Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-10-02
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BY Mr.. B0RAH
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t" prosecute them--everybody, soci-
aiists, proh1bitionists, republicans and
democrats alike, are i'll favor Of pun
lShlng these people if guilty. Nobody
believes that the infamous doctrine
OF poygany is a religion. do not
care what 'ney can it. it is a crime
under the statutes of this state and
there is no reason why it should I've
cohdoned. and there is no more reason
why we should overlook it than that
we should any other crime. and it
strikes me that if the senator knows
of a cotiere of men who are practie.
ing this crime and viii not prosecute
them or give their names TO an officer
OF the criminal law, then he must be
the bishop of the Mormon church. and
not l.
AS Mr., Borah concluded his re-
any questions they might wish ans
wered.
4 do not want to avoid a single por-
ton OF this controversy. I do not
want one of you to go away from this
hail saying l failed to discuss or
avoided any phase of the question. If
have omitted any thing that in your
mind is important call it up now.
want to be frank l want to answer
any question. or if cannot answer it
you have a right to know it."
Turns Tables on Dubois
Upon the charge made by Dubois
that Borah was the attorney for the
sugar beet trust the speaker made
a convincing argument. He showed
how easy it is for a speaker to take
advantage Of certain circumstances.
He declared that the only employment
he had had at the hands of the sugar
beet trust was to pass upon the con-
stitutionality of the bounty law, and
that his decision had held it uncon-
stitutional and had saved the state
from paying a sum of $125.000 to the
beet companies according to the pro-
vision of the law
/ He then showed that Dubois had
cast his vote in the senate for the pro-
lection of the sugar companies. and
had by his action added thousands of
dollars to their Golfers. Borah read
letters showing the gratitude OF these
companies to Mr.. Dubois. He then
won the heart of his hearers by taking
the dignified and broad minded posi-
ton on the matter they would have
expected OF a man who seeks the
high honor of representing the state in
the United States senate
Magnanimous to His Opponent.
IF should wish to take the same
advantage of him he has taken of me-"
he said It could charge him with be-
ing the representative of the beet trust
in the senate l could charge that he
was paid a retainer by the trusts to
look after their interests in this great
body But do not believe that he is.
1 do not believe that he received money
from them. 1 do not even question:
the right of his action. l only recite
this to show you the charges 1 could
make if chose to make this sort of
campaign"
He met the statement made by Du-
bois that he was an attorney for Reed
Smoot with the same convincing
denial
i NO one knows better than Fred T.
| Dubois" he said, that | am not and
| have not been attorney for Smoot. If
| he wanted to be fair in this campaign"
In conclusion, me declared in en-
/ phatic terms that in the senate If the
evidence against Smoot showed him to
| be q polygamsf he would vote to I'M
seat him.
| IF l find that he is allied with an
organization to which he. owes a great
err allegiance than he owed to the
| American flag win vote to unseat
/ him."
| G. W. Thompson, Nez Perez countys
representative in the executive COM
mittee of the state central committee,