The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-12
AFTER DUBOIS

struggle is over an | the result has
been declared at the ballot box, /
may perhaps be permitted to say
word without 1t being claimed that
] am in any way attempting to in
terfere in politics.
In the commencement, I sim
terely beg the pardon of long suf-
fering public for what may be
termed a revival of a distasteful
subject, for even now I would not
make statement or attempt the
I briefest defense, if it were not as
President Roosevelt said when &C.
cused by his opponent of black
mailing, that the silence of self
respect might be misunderstood. "
81 listened to the food of false
hoods, distortion and discoloration
of facts that were uttered Monday
night by Mr.. Dubois with amaze
ment that a man entrusted by his
constituents with so high an honor
. as the senatorship, could SO basely
misuse it for the hurt of mis-
judged AMI misunderstood people;
but as is the case with all falsifers,
however adept they may be, l did
not listen in vain for the very lie
which would proclaim his whole
tissue of statements as false in their
spirit and intent. Those who Jug
gle with truth are always on dam
gerous grounds and ought, there
fore, to be very careful
"To his disciples and those who
listened to him with any degree of
belief, there could be no brief an.
swer made to his general allegations
that would suffice, but l take it that
those things which come under
your notice you are competent to
pass upon, and I am content, speak
ing for my people, that the citizens
of Pocatello shall decide this matter,
on which, above all others, they
should by observation be best in
formed.
"When speaking of the methods
Of the 'Mormons" in performing
their alleged plural marriages,
which he claimed had been recent
ly and are now occurring, he illus
trated his point thus: "For in
stance, if a Pocatello Mormon
should desire a wife, he goes to
80 Utah and is married in the Tenn
ple," and said further in these very
words, "And it is happening"
Here is a>direct assault upon the
Mormon" people of Pocatello, for
II is made general, and may, in the
inauguration of the believer. be
applied to any individual desired,
for in its scope no Mormon of
sufficient age is exempt.
Now, desire to say that in the
next two years, during which time
all the arts of this arch schemer
viii be employed to keep alive a
false issue, and to keep moving the
wave of agitation, on which he
hopes to again ride into the Senate
of the United States, that here will
be. chance if this statement be
true. to materially further his ends,
and keep blazing the flames of in
lolerence and abuse.
/ declare that the statement made
by Mr.. Dubois Is absolutely false,
and challenge his proof. He may
employ Charles Mostyn Owen or
his lieutenants on the ground as
detectives, and place a spy at the
home of every Mormon family, and
disqualify every Mormon juror or
judge, and he cannot establish his
accusation, because it lacks the
prime element of any charge
which is truth.
81 have jurisdiction over about
$500 Mormon people. Mr., Stalker,
whose assertions the people of this
state are justified in believing, are
sanctioned by Mr.. Dubois, as they
were uttered from the Dubois stump
during the campaign, has said, if
he is reported correctly, that there
are 100 polygamists in Idaho.
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