The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-10-19

late the contract, those who will vio-
late the obligation to refrain from the
commission of this crime Of polygamy.
And when they do, 1t is the duty of ev-
cry one Of you or any one Of you, who
knows Of the offense. to report 1t. and
to do your duty as a citizen--to prose-
cute 1t, just as you would If you knew
that a man had committed burglary In
your neighbors house or stolen his prop
erty. 1t Is your duty to prosecute him.
It is your duty to not only prosecute
a Mormon polygamist, but it Is your
duty to prosecute polygamist of any
other denomination--and they are not
all Mormons. (Applause).
Republican Doctrine.
l state the position Of the Republican
party upon this question, now and in
the past, and 1 pledge their future, be-
cause I shall be member Of that party
just so long as I am on this earth. /
was born before the Republican party.
but it will outlive me when my memory
has passed from the minds Of men. You
can always count that 1t will be found
on the side of good government, virtue
in the home, protection against insidious
encroachment Of any kind upon the
home-there you will find the Republic
can party Whatever there is of patri-
otism, whatever there Is Of dignity and
good American citizenship, you owe 1t
to the Republican party, because with
out that party there would be no nation,
there would be no citizenship of the
nation. without the principles Of that
party. as they were represented by the
founders of our governments by the
men who fought the war OF the Revolu-
ton, who made the constitution, and
they were Federalists, and they made
against the opposition Of this Demo-
cracy Without those men there would
be no nation and without the Republi-
can party, from 1860 on--aye, from 1866,
because that Is where the issue was
first made-without 1t, there would be
no nation today--dissevered states
the United States OF memory--this old
Republican party, that Is represented by
the people of this nation
Calamity Howls.
1t is nine years ago only wnen disas-
ter was promised and dissolution was
prophesied--ive year ago, or six in this
month-when Democratic orators were
going up and down this country telling
you that unless the policy Of this party
was changed, toward the Philippine
islands. that there would be anarchy,
and THAT the nation wSHld fall into the
contempt of the world. And yet none
of these things have happened-none of
their threats have come true-because
the Republican party stands, as mass,
between the people and these threaten
ing disasters, until today we stand as
school master of the world, from which
all nations are gathering wisdom, the
arbiter for peace in the world, whose
voice is potent to stay the armies of
empires on the other side of the world,
and to cause them TO lay down their
arms and return to the peaceful walks
of life-leaders in every avenue that
tends to the enlightenment and the up
lifting and the civilization of mankind;
that is the Republican party Of today,
Law and order.
In this state it stands for law and
order, first. When | say law, l mean the
law made by authority Of all the people;
/ mean law made in the open council Of
the people in their legislative nails;
that is the Law that it stands for, for
its enforcement, for punishment for it's
is what the Republican
nal OF In 10
as close to it as any man in the state.
/ have seen the attempt made to wrest
the power from the state government,
by 1awless men who had no regard for
the rights Of others, who were willing
to trample down their fellow-laborers,
in order that they might climb on their
wrecks TO fancied happiness and pros
perity. But l saw the strong arm of
the law reached out-by a Democratic
governor-expressing the sentiment Of
the Republican party, and backed by
the Republican party of the nation,
out an exception to his party,
afterward denounced and execrated by
his party--and murdered by his party,
for the principles that they have traf-
licked with in this state when they met
in convention in this state and made a
bargain with an element of the citizens
of Idaho, that If they would support
the Democratic ticket that they would
undertake to guarantee the pardon of a
in the cells of the peniten-
tiary, sent there for committing MUIR
der from Shoshone county, and l refer
to Paul Corcoran, and the Democratic
party made the contract and they kept
It and when they were elected to power
they pardoned him. They need not
come before the people in this hour
claiming adherence, claiming that they
are shocked at the actual outcome of
their own policy Of government here at
home. The governor Of the state is it's
and administrative officer.
The legislature makes the laws and 1t
Is the duty Of the executive to execute
them and administer them. We have
\ law against murder in Idaho, and 1t
8 a crime punishable by the extreme
penalty of the law. A man who Is
charged with it. upon the responsible
oath Of another citizen, Is to be appre-
lended and brought within the reach of
he laws investigation. He is deemed
innocent until he is proven guilty. If
le fees from the state he may be |
brought back, and under the law of |
IDAHO the man who Is party to the |
of the crime of murder, by |
at it, assisting it. contributing |
o 1t, whether it be the sending Of an |
to do 1t, or the firing Of the |
hot, close across the line, that man,
lnder the laws of Idaho, is made prin-
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