The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-13
APPEAL TO THE WOMEN
OF OUR STATE.

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political affairs, and we pledge the
democratic party to enact such leeis-
lation as will efYectually suppress
such evils"
What good citizen can take any ex-
ception to that propositionY Ought
not polygamy and unlawful co-ha0i-
tation to be exterminated In ldahoy
Should not you as wife, daughter,
sister or mother vote for members of
the legislature who will enact laws
TO suppress these evils and for gov
ernor who will lend his strong arm
as an executive 10 the enforcement
OF these lawsy
The democratic party Of Idaho
knew full well the danger from a po-
litical point OF view II must face In
thus throwing down the gage OF bat
tie In behalf OF the Christian homes
of tie state. IL knew II would be
confronted by hostile hierarchy that
claims the right to dominate the
votes O, its members aud does dom
mate them as well as by demagogues
In both parties, who want TO curry
favor with the Mormon priesthood To
secure political ends, selling the gior-
ious heritage of American citizenship
for n mess of pottage. We think you
are able to defy the one and exercise
a just contempt for the other. Al
ready evidences point that the Nor.
mon vote In the southeast will be
masscd against the democratic candi-
dates tecause they stand for the
rights OF childhood, the purity and
glory OF womanhood. II you will not
come TO your own support, TO whom
can we look for succory
Women OF Idaho. the eyes OF the
womanhood OF the nation and the
world are upon you. AS Napoleon
said To his soldiers In the shadow Of
the pyramids, Frenchmen, 40 gen.
erations look down upon you,' so
with equal truth and force may II be
said that not only generations now
living and struggling under this aw'
/
ful shame OF a debased civilization,
that the advance OF Christianity
has placed under an eternal ban, but
generations yet unborn look TO you
to turn back this tide Of evil, rebukt
the brazen siolators OF law and cas-,
, your ballot for the American home,
, for the purity OF the family rnlaiior
aud the good OF the state.
, Every Women's Club. every WON
ems organization IN the United
, States, including the Mothers Con
: gress, the Women's Federated Clula
q of the United States, the Women'I
8 Christian Temperance Union, all d
, the various religious denomination
9 Of the United States. through theii
conferences and general assemblies
o have uttered their protest against
Mormon dominance and the unlawful
I and debasing practices confessed 10
I under oath by the leaders OF the Nor
mon church.
VIII not you give utteraBce
A through your ballot this fall that yol
. are In line with the best senumen
OF the race, and whatever may b
8 your political ideas on other ques
o tions that you are in favor Of doiDl
/. away with polygamy and unlawfu
Il CO. -habitation In ldahoY II 80. cas-
a your BALLOT for the democratic stat
@ and legislative ticket
n Woman suffrage itself IL nov on tria
+. NOT only In this state but In the ma
/. tion. II the women of Idaho VIII
:. have the ballot, allow party fealty I
n prevent them from recording tbei
a condemnation OF great evil II the
r. will not vote for the suppression {
!. polygsmy and unlawful co-habitatio
10 when IL is a dIrsct issue before then
!, then it is useless further 10 press TIA
n doctrine of VIC lan sufIsage iD otbs
rs states on the ground that women,
"A given the ballot will vote right on y
moral issues regardless Of politics.
,s viii you vote Tor the candidates
IN party that Is too coxafdly TO d.
re clare against these well known evil
"A that are a menace 10 your homes al
;, the state, and that would fain by d
IN silence when the very stones sbou
n. cry out against these debssing pra
tices, commit you to = policy at vi
n. with your every interest and tho
II. most dear to your
ng We call upon you Ia the name
hc uanhos,d and ~omanbood. by sll u
4 sacredness OF motherhood, by u
nd holiness that should enswsth eve
-. cradle and cast IL aureoie OF beau
he and purity about every marriage alt
of 10 cast your ballot In the quietns
~. and security Of THE election boot
ne where no eye save your osn and tn
ola OF the Eternal Supreme can see,
,ts those who stand against great Cd
he and at great peril 10 their politi'
"a, fortunes from combined and desp'
mr. ate hierarchy and debased. cringi
lin and ume-serving demsaosism In 10
ed political parties, for bone, for
"a observance OF Law and the compl'
il separation OF state and church ia
zoe Iitical affairs.