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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
GOODiNG DISCUSSES THE
ALLEGED MORMON QUESTION

Hon. Frank r. Gooding, the Republi
can candidate for governor, opened tn
Republican campaign in Kootenai coun
ty at Occur d'Alene City, on Wednes'
day evening in the opera house. Tn
house was packed to the doors over 80
being present. After discussing nationa
issues and after paying a glowing trib
ute to the resources of Idaho, Mr.. Good
ing took up the Dubois Mormon ques'
ton. He stated that when he steppet
on the stage he had been handed lis
of questions that Senator Dubois want
ed him to answer so that he migh
know the speakers position on the Nor
mon question. Mr.. Gooding said n
would try to make his position and tina
of the Republican party very plain
Continuing, he said:
Il understand that Senator Duboi
stated from this platform a few day
ago that there was no law on our stat
ute books against bigamy, poiygamy
unlawful cohabtation.'
The speaker then read sections o
the Idaho statutes defining the crime
Of bigamy and illegal cohabitation an
prescribing punishment for such of
| lenses. He asked
'eWil you take Senator Dubois wore
for it or the statutes of our own state?
What Dubois Said Last Year.
The speaker stated that IL the law
now on the statute books were insult
ficient others should be enacted. Pro
ceeding, he said he desired to call at
tention to the position taken by Sena
tor Dubois in the discussion relative I
the admission of Arizona and Me-
Mexico to statehood last year. II
quoted the senator's words at tha
time February s. 1903, in the Unite
States senate) as follows: Il liz
among those people and so far as
know in Idaho there has not been
polygamous marriage celebrated sin'
, that manifesto was issued, and ! hay
! vet to find a man in Idaho or any whe
, else who will say that a polygamo'
marriage has been celebrated anywhe
f since the issuance of that manifesto"
?. "Then Senator Hale said: Then
!. must follow as the years go by and
s the older people disappear polygan
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
OPEN LETTER TO
SENATOR DUBOIS
Continued from Page One.)

(COntlnueu from rage OHe.)
should not be disturbed; that the polyg-
amous man should be allowed to sup
port his numerous wives and their chill !
dren."
And again you are quoted in the Con
gressional Record as follows
ct say there is no polygamy, and ne
one commended more vigorously agains
this tenet and PRACTICE OF the Mormon
church than myself 1t was a fierce
fight for years, and in my feeble way
| did all l could to suppress it, anc
this helped us to do 1t.
ut is folly and waste of time for sen
ators to undertake to demonstrate herr
now that polygamy is live issue. l
is dead
And once more referring to you
memorable speech in the United State
senate:
II am not anxious for the amendmen
and do not want it, because 1t is no
necessary. Polygamy is dead and can
not be made more dead
Now, my dear senator, since whei
this wonderful change of heart and TO
what purpose? There has been no stat
election in Idaho to indicate that condl
tons have changed since that time
Why have you deserted those whom
only a few months ago, you so gal
lantly championed? Is your present at
titude at all consistent? Either yoi
were grievously in error then, or yo'
are now. 1t seems hardly possible tina
with all the thought given the matte
by you for many years you should b.
led into the error of misstatement be
fore the United States senate. SO wba
are We to believer. Sincerely yours
Elk Silver Republican in Pocatell
Tribune.
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sci. We provide the nation with it's
breakfast and its dinner. We send the
wheat that feeds the armies that are
contending today on the plains of
Asia. Who dares disturb this condi-
ton? Who dares talk to an audience
of doing it? Who can be sure today
that his vote, if cast against these
conditions, viii not be a menace to
his existence We are boastful, we
are confident that we will win at the
coming election, but nothing is certain
until it lis accomplished Who would
have dreamed in 1892 that Indiana,
Illinois and Wisconsin would desert
the Republican party? Illinois with
$4,000 majority before, and Wisconsin
with 10000. Who would have dreamed
they would desert the Republican
party? 1t was brought about, l say,
by these young voters not understand
ing the danger that lurked in their
Democratic ballot. 1t is eight years
since the Democratic party was in
power, and young voters, I implore
you before you take the chance of vot-
ing the Democratic ticket to inquire
of your older neighbor or those in
whom you have confidence, as to the
condition that existed under the last
Democratic administration. And If
you inquire and know these condi-
lions, and then vote the Democratic
ticket, l only hope that you, and you
alone, may be the sufferers under it..
You can't turn the Republican party
out of power because we have con-
gress, but if you vote us out of that
! branch of the government and thus
| handicap and cripple us, you will
work injury to the prosperity of the
people. If you will be sound today,
| you will be sound tomorrow.
Anarchy and Socialism.
These are serious questions that
come up, and we hear politicians,
| stump speakers, candidates-for the
| United States senate and things like
that 0aughter) talking about them ir
the political campaign. They are
! more serious to you than your Sunday
| morning service, or your schools OF
your social life because on these thing
the possibility of the existence of gov
| eminent depends. Take away this gov
| eminent today and what condition
| would exist, with the spirit of anarch.
that is rampant in certain sections
How long would property be safe
1t is because you have government
that you have right to the house yo
live In as against somebody stronge
than you are who would take 1t ava
from YOU. Government is q compac
that all good citizens enter into, an
it is n compact that We will all natu
! rally pay a little something to for GU
freedom. that we will all be secure /
our personal rights and homes. An an
archist believes il you don't like
man, blow his house up; if you wan
something somebody else has got, tax
it away from him; that is the anaf
chist.
There is another, don't know q
it calls itself political party bu
it is a combination of beliefs or some
thing, that call themselves Socialist
believe, and they want to wipe on
this question of government and eac
man take what he can get. N.augnter
There is mouse sdisoussingNitsat~al
They may write learned articles an
indulge in panegyrics and then sa
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
Bryan's Opinion of ParkeTs Nom
nation.

I have nothing to take back. nave
nothing to withdraw of the Things .hn'
I have said against the methods pur-
sued 10 advance his candidacy. ihe
New York platform was vague ana pur.
posely so. because the advocates OF
Juage Parker were trying to secure
votes from among the people who would
have opposed his views had they known
him. ..or.
The nomination was secured there-
fore nv crooked and indefensiple meth
ods.-Willism Jennings Bryan Inc
Commoner," July 10. 1904.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

man can secure or guarantee the re-
wards of an upright life for a man
who has not earned them for himself.
Applause.)
Reclamation OF Idaho Lands.
l visited down here last week this
great reclamation scheme on the
Snake river. That great enterprise
will result in claiming from stedility
hundreds of thousands of acres
to the honor glory and profit
Of the state of Idaho. (ApplauseD
That Snake river, that has ground
Itself down hundreds Of feet below the
surface, will be raised up and brought
out over these sagebrush plains and
they will be homes-they viii be
homes, property and wealth, and they
Will maintain the state of Idaho, and
| cities will grow up, and it will enable
US to take a step forward in the ad-
vance among the states of the Union.
Last time, between the censuses, we
| doubled our population. Between the
last census and the next, we will
double it again. We have attracted
| the attention of the east. The people
j who are coming in, 80 per cent of
them are people who were never in
Idaho before. That is what we want
We want home seekers to come with
u.s. 1t adds nothing to the wealth of
the state or population for men to
move from one county to another; but
II we bring in thousands and thous-
ands of settlers to take up this land
dat no ,,1o .Af
reclamation, it means wealth, and
prosperity, wealth to the state for all
time to come 1t is the me-maker
that makes the nation, not the man
that comes in and reaches out ana
grabs the rich fruit from the men
that labor and takes it away with
him without the borders of the state
These men don't make a state; it is
the man who comes here with just his
little family and his white-covered
wagon, if you please. and settles down
among the sage-brush and begins tC
spin a cocoon and brings into thu
midst of the fabric wealth of a bright
rich color that envelopes him until by
and by you see one of those grea'
homes there on the ranch out on oul
plains. The man for q while stayed
close to his home to care for his TN
protected personal belongings, but you
will see him coming out into you
=, midst to take his place in the rank
with you, helping you in the affairs
: of state government and that is wha
makes Idaho great. There never wa
I a step taken in that direction that di,
not originate in the Republican part.
) through Republican legislation. CAP
| plause) Why, we commenced tina
u with the homestead laws that frs
. sent the settler with his white-covere,
u wagon into this country. Yes, and
see men before me who came her
. when this was a wilderness and hay
seen this grow up until we talk abou
the empire of Idaho. That cam
II through Republican legislation fror
T. the application of Republican princi
Y pies to the government under whic
u you live. (Applause) Now stay b
: 1t. You will have to search prett
= close If you can find even the sem
e blance of reason for changing tn
} business conditions that exist toda.
II Do you dare tamper with them
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against this party that refused to rec
ogfize or vote to lift us to statehood.
believe we will redeem ourselves
against the charge that we are unfit
believe that we will place Idaho first
for self government (applause) and
believe that we will place Idaho first
among the states in the rush to in
crease the Republican strength Cap
plause) and first in the place of honor
among the states Of the Union. Cap
plause) l thank you. (Applause.)
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Senator Heyburn's Reply to Dubois.

Boise. Idaho, Sept q, 1904. Spokes-
nan Review. N. w. Durham Managing
EDITOR, Spokane. Wash. Dear Sir:
-FOUR letter of the 22d with Enclosures
,ghich was addressed to me II wallace
has lust been received by me at Boise.
appreciate the courtesy OF the offer
If your columns in replying to the ar
icle of Senator Dubois on the Mormon
question in Idaho. But ihasmuch as
here is no Mormon Gussuon In
IDAHO excepting as it OK SITS in the
minds of those engaged in the manu-
facture of fictitious issues. will not
,ncumber your columns 81 ne expense
If crowding out the real ISSUES of Re-
,ublicanism and Democracy IN which
all of the people are So ihu1h interest
ID during this campaign
The intelligent people Of Idaho un-
1erstand the purpose Of he attempt
hat is being made by those having ui-
terror interests in So doing to inject
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.We do not have to guess-at our
own convictions, and then correct the
guess IL it seems unpopular. The pnn1s
eiples which we profess are those IN
which we believe with heart and soul
and strength. The policies we have pur-
s,,ed ore those which We earnestly noid
a essential to the national welfare and
renute"-From President Rooseveits
Letter of Acceptance.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

into Idaho politics, from both the south
and the north. such imaginary Issue. az
those discussed by Senator Duho;. l.,
the article to which you refer.
ine Republicans Of Idaho are intel
1gent enough to know and deterrnin.
the real issues of the campaign and are
not apt to be mislead by any Influence
from beyond the state borders. ecclasi-
astical or otherwise. Yours truly
w. B. HEPBURN
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"This government is based upon 'he
fundamental idea that eaen man. nv
matter what his occupation ms race Vi
his religious belief is entitled TO De
treated on his worth as a man. anu
neither favored nor dlscriHilhateu
against because of any accident IN ms
position."-From President Roosevelt
Letter of Acceptance.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-02-04
FOR A NATIONAL
MILITARY CAMP.
The Bid OF Oakland For the Site
Presented to Military Committee
BY REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATION
OF Oakland Business Men-The Ad-
vantages That Inure to the Local
>ity-Arguments Made Before the
Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.-What prom
ises to be one of the liyeliest fights
ever known before the House Com.
nittee on Military Affairs opened up
this morning when the question of
selecting sites for military encamp-
nent in the North, South, East and
West came before the committee for
hearing. Pennsylvania and Mary
land met today in an endeavor to
secure the location of the Eastern
camp. California will follow wi two
sites, Texas has two and the r North
nobody knows how many. So netime
ago Congress authorized the War De
partment to Investigate eligible sites,
in the four corners of TIL United
States, with the result hat the
special board, of which Lieutenant
General Miles was chat nan and
Major General Brooke, Ma II General
Otis, Major General YOUNG and Others
were members, made al exhaustive
examination of all the sites offered
and filed a report covering 1000
pages, containing ma 5 and data
concerning the various ties.
A number of sites for posts of vari-
GUS kinds were recommended, but for
camp sites the board advised zone
in the vicinity of Chickamauga Park,
Ga; one at Fort Riley, Kan; one in
the Conewago Valley in Lebanon,
. Dauphin and Lancaster counties, Pa,
ISand one on the Nacimieto Ranch in
Monterey aud San Luis Obispo coun-
es, California.
"All these sites, however, did not
find favor in the eyes Of the members
of the House Committee on Military
Affairs, and Representative Esch, of
Wisconsin introduced bin providing
for the purchase of sites as follows ::
The Conewago Valley site; the Naci-
miento Ranch; Camp Douglass, in
Wiscon, and Camp Sam Houston, in
Texas, and on this bill the first of a
series of heari gs was given today.
1t is a good thing for a state to have
n permanent military camp of this
character, as it is proposed that from
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nearly all the speakers asking for a
suspension of the rules in order that
the appropriation be railroaded
through at once. There is little doubt
but that the appropriation will be
passed.
No bills have been introduced this
week by the Garrett delegation. In
deed today's was the only session
since last Friday and it was SO taken
up with other business that it was
just as well that there were no more
bills.
From the present prospects quite a
good deal of legislation will!be asked
for Garrett.
A delegation composed of Hon, j.
&. Kolb, ex-member of the House,
Arthur Chisholm, electrician for the
Meadow Mountain Lumber Company
will ask the Garrett representatives
to secure the incorporation of Friends
vile.
1t will be remembered that a re-
quest for similar legislation two years
ago aroused opposition Friendsville
is in limit law district, and the
clause in the proposed bill to license
the sale of liquor by the payment of
$3.50 annually to the corporation, be-
sides the tax to county and state
liquor to be sold only in hotels hav-
ing accommodations for more than
fifteen people-will doubtless be OPP
posed again this time.
Another proposed measure, likely
to encounter opposition will be favor
able action on petition signed by
about $50 names asking for the estab-
lishment of a new district to be
known as No. 10. This proposed new
district would be taken from districts
3, - and II, and its voting place
would be Avilton. District No. s
is the largest in the county and is
more entitled to be divided than any
other. Due to the extra expense
attached to an extra district the rep
resentatiYe of No. will not urge his
rights, unless this new number Is is
seriously considered. In other words,
Garrett will probably get two new
districts or it won't get any, with the
chances favoring no change.
Mr.. NJ. K. Hamill, president of the
school board of Garrett county, and
ex-senator r. Il. Browning, the dem
ocratic organization leader in Garrett,
who will probably be appointed as
sistaDt fish commissioner, will be here
Wednesday or Thursday
PAUL WINCHESTER.
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CUT BY AN ITALIAN.
B. & o. Detective Jerry Browning,
of Oakland, Roughly Handled
At Pittsburg.

The Pittsburg papers last night
contained an account of a general
miX-up between officers of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad and gang
of Italian coal thieves which took
place at McKeesport the night pre-
ceding in which Detective Jerry
Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Browning, of Oakland, was badly
cut by one of the men he had under
arrest. The newspaper reports sta
ted that officer Brewing, accompanied
by two or three city officers had
placed three Italians under arrest for
stealing coal from cars of the COM
pany and while passing through the
italian quarter of the town the pris-
oners called for help when a number
of their countrymen came to their
rescue and set upon the officers cut
ting and slashing at them with
knives. Mr.. Browning was the only
one seriously injured and he is now
at hospital in Pittsburg.
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Offutt & Sons.

10000 to 10000 regulars and militia
shall be assembled at each of these
camps once year, and, consequently,
many states have sites to present and
many members of Congress have con-
stituents who wish to sell property to
the government for this purpose. 1t
was natural, therefore, that the room
of the Committee on Military Affairs
should have been crowded to the
doors this morning with members of
Congress, land agents, railroad repre-
81 tatives, officers of the militia of
the various states and officers of the
United States Army
The contest today revolved around
the site for the eastern camp: TRAN
guar in character, for PENNSYLVANIA
has two, the Conewago and the Som
erset sites, and Maryland one, near
| Oakland. A combination has been
formed by which it is proposed the
| Naclmiento ranch shall be set aside
in favor of the Henry ranch, in Cali
fornia, which has superior facilities
for water supply and sewerage, and a
telegram from California caused for
mer Secretary of the Navy, Hillary
A. Herbert, to rush to the committee
room to appear in behalf of the Naci-
miento ranch. He admitted that he
was not equipped at the present time
to discuss the comparative merits of
tn two California propositions, so
the committee gave him until Mon
day next to prepare his argument.
The Pennsylvania and Maryland
men, however, were not so badly off,
and number Of strong arguments
were presented in behalf of each of
the three sites in question. Backed
by the recommendation of the Army
Board the representatives of the Con
ewago Valley put up strong argu-
ment. The bulk of their testimony
was presented by General Corbin,
formerly adiutant general of the
Pennsylvania state MALTA, whose
name has been so prominently before
the public in connection with the set
Element of the strike in the anthracite
| coal regions. Hurrying from Florida,
General Corbin arrived Just before
the committee adjourned but held
the attention of the members as long
! as he cared to speak.
Representative Olmstead, in whose
district the Connewago Valley lies
| also presented Mr. A. d. Smith, pres
ident and general superintendent of
the Cornwall and Lebanon Railroad
Company, of Lebanon, Pa, who
argued in behalf of the Conewago
site. For the Somerset site Mr.. w.
A. Scott, Jr., of Pittsburg, represent
ing real estate syndicate which has
options on the property up to 10000
acres, and Brigadier General John A.
Wiley were introduced by Represent
alive Cooper, of Pennsylvania. Rep
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HOYES AND VICINITY.

According to the old adage we will
have six week more winter weather,
as the grounding certainly did see
his shadow.
Monday of this week was consider
ed the stormiest day this winter.
Sampson Custer and daughter Alice
of Connellsyille, Pa, are visiting rel
Olives and friends in this community.
A number of young people from
this neighborhood attended the pro-
tracted meeting at Friendsville last
Sunday night.
William Calls made a business trip
to Oakland Monday and returned the
next day.
Gilmore Dewitt and sister Florence
of near Deer Park, accompanied by
Miss Mabel ThaYer, were guests CT
Mr.. NJ. Mattingly and family last Sun
day. They also, accompanied by
Misses Ola and Bernadette Mattingly
and Mr.. Richter, made call at w. A.
Smiths.
The Literary society of this place
will meet at the school house next
Friday night. The subject for de-
bate is ReSolced, That wood is more
useful to man than-coal.
Edward Shank, of Swanton, made
a visit to Youngstown, Pa, last week
and on his return made his sister,
Mrs. Maggie Dewitt, a short visit.
Our pastor, Rev. d. A. Friend, de-
livered an excellent sermon to US last
Sunday morning. AS the shedding
was fine the congregation was large
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DIED.

BOUCHER-Isaiah Boucher, an old
and prominent citizen Eof Garrett
county, died at his home near Grants
vile on January 81, aged about so
years. He was much respected by all
who knew him. Heswas farmer and
lived upon one of the bestEfarms in
the country. He was once county
commissioner, but hadIno taste for
office. He left five living prosperous
sons: Henry S., a merchant in Somer-
set county, Pa; Phineas c., farmer
and lumber manufacturers; Samuel
Ala prominent physician at Barton,
Nd; Charles w. dentist at New Kens-
ington. Pa, and Arthur NJ, a farmer
near Barton All the sons are mar
ried.
KEPNER-At his home ut HANDLE
ton, w. Va, yesterday, after a brief
illness, Joseph Kepner, aged 81 years.
The deceased was son of Mr.. and
Mrs. f. d, Kepner, of Oakland.