The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-21
A FRANK ADMISSION.

The recent democratic convention
held at Occur d'Alene city last We'd
nesday has proven better than any
thing else could do, to the conserva-
tive and sensible people of this state,
that we have still living In the TWEEN
tieth century, men, who are hundred
years behind their time, 1t seems al
most impossible to believe that in a
great country like ours, where we
boast of freedom, that there should
still be those among us who are 30
lost to justice thru prejudice and who
are 80 narrow minded that they are
willing to rob one-third of the free
holders Of this state of the right for
which their fathers fought over CEN
tury ago. Do you know, citizens Of
idaho, that we are represented in the
Senate Of the United States, by a
man who would. II he had the power,
disfranchise one third of the citizens
of his state because of their religious
belief And, yet, that man asks his
fellow citizens to return him, and the
party which he controls, to power.
God forbid that any man or woman
who loves freedom, who honors his
country and its institutions, who rev.
eres the Stars and Stripes that float
over free people, should be 80 lost
20 all sense Of honor as to give man
and his dwarfed minded followers
one single vote. No, let them go
down In utter defeat, let them feel
that their mad policy does not now,
nor ever will receive the support Of
men and women who stand for right
and justice.
This Is not question of party, 1t
u q question Of principle, which
should ever stand above party. This
to not Democracy, II it is let no man
be Democrat. II Democracy stands
Tor Justice and prosecution on ac-
count Of religious belief, then let 1t
forever die. But IL, as It 10 It's boast,
It stands for Equal rights TO all and
special privileges to none," then let
IL rise above this narrow policy and
assert Its indignation and contempt
by retiring for ever the men who
would thus dictate its policies.
Shame on them. They are worthy
the contempt of all honest men and
women In the State Of Idaho. Sugar
City Times.
III there we're any doubt about the
position taken sgainst Mormonism by
the Democrtic party Of Idaho, such
statements AZ the above, from one Of
the Mormon papers Of Fremont coun-
", Insufficient to show that the Dem
ocrats are arrayed against q great
social evil In the present campaign.
1ho party platform ON the question
81 polygamy h qoutation from the
state constitution, and the Sugar City
Times admits that II u 10 en-
forced the Mormona will be disfran-
0hised. II they cannot comply with
cur state constitution they ought to
be diGfranchised. The constitution
Gays that no person who u member
% any organization that teaches DO.
AygAmy, nor any person who practices
o. encourages polygamy or celestial
marriage shall have the right to vote.
Tho AormOns tell us that they do not
teaoh or practice these social evils,
and than say that the enforcement Of
tho articles Of the state constitution
Will diafranchise them, The Press
wants every woman, and every man
who reads the above admissions from
Mormon paper TO think It over and
make up their mind honestly on
which side they should cast the ir
votA