The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-15

convention in Chicago with the avowed
intention OF having an anti polygamy
plank placed in the platform. He was
dissuaded from that purpose by Re,
publican leaders who were in deal
with the Mormon church, but returned
still denouncing the church
Makes Peace With Church.
At the Moscow convention that same
year. however, he made his peace with
the leaders of the church IN Idaho, and
they promised to support him for Sen
ator in return for the assistance he rem
dered them in nominating Frank Il.
Gooding for Governor, promise they
were and are ready TO break at a mo-
ment s notice. In pursuance, however,
of the agreement which he then made
with the BudgeParkinson contingent,
Borah went out on the stump IN that
campaign and deliberately swallowed,
in public, every word he had ever ut
tered IN private, against the church.
He denied what he had frequently
charged, viz: that the church was in
politics He denied that new polyga-
nous marriages were being contracted,
although he had times without number
told people all over the State that the
church was still practicing poiygamy.
He defended anything and everything
that savored Of Mormonism, and de-
lygamy and church interference In pol
itics, though previously he had con,
suited with those same men and led
them TO believe that he would CO
operate with them in stamping out
Mormon evils.
This year, of course, he is VIGOROUSLY
IN a deal with the church. and expects
20 receive the vote of every Mormon
who is elected to the Legislature; and
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conversation, he has reiterated has Tor
mer unfavorable opinion OF the Nor
mons. and has virtually admitted that
he had gotten into bed with them, po-
liticallv. merely for the sake of pollt-
ical preferment-
Betrayal of Gov. Morrison.
Borah = rank betrayal of Gov. John
T Morrison will serve as an example
of his personal dealing in politics. AS
has been stated, the 1902 convention
was controlled by Borah and his crowd,
and Morrison was nominated as their
candidate for Governor. Gov. Morrison
refused TO prostitute his Office to elect
Borah to the Senate, but everything
that he could do in legitimate way to
aid Mr.. Borah he did. When he came
up for denomination Mr.. Borah led him
and his friends 10 believe, up until the
very hour that they arrived In Moscow
TO attend the convention, that he would
support Morrison. Then, without warn
ING or notice, Borah went over to Good
ing and the Mormons. The first init
Borah was opposing him was when word
was brought to him at Moscow that
Borah was IN charge of the Gooding
headquarters.
OF course, at Moscow. looding. like
the Mormons, promised TO support Bo-
rah for the Senate; but it Is notorious
that in the two years which have in
terveped since that time, Gooding has
been exceedingly restive under that
promise. He doesn t like Borah person
ally, and, besides, his word in politics
year prior to the recent Pocatello con
vention Borah has sobbed into the ears
of his friends that Gooding was not
treating him fairly and has fercely de-
nounced him as traitor of deepest dye.
The result of this was that Borah in
duced every anti-Gooding Republican
in the State to support him (Borah) for
the Senatorial nomination. He led them
to believe that he would lead the fight
against Gooding at Pocatello, and he
encouraged DIR. Hugh France of Sho-
shone county to become candidate for
Governor.
Into the Gooding Camp.
At Pocatello Borah betrayed the
anti. Gooding men who had made his
own Senatorial nomination possible,
and delivered everything he could into
the Gooding camp. He made the deal
to deliver them even before the conven-
tion assembled at Pocatello, while he
was still posing in private and whisper
ing in dark alleys that he was opposed
TO Gooding.
Borah s record in politics is so well
known that no man ever has anything
to DO with him except for one cam
paign. There are hundreds of men in
Idaho who have supported him in times
gone by who would not believe any po-
litical statement he might make. AS
already stated, he ALWAYS finds it neces.
sary to get new bunch of lieutenants
and friends every time he enters a po.
ltical campaign.