The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-23
DUBOIS HAS PROVED
/ A TRUE PATRIOT
Has Rendered Great Public Ser
vice TO Idaho Since Enter
ing Public Life.
FORCED MORMON LEADERS
S TO ABANDON P0LYGAMY
Iade One Mistake in Trusting
Their Promises to Obey
the Manifesto.
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u BOISE. Idaho, Oct 22-Mormons,
Tnck- -Mormons and political tools of The
hierarchy, who are struggling desper-
ately to defeat Fred r. Dubois for re-
Election To the United States Senate,
are trying TO make the people OF Idaho
forget the long and honorable career
shich Senator Dubois has had IN the
National Congress--to forget the great
Vlblc service he has rendered, and TO
More his high standing with the lead
of the Senate. 4 brief review Of
bator Dubois public career rs of par
lar interest nj this time,
after serving one term as United
States marshal of Idaho a period dur
Ing which he made palygamy odious
and drove The church leaders to
choice between exile and the peniten-
tilrv-Fred Dubois was elected dele
gate TO Congress from Idaho Territory
IN 1884, One of his first great services
10 his constituents was his persuasion
,f President Grover Cleveland to
fpocket veto" the bill, which had
,assed both houses, anneXing the FIVE
lcrthern counties of the Territorv--
inown iheD and now as the |'pan
iandle' TO Washington Territory. But
;or Dubois influence then the Terri
.ory would have been dismemberSd,
tud while the northern counties would
Wentually have enjoyed Statehood as
I par; OF Washington State the south
,rn part Of the State. by reason of IT'S
parse population, would still haze been
/ Territory, and its people would en-
oy few OF the benefits OF American
itizenship.
Secured Idahos Statehood.
Dubois was reelected delegate 10
onCress in 1886 1t was during his
poiA trHm thei Ac secured tho. adr
fssfon or idaho 40 the union AS
5verciqn State idaho owes It's State
bod 10 tho man who is being made
arget for abuse by every cheap, time
lerviug, tlnhorn politician IN the state
de secured the passage of the Enabling
let: more than that lie secured the
ntification bv Congress of the Idaho
Constitution which disfranchised the
Mormons. The constitutional provision
vas drastic, it was unprecedented, and
{ provoked much opposition; but DU-
ois persuaded Congress to ratity 1T.
lReferring TO this event In his speech
the Lewiston convention two years
o, Senator Dubois said
i;'I brought Idaho into the Union
Nre and undefled. and if you want to
Nrrcnder il TO this polygamous hue
hrchv after all these years, so help
Il God You viii do it without my con
Et."
Two other legislative measures which
b G worked particularly for the bene-
l. iof Idaho have had their staunchest
u iport from Senator Dubois. He has
avs stood uncompromisinglv for the
lection of the lead ore industry IN
ENh Ii Idaho. He stood ike rock for
benefit of this industry during the
n Vile over the Wilson bill in 1894,
(3ly Miners and minc-owncvs alike at
A utc TO him the fact that they today
Nt,y the benefit of the ore tariff,
III Supports Forest Reserves.
qrhe other matter referred TO is Du-
1is' support Of the forest reserve pol
Believing that irrigation means
.ie redemption OF the whole West, he
rs stood steadfastly for the creation
Of forest reserves and the Conserva-
lion of the forests of Idaho. When
benator Hepburn his Republican col
league, denounced the policy or the
Roosevelt administration In this re-
srect, Dubois, sinking partisanship, raj
lied to the support OF the adminIStra,
tion. and in series of the most logical
letters conceivable. forced the Repuhii-
can Governor Of the State to indorse
the President 5 attitude: brought 10
the standard of the President nearly
ercrvbody in southern Idaho, exposed
he selGsbncss OF the timber men in the
tortb. ard made opposition 40 the
Roosevelt reserve policy odioua from
ne end OF Idaho To the other.
tPrObahly the most conspicuous ser
Ace which Fred Dubois rendered 1hc
7 ople of the West WAS the part he
7 we'd in the passage Of tho irrigation
y l. under which. hv national aid. thc
\ id acres Of The Western States md
territori2s are being reclaimed hy Gov
vnment aid. senator Dubois WAS the
tesiding officer over the caucus of
mators and R',rcscntaiivcs from
ePntpcn Western S'aire. which
rafted the famous "irrigation hill -
avs and nights fur vceks this caucus
bored TO pcrtcc, this bill, commonly
loSn rs the Ncwlanda bill. The pre-.
Hing officer was recognized as one of
e wisesl men IN the council. and.
ithout intending To rob Scnator New.
lnds Of ono iot of credit 10 which be
Rontitlcd. II Is nevertheless . fact
q II in official circles the bin is rs
u Jen called the :" Dubois bill - as ii is
d ,lled the 'Ncwlapas BILL
Foe Of the Priesthood
d During his whole political career.
Esenator Dubois has been known AS nm
hncompromisipg foe Of the ovil prar.
fces Of the Mormon priesthood. lie
Enforced the law against item ri,-or-
Rlsly as United States Marshal. he
WYod in shaping legislation against
Wsn evil deeds when he was delegate
Hcengrcss. and 2, all tines aud in an
HHcfs he has stood up for The monoq-
M home, and tor political freedom
E%he Mormon people
Fed Dubois made one mistake, and