The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-02-25
eTARK.s MoRAL oopE

"Roberts Resolution" the Hon
John F. Stark, member fror
Shoshone county, is reported t
have said that he never met
pretty girl without harboring
desire to Income a polygamist TO
little while. This may not b,
the exact language in which tn,
gentleman expressed himself bu
conveys the sentiment. He wen
farther and intimated that he die
not believe that there was a mar
present who was free from equal
" lustful impulses. Stark's areN-
ment in favor Of the resolution to
scat Roberts occasioned some
newspaper comment not entirely
hattering to the gentleman's moral
tone. In consequence, the editor
of this paper has been favored
with a private letter from the
Hon. John +. Stark, representa-
tive Of the people of Shoshone
county in the state legislature. In
order that this statesman may
have a public hearing, and be
placed before the state in a just
light. we shall submit a few pass
ages from his epistolary self vim
dication. We desire to say, first,
that if in any way we have wrong
cd the honorable gentleman, we
now make a most humble apol-
ogy. If in any utterance of ours,
we represented him as other than
a verile and elegant Photographer,
we stand corrected, in the light of
his own vindication of himself.
On the first page Of the Hon.
Stark's epistle occurs this Ibidin-
Gus passage "You seem to have
taken exceptions to the honest ex-
preston Of opinion made in re-
gard to the polygamic instinct
common TO the human race. While
you may not be a victim to the
divine passion, while a woman's
smile, her form or way, may not
rouse the blood Of man in you, and
perhaps are like Cleopatra's maid
rather heat your liver
with drink-you have attempted
to be the spouse of a number of
weakly papers which seems TO
me more immoral than being the
lord of numerous women" No
doubt. After delivering himself
Of this lofty apostrophe, the hon
Orable member from Shoshone
to state, as the result of
fame he had acquired through
publication of his utterances upon
the floor of the house, "that a
large number of ladies have writ
zen me, (the Hon. John F. Stark
saying they want to come west
Tor to meet some thing, besides
Republicans and he virgins "
The ladies here referred to by the
honorable member from Shoshone
nay have the pleasure of observ-
ng that ching" if they will only
3all upon one John f, Stark,
II will only add in conclusion"
writes this distinguished libidinist,
that when you again feel like
attempting to be foolishly mock
just remember that no
'erS0R in whose veins the hot
flood of man flows, but will simp-
y wink the other eye--while the
adies-God bless 'em; always
dmire man who has the cour-
ge of his convictions and never
aspect "sissy" man; and then
o not yield to temptation to make
piebald ass of yourself by abus-
lg our Christian brethren because
hey attempt to live the life of the
oily men of Israel, who have the !
'ible for foundation of their /
nth and Gods chosen men for
leir preceptors." Such are the
sntiments of the honorable rep
sentative of the people of Sho- I
Zone county, Whether or not {
E is representative of the moral {
of the men and women,
iothers and fathers, of that coun- t
is not for us to say; but as he