The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-19
Prominent Idaho Republican
Talks of Fight Against
Mormon Practices.
IF B0RAH WINS in FIGHT
HE WILL BE CHURCH SLAVE
Founder of McCammOn, Idaho,
Believes American Prin-
ciples Will Triumph.

H. o. Hardness, founder of Mccain
| mon, Ida, is in the city on business, q
! representative of The Tribune he
| talked interestingly and unreservedly
| of the political situation as it exists
| today in Idaho. Mr.. Harkness is a
prominent stock raiser of Bannock
county, where he has resided for the
! last thirtysix years. He is a Republi
canvas Republican since his hair,
now silvered, the effects OF time s re-
lentless work, was black as the raven 8
wing. He was in Idaho in Territorial
days and assisted to make 1t a State,
His life has been one of activity, ever
ready and willing to lend helping
hand to every enterprise that had for
It's object the development and up
building Of the country. AS conse-
9uenee, he has largely contributed to
the establishment of the creamery, flour
ing mill and mercantile house at Nc
Cannon, besides bringing large tracts
OF desert land into high state of culti-
walton.
During the long residence Of Mr.
Hardness in Idaho he has taken such
active part in politics as is expected of
a man jealous of his citizenship. Be-
heving implicitly in the fundamental
has ever been an active and consistent
worker in its ranks, and it will thus
be seen that Mr.. Hardness is well posted
on the politics Of the State. He says:
''In Bannock county the political
situation is badly mixed. The Republi-
cans are divided among themselves as
never before. This split has been
brought about by the action of the
party leaders.
''In the southern tier Of counties the
MoImons largely predominate The
fees are filled by Mormons They are
in the majority and by the assistance
of non-Mormon Republicans they con-
troll those counties and boast that they
hold the balance of power in the State.
This is why the Brady Borah wing of
the Republican party bows to the Nor
mon leaders and accedes to their de-
mands. The true American Republi-
cans are getting tired Of voting, as
Mormon cohorts and keep them in Of
fee. knowing, as they do now, that the
men whom they have been unwittingly
supporting as Republicans in Office are
but tools Of the Mormon hierarchy in
Salt Lake.
1.-The Republicans will not longer
stand for it. The present campaign Of
fers the first opportunity to cut loose
and declare themselves, and if you
coming election you don't know of
what material the patriotic Repubh
cans of Idaho are made. We all know
the promises made by Borah and his
friends TO secure for him the indorse-
ment Of the Republican State conven-
ton. We all know that Borah entered
into an implied promise that in the
event Of his election he would protect
them and represent their interests to
the best Of his ability in the Senate of
the United States.
"The way many of US look at Borah g
candidacy is this; He purchased their
influence at the expense OF his Amer
lean manhood, and now he parades the
State, as a Republican candidate, ask
ing the men and women Of that party
to elect him to the Senate to do what9
To protect men in their criminal prac
tices, To shield crimes more infamous
than felony, to perpetuate the domina
tion of the Mormon church in the politi
cal affairs of the State, and to palliate
and deny the statutory offenses of
which the leaders of the Mormon church
in Idaho are guilty.
"Will they do it' Well, hardly Not
this year. Not when they have the OPP
portunity to vote for that intrepid lead
eT ana UeNOleu OF lHG
people-Fred T, Dubois. If Dubois 3
only claim for political preferment was
that he had been the means Of bringing
the heinous practices Of the Mormon
leaders in politics and IN morals to an
issue, so that 1T can be squarely dealt
with by the people, lie should of right
and in all good conscience be trium-
phan1ly successful. -
Mr.. Hardness continued: HOf course
in this contest, Mr.. Dubois has an APP
parently large majority TO overcome.
But the influx of voters to the State
has been enormous within the past two
years, These settlers comprise high
class order OF citizenship from the
Eastern States, and it is safe to say
that their horror of Mormon practices
will impel them TO vote for Senator Du
bois s election, irrespective Of party.
Looking through Republican eyes at the
situation, as ] do, it looks to me as
if Dubois's s chances for election were
very good, indeed. In my section Of
the State Dubois is very popular with
the people of both parties, and so far as
l can learn his popularity extends to
every county in Idaho.
''The independent Republicans must
be relied on for success i'll this great re-
form movement, and if they fail it
Will be the first time in the history of
the grand old Republican party that it
failed TO condemn wrong and support
riDht when oDDOrtunity offered ~