The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-10-22

yesFe ratio. Ny fathers firat wife
had IA children. My mother had
seven children aud the third wife
had the remainder of as.
81 have seen the home Of the iirst
wife and the little howell my mother
lived Ia. Where the third wife
lived ! have forgotten. ! have seen
the second wife get up at ( o'clock
In tho morning and slave and toll
TIL after dark. have seen the
children run barsfootea over the
bills hunting for Wild berries 20
satisfy their starving hunger. have
cried because my sister had biscuit
when ] could not get one. o. the
pleasure OF big families.
u have sesn the look Of contempt
upon the faces Of the children %
they saw their half brother or half
sister. ! have seen the look % hatred.
Ny, how We hated each other. They
called Our mother an cid witch, and
We called their mother an old some
thing or other. That lie the harmony
Of big families. have q half brother
living ia little town ia southern
Idaho. and though have passed
Through that town as much ~ half a
dozen times year, / Bsver 80 much
as looked out az tho windOw Of the
train TO Sc " be was there.
An AWFUL CURSE.
"PoIygamy destrsys m anhood. II
makes q slave Of the woman. Women
are regarded ~ little more than slaves
by the MoFmonS. They tell us there
b no polygamy In Idaho. How can
dsvout Mormon live by bis church
uithout obeying tho revelation Of
J Joseph saith. which says ha shall be-
damned " he doesn't live 10 polyg.
amyf There Il nothing In their book
10 dispute that. They use the Bible
only 10 try 70 justify polyRamy. That
10 all base ever seen IL used for.
Tbs revelation aays that IL the
tirsi wife gives not Der consent 10 her
husbands marriage With other wives
shs stall be destroyed. To the read.
err q the bible The word destroyed
would mean something 10 the future
NoFld, 6ut not uitb The Mormons. Il
means Iusi shat IL nays, and usany
h the time ! have run fSom the sight
Of tbs destroying angles, those who
bad this pleasant mission 70 per
form. Il meant literally destroyed.
Il was common talk around our 6re.
side.
Near 0Fands Ronde. Oregon, one
tlne day, a Mormon missionary ap.
pnaFed upon the scene. The people
Hsrs informed that = beet sugar fact.
CRY was TO bs started there, but that
for such a plant the people mast give
bonus Of siOo, 600. The missionary
promised that the plant would buy
beets II ss a ton. The bunun was
raised. Then the missionary wanted
5000 acres az land. Tor which Be
uaa willing 10 pay. Why did be want
the 5000 aercsS He explained very
nicely that be wanted Il 60 raise
enough beesa 20 start the factory, ~
beet raising was a scientific study and
that mon especially capable would
have 60 educate the people. The
citizens sold 5000 acres In the heart
o. the valley. and immediately the
country was flooded with Mogmons.
None but Mormons we're hired In the
factory. None but Mormonp worl ed
In the beet fields. No supplies were
bought except through the Mormon
stores. Don't yon think those people
would like to have their eto0, 600 I
hackf They can't get II. That IL
The way the Mormous so. They don't /
go aingly. They 20 10 lunches They
90 60 eontol, and they generally sue.
coed. They're coming. YOu'li see
them.
Mr.. Stalker was introduced by
Senator Fred T. Dubois, who. IN
answer TO the charge made by Senator
Hepburn, that Mr. Stalker was
vaRabsnd, said that Mr.. Stalker h /
81 years old that he worked bis own
way through tho schools and through |
Harvard; that be had taught sohooI. |
but is now In the life Insurance bust. /
ness. 4 never saw Mr. Stalker, =
said Senator Dubois, "till he came /
TO me and said be had planned 60 60 |
10 the worlds fair, but would give
up his trip aud pay ell his own ex 1
nenses to take up the fight with me
against the Mormon church.