The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-26
The Democrats Are Out After
His Scalp
LO"ADvANCE"LEADS
Some Recent Political History Reviewed
by the Democratic Press. and y Cour-
ageoas Stand Taken for the Defeat of
the Manipulator OF Political Conventions

/ the August 23d edition Of the
Pocateilo Admnce, one of the
strong Democratic papers of Ida
no, contains a concise account Of
how Senator Dubois has fought,
! deceived, used and misused the
Democratic party till he now has
ruin staring it in the face, and
calls upon all honest and courag-
eons Democrats to rise to the oc-
casion and show Dubois and 1sDu-
boisism" an overwhelming defeat.
1t lkens him to an enemy going
into a home, posing as a friend
and deliberately leading one Of
lis members astray. Then return
ing penitent, obtaining forgiveness
and doing a greater injury than
before, after which he returns
with brazen smiles to destroy the
home and heap dishonor on its
memory. The article is quite
lengthy and in conclusion it says:
The ticket named by the conven-
tion and leftafter the Withdrawals. is,
as whole the weakest ever named by
a political party in the state
That named by the Republicans is
not satisfactory and cannot be wholly
SO to Democrats. but in this crisis that
confronts the party, let those who are
Democrats from principle and devotion
arise to the occasion by casting theii.
votes where everyone will count two
against thisunreasonable and uncalled
for action of the man Dnbois
This so-called Mormon issue in this
state has existed under present condi-
tions for more than thirteen years,
with the exception that it il less an
issue now than ever before yet Mr..
Dubois has but just now discovered it!
With the death of the men whom SEN
ator Dubois has almost daily associat-
ed with, not only for these thirteen
years, but for many more years, with
out discovering the iniquity which he
now sees, the evil which he complains
of, will be at an tend, and the people
of the state, especially those who live
among the people who are the objects
of his attacks demand that they be not
involved in an endless, fanatical relig-
ious warfare that will forever disturb
their social, business and friendly re-
lations and bring the state into an un-
just and unnecessary disrepute. retard-
ing its present splendid and substan-
tial growth by advertising to the
world condition which does not ex-
ist
This modern A. 7. A.-ism Of Dubois
is undemocratic and the only way to
settle the meddling and disturbance of
this professional agitator, is for the
Democrats OF the state to place their
votes where they will count for the
most, namely, for the Republican state
ticket.
This they can do without affecting
n any manner their democracy or their
allegiance to the great party which has
before been led wrong but has always
rot right. Democrats can maintain
heir allegiance to Parker and
Davis and conservative and safe ma
ional government while at the same
line ridding themselves of a leader
Who has never understood a single
Democratic principle in his life and
Who is steadily utsurely leading the
,arty to absolute destruction in the
tate.
e overwhelming defeat will be the
'nly thing that will bring those in
ontrol of the party to realization
hat the Democratic party Is neither
he instrument by which the individ-
Ial may aggrandize himself or by
which unnecessary religious preju
ices may be created that the innocent
Members of a church may be punished
or the sins or vices Of u few. There
iced be no agitation Of this subject.
4et individual Democrats walk up to
he polls and cast their votes for Park
4 and Davis in the nation and for the
efeat Of Duboisism in Idaho. This
'arty heresy must be killed and let the
democrats kill it now.
The new battleship Connecticut
3 to be christened with water.