The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-10-19

Fremont county and Bingham county.
two large Mormon counties, are pre-
sided over by Judge Stevens, gentle.
and the prosecuting officers are gen
tiles. The only counties which are
presided over by Judge Bulge. Il
Mormon, are Oneida, Bear Lake and
Bannock counties, SO far as the Nor.
mon counties are concerned. II
Judge Bndge will not allow polygamy
to be punished 10 his court, he can hc
removed and another Judge called In.
The people IN those counties are
willing that polygany be punished.
Therefore 1t is not an issue as we do
not differ oD IL. Dubois may as we'll
make an issue out Of the Ten COM
mandments
| All the laws against poIygamy had
been passed by republicans. He
would not contend that democrats
would not have passed the same laws.
He believed they would II they had
a chance; all parties would pass such
laws; they all agree.
Dubols claimed, two years ago, that
Gooding's promise at that time that
he would have law enacted 10
punish polygamy was only the promise
or an Office seeker: he would not dare
to do 1t. But the first law signed by
Governor Gooding was one to punish
polygamy. Referring to the lady
missionaries brought from New York
and Pennsylvania. states 10 which
women have no say in the government,
to tell the rude women OF Idaho how
to protect their homes. Mr.. BOrah
said there were thousands of Christian
women in the Mormon counties who
could tell Of p0lygamy II such crime
exists. But they are silent. Dubois
In his 20 year service In congress has
never done anything to "protect the
home" Six years ago be was elected
senator by Mormon votes. He Is
none the worse for 1t. But he failed
to suggest any law to protect the
home.
/ Dubois says he (Borah) was attorn y
for Reed Smoot. He was not but
would have been had Smoot been
! able to make the necessary arrange
| ments. He would have represented
Smoot's legal rights as a la Syer as he
had a right to do, law being his pro-
fession. 1t was no sign that he was
a represeL tative of the Mormons. Ii
he was attorney IN court for horse
thief 1t would not necessarily show
that he was going to organize a band
Of horse thieves. Then Dubois claims
that he (Borah) is attorney for the
/ Beet Sugar trust, (which is Mormon,
therefore Borah Is representative OF
the Mormons" Laughter Borah said
he was employed to pass upon the
beet sugar bounty law which he
pronounced unconstitutional and the
state has never paid it. That IS a
dead issue in this campaign, said the
speaker
i In reply to Dubois claim that he
got his nomination from the Mormons,
Mr. Borah said il was a-an error.--
| In ~ Ivo htc A.. ht
right where the power should rest to
select U. S. senator and that was
. down there with the people. He
went into the Pocatello convention
with l24 delegates instructed for him.
Dubois said he only had SO until the
Mormons gave him three big Mormon
coUnties.) Enough Others Joined him
, to make the number 1854, when he
won over the northern delegates
which secured his nomination. lie
had stated publicly that IL he could
: not satisfy all ia the convention tlat
his plan was right he would not accept
the nomination. AS to Dubois
charge that he was the choice of the
Mormons, he read au editorial which
appeared in the DesereL News of Salt
, Lake, the organ of the Mormon
!. church, just before the convention
met, inveighing stron gly against him
J, and accusing him of trying to dis
q rupt his party to crafty a self h
ambition, showing Borah was not Il
: Mormon idol. Furthermore Dubois
y assertion that the republican ticket
y was dictated by the Mormons is also
erroneous. Three of the strongest
4 NJ rmon counties refused to endorse
q G ,oding 10 the primaries, including
a Bingham and Fremont and when
g Gooding was renominated, the dele
!, CATION from Fremont county, Nor.
. mon, was the only one that stood ur