The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1905-04-19

The Council Advance, which very
warmly supported the Mormon alli-
ance in the last campaign and de-
nounced the issue as simply ''boom
for Dubois, F" has repented since the
the time being. Where once it re-
counted how Houlahan and Fred were
planning for an issue, the Advance
now valiantly and virtuously predicts
the election of Dubois and the defeat
of hierarchial political servants.
But "while the light holds out to
burn, the vilest sinner may return
and it is better that the Advance put
away the devil now than to continue
in the path of darkness. 1t says:
Let us see just how strong the evil
dence is to prove that the Mormons
have control not of the republican
party (the rank and file of that party
is an uncomfortable force) but of the
men who, by it, have attained high
political places. Beginning in the
legislature we see how the church
dictates legislation-how it prevented
the passage of any effective law
against the crime of polygamy. In
the matter of appointments it de-
manded what it woodland got it.
Look deeply into the Wooley incident
and you will see United States SEN
ator barring the path of Justice as she
pursues a criminal. Take the scheme
to purchase the Capital News in order
to insure it's continued loyalty to the
church and the present administra-
ton. The fact that Borah can be
even temporarily silenced; that the
Statesman was forced to line up with
the church; that the legislature from
first to last acknowledged but one
master and that was the master the
church set over it-he who is the
greatest Mormon of them all. !"
These things point with the rigid
finger of truth to the fact that. the
church is dabbling in Idaho politics.
What does this ''dabbling" mean
to IdahoY 1t means that in the next
campaign there will be some strange
bedfellows-there will be new line
up and that the fight will be on two
questions with single issue. The
questions will be ''Mormonism'' and
Local Option" and the issue will
be Morality" The fight will be
fierce and to finish and the result
will be that neither W. e Borah,
Chairman Brady nor Frank r. Good
ing will succeed Fred t. Dubois for
the simple reason that Fred T. Du-
bois will succeed himself.
There will be arrayed against the
present administration and the Nor
mon church all of the advocates of
local option. thousands of republi-
cans, two of the leading daily papers
of the state and large number of
country papers. which are the real
moulders of public sentiment. The
record Of the legislative tomfoolery
made by the Eight Session together
with the administration open servi-
tude to the Mormon church and the
whiskey ring will be the two indict-
ments upon which those nov in con
troll will be tried and found guilty.
We are conscious OF the danger
which paper risks when II makes
long-distance forecast OF a political
situation, especially when that fore.
east suggests disaster for is own
party bat We are right and time will
justify our position.
The Advance IL . republican paper
believes IN aud supports al all times
the principals u the republican party
bpt bold 10 the idea that u bas tho
right 90 express its candid sentiments
AUD % not ipsensible 10 the fact thai
ihe party y sometimes usod hy de-
signing politicians 40 further iheir
own seli'ab enda these va and in
y pp impleophle enemy