The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-01-27
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IS PRINCIPAL CHARGE
Judge Swayne Impeachment Case is Only Fore.
runner of Others to Soon Follow...Chair.
man Brady at Washington

extended conversation with President
Roosevelt on the political situation in
Idaho. Mr.. Brady came here to testify
| in the Smoot case, and in his testimony
| he took advantage of the situation and
told the committee a few things about
the last campaign in Idaho that was
quite startling, especially to Senator
Dubois. He denounced the statements
made by Chas. H. Jackson that the
Mormon church controlled the politics
OF Idaho. and said further that the
people of Idaho are republicans because
they believe in the principles of the re-
publican party-and not because of
any Mormon question.
Congressman French was subpoe-
naed last week to appear before the
senate committee on privileges and
elections and testify in regard to the
political conditions in Idaho and the
Mormon church. He denounced as
wholly untrue the statement made by
Chas. H. Jackson that there was a
combination between himself and Nor
rison prior to the last republican
state convention. He also said that
the Latah county delegates were not
Instructed to vote for Mr.. Morrison
and produced the resolutions adopted
by the Latah county convention as evil
dence Of that fact. In regard to the
question Of polygamy he said: There
is no doubt but what there are less
polygamy cases by far in Idaho than
there were fourteen years ago when
Idaho was admitted into the Union"
He said that he did not know Of and
had never heard Of a polygamous mar
rage in Idaho since 1890, and did not
believe that there had been one. He
said that the younger element Of the
Mormon church is unquestionably
against polygamy and that the senti-
ment of the entire state is a unit upon
that question. He was asked whether
or not the Mormon church attempted
to influence the elections in Idaho and
said that he did not believe that it did.
He produced the vote cast in Mormon
and Gentle counties since 1898 and
showed from this vote that whenever
there had been a republican gain in the
Mormon counties there had been a
similar gain in the Gentle counties.
He showed that the republican gain in
the Mormon counties between 1898 and
1900 was Ill per cent while in the
Gentle counties 1t was 1913 per cent:
he showed that the republican gain in
the Mormon counties in 1902 over 1900
was 2O.3 per cent, while the republic
can gain the Gentle counties In the
same year was 30.6S per cent: he
showed that the republican gain in the
Mormon counties in 1904 was 42.25 per
cent and in the Gentle counties 1t was
400 per cent. I'm fact" said Mr.
French. 1.-The gain Is uniform the state
over, and ! see no reason for saying
that the Mormon church has in any
way Controlled the votes of the Mormon
people. 1t will be noticed that the in
crease In the republican vote is prac-
tically the same in the Mormon and
Gentle counties; there has not been
ten per cent difference in the increase
I'm vote with the exception OF the vote
on presidential electors. and in that in
stance the difference is in favor of the
Gentle counties. which seems to prove
the opposite OF what Senator Dubois
has stated. 1t also appears that be-
tween the years 1900 and 1902 there
was greater gain in the republican
vote in the GENTLE counties than in the
Mormon counties: while between the
years 1902 and 1884 there is not one
and one-fourth per cent difference in
the increase OF vote between these two
the republicans of Idaho and In large
part the democrats of Idaho. as a
whole. believe that this whole question
as 1t was raised in Idaho Is simply
fake question: they believe that the
democratic party. under the leadership
of Senator Dubois. felt that they had
. no hope of carrying the state upon the
national issues and reSOrted m THE