The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-06
DUBOIS ON THE IDAHO ISSUE.

There is no mlStaklng the truth and
the force of the review Of the political
situation in Idaho as made by Senator
Fred II. Dubois. He insists that there
is but one issue in Idaho, and that is
sue the throwing of of the political
and civil domination of the Mormon
church IN Idaho s affairs. There can
be no doubt whatever but that Idaho
IS practically ruled from Mormon church
headquarters in Salt Lake City. The
State does not enjoy ali autonomous
government; it is ruled from the out
side. The king Of the Latter-day dis
pensation is the ruler; his word is abb
solute. his DEGREES irresistible. He gives
triumph where he Will and visits defeat
upon his enemies The people of Idaho
merely wriggle about and think they
are voting and settling things among
themselves, but as a matter OF fact, the
king of Zion sits upon his throne and
watches their feeble struggles with an
amusement that is tempered only with
contempt. What do all their puny
struggles amount to in his eyes? He
knows his power; he knows that he can
use one faction or the other to his own
purpose, that one great party is his
servant. and that he can force results
to suit himself. Though the Democratic
party counts its votes by the thousands
and tens of thousands in the non. Nor
mon counties, he views that with un,
concern, because from the dcnscly pop"
ulated Mormon counties in the south
eastern portion of the State he can turn
the Mormon vote to account IN practi-
cally eliminating the Democratic party
in that section of the State; no Dem
ocrat" of his following but is a good
Republican at the word, He sim.
ply plays upon the strings of the Idaho
political instrument and the music is
such as he desires.
Idaho has in It's political sky pre-
cisely the same clouds that Utah has;
the difference being that in Utah those
clouds utterly obscure the sun. They
cover the whole political and civil firma-
ment with a cloud whose density and
blackness at present shows no break
and through which no real light can
ton OF Salt Lake City. In Idaho, on
the other hand, though the clouds are
black IN the southeast and an unbroken
political wall of blackness permanently
rests there, IN the other portions Of the
State there is at least the opportunity
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people have to do in the other por-
tious Of the State is to unite, take
charge Of their own affairs and decree
that the vassals Of the Utah church
who reside in Idaho shall not any longer
be used for the control of the political
and civil affairs of the State by the
dominant rulers in Salt Lake.
There are plenty of non. Mormons in
Idaho 10 take charge OF Idaho s af-
fairs, and they win have to unite for
that purpose and make a cleanup which
will last for good and all in favor Of
political independence and the elimi.
nation of this outside rule from the
affairs Of that State, Until the people
of Idaho see fit to do this they will be
cursed by the rule of the king of Zion
Just as the people of Utah are cursed
by IT. Unfortunately, however, the free
and independent citizens Of Utah vino
desire to resist the church DEGREES are
not IN such numbers at present as to
afford any immediate hope of relief
from the despotism of priestcraft rule.
But Idaho can help herself. The whole
case rests with her people, At any
time that the people Of Idaho get tired
Of being ruled from Salt Lake City
they can unite and take control OF
so unite and take such control they
must be content to be ruled by the dom
inant church ecclesiasticism which is
all-grasping, all-avaricious, uncompro-
missing. brutal. coarse, obdurate, un-
yielding. This church despotism is en-
throned In Utah and so powerfully
backed by President Roosevelt that il
has entirely unmasked, and makes no
disguise Of its determination to rule
wherever it can find the power to do so
Idaho is in its grasp as fully as Utah
is, but Idaho can he free, Arizona is
in its grasp IN way, but Arizona can
be free. Wyoming is coming more and
more within the church power, and the
Senators from that State arc as com,
pletely at the beck and call of the head
quarters of the church in this city as
are Senators Smoot and Sutherland Of
Utah The church is making an inva-
sion of Oregon that cannot fail 10 have
strong influence upon the political
situation of that State. 1t has colo
nies in Nevada which, while weak, can
exercise powerful influence in decid
ing the elections in the small vote
which that State has heretofore cast
But at present Nevada is in no dan
ger, because the great mining camps
of the west and southwest portions of
that State are amply strong to take
care of every question of this kind