mud. Does the COME
ere eracy still live? However, the De
The oorats will be wise not to stir up
ifs history of their party and leadi
ib- men on the Mormon question. The
nd was the Bellevue convention, the t
The oath, the administrations of Ha,
to aud Berry and finally the cumulat
nc- resolution of the Boise league.
ing -.
al NAMpA LEADER: The only obj
q . ton that is urged against W. E. b
an. ah by few papers in the State
cause he was elected chairman of