Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-13
THE IDAHO DEADLOCK.

III ~ aNW UhMhAWA ~
We give place In another column TO
letter from friend To Boise Ciiy,
who ropels with some sharpness the
iuelnuati3us aud suspicious which cei-
tain correspondents seem disposed 10
magnify and publish, o. 10 the motive
for the position Of the "Mormon" re-
publican members oi The legislature IN
the prostntsonatorial struggle in Ida
no. Hls indignation, We grant, Il
woll.iounded, aud yet there 10 hardly
profit ia ~ maui.oatail1n; Tor pef1ou
who soti out 10 declare himself on every
rumor Of this Kind that msy come
along, will DO found In a perpetual icf.
ment VI fury.
The NEWS has at times iolt COM
strained 10 notice such ISLANDERS, and {
rebuke them NJ they deserved. But
disappointed politicians and empty
pRted scribbler will no doubt con.
tinue to the orack Of doum 10 veil their
ohagrin aud display their shallownoss
In periodical charges q EMBEDDING"
or improper "influencn" on tue part Of
the Church authorities In Salt Lake
City or elsewhere. Any attempt,
therefore, 10 iasiou the present action
Of Republican. Mormons la the Idaho
legislature upon the Church leau.
eu here, will prove A. aborllvo
A. have other attempts Of Ike charao.
ter; and all such talk, 10 Tar w. To-
profit or truth IL concerned, might ~
well be dropped. The NEWS knows
what IL is talking about when It do.
clares that the authorities OF tho
Church In Utah are not mixing In the
Idaho senatorial or any other political
contest, ani that the members Of the
Church Ia the Idaho legislature have
not the slightest restraint upon them,
to prevent their doing anything they
please, except auoh restraint A. 10 i'm.
posed by their oalhs OF oillce and their
obligations a. honorable men. We
may add that, on behalf Of the right,
there 10 local sollcilude that
the Mormon members Of that iogitln-
ture shall 70 perform their duties as 10
merit the full confidence Of thsir con-
4tituents. This. We understand, i'm.
piles that they shall, II possible, secure
new and fair Apporllonment, under
which the representation from tho
a. a
indeed from the whole common wealth,
may DO juttly and honestly established
NJ to their "solldity," We have yet 10
learn that union lie crime. by the
very force Of events the Saints In fdaho
have In the past been 10 the habit Of
consulting with each other and acting
together. They have naturally taken
on a something which, for want Of
better term, may be called exclusive
ness. That perhaps still, In measure,
somewhat governs their actions. But
there IL nothing sinister or un.Ameri.
can In Il, beosuse II IL merely the
remnant Il practice which was
originally engendered rs means OF
mutual dtfinse aud seli.proteciion. To
say that II has been practloed for tbs
purpose OF gainlng unworthy adyRn.
tages Ia an untruth; and cetlsiuly Il
cannot be charged that It IA Tor the pui-
pose Of carrying out previously received
Instructions.
As 10 The merits Of the men who are
In nomination for senator, our iriends
In Idaho need no suggestions from tho
outside. Col. Hhoup IL well knoWa aud
popular both here And II nome, and IN
his business afalru with our people lac
has been regarded, W far gs We know,
~ honorable ana riucere and the ON
embodiment Of much sturdy worth.
Mt. Sweet also is known through his
record ne congregsman. Hs
asplres 10, and by very many
Is thought worthy o. promotion
MI Hhoup 10 in the field lUi
reelection to an oiiico 10 which he
has already d0ue excellent work,
There aTu many conflicting Tumors OF
complications, aud much talk Is u
other nspocs in the case OesiIea those
which appear ON the surface. W,
shall not attempt To enumerbto or un,
rayol thos,j hut shall couhnu ourselves
70 the statement that those OF our
ffionds Interested who want the nd
vice Of the NEWS, will IND II 10 III,
expression Of tho hope that they vii
act oourageously, honestly uui Ia N,
hiriut line OF the duty thuy owe &,
themselves as men aud 10 tuois cj4sli
tuents who nut them iu ulilge.